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Trance-Fusion is the name of an album of guitar solos completed by Frank Zappa shortly before his death, but not released until 2006.[1] The album had previously been announced for release in 1999[2] and 2003[3], and again announced in 2005 in relation to the Zappa Plays Zappa tour. It had previously been only available through bootlegs.[4]

Similar albums: Guitar, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute, The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa.

Track listing

  1. "Chunga's Revenge" - 7:01
    • Performed at Wembley Arena, London, UK: April 19, 1988. Features Dweezil Zappa
  2. "Bowling on Charen" - 5:03
    • Guitar solo from Wild Love, performed at The Palladium, NYC: October 28, 1977 (early show)
    • Originally called The Squirm
  3. "Good Lobna" - 1:39
    • Guitar solo from Let's Move To Cleveland, performed at Orpheum Theater, Memphis, Tennessee: December 4, 1984
    • Refers to an episode of The Simpsons: "New Kid on the Block," in which Bart says this line. Series creator Matt Groening is a Zappa fan.
  4. "A Cold Dark Matter" - 3:31
    • Guitar solo from Inca Roads, performed at Memorial Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania: March 19, 1988
    • Refers to cold dark matter, a term from cosmology and particle physics.
  5. "Butter or Cannons" - 3:24
    • Guitar solo from Let's Move To Cleveland, performed at The Pier, NYC: August 25, 1984
  6. "Ask Dr. Stupid" - 3:20
    • Guitar solo from Easy Meat, performed at Rhein-Neckarhalle, Eppelheim, Germany: March 21, 1979
    • Refers to a recurring segment from The Ren and Stimpy Show. Series creator John Kricfalusi is also a Zappa fan, and Zappa provided the voice of "The Pope" on one episode of the series.
  7. "Scratch & Sniff" - 3:56
    • Guitar solo from City Of Tiny Lights, performed at Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK: April 16, 1988
  8. "Trance-Fusion" - 4:19
    • Guitar solo from Marque-Son's Chicken, performed at Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany: May 24, 1988
  9. "Gorgo" - 2:41
    • Guitar solo from The Torture Never Stops, performed at Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm: May 1, 1988
    • May refer to the 1961 science fiction film (Zappa is known to be a fan of monster movies), or Gorgonzola, the Zappa family's cat.
  10. "Diplodocus" - 3:22
    • Guitar solo from King Kong, performed at Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island: October 26, 1984
  11. "Soul Polka"' - 3:17
    • Guitar solo from Oh No, performed at Memorial Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania: March 19, 1988
  12. "For Giuseppe Franco" - 3:48
    • Guitar solo from Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, performed at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington: December 17, 1984 (late show)
  13. "After Dinner Smoker" - 4:45
    • Guitar solo from The Torture Never Stops, performed at Palasport, Genoa, Italy: June 9, 1988
  14. "Light is All That Matters" - 3:46
    • Guitar solo from Let's Move To Cleveland,performed at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington December 17, 1984 (late show)
  15. "Finding Higgs' Boson" - 3:41
    • Guitar solo from Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, performed at Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria: May 8, 1988
    • Refers to the Higgs Boson, a hypothetical massive scalar elementary particle predicted to exist by the Standard Model of particle physics.
  16. "Bavarian Sunset" - 4:00
    • Guitar solo from post-I Am The Walrus jam, performed at Rudi-Sedlmeyer Sporthalle, Munich, Germany: May 9, 1988

Personnel

  • Frank Zappa – guitar, all tracks
  • Dweezil Zappa – guitar on tracks 1 and 16
  • Mike Keneally – rhythm guitar and keyboards on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
  • Bobby Martin – keyboards on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16
  • Ed Mann – percussion on tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
  • Walt Fowler – trumpet, flugelhorn and keyboards on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
  • Bruce Fowler – trombone on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
  • Paul Carmen – alto, soprano, and baritone saxophone on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
  • Albert Wing – tenor saxophone on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
  • Kurt McGettrick – baritone, bass saxophone and contrabass clarinet on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15, and 16
  • Scott Thunes – bass and mini-Moog on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16
  • Chad Wackerman – drums and percussion on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16
  • Ray White – rhythm guitar on tracks 3, 5, 10, 12, and 14
  • Ike Willis – rhythm guitar on tracks 3, 5, 10, 12, and 14
  • Allan Zavod – keyboards on tracks 3, 5, 10, 12, and 14
  • Warren Cuccurullo – rhythm guitar on track 6
  • Denny Walley – slide guitar on track 6
  • Tommy Mars – keyboards on tracks 2 and 6
  • Peter Wolf – keyboards on tracks 2 and 6
  • Vinnie Colaiuta – drums on track 6
  • Adrian Belew – rhythm guitar on track 2
  • Patrick O'Hearn – bass on track 2
  • Terry Bozzio – drums on track 2

Notes

  1. ^ Upcoming Releases - October 24, 2006 @ rykodistribution.com
  2. ^ "Re: 'Trans fuzion' and 'Dance me this'", Bossk (R), alt.fan.frank-zappa, Usenet, 26 April 2000]
  3. ^ Zappa.com FAQ
  4. ^ Info about the Trance-Fusion bootleg can be found at the Zappa Patio

References

  1. "Information Is Not Knowledge: FZ Discography". Retrieved October 27, 2006.
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