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== Release Info ==
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<div style="float:right;">
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{{Album Release Infobox |
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    Home          = [[Album History (by Cover)|Album History]] |
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    Previous album = [[Over-Nite Sensation|Previous]] |
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    Next album    = [[Roxy & Elsewhere|Next]] |
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    Cover          = apostrophe.jpg |
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    Name          = Apostrophe (') |
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    Released      = March 1974 |
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    Related        = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/Apostrophe_(').html}}, {{ZPLink|vinylvscds/apostrophe.html}}, {{KURLink|fz-discography/apostrophe}}<br>[[The Old Masters, Box III]]<br>[[Apostrophe (') - Au20]]<br>[[Apostrophe (') / Over-Nite Sensation|Apostrophe/Overnite DVD]]<br>[[Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition|50th Anniversary Edition]] |
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</div>
  
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==Tracks==
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==Players==
  
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* [[Don't Eat The Yellow Snow|Don't Eat The Yellow Snow]] (02:07)
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{|
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* [[Nanook Rubs It|Nanook Rubs It]] (04:38)
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* [[St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast|St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast]] (01:50)
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*[[Biography|FZ]] (guitars, bass, lead vocals)
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* [[Father O'Blivion|Father O'Blivion]] (02:18)
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*[[Napoleon Murphy Brock]] (saxophone, back-up vocals)
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* [[Cosmik Debris|Cosmik Debris]] (04:15)
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*[[Jack Bruce]] (bass on [[Apostrophe']])
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* [[Excentrifugal Forz|Excentrifugal Forz]] (01:33)
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*[[Robert Camarena|Robert "Frog" Camarena]] (back-up vocals)
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* [[Apostrophe'|Apostrophe']] (05:51)
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*[[Ray Collins]] (back-up vocals)
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* [[Uncle Remus|Uncle Remus]] (02:44)
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*[[Debbie]] (back-up vocals)
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* [[Stink-Foot|Stink-Foot]] (06:33)
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*[[Ruben Ladron de Guevara]] (back-up vocals)
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*[[Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski)|Alex Dmochowski]] as Erroneous (bass)
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*[[George Duke]] (keyboards, back-up vocals)
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*[[Aynsley Dunbar]] (drums)
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*[[Tony Duran]] (rhythm guitar on [[Apostrophe']])
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*[[The Fowler Brothers|Bruce Fowler]] (trombone)
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*[[The Fowler Brothers|Tom Fowler]] (bass)
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*[[Susan Glover|Susie Glover]] (back-up vocals)
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*[[Jim Gordon]] (drums)
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*[[John Guerin|Johnny Guerin]] (drums)
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*[[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|Sugar Cane Harris]] (violin)
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*[[Ralph Humphrey]] (drums)
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*[[Linda Sims|Lynn]] (back-up vocals)
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*[[Sal Marquez]] (trumpet)
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*[[Kerry McNabb]] (back-up vocals)
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*[[Jean-Luc Ponty]] (violin)
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*[[Ian Underwood]] (saxophone)
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*[[Ruth Underwood]] (percussion)
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|}
  
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==Writing/Production credits==
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==Tracks==  
  
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== Players ==
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{| cellspacing="30"
  
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== Background ==
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|valign="top"|<div id="LP"><big>'''LP'''</big></div>
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The use of the word “boring” as a verb is discussed in the [[Lumpy Gravy]] section of this Wiki. We might now consider its more prominent meaning as an adjective. The circular repetitiveness of menial work and its striving to meet the bottom line (cf. Motorhead’s stories about jobs) is boring. Pop music has circular, repetitious beats. We can think back to the empowered people’s “vicious circle,” also mentioned on [[Lumpy Gravy]]; this round thing’s dull in its closed-minded (dark-clouded) pattern.
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'''Side One'''
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#[[Don't Eat The Yellow Snow]] (2:06)
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#[[Nanook Rubs It]] (4:37)
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#[[St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast]] (1:52)
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#[[Father O'Blivion]] (2:18)
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#[[Cosmik Debris]] (4:10)
  
