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Frank Zappa: Joe's Camouflage

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Label: Vaulternative Records
Released: 2014.02.05
Time:
 47:54
Category: Surf Music, Doo-Wop, Garage Rock
Producer(s): Gail Zappa, Joe Travers
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.zappa.com
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Purchase date: 2014
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Phyniox [Take 1] (F.Zappa) - 2:28
[2] T'Mershi Duween (F.Zappa) - 2:28
[3] Reeny Ra (F.Zappa) - 4:13
[4] "Who Do You Think You Are" (F.Zappa) - 1:39
[5] "Slack 'Em All Down" (F.Zappa) - 1:25
[6] Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? (F.Zappa) - 4:16
[7] The Illinois Enema Bandit (F.Zappa) - 6:26
[8] Sleep Dirt - In Rehearsal (F.Zappa) - 1:08
[9] Black Napkins (F.Zappa) - 8:12
[10] Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (F.Zappa) - 1:55
[11] Denny & Froggy Relate (F.Zappa) - 0:31
[12] "Choose Your Foot" (F.Zappa) - 1:19
[13] Any Downers? (F.Zappa) - 6:11
[14] Phyniox [Take 2] (F.Zappa) - 4:18
[15] "I Heard A Note!" (F.Zappa) - 1:19

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Frank Zappa - Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Percussion

Napoleon Murphy Brock - Keyboards, Sax, And Vocals
Robert "Frog" Camarena - Guitar And Vocals
Denny Walley - Slide Guitar And Vocals
Novi Novog - Viola And Vocals
Roy Estrada - Bass And Vocals
Terry Bozzio - Drums And Vocals
Andre Lewis - Keyboards, Vocals
Novi Novag - Viola, Keyboards, Vocals

Gail Zappa - Corsaga Concept, Liner Notes, Art Direction, Management, Compilation Producer
Joe Travers - Compilation Producer
Joe Polito - Mastering
Keith Lawler - Layout, Design
Doug Metz - Photography, Archive Photos
Melanie Starks - Production Manager
Joe Travers - Research

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2014 CD Vaulternative Records VR 2013-2



This is the fifth album in the Joe's Corsaga that started with Joe's Corsage (covering pre-Freak Out! recordings from The Mothers circa 1965-1966) in 2004 and seemed to conclude with 2008's Joe's Menage (cassette tape produced by Zappa, recorded from 1975 Virginia). This covers the band that rehearsed in the Summer of 1975 but never toured. This band is consisting of the following Napoleon Murphy Brock, Robert "Frog" Camarena, Denny Walley, Novi Novog, Terry Bozzio and Roy Estrada. I've seen everyone's name on releases before except Novi. This is, I believe, her first Zappa contribution being released. She contributes viola and vocals on this album. I looked her up and she contributed to various other artists album such as Carly Simon and was on some tracks off Purple Rain and Around The World In A Day. Some of the tracks here were present on Joe's Menage and probably because they were rehearsed for the tour that "never happened".



Probably the most amusing Joe installment to date, Joe’s Camouflage combines high appeal for zappaphiles and hard-core listeners of any kind (including resentment ones), with good sound quality, for the most part. Previous episodes in this very special nuggets saga have been always of some interest (the social group quickly depicted above needs all of them for sure), however sometimes not fully enjoyable because of a low-fi sound. Joe’s Domage for instance, is of a great interest concerning the rehearsal process of the Petit Wazoo band and, although short, includes a beautiful unreleased composition, namely Another Whole Melodic Section, also known as Interlude to that social group, performed live by the MOI in 1969. However the low sound quality keeps this object away from digital audio converters for long periods, and it’s a real pity. But Camouflage no, there is a lot new to hear, and all of it is in good stereo, from analog 4 tracks source. Some material derives from Denny Walley’s mono rehearsal cassettes, but luckily it is not the most interesting part, and it’s enjoyable. In a few words, a great ZFT/Joe Travers job, thank you for bringing to existence this otherwise undocumented line-up, who here gives shape to some unreleased music, in a very relaxed studio environment.

The band in question stayed together in 1975 for a short period and never toured. They were: Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals); Napoleon Murphy Brock (sax, vocals); Robert “Frog” Camarena (guitar, vocals); Denny Walley (slide guitar, vocals); Novi Novog (viola, vocals); Roy Estrada (bass, vocals), Terry Bozzio (drums); André Lewis (keyboards, vocals, a “special mention” in the booklet). Novi Novog is the only musician who didn’t have other chances with a Zappa band, four of them (Lewis, NMB, Estrada and Bozzio) where in the next Zappa live quintet, if you are part of that social group, you instantly imagine this band live instead of the well-known 1975 live quintet.

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