Joe's Camouflage is a compilation album by Frank Zappa, released posthumously in January 2014 by The Zappa Family Trust on Zappa Records. It represents the first official release of material by a band Zappa assembled for rehearsals in the summer of 1975 but which never toured or recorded material in the studio.
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| Released | January 30, 2014 | |||
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| Length | 47:54 | |||
| Label | VAULTernative Records Catalog Number: VR 20132[1] | |||
| Producer | Frank Zappa | |||
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History
editAccording to the liner notes, the work comprises cassettes of rehearsals (recorded by Denny Walley) and the analog 4 tracks which Joe Travers transferred and mixed.
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Phyniox (Take 1)" | 2:29 |
| 2. | "T'Mershi Duween" | 2:28 |
| 3. | "Reeny Ra" | 4:13 |
| 4. | "Who Do You Think You Are" | 1:39 |
| 5. | "Slack 'Em All Down" | 1:26 |
| 6. | "Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?" | 4:16 |
| 7. | "The Illinois Enema Bandit" | 6:27 |
| 8. | "Sleep Dirt – In Rehearsal" | 1:08 |
| 9. | "Black Napkins" | 8:12 |
| 10. | "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance" | 1:56 |
| 11. | "Denny & Froggy Relate" | 0:31 |
| 12. | "Choose Your Foot" | 1:20 |
| 13. | "Any Downers?" | 6:11 |
| 14. | "Phyniox (Take 2)" | 4:18 |
| 15. | "I Heard a Note" | 1:20 |
Personnel
editMusicians
edit- Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals
- Denny Walley – guitars, vocals
- Robert "Frog" Camarena – vocals, guitar
- Novi Novog – viola, keyboards, vocals
- Napoleon Murphy Brock – tenor sax, vocals
- Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
- Terry Bozzio – drums
Special mention:
- Andre Lewis – keyboards, vocals
Vaultmeisterment
edit- Joe Travers for UMRK