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Here, we can think of the round zeroes that refer to the frozen, empty tundra inhabited by Nanook (each of the first few lines of “[[Don't Eat The Yellow Snow]]” ends with the “o” sound) as being boring, due to their indication of a cultural wasteland (a “dangerous premonition,” mentioned in the Money liner notes -- engineer Gary Kellgren whispers “Blank, empty space” on that same album -- or society as it currently is?). Speaking of vicious round things, there’s also the “vigorous circular motion” performed by Nanook as he rubs urine into the fur trapper’s eyes. The reduction of society into a creatively barren plain is relentless. It’s also a reference to masturbation, which myth says will make you blind, as Nanook does indeed become. Sexual repression contributes to the cultural demise.
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'''Side Two'''
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#[[Excentrifugal Forz]] (1:31)
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#[[Apostrophe']] (5:53)
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#[[Uncle Remus]] (2:54)
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#[[Stink-Foot]] (6:35)
  
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“[[St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast]]” and “[[Father O'Blivion]]” mock religious figures who denounce sex; the priest tries to raise money by feeding his parish the pancake-shaped fruits of his masturbation, blaming his hypocritical perversions on a “leprechaun” (possibly the severed hand of a leper with which he jerks himself off, the leper being a common biblical figure). It’s an update on the reference to masturbation and Nanook’s resulting blindness (although a “vigorous circular motion” pertains more accurately to female self-pleasuring). The song at the end of the original side 1, “[[Cosmik Debris]],” pokes fun at pseudo-holy entrepreneurs (L. Ron Hubbard types on the street corners, to hearken back to “[[Billy The Mountain]],” which contains some altered “Pancake Breakfast” lyrics).
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|valign="top"|<div id="Current CD"><big>'''Current CD'''</big></div>
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#[[Don't Eat The Yellow Snow]] (2:05)
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#[[Nanook Rubs It]] (4:37)
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#[[St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast]] (1:50)
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#[[Father O'Blivion]] (2:18)
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#[[Cosmik Debris]] (4:18)
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#[[Excentrifugal Forz]] (1:33)
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#[[Apostrophe']] (5:50)
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#[[Uncle Remus]] (2:50)
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#[[Stink-Foot]] (6:38)
  
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== Conceptual Continuity ==
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|-
  
