Monday, April 5, 2021

FRANK ZAPPA - NEWS FROM THE SHARK

Remember DVD-bootlegs?
In 2009, the Erektion Records label released "News From The Shark", a wooden box that contained a dvd, a booklet, a pin and (!!) a wooden shark.
A tribute to the Ensemble Modern and their performance of FZ's "Yellow Shark", presenting the tv-broadcast of the 1992 Frankfurt concert plus parts of the press conference and of rehearsals.
It got released in a limited edition of 50 copies.

More recently, the DVD got re-released as a digipack.

I intro

    1. overture (alte oper frankfurt, september 17, 1992) - interviews: frank zappa, gail zappa 9:02

II rehearsals at joe's garage, los angeles july 1991 & fabrik, frankfurt july 1992

    2. 9/8 objects (joe's garage july 1991) - interview: ali n. askin 1:16
    3. roland's big event / strat vindaloo (joe's garage july 1991) - interview: frank zappa 1:09
    4. master ringo (joe's garage july 1991) 3:24
    5. t'mershi duween (joe's garage july 1991) - interview: ali n. askin 2:20
    6. struwwelpeter experiences (fabrik frankfurt july 1992) - interview: frank zappa 1:01
    7. amnerika (joe's garage july 1991) - interviews: ali n. askin, pierre boulez, gail zappa 2:24
    8. i like that one (fabrik frankfurt july 1992) 0:53

III 9. press conference frankfurt july 21, 1992 5:31

IV the last rehearsals - alte oper frankfurt september 16, 1992
    10. dio fa (joe's garage july 1991) 2:37
    11. food gathering rehearsals (alte oper frankfurt, september 16 1992) 12:16
    12. the minutes before ... 1:40

V the yellow shark at alte oper, frankfurt september 17, 1992 part 1
    13. dog / meat 6:16
    14. be-bop tango 3:09
    15. food gathering in post-industrial america 1992 5:20

VI the intermission & the yellow shark in berlin & vienna
    16. amnerika (philharmonie berlin, september 22, 1992) - incl. moon zappa's quote 3:05

VII the yellow shark at alte oper, frankfurt september 17, 1992 part 2
    17. welcome to the united states 6:36
    18. pound for a brown 3:54
    19. g-spot tornado 6:50

VIII sources
    20. envelopes (the ensemble modern - musik triennale köln 2000) 3:32


2 comments:

  1. Where is it available? I can't find it. tx

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    1. I received it as a gift. I assume it's a German production.

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