LOS ANGELES Pressing, has Chinese signs on the backcover in black. This is the 1976 rock album by Frank Zappa. This was Zappa's only release on the Warner Bros. Records label. Due to a lawsuit with his former manager Herb Cohen Frank Zappa's recording contract was temporarily re-assigned from DiscReet Records to Warner Bros. Below in the photo gallery of "Zoot Allures" you will find enlargements of the album cover in order to identify this particular release.
Collector's notes ( detailed background information on the persons working on this album) Davey Moire has been Frank Zappa's sound engineer since 1975 and did occasionally some vocal parts. |
Album Fact Sheet: FRANK ZAPPA - Zoot Allures |
Music Genre:Prog Rock, Avant-Garde |
Album Production Information:The album: "FRANK ZAPPA - Zoot Allures" was produced by: Frank Zappa Sound/Recording Engineer(s): MIchael Braunstein, Davey Moire This album was recorded at: Record Plant, Los Angeles Mastered At – Amigo Studios Mastered by: Arnie Acosta Album cover design: Cal Schenkel Album cover photography: Gary Heery |
Label Information:Warner Bros. Records WB 56298 |
Record Format:12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone RecordTotal Album (Cover+Record) weight: 230 gram |
Year & Country:1976 Made in The Netherlands |
Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: FRANK ZAPPA - Zoot Allures |
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Complete Track-listing of the album "FRANK ZAPPA - Zoot Allures" |
The detailed tracklist of this record "FRANK ZAPPA - Zoot Allures" is:
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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.