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== Versions ==
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|valign="top"|<div id="1986 CD"><big>'''1986 CD,<br>coupled with [[Over-Nite Sensation]]'''</big></div>
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*Tracks 1 to 9 : [[Apostrophe (')#Current CD|Current CD]] tracks list
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*Tracks 10 to 16 : [[Over-Nite Sensation#Current CD|Over-Nite Sensation Current CD]] tracks list
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|valign="top"|<div id="Tape"><big>'''Tape'''</big></div>
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'''Side One
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#[[Excentrifugal Forz]] (1:33)
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#[[Apostrophe']] (5:50)
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#[[Uncle Remus]] (2:50)
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#[[Stink-Foot]] (6:38)
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'''Side Two'''
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#[[Don't Eat The Yellow Snow]] (2:05)
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#[[Nanook Rubs It]] (4:37)
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#[[St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast]] (1:50)
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#[[Father O'Blivion]] (2:18)
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#[[Cosmik Debris]] (4:18)
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|}
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==Release Notes==
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Recording Studios: [[Electric Lady Studios]], NYC, [[Bolic Sound|Bolic]], Inglewood, [[Paramount Recording Studios|Paramount]], Hollywood.
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<br>Released: March 1974.
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<br>Engineers: [[Steve Desper]], [[Terry Dunavan]], [[Barry Keene]], [[Bob Hughes]], [[Kerry McNabb]].
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<br>Produced, Arranged & Struggled with [[Biography|Frank Zappa]].
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<br>Graphics: [[Cal Schenkel]].
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<br>Front Photo: [https://www.discogs.com/artist/2234715-Emerson-Loew Emerson-Loew].
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<br>Technical: [[Paul Hof]], Oscar Kergalvis, [[Billy Porter|Kansas]] & sometimes [[Roadies and Technicians#Jay Sloatman|Dunt]], Brian Krokus, Bob Ludwig, Unity.
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==Liner Notes==
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==Background Information==
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==Conceptual Continuity==
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==Alternate Cover==
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[[Image:ApostropheAlternate.jpg|none|thumb|150px|Unissued alternate cover design]]
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==Versions==
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{| {{Versions Table Header}}
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| rowspan="36" align="center" | 18
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| rowspan="10" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[Wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
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| [[Warner Brothers|Warner]] [[DiscReet Records|DiscReet]]<br>DS&nbsp;2175
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| 1974-03-22
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]]<br>Side 1: SIDE 1 D<s>1</s>S 2175 (31690-1) #1 0<br>Side 2: SIDE 2 D<s>1</s>S 2175 (31690-1) #1 0
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
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| Warner DiscReet<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|4351417|M5D&nbsp;2175}}
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| 1974?
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition. Misprinted cassette: Side numbers are flipped on this 1st issue, the tracks listed are as the tape duplication. Black plastic slipcase, also labelled with same error.
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(For '1' read '2' & vice-versa. Error corrected on reissue D4 74222).
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:8-track tape|8T]]
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| Warner DiscReet<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|5246622|DIS&nbsp;M8D&nbsp;2175}}
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| 1974
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | 8T
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| Warner DiscReet<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|5240481|8RM-2175}}
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| 1974
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| Canadian edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| Warner DiscReet<br>K&nbsp;59201
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| 1974-05<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1721.</ref>
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CS
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| Warner DiscReet<br>K4&nbsp;59201
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| 1974-05<ref name="MStrong"/>
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| Warner DiscReet<br>DIS&nbsp;59&nbsp;201&nbsp;Y
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| &nbsp;
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| Dutch & German editions. (DS-2175) is also printed on the Dutch label.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| Warner DiscReet<br>59201&nbsp;Y
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| &nbsp;
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| French edition. N° 59201 (31690) & (31691) are printed on the labels, 59201 (DS&nbsp;2175) Y on the back cover. Matrix #<br>Face A: MPO 59201 A<br>Face B: MPO 59201 B
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| [[Warner Brothers|Warner-Pioneer]] DiscReet<br>P-8467D
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| &nbsp;
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| Warner DiscReet/[https://www.discogs.com/label/41766-Music-Hall Music-Hall]<br>50-14.113
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| &nbsp;
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| Argentinian edition.
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|-
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| rowspan=2 align="center" | 2.1<br>Discrete<br>[[Wikipedia:Quadraphonic|Quadraphonic]]
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Quadraphonic#CD-4|CD-4 LP]]
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| Warner DiscReet<br>DS4&nbsp;2175
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| 1974?
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| Not playable on a regular system.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Quadraphonic#Quad-8|Quad-8 Tape]]
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| Warner DiscReet<br>DIS&nbsp;L9D&nbsp;2175
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| 1974?
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| Not playable on a regular system.
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|-
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| align="center" | 2.3<br>[[Wikipedia:Remix|Remix]] from [[Wikipedia:Quadraphonic|Quadraphonic]]
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| align="center" | 1<br>in 9
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| align="center" | LP
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| [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>BPR&nbsp;9999-4
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| 1987-12-30
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| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
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| Included in [[The Old Masters, Box III]] set.
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|-
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| rowspan="1" align="center" | 2.2<br>Remastered<br>from<br>[[Wikipedia:Quadraphonic|Quadraphonic]]
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
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| [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD&nbsp;40025
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| 1986-09
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| 0014431002526
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, coupled with [[Over-Nite Sensation]].
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|-
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| align="center" | Unknown
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CS
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| Barking Pumpkin<br>D4&nbsp;74222
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| 1989?
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| ?
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''2.4<br>[[Wikipedia:Remix|Remix]]''' from [[Wikipedia:Quadraphonic|Quadraphonic]]
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CS
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| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>TZAPPA&nbsp;18
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| ?
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| 5016583601843?
