Frank ZappaApostrophe (')

Label:

Discreet – DS 2175

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , Santa Maria Press

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Avantgarde

Tracklist

A1 Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 2:06
A2 Nanook Rubs It 4:37
A3 St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast 1:52
A4 Father O'Blivion 2:18
A5 Cosmik Debris 4:10
B1 Excentrifugal Forz 1:31
B2 Apostrophe' 5:53
B3 Uncle Remus 2:54
B4 Stink-Foot 6:35

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded AtElectric Lady Studios
  • Recorded AtBolic Sound
  • Recorded AtParamount Recording Studios
  • Lacquer Cut AtArtisan Sound Recorders
  • Pressed ByColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
  • Manufactured ByWarner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Published ByMunchkin Music
  • Published ByMycenae Music Co.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Copyright ©Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Record CompanyDiscreet Records, Inc.

Credits

  • Backing VocalsSusie Glover
  • BassTom Fowler
  • DrumsRalph Humphrey
  • EngineerTerry Dunavan
  • GraphicsCal Schenkel
  • KeyboardsGeorge Duke
  • Lead Vocals, Guitar [All]FZ*
  • PercussionRuth Underwood
  • Photography By [Back]Mark Aalyson
  • Photography By [Front]Emerson-Loew
  • Producer, Arranged ByFrank Zappa
  • RemixKerry McNabb
  • Rhythm GuitarTony Duran (tracks: B2)
  • SaxophoneNapoleon Murphy Brock*
  • TechnicianUnity (24)
  • TromboneBruce Fowler (3)
  • TrumpetSal Marquez
  • ViolinJean-Luc Ponty
  • Written-ByGordon* (tracks: B2)

Notes

℗© 1974 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Original Artisan masters.

Variation from other US Discreet label incl., but not limited to, title ends with apostrophe (') rather than exclamation (!).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Label): 31,690
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Label): 31,691
  • Pressing Plant ID (Runout scribings ^): S
  • Pressing Plant ID (Runout scribing ^): Ƨ
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Etch exc Artisan stamp, var. 1): DS-2175 31690-1C [Artisan logo] 1S
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Etch exc Artisan stamp, var. 1): DS-2175 31691-1A [Artisan logo] 1S
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Etch exc Artisan stamp, var. 2): Ƨ DS-2175 31690-1A 9 [Artisan logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Etch exc Artisan stamp, var. 2): | DS-2175 31691-1A F6 [Artisan logo]
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Etch exc Artisan stamp, var. 3): S | DS-2175 31690-1A [Artisan logo] A18
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Etch exc 0 & Artisan stamp, var. 3): Ƨ | DS-2175 31691-1B 0 [Artisan logo] A8
  • Matrix / Runout (A Side Etch exc Artisan stamp, var. 4): S/ DS-2175 31690-1A [Artisan logo] A14
  • Matrix / Runout (B Side Etch exc Artisan stamp, var. 4): S/ DS-2175 31691-1B [Artisan logo] A7

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Apostrophe (') (LP, Album, SXT Pressing) Discreet DS 2175 US 1974
Apostrophe (') (LP, Album, Stereo) Discreet K59201, K 59201 UK 1974
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Apostrophe (') (LP, Album, Quadraphonic, CD-4) Discreet DS4 2175 US 1974
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Apostrophe (') (LP, Album) Discreet DS 2175, DS-2175 Australia 1974
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Apostrophe (LP, Album) Discreet 59201, DS 2175 1974

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Reviews

  • jasonlollarwinder's avatar
    ok 3 22 24
    amazing no noisw
    i bought this mid 70s
    • jasonlollarwinder's avatar
      holy fuck= i must have played this 100 times and it still sounds amazing and no surface noise
      • sillyworm's avatar
        sillyworm
        Around the time I quite listening to Zappa....too commercial.I did enjoy the LIVE recording with the TURTLES crew .
        • shakingstreet's avatar
          shakingstreet
          The original US release came with a lyric insert

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