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     Name          = Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions |
 
     Name          = Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions |
     Released      = January 2004 |
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     Released      = November 2003 |
 
     Related        = See also:<br>[[The Man From Utopia]]<br>[[Jazz From Hell]]<br>[[EIHN (Everything Is Healing Nicely)|EIHN]]<br>[[Studio Tan]]<br>[[Civilization Phaze III]]<br>[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|The Perfect Stranger]]<br>[[Hot Rats]]
 
     Related        = See also:<br>[[The Man From Utopia]]<br>[[Jazz From Hell]]<br>[[EIHN (Everything Is Healing Nicely)|EIHN]]<br>[[Studio Tan]]<br>[[Civilization Phaze III]]<br>[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger|The Perfect Stranger]]<br>[[Hot Rats]]
 
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==Players==
 
==Players==
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The [[Ensemble Modern]]:
 
The [[Ensemble Modern]]:
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*[[Jonathan Stockhammer]] (conductor)
 
*[[Jonathan Stockhammer]] (conductor)
 
*[[Dietmar Wiesner]] (flute, piccolo)
 
*[[Dietmar Wiesner]] (flute, piccolo)
*[[Catherine Milliken]] (oboe, [[Wikipedia:Cor anglais|English horn]], [[Wikipedia:Oboe d'amore|oboe d'amore]])
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*[[Catherine Milliken]] (oboe, [[wikipedia:Cor anglais|English horn]], [[wikipedia:Oboe d'amore|oboe d'amore]])
 
*[[Roland Diry]] (clarinets)
 
*[[Roland Diry]] (clarinets)
 
*[[Wolfgang Stryi]] (bass clarinet, saxophone)
 
*[[Wolfgang Stryi]] (bass clarinet, saxophone)
*[[Johannes Rupe]] (bassoon, [[Wikipedia:Contrabassoon|contrabassoon]])
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*[[Johannes Rupe]] (bassoon, [[wikipedia:Contrabassoon|contrabassoon]])
 
*[[Simon Breyer]] (horn)
 
*[[Simon Breyer]] (horn)
 
*[[Valentin Garvie]] (trumpet)
 
*[[Valentin Garvie]] (trumpet)
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*[[Rainer Römer]] (percussion)
 
*[[Rainer Römer]] (percussion)
 
*[[Pascal Pons]] (percussion)
 
*[[Pascal Pons]] (percussion)
*[[Hermann Kretzschmar]] (piano, [[Wikipedia:Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]], synthesizer)
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*[[Hermann Kretzschmar]] (piano, [[wikipedia:Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]], synthesizer)
 
*[[Ueli Wiget]] (piano, sampler, synthesizer)
 
*[[Ueli Wiget]] (piano, sampler, synthesizer)
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*[[Manon Morris]] (harp)
 
*[[Manon Morris]] (harp)
*[[Detlef Tewes]] (mandolin, [[Wikipedia:Mandola|mandola]])
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*[[Detlef Tewes]] (mandolin, [[wikipedia:Mandola|mandola]])
 
*[[Jürgen Ruck]] (guitar, electric guitar, banjo)
 
*[[Jürgen Ruck]] (guitar, electric guitar, banjo)
 
*[[Mats Bergström]] (guitar, electric guitar)
 
*[[Mats Bergström]] (guitar, electric guitar)
 
*[[Jagdish Mistry]] (violin)
 
*[[Jagdish Mistry]] (violin)
 
*[[Freya Ritts-Kirby]] (violin)
 
*[[Freya Ritts-Kirby]] (violin)
*[[Susan Knight]] ([[Wikipedia:Viola|viola]])
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*[[Susan Knight]] ([[wikipedia:Viola|viola]])
 
*[[Tom Dunn]] (viola)
 
*[[Tom Dunn]] (viola)
 
*[[Eva Böcker]] (cello)
 
*[[Eva Böcker]] (cello)
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*[[Omar Ebrahim]] (voice on track #10: Greggery Peccary)
 
*[[Omar Ebrahim]] (voice on track #10: Greggery Peccary)
 
*[[David Moss]] (voices on track #10: narrator, Billy the Mountain, [[Quentin Robert DeNameland]])
 
*[[David Moss]] (voices on track #10: narrator, Billy the Mountain, [[Quentin Robert DeNameland]])
*[[Todd Yvega]] ([[Wikipedia:Synclavier|synclavier]] transcriptions, sampling, sample arrangement)
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*[[Todd Yvega]] ([[wikipedia:Synclavier|synclavier]] transcriptions, sampling, sample arrangement)
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==Tracks==
 
==Tracks==
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==Release Notes==
 
==Release Notes==
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Recorded July 1-7 2002 & December 14, 2002, Frankfurt, Germany.
 
Recorded July 1-7 2002 & December 14, 2002, Frankfurt, Germany.
  
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==Liner Notes==
 
==Liner Notes==
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==Background Information==
 
==Background Information==
<blockquote>These are arrangements of compositions and fragments Frank Zappa had stored on his "[[synclavier]]", a computer-keyboard that he used toward the end of his life to compose his bizarre and barely describable music.</blockquote><div align="right">[http://www.americanrecordguide.com/ American Record Guide]</div>
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<blockquote>"These are arrangements of compositions and fragments Frank Zappa had stored on his '[[synclavier]]', a computer-keyboard that he used toward the end of his life to compose his bizarre and barely describable music."</blockquote><div align="right">[http://www.americanrecordguide.com/ American Record Guide], September 2004.</div>
  
 
==Conceptual Continuity==
 
==Conceptual Continuity==

Revision as of 04:05, 11 December 2010

Tributes & Cover Albums
   
Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions
Released November 2003
See also:
The Man From Utopia
Jazz From Hell
EIHN
Studio Tan
Civilization Phaze III
The Perfect Stranger
Hot Rats

Players

The Ensemble Modern:

Tracks

  1. Moggio (2:43)
  2. What Will Rumi Do? (1:36)
  3. Night School (4:50)
  4. Revised Music For Low Budget Orchestra (7:37)
  5. The Beltway Bandits (3:37)
  6. A Pig With Wings (4:25)
  7. Put A Motor In Yourself (5:21)
  8. Peaches En Regalia (3:08)
  9. Naval Aviation In Art? (2:29)
  10. The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary (25:20)

Release Notes

Recorded July 1-7 2002 & December 14, 2002, Frankfurt, Germany.

Executive producer: Ensemble Modern
Produced by Uli Schneider.
Digital editing: Jan-Peter Pflug
Mastering: Ralph Kessler (Pinguin Mastering, Hamburg)
Recording Technicians: Peter Brandt, Jan Mahlmann

Liner Notes

Background Information

"These are arrangements of compositions and fragments Frank Zappa had stored on his 'synclavier', a computer-keyboard that he used toward the end of his life to compose his bizarre and barely describable music."

American Record Guide, September 2004.

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD)
Barcode
(EAN-13)
Artwork Comment
n/a 1
Original
Stereo
1 Copy Control "CD" RCA Red Seal/
BMG Ariola Classics
82876 56061 2
2003-11-17 0828765606127 Christine Schweitzer German edition, DDD. Matrix # IFPI 0763 Sonopress 50881702/82876560612 01 IFPI LB 45
1 CD RCA Red Seal/
BMG Classics
82876-59842-2
2004-03-23 0828765984225 US edition, DDD. Matrix # IFPI 1074 82876598422 arvato digital services + + J418104 IFPI L028

Notes

See Also