FZ:OZ (pronounced "eff-zee oh-zee"; in imitation of "Aussie") is a live album by Frank Zappa, released in 2002 as a two-CD set and is the first release on the Vaulternative Records label from the Zappa Family Trust. It contains almost all of the January 20, 1976 concert at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia.
Overview Only one reel-to-reel tape machine was available to record the concert, resulting in gaps in some songs as the tape needed to be changed. However, these gaps have been filled in with bootleg recordings from the same tour. As a result, there is a drop in sound quality during these sections, but the concert is preserved almost in its entirety. Yet, two songs are missing: "Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?" (played between "Advance Romance" and "The Illinois Enema Bandit") and "Tryin' to Grow a Chin" (played between "Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station" and "The Torture Never Stops").
Much of the featured material had not been released at the time of the recording, including "Canard Toujours", which later became "Kreega Bondola", then later changed to "Let's Move to Cleveland", which was included on Does Humor Belong in Music? (1986), and several tracks that would later appear on Zoot Allures (1976). One song, "Kaiser Rolls", appears for the first time on FZ:OZ, and in two versions—the recording from the concert, which has had a missing section edited in, and a rehearsal version recorded before the start of the tour which is included at the end of disc two, entitled "Kaiser Rolls (Du Jour)". The lengthy guitar solo on "Zoot Allures" contains a section with extensive use of a VCF (voltage-controlled filter). This part was subsequently entitled "Ship Ahoy" when Zappa released its counterpart from Osaka (February 3, 1976) on Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar in 1981. However, it wasn't separated into its own track on FZ:OZ.
Track listing
"Zoot Allures" includes the VCF section known elsewhere as "Ship Ahoy".
Personnel Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals Terry Bozzio – drums, vocals Napoleon Murphy Brock – tenor sax, vocals Roy Estrada – bass, vocals Andre Lewis – keyboards, vocals Norman Gunston – guest harmonica on "The Torture Never Stops" (credited as "a fine, fine TV show host & very reasonable harmonica player with exceedingly funny persuasions") Production Frank Zappa – music, performance, band & recordings Sydney, Australia – audience Dweezil Zappa – producer Joe Travers – vaultmeisterment Spencer Chrislu – mixing at UMRK Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc Gail Zappa with Dweezil & Joe – executive producer/liner notes GZ – package concept Tracy Veal & Eric Josephbek – design rendering for Creative Portal Kent Huffnagle – timewarp pitch adjustment on "Zoot" bootleg Bill Lantz – "thanks (you bastard) for (not saying by what means you came by) this tape and cooperating (anyway)" Jenny Brown – honorable mention
References
External links Lyrics and details Release history