The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa
Encyclopedia
The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa is a 1987 compilation album
featuring guitar
solos by Frank Zappa
. It was issued as a cassette from Guitar World
magazine, and has also been available in bootlegged versions as Guitar Hernia and Solo on Guitar. The compilation has never been made available officially in other formats (compact disc
s, etc.), but the cassette contains some unique material, including an unreleased guitar solo and an excerpt from an unreleased remix of "Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra" from the Studio Tan
album, featuring drum overdubs by Chad Wackerman
.
Similar albums: Guitar, Trance-Fusion
, Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
featuring guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
solos 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...
. It was issued as a cassette from Guitar World
Guitar World
Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month. The magazine is published 13 times per year...
magazine, and has also been available in bootlegged versions as Guitar Hernia and Solo on Guitar. The compilation has never been made available officially in other formats (compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
s, etc.), but the cassette contains some unique material, including an unreleased guitar solo and an excerpt from an unreleased remix of "Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra" from the Studio Tan
Studio Tan
Studio Tan is an album by Frank Zappa, first released in September, 1978 on his own DiscReet Records label. It reached #147 on the Billboard 200 albums chart...
album, featuring drum overdubs by Chad Wackerman
Chad Wackerman
Chad Wackerman is a jazz, jazz fusion and rock drummer; arguably best known in the United States for his work as a drummer and percussionist in Frank Zappa's band...
.
Similar albums: Guitar, Trance-Fusion
Trance-Fusion
Trance-Fusion is the name of an album of guitar solos completed by Frank Zappa shortly before his death, but not released until 2006. The album had previously been announced for release in 1999, and 2003 and again announced in 2005 in relation to the Zappa Plays Zappa tour...
, Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute is a posthumous album by Frank Zappa.According to the liner notes, Frank's son Dweezil talked with his father shortly before Frank's death about the songs Frank had written that he would consider to be his "signature" tunes. These were...
, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is a triple vinyl album, originally issued mail order-only as three separate volumes, featuring live material recorded by Frank Zappa between February 1977 and December 1980. The final track, "Canard du Jour", is a duet with Frank Zappa on electric bouzouki and Jean-Luc...
.
Side one
- "Sleep Dirt" – 3:17
- From the Sleep DirtSleep DirtSleep Dirt is an album by Frank Zappa released in January, 1979 on his own DiscReet Records label. It reached 175 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart...
album.
- From the Sleep Dirt
- "Friendly Little Finger" – 4:17
- From the Zoot AlluresZoot AlluresZoot Allures is a 1976 rock album by Frank Zappa. This was Zappa's only release on the Warner Bros. Records label. Due to a lawsuit with his former manager Herb Cohen Frank Zappa's recording contract was temporarily re-assigned from DiscReet Records to Warner Bros.The title is a pun on the French...
album.
- From the Zoot Allures
- Excerpt from "Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra" – 1:45 [booklet lists incorrectly 2:21]
- Unreleased remix with drum overdubs from 1984.
- "Things That Look Like Meat" – 6:06
- Shortened version of a track later released on the Guitar album.
Side two
- "Down in de Dew" – 2:54
- Later released as part of the LätherLätherLäther is an album by Frank Zappa which was released on CD posthumously in 1996. Produced by Zappa in 1977, the recordings contained in Läther were made between 1972 and 1977 . A collection of these tapes was delivered to Warner Bros...
box set.
- Later released as part of the Läther
- "A Solo from Heidelberg" – 5:26
- Later released on the One Shot DealOne Shot DealOne Shot Deal is an album by Frank Zappa, posthumously released on June 13, 2008.The track "Occam's Razor" is a guitar solo extract from a live version of the song "Inca Roads". The solo was used in the song "On The Bus" from the album Joe's Garage. This is an example of Zappa's xenochrony...
album.
- Later released on the One Shot Deal
- "A Solo from Cologne" – 5:11
- Longer version of a track later released on the Guitar album.
- "A Solo from Atlanta" – 4:05
- Longer version of a track later released on the Guitar album.