Joe's Garage Act I

by Frank Zappa

Type: Album
Released: 17 September 1979
Label: Zappa
Country: United States
Length: 39:30
Community rating: 3.69/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The first installment of Frank Zappa's sprawling, dystopian rock opera imagines a world where music itself has been criminalized by the government. Narrated by the 'Central Scrutinizer', the album is a fiercely satirical, highly eclectic collision of complex jazz-rock musicianship and deeply vulgar, wonderfully humorous comedy rock.

Genres

Descriptors: satirical, conceptual, vulgar, spoken-word, theatrical

Tracklist

Credits

Frank Zappa - primary artist, composed by, arranged by, conductor, lead guitar, vocals, producer
John Williams - art direction [art director], illustration [illustrator]
Marginal Chagrin - baritone saxophone
Stumuk - bass saxophone, technician [monitor system]
Arthur Barrow - bass, vocals
Steve Allsberg - coordinator [project co-ordinator]
Norman Seeff - cover, photography by [cover photo]
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums
Barbara Issak - engineer [assistant]
Thomas Nordegg - engineer [assistant]
Tom Cummings - engineer [assistant]
Mick Glossop - engineer [re-mix engineer]
Steve Nye - engineer [re-mix engineer]
Joe Chiccarelli - engineer [recording engineer]
Claus Wiedemann - engineer [special engineering]
David Gray - engineer [special engineering]
Craig Steward - harmonica
Peter Wolf - keyboards
Tommy Mars - keyboards
Ike Willis - lead vocals, lead vocals vocal
Glotzer Management - management
Stan Ricker - mastered by [disc mastering]
Ed Mann - percussion
Marv Greifinger - promotion [press information, phonogram]
Jane Friedman - promotion [press information, wartoke concern]
Wartoke Concern, Inc. - promotion [press information]
Warren Cuccurullo - rhythm guitar, vocals
Denny Walley - slide guitar, vocals
Motorhead Sherwood - technician [monitor system]
Jeff Hollie - tenor saxophone
Al Malkin - vocals
Dale Bozzio - vocals