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+ | Over-Nite Sensation is an album by Frank Zappa, released in 1973. It was recorded in March – June 1973 at these studios: Bolic Sound in Inglewood, Whitney, in Glendale, and Paramount in Los Angeles. The album was released in both the 2-channel stereo and 4-channel quadraphonic formats. | ||
+ | The album is considered a turning point in Zappa's career, since its approach to music is very different from what he had done before. It was a more accessible sound - his first album to go gold - with a series of relatively straightforward songs, though not without Zappa's typical musical challenges. Zappa manages to craft in 3-to-6-minute structures complicated progressive jazz-rock arrangements, as well as some funk and other styles. The lyrics tend toward parody, being either about sex ("Dirty Love", "Camarillo Brillo", "Zomby Woof" and the paradigmatic example of "Dinah-Moe Humm") or social commentary ("I'm the Slime", a bash on TV programming) and others ("Fifty-Fifty", "Montana"). | ||
+ | Over-Nite Sensation and the following album Apostrophe ('), recorded with the same group of musicians, are the subject of a Classic Albums series documentary from Eagle Rock Entertainment, released on DVD May 1, 2007. | ||
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==Conceptual Continuity== | ==Conceptual Continuity== | ||
==Versions== | ==Versions== |
Revision as of 19:43, 25 September 2009
Album History | |
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Released September 1973 | |
See also: The Old Masters, Box III |
Players
- Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals)
- George Duke (keyboards, synthesizer)
- Bruce Fowler (trombone)
- Tom Fowler (bass)
- Ralph Humphrey (drums)
- Sal Marquez (trumpet, vocals)
- Jean-Luc Ponty (violin, baritone violin)
- Tina Turner, Lynn & Debbie, uncredited (backing vocals)
- Ian Underwood (flute, clarinet, alto & tenor sax)
- Ruth Underwood (percussion)
Tracks
LP
Side One
Side Two
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Current CD
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1986 CD,
coupled with Apostrophe (')
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Release Notes
Recorded at Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA; Whitney, Glendale, CA; and Paramount Studios, LA, CA, March-June, 1973.
Released September 1973.
Produced, arranged & conducted by Frank Zappa.
Engineers: Barry Keene, Terry Dunavan, Fred Borkgren & Steve Desper.
Re-mix: Kerry McNab.
Technicians: Paul Hof, Jay "Dunt" Sloatman, Kanzas J. Canzus.
Cover illustration: David B. McMacken.
Graphics: Cal Schenkel.
Photography: Emerson-Loew.
Liner Notes
Background Information
Over-Nite Sensation is an album by Frank Zappa, released in 1973. It was recorded in March – June 1973 at these studios: Bolic Sound in Inglewood, Whitney, in Glendale, and Paramount in Los Angeles. The album was released in both the 2-channel stereo and 4-channel quadraphonic formats. The album is considered a turning point in Zappa's career, since its approach to music is very different from what he had done before. It was a more accessible sound - his first album to go gold - with a series of relatively straightforward songs, though not without Zappa's typical musical challenges. Zappa manages to craft in 3-to-6-minute structures complicated progressive jazz-rock arrangements, as well as some funk and other styles. The lyrics tend toward parody, being either about sex ("Dirty Love", "Camarillo Brillo", "Zomby Woof" and the paradigmatic example of "Dinah-Moe Humm") or social commentary ("I'm the Slime", a bash on TV programming) and others ("Fifty-Fifty", "Montana"). Over-Nite Sensation and the following album Apostrophe ('), recorded with the same group of musicians, are the subject of a Classic Albums series documentary from Eagle Rock Entertainment, released on DVD May 1, 2007.
Conceptual Continuity
Versions
ZFT # | Version # | # discs | Format | Catalog # | Release (YYYY-MM-DD) |
Barcode (EAN-13) |
Artwork | Comment |
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17 | 1.1 Original Stereo |
1 | LP | Warner DiscReet MS 2149 |
1973-09-07 | None | US edition. | |
1 | CS | Warner DiscReet CRX 2149 |
? | None | Canadian edition. | |||
1 | LP | Warner DiscReet DIS 41 000 |
None | Dutch & German editions. (MS-2149) is also printed on the Dutch label. | ||||
1 | LP | Warner-Pioneer DiscReet P-8380D |
None | Japanese edition. | ||||
1 | LP | Warner DiscReet 41000 B |
None | French edition. N° 41 000 (31628) & (31629) are printed on the labels, B 41 000 (MS 2149) on the back cover. Matrix # Face A: 2 upside down MS 2149 31628-2 1C =41000 A logo A Face B: 2 upside down MS 2149 31629-2 1D =41000 B logo A | ||||
1 | LP | Warner DiscReet/Music-Hall 50-14.356 |
None | Argentinian edition. | ||||
1.2 Discrete Quadraphonic |
1 | Quadradisc LP | Warner Discreet MS4 2149 |
1973 | None | US edition. | ||
1 | Quad-8 Tape | Reprise REP L9M 2149 |
? | None | US edition. | |||
1.3 Censored Version (Dinah-Moe Humm replaced by Eat That Question) |
1 | LP | Warner Reprise HRES 291-54 |
None | Censored artwork. | Spanish edition. | ||
1.1 Original Stereo |
1 | LP | Barking Pumpkin BPR 9999-3 |
1987-12-30 | Included in The Old Masters, Box III set. | |||
1 | CS | Zappa TZAPPA 36 |
? | 5016583603649? | UK edition. | |||
1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 40025 |
1986-09 | 0014431002526 | US edition, coupled with Apostrophe ('). | |||
Unknown | 1 | CS | Barking Pumpkin D4 74221 |
1989-10-11? | 0013347422145 | US edition, XDR. | ||
1.1 Original Stereo |
1 | CD | Zappa CDZAP 18 |
1990-03 | 5016583601829 | UK edition, coupled with Apostrophe ('). | ||
1 | MD | Rykodisc RMD 40025 |
1992 or later | 0014431002588 | Coupled with Apostrophe ('). | |||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5034 |
1994-10-26 | 4988112405769 | Japanese edition, coupled with Apostrophe ('). | |||
1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10518 |
1995-04-18 | 0014431051821 | US edition. Matrix # IFPI L503 IFPI 8724 DISCTRONICS RCD 10518 01 | |||
1 | CS | Rykodisc RAC 10518 |
1995-04-18 | 0014431051845 | US edition. | |||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5107 |
1995-09-25 | 4988112407718 | Japanese edition. | |||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5242 |
1996-05-30? | 4988112408425 | Japanese edition. | |||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1217 |
2001-10-24 | 4988112412736 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. | |||
1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10590 |
2005-07-19 | 0014431059025 | = VideoArts VACK 1217, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed. | |||
Unknown | 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1322 |
2008-05-21 | 4988112417663 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. |