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1	Black Napkins Bass – Roy EstradaDrums – Terry BozzioKeyboards – Andre LewisLead Guitar – Frank ZappaVocals – Napoleon Murphy Brock*, Norma Bell*	7:10
2	Black Napkins: "Zoot Allures" Album Version Bass – Roy EstradaDrums – Terry BozzioKeyboards – Andre LewisLead Guitar – Frank Zappa	4:15
3	Zoot Allures Bass Guitar – Roy EstradaDrums – Terry BozzioKeyboards – Andre LewisLead Guitar – Frank Zappa	15:45
4	Merely A Blues In A Bass – Tom FowlerDrums – Chester ThompsonKeyboards, Vocals – George DukeLead Guitar – Frank ZappaTenor Saxophone, Vocals – Napoleon Murphy Brock*	7:27
5	Zoot Allures: "Zoot Allures" Album Version Bass – Dave ParlatoDrums – Terry BozzioHarp – Lu Ann Neil*Lead Guitar – Frank ZappaMarimba – Ruth Underwood	4:05
6	Watermelon In Easter Hay Bass – Patrick O'HearnDrums – Terry BozzioKeyboards – Peter Wolf , Tommy MarsLead Guitar – Frank ZappaPercussion – Ed MannRhythm Guitar – Adrian Belew	6:42
7	Watermelon In Easter Hay: "Joe's Garage" Album Version Bass – Arthur BarrowDrums, Other [Optometric Abandon] – Vinnie ColaiutaKeyboards – Peter Wolf Lead Guitar – Frank ZappaPercussion – Ed MannRhythm Guitar – Warren Cucurullo*	8:42

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Munchkin Music
• Copyright (c) – Rykodisc
• Licensed From – Zappa Family Trust
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Zappa Family Trust
• Copyright (c) – Zappa Family Trust
• Copyright (c) – Zappanese
• Mastered At – UMRK
• Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Commerce – B2381

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Tracy Veal
• Artwork [Cover Manuscript Art] – Matt Groening
• Composed By – Frank Zappa
• Executive-Producer – Gail Zappa
• Liner Notes – Dweezil Zappa
• Liner Notes [Hair Displacement Guidance] – Ahmet Zappa
• Mastered By – Spencer Chrislu
• Mixed By – Frank Zappa (tracks: 2 to 7), Spencer Chrislu (tracks: 1)
• Photography By [Apostrophe (') Cover] – Emerson-Loew
• Producer – Dweezil Zappa
• Research [Preliminary Research] – Mike Keneally
• Research [Vault Meistering, Research] – Joe Travers
• Sequenced By, Edited By – Dweezil Zappa, Spencer Chrislu
• Technician [Analog Tape Resuscitation, 8 Track And 2 Track Transfers, Technical Assistance] – Dave Dondorf, Spencer Chrislu

Notes

Official Release #66.

All compositions published worldwide by Munchkin Music.
Album versions (tracks 2, 5 & 7) © 1996 Rykodisc. Exclusive worldwide license Zappa Family Trust.
℗ © 1996 Zappa Family Trust. Artwork & Liner Notes © 1996 Zappanese.

This release's aim was to explore Frank Zappa's self-professed 'signature' guitar pieces - "Black Napkins", "Zoot Allures" and "Watermelon in Easter Hay" - by juxapositioning alternate, early recordings of these tracks against the original album versions. "Merely a Blues In A" is, effectively, a previously unreleased track.

Liner notes denoted as being written in Los Angeles, 1996.

Track 1: Live recording - Ljubljana, Yogoslavia 1975-11-22.
Track 2: Live recording - Osaka, Japan 1976-02-00; originally released in October 1976 on "Zoot Allures".
Track 3: Live Recording - Tokyo, Japan, 1976-02-05.
Track 4: Live Recording - Paris, France, 1974-09-27. Previously unreleased.
Track 5: Originally released in October 1976 on "Zoot Allures".
Track 6: Live recording - city and specific date unknown, January or Febuary 1978.
Track 7: Originally released in 1979 on "Joe's Garage, Acts 2 & 3", ending with an extra live-concert insert at the end with FZ saying "Good Night" as a final reminiscent to his death.

Mastered at UMRK, 1996.

Packaging: six-panel black imitation leather Digipak with a fake stick-on moustache; the silver letters are printed on brilliant embossed black. Includes a 12-page booklet.

First pressings don't have the stickered barcode.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Sticker): 824302996126
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): wea mfg. commerce B2381 AF FZPFZ-2 80 1.888.922.7873 *M1 S1
• Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): wea mfg. commerce B2381 AF FZPFZ-2 80 1.888.922.7873 *M1 S2
• Mastering SID Code: ifpi L912