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa<br>CDZAP&nbsp;18
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| 1990-03
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| 5016583601829
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition, coupled with [[Over-Nite Sensation]].
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|-
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| align="center" | unknown
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:MiniDisc|MD]]
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| Rykodisc<br>RMD&nbsp;40025
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| 1992 or later
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| 0014431002588
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, coupled with [[Over-Nite Sensation]].
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|-
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| rowspan="6" align="center" | 2.2<br>Remastered<br>from<br>[[Wikipedia:Quadraphonic|Quadraphonic]]
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK&nbsp;5034
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| 1994-10-26
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| 4988112405769
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition, coupled with [[Over-Nite Sensation]].
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|728675|RCD&nbsp;10519}}<ref name="Patio">According to the [[External Links#Tour/Trading Related|Zappa Patio]], the only way to distinguish the 1995 (= 2001) and 1998 Ryko RCD 10519 is to listen to the discs.</ref>
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| 1995-04-18
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| 0014431051920
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| &nbsp;
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| US & {{DiscogsPicLink|2307743|EU}} editions.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| [https://www.discogs.com/label/52062-BMG-Direct-Marketing-Inc BMG]/Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|927230|D108636/RCD&nbsp;10519}}<ref name="Patio"/>
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| 1995?
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CS
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| Rykodisc<br>RAC&nbsp;10519
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| 1995-04-18
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| 0014431051944
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5108
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| 1995-09-25
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| 4988112407725
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5243
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| 1996-05-30?
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| 4988112408432
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition.
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|-
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| rowspan="3" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>Stereo'''
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1336250|RCD&nbsp;80519}}
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| 1996-07-02
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| 0014431851926
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, [[Apostrophe (') - Au20|Au20 (20 bit master / 24K gold CD)]]. Matrix # IFPI8102 DADR 0RR32<910>RCD80519 IFPI L482
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5285
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| 1996-07-23
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| 4988112404762
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition, [[Apostrophe (') - Au20|Au20 (20 bit master / 24K gold CD)]] =&nbsp;RCD&nbsp;80519 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
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| rowspan="2" | Rykodisc<br>RCD&nbsp;10519<ref name="Patio"/>
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| 1998?
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| rowspan="2" | 0014431051920
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| &nbsp;
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| US & EU editions.
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|-
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| rowspan="3" align="center" | 2.2<br>Remastered<br>from<br>[[Wikipedia:Quadraphonic|Quadraphonic]]
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
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| 2001?
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| &nbsp;
 +
| US & EU editions. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8736 DISCTRONICS RCD 10519 01
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>{{MLPLink|zappa-frank/apostrophe-vack-1218|VACK&nbsp;1218}}
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| 2001-10-24
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| 4988112412743
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Rykodisc<br>RCD&nbsp;10589
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| 2005-07-19
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| 0014431058929
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| &nbsp;
 +
| = VideoArts VACK&nbsp;1218, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed.
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|-
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| align="center" | Unknown
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2923845|VACK&nbsp;1323}}
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| 2008-05-21
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| 4988112417670
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition,<br>mini-album papersleeve.
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|-
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| rowspan="5" align="center" | '''1.1<br/>Original [[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]<br>ZR&nbsp;3851
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| 2012-08-28
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| 0824302385128
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe<ref name="ZFTEmail">Email announcement by the [[Zappa Family Trust|ZFT]] on July 31<sup>st</sup>, 2012.</ref>.<br>Source: Original 1974 Analog Master. Mastered by Doug Sax with Robert Hadley & Sangwook "Sunny" Nam at The Mastering Lab, Inc., 2012.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Group|UMG&nbsp;Intl]]<br>0238512
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| 2012-08-28
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| 0824302385128
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| &nbsp;
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| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3851, manufactured in Germany.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g)
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| Zappa/UMe<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|6141067|ZR&nbsp;3851-1}}
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| 2014-09-03 or 2014-09-30
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| 0824302385111
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition. Source: Original &frac14;" Stereo Analog Master Tapes.<br>Mastered by Chris Bellman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2013.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g)
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| Zappa/UMG&nbsp;Intl<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|6248938|0824302385111}}
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| 2014-09-03 or 2014-09-30
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| 0824302385111
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| &nbsp;
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| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3851-1, pressed by [https://www.pallas-group.de Pallas], Germany.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g)
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| Zappa/UMe<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|11442608|ZR&nbsp;3851-1}}<ref name="NewburyComics">Same gatefold sleeve as the 2014 US edition with same catalog number ZR&nbsp;3851-1 and barcode 824302385111. The upper sticker mentions ZR3851C and the lower sticker ZR3851C&nbsp;ST04</ref>
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| 2018-01-19<ref name="NewburyComicsTweet">[https://twitter.com/newburycomics/status/943883019689054209 Twitter announcement] by Newbury Comics on December 21<sup>st</sup>, 2017.</ref>
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| 0824302385180<br>(sticker)
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| &nbsp;
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| US limited edition (500 copies), 'yellow snow' in clear vinyl, manufactured and distributed by [http://www.newburycomics.com/ Newbury Comics].
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|}
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==Notes==
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<references/>
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==See Also==
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*[[The Old Masters, Box III]]<br>[[Apostrophe (') - Au20]]
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*[[Apostrophe (') - Au20]]
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*[[Apostrophe (') / Over-Nite Sensation|Apostrophe (') / Over-Nite Sensation Classic Albums DVD]]
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Latest revision as of 12:46, 22 July 2024

