Released October 24, 2006.
*Track list:
@00:01 "Chunga's Revenge": Performed at Wembley Arena, London, UK: April 19, 1988. Features Dweezil Zappa
@07:03 "Bowling on Charen" (Originally called "The Squirm"): Guitar solo from "Wild Love", performed at The Palladium, NYC: October 28, 1977 (early show)
@12:08 "Good Lobna": Guitar solo from "Let's Move to Cleveland", performed at Orpheum Theater, Memphis, Tennessee: December 4, 1984
@13:47 "A Cold Dark Matter": Guitar solo from "Inca Roads", performed at Memorial Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania: March 19, 1988
@17:18 "Butter or Cannons": Guitar solo from "Let's Move to Cleveland", performed at The Pier, NYC: August 25, 1984
@20:43 "Ask Dr. Stupid": Guitar solo from "Easy Meat", performed at Rhein-Neckarhalle, Eppelheim, Germany: March 21, 1979
@24:04 "Trance-Fusion": Guitar solo from "Marque-Son's Chicken", performed at Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany: May 24, 1988
@28:24 "Gorgo": Guitar solo from "The Torture Never Stops", performed at Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm: May 1, 1988
@31:06 "Diplodocus": Guitar solo from "King Kong", performed at Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island: October 26, 1984
@34:29 "Soul Polka": Guitar solo from "Oh No", performed at Memorial Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania: March 19, 1988
@37:47 "For Giuseppe Franco": Guitar solo from "Hot-Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel", performed at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington: December 17, 1984 (late show)
@41:35 "After Dinner Smoker": Guitar solo from "The Torture Never Stops", performed at Palasport, Genoa, Italy: June 9, 1988
@46:21 "Light Is All That Matters": Guitar solo from "Let's Move to Cleveland", performed at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington December 17, 1984 (late show)
@50:09 "Finding Higgs' Boson": Guitar solo from "Hot-Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel", performed at Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria: May 8, 1988
@53:50 "Bavarian Sunset": Guitar solo from post-"I Am the Walrus" jam, performed at Rudi-Sedlmeyer Sporthalle, Munich, Germany: May 9, 1988
*Story:
Trance-Fusion is an album of guitar solos completed by Frank Zappa shortly before his death, but not released until 2006.The album had previously been announced for release in 1999 and 2003, and again announced in 2005 in relation to the Zappa Plays Zappa tour. It had previously been only available through bootlegs.
Zappa had previously released several other albums consisting entirely of guitar solos: the Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981, 1982) series, Guitar (1988), the cassette-only The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa (1987), and the posthumous Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute (1996).
*Track list:
@00:01 "Chunga's Revenge": Performed at Wembley Arena, London, UK: April 19, 1988. Features Dweezil Zappa
@07:03 "Bowling on Charen" (Originally called "The Squirm"): Guitar solo from "Wild Love", performed at The Palladium, NYC: October 28, 1977 (early show)
@12:08 "Good Lobna": Guitar solo from "Let's Move to Cleveland", performed at Orpheum Theater, Memphis, Tennessee: December 4, 1984
@13:47 "A Cold Dark Matter": Guitar solo from "Inca Roads", performed at Memorial Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania: March 19, 1988
@17:18 "Butter or Cannons": Guitar solo from "Let's Move to Cleveland", performed at The Pier, NYC: August 25, 1984
@20:43 "Ask Dr. Stupid": Guitar solo from "Easy Meat", performed at Rhein-Neckarhalle, Eppelheim, Germany: March 21, 1979
@24:04 "Trance-Fusion": Guitar solo from "Marque-Son's Chicken", performed at Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany: May 24, 1988
@28:24 "Gorgo": Guitar solo from "The Torture Never Stops", performed at Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm: May 1, 1988
@31:06 "Diplodocus": Guitar solo from "King Kong", performed at Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island: October 26, 1984
@34:29 "Soul Polka": Guitar solo from "Oh No", performed at Memorial Hall, Allentown, Pennsylvania: March 19, 1988
@37:47 "For Giuseppe Franco": Guitar solo from "Hot-Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel", performed at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington: December 17, 1984 (late show)
@41:35 "After Dinner Smoker": Guitar solo from "The Torture Never Stops", performed at Palasport, Genoa, Italy: June 9, 1988
@46:21 "Light Is All That Matters": Guitar solo from "Let's Move to Cleveland", performed at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington December 17, 1984 (late show)
@50:09 "Finding Higgs' Boson": Guitar solo from "Hot-Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel", performed at Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria: May 8, 1988
@53:50 "Bavarian Sunset": Guitar solo from post-"I Am the Walrus" jam, performed at Rudi-Sedlmeyer Sporthalle, Munich, Germany: May 9, 1988
*Story:
Trance-Fusion is an album of guitar solos completed by Frank Zappa shortly before his death, but not released until 2006.The album had previously been announced for release in 1999 and 2003, and again announced in 2005 in relation to the Zappa Plays Zappa tour. It had previously been only available through bootlegs.
Zappa had previously released several other albums consisting entirely of guitar solos: the Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981, 1982) series, Guitar (1988), the cassette-only The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa (1987), and the posthumous Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute (1996).
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