Released October 1, 2008 | Length 45:52 Release date 1 October 2008 Label VAULTernative Records | |
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Joe's Menage#84 (2008) Lumpy Money Project/Object#85 (2009) Similar Frank Zappa albums, Rock music albums | ||
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Joe's Menage is a live album by Frank Zappa, posthumously released on October 1, 2008. It contains previously unreleased material from 1975. It is the fourth album in the "Joe's Corsage" series, which is devoted to various rarities compiled by Joe Travers for the Zappa Family Trust. This album contains material from a concert in Williamsburg on November 1, 1975 (the middle part). It presents for the first time extensive recordings featuring vocalist and alto saxophonist Norma Jean Bell, who was only in Zappa's touring band for a brief period in late 1975.
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The album first germinated in 1978 when Zappa gave fan Ole Lysgaard several cassette tapes, including one of this 1975 concert. In 2004, Lysgaard sent the tapes to Gail Zappa, and she decided to release this particular dub made by Zappa. It was not possible to retrieve Zappa's original tapes, but the tape reel from which Zappa had produced the cassette dub was located in the vault. It was restored by Joe Travers and mastered by John Polito.
Track listing
All compositions and arrangements by Frank Zappa
Musicians
Album credits
Songs
1Honey - Don't You Want a Man Like Me?3:57
2The Illinois Enema Bandit8:42
3Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy6:02