Album
Studio Tan
1978 · Rock, Classical
13 collectors on Gatefold own this
Studio Tan is a Jazz album by Frank Zappa, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 55 pressings tracked, owned by 13 collectors.
About
Frank Zappa planned to release the four-LP set <i>Lather</i>, only to be met with resistance from his record company and eventually the label released a series of albums without Zappa's full participation, including <i>Studio Tan</i>. In later years, Zappa was allowed to tweak the albums to his satisfaction. <i>Lather</i> was released as a 3-LP set after his death. The 21-minute opening track, "The Adventures of Greggery Peccary," is the grand opus here, veering from the silly humor of the Flo & Eddie years to the jazz-rock and dark narration of <i>The Grand Wazoo</i> and onward. "Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra" and "RDNZL" are satisfying instrumental pieces that again show what a masterful arranger and compositional strategist Zappa was at heart. The use of a "low-budget orchestra" doesn't cheat anyone and Zappa got his money's worth. For those looking for something accessible, there's always the synthesizer-led "Lemme Take You To The Beach" that balances smooth 70s-pop with the emerging New Wave.
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Tracklist
Side A
- AGreggery Peccary20:40
Side B
- B1Let Me Take You To The Beach2:44
- B2Revised Music For Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra7:36
- B3REDUNZL8:12
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- dense
- chaotic
- cerebral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Frank ZappaGUITAR GUITAR, PERCUSSION GUITAR, VOCALS
- Bruce FowlerTROMBONE
- Chester ThompsonDRUMS
- Davey MoireVOCALS
- Don BrewerBONGOS
- Eddie JobsonKEYBOARDS, YODELING
- George DukeKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, VOCALS
- James YoumanBASS
- Max BennettBASS
- Paul HumphreyDRUMS
- Ruth UnderwoodPERCUSSION, SYNTHESIZER
- Tom FowlerBASS
13 collectors on Gatefold own this · 55 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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