Ahead Of Their Time

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Ahead Of Their Time
Released April 1993
See also: Weasels Ripped My Flesh Mystery Disc

Players

• Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals)
• Jimmy Carl Black (drums)
• Roy Estrada (bass, vocals)
• Bunk Gardner (tenor sax, clarinet)
• Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood (baritone sax, tambourine)
• Don Preston (electric piano, odd noises)
• Arthur Dyer Tripp III (drums, percussion)
• Ian Underwood (alto sax, piano)
• Assisted by members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tracks

1. Prologue (Bogus Pomp) (03:07)
2. Progress? (04:45)
3. Like It Or Not (02:22)
4. The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson (02:01)
5. Holding The Group Back (02:00)
6. Holiday In Berlin (00:57)
7. The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage (02:55)
8. Undaunted, The Band Plays On (04:34)
9. Agency Man (03:17)
10. Epilogue (01:52)
11. King Kong (08:14)
12. Help, I'm A Rock (01:38)
13. Transylvania Boogie (03:07)
14. Pound For A Brown (06:50)
15. Sleeping In A Jar (02:24)
16. Let's Make The Water Turn Black (01:51)
17. Harry, You're A Beast (00:54)
18. The Orange County Lumber Truck, Part 1 (00:47)
19. Oh No (03:22)
20. The Orange County Lumber Truck, Part 2 (10:41)

Background Information

• Recorded Royal Festival Hall, London - 25th October 1968.
• See also: Progress? (The Play)

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
61	1 Original Stereo	1	CD	Barking Pumpkin D2 74246	1993-04-20	0013347424620		US edition.
		1	CD	Zappa CDZAP 51	1993-04 or 1993-05	5016583605124		UK edition.
		1	CD	Barking Pumpkin/MSI MSI 80065	1993?			Japanese edition.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10559	1995-05-30	0014431055928		US edition. Matrix # IFPI 2U8G WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L901 W6064 A4 P2 310559-2 01 M1S1
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5099	1995-07-26	4988112406933		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5234	1996-05-30	4988112408340		Japanese edition.
	Unknown	1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5917	2007-09-05	?		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve, included in the Zappa Box (Later Works) set.