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The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle (2008)

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Released
  
December 21, 2008

Release date
  
21 December 2008

Artist
  
Frank Zappa

Genre
  
Rock music

The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle 2008 (2008)
  
Congress Shall Make No Law... (2010)

Producers
  
Frank Zappa, Joe Travers, Dweezil Zappa, Linda Perry

Similar
  
Frank Zappa albums, Rock music albums

The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle 2008 was released as a digital download on iTunes on December 21, 2008. It consists of five previously unreleased tracks performed by Frank Zappa, and new tracks featuring Zappa's children, producer Joe Travers and others. It is the second iTunes album by Frank Zappa, the first being The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle (2006). (AAAFNRAA stands for "Anything Anytime Anywhere for No Reason At All", Zappa's motto of sorts.) The additional A in this release's title stands for "Again".

Track listing

  1. "Dancin' Fool" (Disco Version) - 6:18 (Frank Zappa)
  2. Artist: Frank Zappa
  3. Producer: Frank Zappa
  4. Originally released April 1979 on a 12” single. Released in 1995 by Rykodisc on Strictly Commercial
  5. "More Trouble Every Day" - 5:48 (Frank Zappa)
  6. Artist: Frank Zappa
  7. Producer: Frank Zappa
  8. Recorded live in Wien, Austria, May 8, 1988
  9. "Gorgeous Inca" - 3:25 (Frank Zappa)
  10. Artist: Frank Zappa
  11. Producer: Frank Zappa
  12. Recorded live in Graz, Austria, March 23, 1979
  13. "Ancient Armaments" - 4:09 (Frank Zappa)
  14. Artist: Frank Zappa
  15. Producer: Frank Zappa
  16. Originally released as a B-side to the single "I Don’t Want To Get Drafted". Recorded live in New York City, October 31, 1978
  17. "America the Beautiful" - 3:35 (Traditional)
  18. Artist: Frank Zappa
  19. Producer: Frank Zappa
  20. Recorded live in Uniondale, New York, March 25, 1988
  21. "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" - 3:12 (Dr. Seuss & Albert Hague)
  22. Artist: Dweezil Zappa with Ahmet Zappa (vocals)
  23. Producer: Dweezil Zappa
  24. Originally released in 2000 on the Dweezil Zappa CD Automatic
  25. "Saturday Girl" - 2:50 (Dweezil Zappa)
  26. Artist: Dweezil Zappa
  27. Producer: Dweezil Zappa
  28. "Alice" - 5:12
  29. Artist: Diva Zappa
  30. Producer: Dweezil Zappa
  31. "Espanoza" - 3:26
  32. Artist: Diva Zappa
  33. Producer: Dweezil Zappa
  34. "Dumb All Over" - 5:46 (Frank Zappa)
  35. Artist: Melanie Starks
  36. Producer: Joe Travers
  37. "Twenty Small Cigars" - 5:49 (Frank Zappa)
  38. Artist: Joe Travers
  39. Producer: Joe Travers
  40. "Lacksadaisial" - 5:44 (Joe Travers)
  41. Artist: Joe Travers
  42. Producer: Joe Travers
  43. "Dirty Love" - 4:04 (Frank Zappa)
  44. Artist: Cree Summer
  45. Ahmet Zappa (background vocals) & Dweezil Zappa (guitar)
  46. Producer: Linda Perry

References

The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle (2008) Wikipedia