Finer Moments

''Finer Moments'' is a compilation album by Frank Zappa. It was compiled and mastered by Zappa in 1972 and released posthumously in 2012.

Overview

Some of the tracks from this album have appeared (most of them under another title) on various other releases including 1991's ''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4'', 1992's ''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5'', 1998's ''Mystery Disc'', 1996's ''The Lost Episodes'', and 2011's ''Carnegie Hall''.

Track listing

Personnel

;Musicians

* Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals
* Don Preston – keyboards, mini moog
* Ian Underwood – clarinet, keyboards, piano, alto sax, woodwind
* Bunk Gardner – tenor sax, woodwind
* Motorhead Sherwood – baritone sax
* Buzz Gardner – trumpet
* Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
* Jimmy Carl Black – drums
* Art Tripp – drums, percussion
* Lowell George – guitar (on "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die" and "Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It")
* Dave Samuels – guest artist, vibraphone (on "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die")

on "The Old Curiosity Shoppe" :

* Frank Zappa – guitar
* Ian Underwood – alto sax
* Bob Harris – keyboards
* Jim Pons – bass
* Aynsley Dunbar – drums
* Howard Kaylan – cowbell, tambourine
* Mark Volman – cowbell, tambourine

on "The Subcutaneous Peril" :

* Frank Zappa – guitar
* Don Preston – keyboards, mini moog
* Ian Underwood – keyboards
* Jim Pons – bass
* Aynsley Dunbar – drums

;Production credits
* Ed Caraeff – photography
* Jerry Hansen – engineer
* Dick Kunc – engineer
* Stephen Marcussen – mastering
* Kerry McNabb – engineer
* Michael Mesker – layout, photography
* Bill Miller – cover art, liner notes
* Melanie Starks – production manager
* Joe Travers – transfers
* John Williams – photography

Overlaps with other albums

* ''Burnt Weeny Sandwich''
** "Enigmas 1 Thru 5" contains parts from "Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich" in a sped-up version
* ''The Ark'' from ''Beat the Boots''
** "Uncle Rhebus" contains a shorter edit of "Uncle Meat/King Kong" (only the secondary theme of "King Kong")
* ''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4''
** "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die" is a slightly longer version of "You Call That Music?"
* ''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5''
** "Mozart Piano Sonata In B♭" is a different edit
** "Uncle Rhebus" contains "Baked Bean Boogie" and "Piano/drum duet"
** The final segment of "Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It" (2:54-3:20) is also heard in "Right There"
* ''The Lost Episodes''
** "The Big Squeeze" is the same version
* ''Mystery Disc''
** "You Never Know Who Your Friends Are" is a longer version of "Harmonica Fun"
** "Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It" is a different edit of "Skweezit Skweezit Skweezit"
* ''Carnegie Hall''
** "The Subcutaneous Peril" is edited from "Pound For A Brown" and "King Kong"

Notes and references

External links

Official page for the album on the Zappa website



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Compilation albums published posthumously
Frank Zappa compilation albums
2012 compilation albums
Zappa Records albums