The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa

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The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa
Compilation album by Frank Zappa
Released	1987
Recorded	1972—1984
Genre	Instrumental rock
Length	32:08
Label	Barking Pumpkin
Producer	Frank Zappa
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Mothermania (1969) The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa (1987) Strictly Commercial (1995)

The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa is a 1987 compilation album featuring guitar solos by Frank Zappa. It was issued as a cassette from Guitar World magazine, and has also been available in bootlegged versions as Guitar Hernia and Solo on Guitar. The compilation has never been made available officially in other formats (compact discs, etc.), but the cassette contains some unique material, including an unreleased guitar solo and an excerpt from an unreleased remix of "Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra" from the Studio Tan album, featuring drum overdubs by Chad Wackerman.

Similar albums: Guitar, Trance-Fusion, Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 External links

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Sleep Dirt" – 3:17
   • From the Sleep Dirt album.
2. "Friendly Little Finger" – 4:17
   • From the Zoot Allures album.
3. Excerpt from "Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra" – 1:45 [booklet lists incorrectly 2:21]
   • Unreleased remix with drum overdubs from 1984.
4. "Things That Look Like Meat" – 6:06
   • Shortened version of a track later released on the Guitar album.

[edit] Side two

1. "Down in de Dew" – 2:54
   • Later released as part of the Läther box set.
2. "A Solo from Heidelberg" – 5:26
   • Later released on the One Shot Deal album.
3. "A Solo from Cologne" – 5:11
   • Longer version of a track later released on the Guitar album.
4. "A Solo from Atlanta" – 4:05
   • Longer version of a track later released on the Guitar album.

[edit] External links

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