[art rock, classical] (2019) Frank Zappa - Orchestral Favorites [40th Anniversary Edition] [FLAC,Tracks] [DarkAngie]

(2019) Frank Zappa - Orchestral Favorites [40th Anniversary Edition]

Review:
…Orchestral Favorites is an odd release in the Zappa catalogue – one that started its life in a very different configuration. The music, recorded live in September 1975 with a full orchestra and Terry Bozzio on drums, was intended to be released as part of a larger project called Läther (posthumously released in 1996). But after a series of lawsuits surrounding Zappa and his former label, the material was eventually issued without Zappa’s approval (nor his usual quality control standards) in 1979. Original versions lacked artist credits and liner notes, and featured cover artwork that Zappa went on to disparage. The 3-CD edition of Orchestral Favorites: 40th Anniversary features new, high-resolutiontransfers from the original master tapes. To prepare the set, Joe Travers and Ahmet Zappa returned to the original master tapes from that September 18, 1975 show at UCLA’s Royce Hall. During their search, they uncovered the original master tone reel that allowed them to properly set up the playback and transfer of the masters. As UMe notes in its press release, “Zappa reworked Orchestral Favorites for the CD format in 1991, and it has been reissued several times since his death. But the matching of the new master to the project tone reel means that the album can now be presented as he intended.” The 40th Anniversary Edition of Orchestral Favorites not only include that original, 5-song album (newly remastered), but it also feature a further two discs comprising the entire September 18 performance! The 20-song set features some of the most intriguing Zappa material ever set to tape. As Ahmet Zappa said in a statement, “The [program] repertoire consisted of complex and challenging music that originates from all time frames of FZ’s career. Older themes that predate the original Mothers Of Invention, to brand new pieces hot off the pen, mixed in with some good ol’ FZ-directed improvisation.”

Tracklist:

Disc 1 – Original Album
1. Strictly Genteel
2. Pedro’s Dowry
3. Naval Aviation in Art?
4. Duke of Prunes
5. Bogus Pomp
Bonus Track
6. Strictly Genteel (Keyboard OD Version)

Disc 2 – Performance from September 18, 1975
1. Show Star/Bogus Pomp Explained
2. Bogus Pomp
3. Revised Music for Low-Budge Symphony Orchestra
4. The Story of Pedro’s Dowry
5. Pedro’s Dowry
6. The Story of Rollo
7. Rollo

Disc 3 – Performance from September 18, 1975 (continued)
1. Black Napkins Instructions
2. Black Napkins
3. Dog/Meat
4. The Players
5. Naval Aviation in Art?
6. “Another Weirdo Number”
7. Lumpy Gravy (Extract)/Improvisation
8. Evening At The Hermitage
9. “A Special Guest Artist”
10. Duke Of Prunes
11. “Absolutely Disgusting”
12. The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary
13. Strictly Genteel


Media Report:
Genre: art rock, classical
Source: CD
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits