This Album is only available (as Disc 3) in "The Secret Jewel Box

The Secret Jewel Box

The Secret Jewel Box is a ten-CD box set, a collection of music by guitarist Steve Vai, released in 2001. Vai's website describes it as "not a compilation of Vai's catalog, but rather something far more conceptual...

" set.

Vai reflects here on his three years as a member of Zappa’s ensemble where he was credited not just as "guitarist" but as wielder of "strat abuse" and "impossible guitar parts."

These are Frank Zappa recordings, written and produced by the late musical innovator, and authorized by the Zappa Family Trust.

The booklet contains the original liner notes for each Zappa track, along with Steve's comments on each track.

Track listing

All songs written by Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

1. "Tell Me You Love Me" - 2:07
2. "Theme From 3rd Movement Of Sinister Footwear" - 3:31
3. "Jumbo Go Away" - 3:43
4. "Drowning Witch" - 12:03
5. "Envelopes" - 2:46
6. "Teen-Age Prostitute" - 2:40
7. "The Jazz Discharge Party Hats" - 4:28
8. "Ya Hozna" - 6:26
9. "Alien Orifice" - 4:12
10. "Approximate" - 1:49 (Recorded live in the summer of 1982 in Pistoia, Italy)
11. "I'm A Beautiful Guy" - 1:56
12. "Beauty Knows No Pain" - 3:01
13. "What's New In Baltimore?" - 5:04
14. "Moggio" - 2:29 (Recorded live in the summer of 1982, European tour)
15. "RDNZL" - 7:59 (Recorded live in the summer of 1982, European tour)
16. "Magic Fingers" - 2:21 (Recorded live 12/11/80, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Santa Monica CA)
17. "Strictly Genteel" - 7:08 (Recorded live 10/31/81, The Palladium, New York NY)

Originals Release

Track 1 from "Tinsel Town Rebellion

Tinsel Town Rebellion

Tinseltown Rebellion is a double-album released by Frank Zappa in 1981. It was reissued on a single CD by Rykodisc in 1990. Complaints regarding the significantly inferior sound quality led to a remaster by Spencer Chrislu in 1998.The opening track, "Fine Girl" is a studio recording...

" (1981).

Tracks 2, 3, 11, 12 from "You Are What You Is

You Are What You Is

You Are What You Is is a double album by Frank Zappa. It was originally released as a two-record set in 1981 and later by Rykodisc as a 20-song CD. The album relies on a heavy use of overdubbing. This album was the first one to feature material recorded using Zappa's home studio Utility Muffin...

" (1981).

Tracks 4, 5, 6 from "Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch is an album by Frank Zappa, released in May 1982 and digitally remastered in 1991. It features five tracks composed by Zappa, and one song, "Valley Girl", co-written with Moon Unit Zappa, his daughter, who provided the spoken monologue mocking some of...

" (1982).

Track 7 from "The Man from Utopia

The Man from Utopia

The Man from Utopia is a 1983 album by Frank Zappa. It is a more song-driven, and less conceptual work than many others in Zappa's oeuvre. The album is named after a 1950s song, written by Donald and Doris Woods, which Zappa covers as part of "The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou".The sleeve art...

" (1983).

Track 8 from "Them or Us

Them or Us

Them or Us is an album by Frank Zappa, released in October 1984. Its opening and closing tracks are covers: "The Closer You Are", which was written by Earl Lewis and Morgan Robinson and originally released by The Channels; and "Whippin' Post", originally recorded by The Allman Brothers Band. ...

" (1983).

Tracks 9, 13 from "Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention

Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention

Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention is a 1985 album by Frank Zappa. It was originally released in two slightly different versions in the US and Europe. The two versions were later combined and reissued on a compact disc: first in the US on Rykodisc in 1986 Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of...

" (1985).

Track 10 from "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 is a two-CD set of live recordings by Frank Zappa, recorded between 1969 and 1988, and released in 1991.-Disc one:#"Little Rubber Girl" - #*...

" (1991).

Tracks 14, 15 from "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 is a double compact disc collection of live recordings by Frank Zappa. Disc one comprises performances by the Mothers of Invention spanning the period from 1966 to 1969. "My Guitar" had been previously released as a single in 1969...

" (1992).

Track 16, 17 from "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 is the last of six double disc collection volumes of live performances by Frank Zappa recorded between 1970 and 1988. All of the material on Disc one has a sexual theme. It was released on October 23, 1992 under the label Rykodisc.-Disc one:#"The M.O.I...

" (1992).