Trance-Fusion
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| Studio album by Frank Zappa | ||
| Released | October 24, 2006 | |
| Recorded | 1977—1988 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Label | Zappa Records | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Frank Zappa chronology | ||
| Imaginary Diseases (2006) |
Trance-Fusion (2006) |
MOFO (2006) |
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]
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- Chunga's Revenge
- Performed at Wembley Arena, London, UK: April 19, 1988. Features Dweezil Zappa
- Bowling On Charen
- Guitar solo from Wild Love, performed at The Palladium, NYC: October 28, 1977 (early show)
- Originally called The Squirm
- Good Lobna
- 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.
- A Cold Dark Matter
- Guitar solo from Inca Roads, performed at Memorial Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania: March 19, 1988
- Butter Or Cannons
- Guitar solo from Let's Move To Cleveland, performed at The Pier, NYC: August 25, 1984
- Ask Dr. Stupid
- Guitar solo from Easy Meat, performed at Rhein-Neckarhalle, Eppelheim, Germany: March 21, 1979
- Refers to a reoccurring 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.
- Scratch & Sniff
- Guitar solo from City Of Tiny Lights, performed at Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK: April 16, 1988
- Trance-Fusion
- Guitar solo from Marque-Son's Chicken, performed at Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany: May 24, 1988
- Gorgo
- 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.
- Diplodocus
- Guitar solo from King Kong, performed at Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island: October 26, 1984
- Soul Polka
- Guitar solo from Oh No, performed at Memorial Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania: March 19, 1988
- For Giuseppe Franco
- Guitar solo from Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, performed at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington: December 17, 1984 (late show)
- After Dinner Smoker
- Guitar solo from The Torture Never Stops, performed at Palasport, Genoa, Italy: June 9, 1988
- Light is all that matters
- Guitar solo from Let's Move To Cleveland,performed at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington December 17, 1984 (late show)
- Finding Higgs' Boson
- 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.
- Bavarian Sunset
- Guitar solo from post-I Am The Walrus jam, performed at Rudi-Sedlmeyer Sporthalle, Munich, Germany: May 9, 1988
[edit] Notes
- ^ Upcoming Releases - October 24, 2006 @ rykodistribution.com
- ^ "Re: 'Trans fuzion' and 'Dance me this'", Bossk (R), alt.fan.frank-zappa, Usenet, 26 April 2000]
- ^ Zappa.com FAQ
- ^ Info about the Trance-Fusion bootleg can be found at the Zappa Patio
[edit] External link
[edit] References
- Information Is Not Knowledge: FZ Discography. Retrieved on October 27, 2006.
