Orchestral Favorites

by Frank Zappa

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 May 1979
  • Label: DiscReet
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 2:31:32
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded at UCLA's Royce Hall in 1975, this entirely instrumental album fulfills Zappa's ambition to have his complex compositions performed by the 37-piece Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra. Released by his former label without his direct authorization, it remains a crucial document of his serious modern classical inclinations.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, orchestral, progressive, instrumental, technical

Tracklist

  1. Strictly Genteel (7:03)
  2. Pedro's Dowry (7:40)
  3. Naval Aviation In Art? (1:21)
  4. Duke Of Prunes (4:19)
  5. Bogus Pomp (13:30)
  6. Strictly Genteel - Live At Royce Hall, 1975 / Keyboard OD Version (7:16)
  7. Show Start / Bogus Pomp Explained - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (6:28)
  8. Bogus Pomp - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (15:01)
  9. Revised Music For Low-Budget Symphony Orchestra - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (6:54)
  10. The Story Of Pedro's Dowry - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (2:10)
  11. Pedro's Dowry - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (8:08)
  12. The Story Of Rollo - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (3:38)
  13. Rollo - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (7:00)
  14. Black Napkins Instructions - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (4:34)
  15. Black Napkins - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (7:30)
  16. Dog / Meat - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (5:02)
  17. The Players - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (1:07)
  18. Naval Aviation In Art? - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (2:05)
  19. Another Weirdo Number - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (1:04)
  20. Lumpy Gravy (Extract) / Improvisation - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (7:01)
  21. Evening At The Hermitage - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (3:23)
  22. A Special Guest Artist - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (0:43)
  23. Duke Of Prunes - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (5:40)
  24. Absolutely Disgusting - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (1:43)
  25. The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (13:39)
  26. Strictly Genteel - Live At Royce Hall, 9/18/1975 (7:23)

Credits

  • Frank Zappa - primary artist, guitar, composed by
  • Dave Parlato - bass
  • Michael Zearott - conductor
  • Terry Bozzio - drums, membranophone
  • Emil Richards - percussion
  • David Parlato - bass

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