_50th_Anniversary_Edition.jpg "Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition")
(5 CDs + Blu-ray, Zappa Records/UME ZR20046, September 13, 2024)
Box set produced for release by Ahmet Zappa & Joe Travers
CD 1, Tracks 1-9, from Apostrophe (') (1974)
Remastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2024
CD 1, Tracks 10-16, from The Crux Of The Biscuit (2016)
Tracks 10-11, 12?, 13, mixed by Craig Parker Adams, Winslow Ct. Studios, 2014
Tracks 12?, 14-16, mixed by
Kerry McNabb, Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 1973
Mastered by Bob Ludwig (#2), Gateway Mastering, 2014
CD 1, Tracks 17-18: Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, Winslow Ct. Studios, 2024
CD 1, Tracks 17-18: Mastered by John Polito, Audio Mechanics, 2024
CDs 2-4; CD 5, Tracks 1-9: Mix, audio restoration and mastering by John Polito, Audio Mechanics, 2024
CD 5, Tracks 12-13: Mixed by FZ (c. 1974-1975?)
2023 digital transfers by Joe Travers, except CD 5, Track 10, transfer by Nicholas Bergh, EndPoint Audio Labs
Art direction, design, tape box photos: Michael Mesker
Photography: Sam Emerson, Yoram Kahana (booklet cover)
Liner notes: Joe Travers, Simon Prentis
A&R: Jeff Fura, Holland Greco
Production manager: Alex Sale
Product manager: Ashley Slater
UME PR: Tim Plumley
Blu-ray Audio Disc produced by Joe Travers and Jeff Fura
Dolby Atmos & 5.1 Surround Mix by Erich Gobel and Karma Auger, Studio1LA, 2024
Stereo remaster by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, CA, 2024
Original recordings produced by FZ
Apostrophe (') (1974) recording & mixing studios:
The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, March 1970—engineers: Dick Kunc & Stan Agol
Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA, May 1972—engineer: Kerry McNabb
Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA,
July 1972—engineer: Kerry McNabb
Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY, November 1972—engineer: Dave Whitman
Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA, May 1973—engineers: Barry Keene, Steve Desper?, Terry Dunavan?
Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA,
June 1973—engineer: Kerry McNabb
Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA,
December 1973—engineer: Bob Hughes
Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA, c. January 1974—engineer: Kerry McNabb
Apostrophe (') (1974) musicians:
FZ—lead vocals, guitars, bass (1970, 1972, 1973, 1974)
George Duke—keyboards, back-up vocals (1973, 1974)
Sugar Cane Harris—violin (1970)
Jean-Luc Ponty—violin (1972, 1973)
Tony Duran—rhythm guitar (1972)
Sal Marquez—trumpet (1973)
Bruce Fowler—trombone (1973, 1974)
Ian Underwood—saxophone (1973)
Napoleon Murphy Brock—saxophone, back-up vocals (1973, 1974)
Ruth Underwood—percussion (1973)
Jack Bruce—bass (1972)
Alex "Erroneous" Dmochowski—bass (1972)
Tom Fowler—bass (1973)
Aynsley Dunbar—drums (1970, 1972)
John Guerin—drums (1972)
Jim Gordon—drums (1972)
Ralph Humphrey—drums (1973)
Lauren "Chunky" Wood—back-up vocals (1972?)
Susie Glover—back-up vocals (1972?)
Tina Turner—back-up vocals (1973)
Debbie Wilson—back-up vocals (1973)
Linda "Lynn" Sims—back-up vocals (1973)
Ray Collins—back-up vocals (1973 or 1974)
Kerry McNabb—back-up vocals (1973 or 1974)
Ruben Ladron de Guevara—back-up vocals (1973 or 1974)
Robert "Frog" Camarena—back-up vocals (1973 or 1974)
The Mothers Of Invention, March 1974
(CDs 2-3; CD 4, Track 1)
Recording engineer: Bob Ludwig (#1)
FZ—guitar, vocals
Jeff Simmons—guitar, harmonica, vocals
George Duke—keyboards, vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock—tenor sax, flute, vocals
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Ruth Underwood—percussion
Tom Fowler—bass
Ralph Humphrey—drums, percussion
Chester Thompson—drums, percussion
The Mothers Of Invention, September-November 1974
(CD 4, Tracks 2-12; CD 5, Tracks 1-9, 12-13)
Recording engineer: Brian Krokus
FZ—guitar, vocals
George Duke—keyboards, vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock—tenor sax, flute, vocals
Ruth Underwood—percussion
Tom Fowler—bass
Chester Thompson—drums, percussion
includes a quotation from Midnight Sun (Hampton/Burke/Mercer)
includes a quotation from Midnight Sun (Hampton/Burke/Mercer)
includes Rollo Interior
includes a quotation from Who Knows (Hendrix)
includes quotations from Dragnet (Schumann/Rósza)
includes a quotation from Midnight Sun (Hampton/Burke/Mercer)
includes a quotation from Midnight Sun (Hampton/Burke/Mercer)
includes a quotation from Who Knows (Hendrix)
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
includes quotations from Approximate
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
includes quotations from Be-Bop Tango and Penguin In Bondage
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
includes a quotation from Who Knows (Hendrix)
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
includes a quotation from The Idiot Bastard Son
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
includes The Hook and quotations from Rollo Interior and Louie Louie (Berry)
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
includes King Kong, Chunga's Revenge, Mr. Green Genes, The Hook, and quotations from Dupree's Paradise, Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss) and Midnight Sun (Hampton/Burke/Mercer)
City Auditorium, Colorado Springs, CO
March 21, 1974
includes quotations from Approximate and El humahuaqueño (Zaldívar)
Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, UT
March 18, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
includes quotations from Dragnet (Schumann/Rósza)
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
includes quotations from Approximate
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
includes quotations from Be-Bop Tango and Penguin In Bondage
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY
November 15, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
includes quotations from The Twilight Zone Theme (Constant), Piano Sonata in C K. 545 (Mozart), and Needles And Pins (Nitzsche/Bono)
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
includes quotations from Pygmy Twylyte and The Idiot Bastard Son
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
includes a quotation from Midnight Sun (Hampton/Burke/Mercer)
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
includes a quotation from Midnight Sun (Hampton/Burke/Mercer)
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
includes Rollo Interior
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
November 20, 1974
includes fragments from Cosmik Debris, Nanook Rubs It, St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Excentrifugal Forz, and Stink-Foot
includes parts of Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast, and quotations from Midnight Sun (Hampton/Burke/Mercer)
guitar solo from Trouble Every Day
Konserthuset, Gothenburg, Sweden
September 25, 1974
includes a quotation from It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal
Festhalle Mustermesse, Basel, Switzerland
October 1, 1974, early show
All compositions by Frank Zappa except as noted