3x Digital Media (50th anniversary super deluxe)

Apostrophe (’)

Album by Frank Zappa

Released 22 April 1974

Tracklist

Digital Media 1
1
Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow
2:05
3.9 ★
2
Nanook Rubs It
4:37
3.2 ★
3
St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast
1:50
3.5 ★
4
Father O’Blivion
2:17
3.5 ★
5
Cosmik Debris
4:15
4.0 ★
6
Excentrifugal Forz
1:33
3.0 ★
7
Apostrophe’
5:50
4.8 ★
8
Uncle Remus
2:49
4.0 ★
9
Stink‐Foot
6:39
4.0 ★
10
Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow (alternate take)
2:12
11
Nanook Rubs It (outtake)
0:42
12
Nanook Rubs It (session outtake)
0:48
13
Cosmik Debris (take 3)
5:11
14
Excentrifugal Forz (mix outtake)
1:34
2.0 ★
15
Apostrophe’ (mix outtake)
9:07
2.0 ★
16
Uncle Remus (mix outtake)
3:59
2.0 ★
17
Apostrophe’ (unedited master / 2024 mix)
11:06
18
Uncle Remus (piano and vocal mix 2024)
3:19
Digital Media 2
1
Colorado Springs ’74 Show Start (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
2:05
2
Village of the Sun (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
5:14
3
Echidna’s Arf (Of You) (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
3:51
4
Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
8:53
5
Babbette (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
5:03
6
Approximate (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
4:12
7
Cosmik Debris (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
10:28
8
Pygmy Twylyte (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
6:24
9
The Idiot Bastard Son (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
2:14
10
Cheepnis (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
5:19
11
Montana (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
6:16
12
Dupree’s Paradise Intro (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
7:57
13
Dupree’s Paradise (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
19:05
14
Is There Anything Good Inside of You? (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
11:02
15
Florentine Pogen (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
4:19
16
Kung Fu (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
1:08
17
Penguin in Bondage (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
6:37
18
T’Mershi Duween (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
1:50
19
The Dog Breath Variations (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
1:41
20
Uncle Meat (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
4:51
21
RDNZL (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
4:49
22
Medley: King Kong / Chunga’s Revenge / Son of Mr. Green Genes (live in Colorado Springs, Colorado / March 21, 1974)
9:16
23
Inca Roads (live in Salt Lake City, Utah / March 18, 1974)
12:46
Digital Media 3
1
Tush Tush Tush (A Token of My Extreme) (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
1:28
2
Stink‐Foot (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
6:44
3
RDNZL (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
10:28
4
Village of the Sun (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
4:43
5
Echidna’s Arf (Of You) (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
3:21
6
Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
6:25
7
Penguin in Bondage (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
9:31
8
T’Mershi Duween (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
3:46
9
The Dog Breath Variations (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
1:35
10
Uncle Meat (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
2:18
11
Building a Girl (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
2:57
12
Dinah‐Moe Humm (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
9:00
13
Camarillo Brillo (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
4:07
14
Pygmy Twylyte (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
9:56
15
Room Service (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
3:15
16
Tush Tush Tush (End Vamp) (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
1:30
17
Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
2:51
18
Nanook Rubs It (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
6:24
19
St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
2:09
20
Father O’Blivion (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974)
3:13
21
Apostrophe’ (TV Ad)
0:26
22
Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow (single edit)
3:36
3.0 ★
23
Goteborg GTR (live in Gothenburg, Sweden / September 25, 1974)
5:09
24
Approximate‐Bale (live in Basel, Switzerland / October 1, 1974)
2:22
1.0 ★
25
…The Poodle Bites…
1:16

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Release credits

Alex Dmochowski
electric bass guitar [8]
Aynsley Dunbar
drums (drum set) [8]
Barry Keene
engineer [8]
Frank Zappa
arranger [1-9], electric guitar [1-9], lead vocals [1-6, 8-9], producer [3.22, 1.1-9]
George Duke
electronic organ [8], piano [8]
Kerry McNabb
engineer [8], mix [15]
The Ikettes
background vocals [8]
Tony Duran
electric guitar [7]

Issues

A
(Combined release view)
A
Apostrophe (’)
12" Vinyl
22 April 1974
A
Apostrophe (’)
12" Vinyl
1974
A
Apostrophe (’)
12" Vinyl
1977
A
Apostrophe (’)
CD
18 April 1995
A
Apostrophe (’)
CD
1995
A
Apostrophe (’)
CD
2 July 1996
A
Apostrophe (’)
CD
28 August 2012
A
Apostrophe (’)
CD
28 August 2012
A
Apostrophe (’)
12" Vinyl
30 September 2014
A
Apostrophe (’)
Digital Media
26 March 2021
A
Apostrophe (’)
3x Digital Media (50th anniversary super deluxe)
12 July 2024
A
Apostrophe (’)
Blu-ray, 5x CD (50th Anniversary Edition)
13 September 2024
A
Apostrophe (’)
12" Vinyl (50th anniversary, gold vinyl)
13 September 2024
A
Apostrophe (')
CD