Album History
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Apostrophe (')
Released March 1974
See also:
IINK, Patio, KUR
The Old Masters, Box III
Apostrophe (') - Au20
Apostrophe/Overnite DVD
50th Anniversary Edition

Players

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (2:06)
  2. Nanook Rubs It (4:37)
  3. St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast (1:52)
  4. Father O'Blivion (2:18)
  5. Cosmik Debris (4:10)

Side Two

  1. Excentrifugal Forz (1:31)
  2. Apostrophe' (5:53)
  3. Uncle Remus (2:54)
  4. Stink-Foot (6:35)
Current CD
  1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (2:05)
  2. Nanook Rubs It (4:37)
  3. St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast (1:50)
  4. Father O'Blivion (2:18)
  5. Cosmik Debris (4:18)
  6. Excentrifugal Forz (1:33)
  7. Apostrophe' (5:50)
  8. Uncle Remus (2:50)
  9. Stink-Foot (6:38)
1986 CD,
coupled with Over-Nite Sensation
Tape

Side One

  1. Excentrifugal Forz (1:33)
  2. Apostrophe' (5:50)
  3. Uncle Remus (2:50)
  4. Stink-Foot (6:38)

Side Two

  1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (2:05)
  2. Nanook Rubs It (4:37)
  3. St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast (1:50)
  4. Father O'Blivion (2:18)
  5. Cosmik Debris (4:18)

Release Notes

Recording Studios: Electric Lady Studios, NYC, Bolic, Inglewood, Paramount, Hollywood.
Released: March 1974.
Engineers: Steve Desper, Terry Dunavan, Barry Keene, Bob Hughes, Kerry McNabb.
Produced, Arranged & Struggled with Frank Zappa.
Graphics: Cal Schenkel.
Front Photo: Emerson-Loew.
Technical: Paul Hof, Oscar Kergalvis, Kansas & sometimes Dunt, Brian Krokus, Bob Ludwig, Unity.

Liner Notes

Background Information

Conceptual Continuity

Alternate Cover

Unissued alternate cover design

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD) 		Barcode
(EAN-13) 		Artwork Comment
18 1.1
Original
Stereo 		1 LP Warner DiscReet
DS 2175 		1974-03-22 None   US edition. Matrix #
Side 1: SIDE 1 D1S 2175 (31690-1) #1 0
Side 2: SIDE 2 D1S 2175 (31690-1) #1 0
1 CS Warner DiscReet
M5D 2175 		1974? None   US edition. Misprinted cassette: Side numbers are flipped on this 1st issue, the tracks listed are as the tape duplication. Black plastic slipcase, also labelled with same error.

(For '1' read '2' & vice-versa. Error corrected on reissue D4 74222).

