Roxy the Soundtrack
| Roxy the Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Frank Zappa | ||||
| Released | October 31, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | December 8–10, 1973 | |||
| Venue | Roxy, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
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Eagle Vision Catalog Number: EVB335219 | |||
| Producer | Frank Filipetti & Gail Zappa | |||
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Roxy the Soundtrack is the CD companion released in the Roxy The Movie, DVD/CD and Blu-ray/CD sets. The CD soundtrack is not sold separately.
Background
The film used to produce the movie was shot in 1973 using four cameras at three live shows performed on December 8, 9 and 10. What no one knew at the time the film was shot is a malfunction led to the audio and video being out of synch. As John Albanian discusses in the liner notes, the problem was such that not until today's technology could the issue be painstakingly resolved.
This is the third time around for the music from the Roxy shows. In 1974 Roxy & Elsewhere released some of the tracks from these shows and a few others. Then the 2014 Roxy by Proxy release made available more tracks exclusively from the December dates and all different from any on the previous release. This release represents those used in the movie, except tracks 8, 13, 14 & 16.
Track listing
All songs composed by Frank Zappa
| Disc One: Roxy The Movie (DVD or Blu-ray) | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | ""Something Terrible Has Just Happened"" | 1:20 |
| 2. | "Cosmik Debris" | 9:55 |
| 3. | "Penguin In Bondage" | 8:23 |
| 4. | "T'Mershi Duween" | 1:57 |
| 5. | "The Dog Breath Variations" | 2:18 |
| 6. | "Uncle Meat" | 1:56 |
| 7. | "RDNZL" | 4:52 |
| 8. | "Inca Roads" | 8:12 |
| 9. | "Echidna's Arf (Of You)" | 3:55 |
| 10. | "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" | 7:03 |
| 11. | "Cheepnis-Percussion" | 4:08 |
| 12. | "Cheepnis" | 5:41 |
| 13. | "I'm the Slime" | 4:04 |
| 14. | "Big Swifty" | 8:57 |
| 15. | "Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)" | 17:32 |
| 16. | "End Credits: Don't Eat The Yellow Snow / Father O'Blivion" | 3:32 |
| Disc Two: Roxy The Soundtrack CD | ||
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| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | ""Something terrible has just happened..."" | 1:20 |
| 2. | "Cosmik Debris" | 9:55 |
| 3. | "Penguin In Bondage" | 8:23 |
| 4. | "T'Mershi Duween" | 1:57 |
| 5. | "Dog/Meat (The Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat)" | 4:14 |
| 6. | "RDNZL" | 4:52 |
| 7. | "Echidna's Arf (Of You)" | 3:55 |
| 8. | "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" | 7:03 |
| 9. | "Cheepnis-Percussion" | 4:08 |
| 10. | "Cheepnis" | 5:41 |
| 11. | "Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)" | 17:32 |
Personnel
- Frank Zappa
- Ruth Underwood
- Ralph Humphrey
- George Duke
- Tom Fowler
- Bruce Fowler
- Napoleon Murphy Brock
- Chester Thompson
Sources
- A little over 21 hours of picture and sound shot in December 1973