FRANK ZAPPA THEM OR US FRANCE Release Gatefold 12" 2LP VINYL Album

 

FRANK ZAPPA - Them Or Us France Release Gatefold 12" 2LP VINYL Album
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Collector's info: Original French 1st pressing

 

Album Description & Collectors information:
 

Gatefold (FOC) cover design with artwork / photos on the inside cover pages

This album "FRANK ZAPPA Them Or Us DLP FoC" is the rare French releas, released in October 1984. Its opening and closing tracks are covers: "The Closer You Are", which was written by Earl Lewis and Morgan Robinson and originally released by The Channels; and "Whippin' Post", originally recorded by The Allman Brothers Band. Zappa also produced and arranged the album.

Music Genre:
 
American Rock, Jazz Fusion, Prog Rock 
Album Production Information:
 

The album: "FRANK ZAPPA Them Or Us DLP FoC" was produced by: Frank Zappa

Sound/Recording Engineer(s): Mark Pinske, Bob Stone

This album was recorded at: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen

Album cover Painting: David Roller Wilson , Gabrielle Raumberger, New Age Art

Album cover photography: Steve Schapiro

Label Information:
 
EMI Pathe Marconi Pumpkin Industries 2402343
Media Format:
 
Dobule 12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record
Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 460 gram  
Year & Country:
 
1984 Made in France

Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: FRANK ZAPPA Them Or Us DLP FoC

    Band-members, Musicians and Performers
  • Frank Zappa - guitar, keyboards, vocals, arranger, producer, main performer, assistant
  • Tommy Mars - keyboards, vocals, soloist
  • Patrick O'Hearn - wind, bass guitar
  • Scott Thunes - vocals, Minimoog, synthesizer, bass guitar
  • Johnny Guitar Watson - vocals, guitar
  • Ray White - guitar, vocals, backing vocals, choir, chorus, harmony vocals, harmony
  • Moon Unit Zappa - vocals
  • Ed Mann - percussion
  • Chad Wackerman - drums, vocals
  • Ike Willis - vocals, backing vocals, choir, chorus, harmony vocals, harmony
  • Arthur Barrow - bass guitar
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock - saxophone, vocals, harmony vocals, harmony
  • Brad Cole - piano
  • Roy Estrada - vocals, backing vocals, choir, chorus, harmony, bass guitar
  • Bob Harris - keyboards, vocals, harmony vocals
  • Thana Harris - vocals, harmony
  • Steve Vai - guitar, soloist, fills
  • Dweezil Zappa - soloist, guitar
  • George Duke - keyboards, vocals, piano
  • Bobby Martin - keyboards, saxophone, vocals, falssetist, harmony vocals, harmonica

Complete Track-listing of the album "FRANK ZAPPA Them Or Us DLP FoC"

The detailed tracklist of this record "FRANK ZAPPA Them Or Us DLP FoC" is:

    Side one
  • The Closer You Are (Earl Lewis, Morgan Bobby Robinson) - 2:55
  • In France - 3:30
  • Ya Hozna - 6:26
  • Sharleena - 4:33
    Side two
  • Sinister Footwear II - 8:39
  • Truck Driver Divorce - 8:59
    Side three
  • Stevie's Spanking - 5:23
  • Baby, Take Your Teeth Out - 1:54
  • Marqueson's Chicken - 7:33
  • Planet of My Dreams - 1:37
    Side four
  • Be in My Video - 3:39
  • Them or Us - 5:23
  • Frogs with Dirty Little Lips (Frank Zappa, Ahmet Zappa) - 2:42
  • Whippin' Post (Gregg Allman) - 7:32

 

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"Them or Us" Record Label Details: EMI 2402343 ℗ 1984 Pumpko Industries Ltd Sound Copyright

"Them or Us" Record Label Details: EMI 2402343 ℗ 1984 Pumpko Industries Ltd Sound Copyright

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Frank Zappa's Biography:

  Frank Zappa (Full-name: Frank Vincent Zappa 1940-1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. He was a pioneer of avant-garde rock and fusion music, known for his innovative and eclectic musical style. Zappa produced over 60 albums and worked with many notable musicians, including the Mothers of Invention, a band he formed in the 1960s. He was also a political activist and spoke out against censorship, making him a controversial figure in his time. Zappa died in 1993 from prostate cancer.

 Frank Vincent Zappa Jr was born in Baltimore City, Maryland, United States on 21/12/1940. He was the first child of Francis Vincent Zappa 07/05/1906 and Rose Marie Colimore 07/06/1912. He had two brothers: Charles Robert “Bobby” Zappa 28/08/1943, Carl Lewis Zappa 10/09/1947.

 When he was 32 years old, his father Francis Vincent Zappa died (07/04/1973).

 He married Kay Sherman in 1960. On 21/09/1967, he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman 01/01/1945 in New York City, New York, United States. He was 19 years old when he married Kay Sherman. He was 26 years old when he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, who was 22 years old at that time. He got divorced from Kay Sherman in 1964.

 On 06/04/1950, he lived in Bush, Harford, Maryland, United States. On 04/12/1993, he lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

 On 04/12/1993, he died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States when he was 52 years old. In 1993, he was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. His wife Adelaide Gail Sloatman died on 07/10/2015, 22 years after him.

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