The Band From Utopia - A Tribute To The Music Of Frank Zappa

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Chunga's Revenge Written-By – Frank Zappa	2:22
2	Ain't Got No Heart Written-By – Frank Zappa	2:17
3	Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance Written-By – Frank Zappa	2:10
4	What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? Written-By – Frank Zappa	1:04
5	Mother People Written-By – Frank Zappa	2:56
6	Help, I'm A Rock Written-By – Frank Zappa	3:32
7	The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbeque Written-By – Frank Zappa	6:00
8	City Of Tiny Lights Written-By – Frank Zappa	6:44
9	Pound For A Brown Written-By – Frank Zappa	1:26
10	I'm A Beautiful Guy Written-By – Frank Zappa	2:53
11	The Bebop Tango Written-By – Frank Zappa	9:42
12	Yo Cats Written-By – Frank Zappa, Tommy Mars	4:12
13	Zomby Woof Written-By – Frank Zappa	4:58
14	Sofa Written-By – Frank Zappa	2:57
15	Andy Written-By – Frank Zappa	7:06

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Munchkin Music
• Published By – Frank Zappa Music
• Recorded At – Hegel-Saal Liederhalle, Stuttgart
• Mixed At – Twisted Studio
• Made By – BOD Berlin Optical Disc
• Distributed By – EFA Medien GmbH – 03420
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Muffin Records Productions
• Copyright (c) – Muffin Records Productions

Credits

• Arranged By – The Band From Utopia
• Baritone Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Contrabass Clarinet – Kurt McGettrick
• Bass, Violin, Vocals – Tom Fowler
• Composed By – Frank Zappa
• Design [Graphic design] – MedicineMan Design
• Drums – Chad Wackerman, Jay Dittamo
• Engineer [Recording] – Erich Ebert
• Engineer [Sound] – Scott McGregor
• Guitar, Bass, Vocals – Arthur Barrow
• Guitar, Vocals – Ike Willis
• Keyboards, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals – Robert Martin*
• Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy Mars
• Mastered By [Sound] – Bob Stone
• Mixed By – Arthur Barrow, Robby Baumann*
• Photography By – Reinhard Preuss
• Producer – Arthur Barrow, The Band From Utopia
• Trombone, Vocals – Bruce Fowler
• Vibraphone, Percussion – Ed Mann

Notes

This 'tribute to the music of Frank Zappa' began as an invitation, from organizers of the Jazz Open Festival Stuttgart 1994, to past members of Zappa's bands to perform his works for the festival. This, following Zappa's death in Dec 1993. The group rehearsed the works in both Stuttgart and Los Angeles.

Recorded at the Jazz Open Festival, Stuttgart, Germany, July 1st 1994 live at the Liederhalle.
Mixed at Twisted Studio, Austin, Texas, USA

The concert was recorded by mobile, 32-track digital, and also filmed and broadcasted on German TV

Track 8 was "City Of Tiny Lites" & Track 11 was "Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)" on original Zappa releases.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 718750 342027
• Barcode (Scanned): 0718750342027
• Matrix / Runout: BOD EFA 03420
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L357
• Other (Spars Code): DDD
• Rights Society: GEMA

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
MRP020	The Band From Utopia	A Tribute To The Music Of Frank Zappa ‎(CD, Album)	Muffin Records Productions	MRP020	US	1995

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