1 8T Warner DiscReet
DIS M8D 2175 		1974 None   US edition.
1 8T Warner DiscReet
8RM-2175 		1974 None   Canadian edition.
1 LP Warner DiscReet
K 59201 		1974-05[1] None   UK edition.
1 CS Warner DiscReet
K4 59201 		1974-05[1] None   UK edition.
1 LP Warner DiscReet
DIS 59 201 Y 		  None   Dutch & German editions. (DS-2175) is also printed on the Dutch label.
1 LP Warner DiscReet
59201 Y 		  None   French edition. N° 59201 (31690) & (31691) are printed on the labels, 59201 (DS 2175) Y on the back cover. Matrix #
Face A: MPO 59201 A
Face B: MPO 59201 B
1 LP Warner-Pioneer DiscReet
P-8467D 		  None   Japanese edition.
1 LP Warner DiscReet/Music-Hall
50-14.113 		  None   Argentinian edition.
2.1
Discrete
Quadraphonic 		1 CD-4 LP Warner DiscReet
DS4 2175 		1974? None   Not playable on a regular system.
1 Quad-8 Tape Warner DiscReet
DIS L9D 2175 		1974? None   Not playable on a regular system.
2.3
Remix from Quadraphonic 		1
in 9 		LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 9999-4 		1987-12-30     Included in The Old Masters, Box III set.
2.2
Remastered
from
Quadraphonic 		1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 40025 		1986-09 0014431002526   US edition, coupled with Over-Nite Sensation.
Unknown 1 CS Barking Pumpkin
D4 74222 		1989? ?   US edition.
2.4
Remix from Quadraphonic 		1 CS Zappa
TZAPPA 18 		? 5016583601843?   UK edition.
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 18 		1990-03 5016583601829   UK edition, coupled with Over-Nite Sensation.
unknown 1 MD Rykodisc
RMD 40025 		1992 or later 0014431002588   US edition, coupled with Over-Nite Sensation.
2.2
Remastered
from
Quadraphonic 		1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5034 		1994-10-26 4988112405769   Japanese edition, coupled with Over-Nite Sensation.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10519[2] 		1995-04-18 0014431051920   US & EU editions.
1 CD BMG/Rykodisc
D108636/RCD 10519[2] 		1995? None   US edition.
1 CS Rykodisc
RAC 10519 		1995-04-18 0014431051944   US edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5108 		1995-09-25 4988112407725   Japanese edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5243 		1996-05-30? 4988112408432   Japanese edition.
1.1
Original
Stereo 		1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 80519 		1996-07-02 0014431851926   US edition, Au20 (20 bit master / 24K gold CD). Matrix # IFPI8102 DADR 0RR32<910>RCD80519 IFPI L482
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5285 		1996-07-23 4988112404762   Japanese edition, Au20 (20 bit master / 24K gold CD) = RCD 80519 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10519[2] 		1998? 0014431051920   US & EU editions.
2.2
Remastered
from
Quadraphonic 		1 CD 2001?   US & EU editions. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8736 DISCTRONICS RCD 10519 01
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1218 		2001-10-24 4988112412743   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10589 		2005-07-19 0014431058929   = VideoArts VACK 1218, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed.
Unknown 1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1323 		2008-05-21 4988112417670   Japanese edition,
mini-album papersleeve.
1.1
Original Stereo 		1 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3851 		2012-08-28 0824302385128   US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[3].
Source: Original 1974 Analog Master. Mastered by Doug Sax with Robert Hadley & Sangwook "Sunny" Nam at The Mastering Lab, Inc., 2012.
1 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238512 		2012-08-28 0824302385128   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3851, manufactured in Germany.
1 LP
(180 g) 		Zappa/UMe
ZR 3851-1 		2014-09-03 or 2014-09-30 0824302385111   US edition. Source: Original ¼" Stereo Analog Master Tapes.
Mastered by Chris Bellman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2013.
1 LP
(180 g) 		Zappa/UMG Intl
0824302385111 		2014-09-03 or 2014-09-30 0824302385111   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3851-1, pressed by Pallas, Germany.
1 LP
(180 g) 		Zappa/UMe
ZR 3851-1[4] 		2018-01-19[5] 0824302385180
(sticker) 		  US limited edition (500 copies), 'yellow snow' in clear vinyl, manufactured and distributed by Newbury Comics.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1721.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 According to the Zappa Patio, the only way to distinguish the 1995 (= 2001) and 1998 Ryko RCD 10519 is to listen to the discs.
  3. ↑ Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.
  4. ↑ Same gatefold sleeve as the 2014 US edition with same catalog number ZR 3851-1 and barcode 824302385111. The upper sticker mentions ZR3851C and the lower sticker ZR3851C ST04
  5. ↑ Twitter announcement by Newbury Comics on December 21st, 2017.

See Also

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