Imaginary Diseases
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Imaginary Diseases |
| type | Live album |
| artist | Frank Zappa |
| cover | Frank_Zappa_-_Imaginary_Diseases.JPG |
| released | January 13, 2006 |
| recorded | October 27December 15, 1972 |
| genre | {{flatlist |
| length | 63:14 |
| label | Zappa |
| producer | Frank Zappa |
| prev_title | Joe's Xmasage |
| prev_year | 2005 |
| next_title | The MOFO Project/Object |
| next_year | 2006 |
| :: |
| name = Imaginary Diseases | type = Live album | artist = Frank Zappa | cover = Frank_Zappa_-_Imaginary_Diseases.JPG | alt = | released = January 13, 2006 | recorded = October 27December 15, 1972 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist|
- Progressive rock
- jazz fusion |}} | length = 63:14 | label = Zappa | producer = Frank Zappa | prev_title = Joe's Xmasage | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = The MOFO Project/Object | next_year = 2006 | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = | rev2 = | rev2Score = Imaginary Diseases is an album of material by Frank Zappa from the Petit Wazoo tour of 1972. It is one of two finished CD projects from the tour containing material mastered by Zappa before his death. The name of the album is derived from a lyric in the Apostrophe (') (1974) song "Stink-Foot".
Track listing
| extra_column = Recording venue and date | all_writing = Frank Zappa | title1 = Oddients | length1 = 1:13 | extra1 = Montreal Forum, October 27, 1972 | title2 = Rollo | length2 = 3:21 | extra2 = Irvine Auditorium, November 10, 1972 | title3 = Been to Kansas City in A Minor | length3 = 10:15 | extra3 = Cowtown Ballroom, December 2, 1972 | title4 = Farther O'Blivion | length4 = 16:02 | extra4 = unknown | title5 = D.C. Boogie | length5 = 13:27 | extra5 = DAR Constitution Hall, November 11, 1972 | title6 = Imaginary Diseases | length6 = 9:45 | extra6 = Palace Theater, November 1, 1972 | title7 = Montreal | length7 = 9:11 | extra7 = Montreal Forum, October 27, 1972
Personnel
- Frank Zappa – conductor, guitar, vocals
- Earl Dumler – woodwinds
- Tom Malone – saxes, piccolo trumpet, trumpet, tuba
- Malcolm McNab – trumpet
- Gary Barone – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Glenn Ferris – trombone
- Bruce Fowler – trombone
- Tony Duran – slide guitar
- Dave Parlato – bass
- Jim Gordon – drums
Composed/Produced/Performed/Edited/Mixed/Tweaked by Frank Zappa
Vaultmeistered by Joe Travers. Mastered by Doug Sax & Robert Hadley
Liner notes by Steve Vai.
References
References
- Dryden, K.. (2011). "Imaginary Diseases - Frank Zappa | AllMusic". allmusic.com.
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