| Artist |
Frank Zappa |
| Album Title: |
Studio Tan |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Jazz: Free/Avant Jazz |
| Format |
Vinyl |
| Released |
09/15/1978 |
| Label |
Discreet |
| Catalog No |
DSK 2291 |
| Bar Code No |
none |
| Packaging |
LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| A1.
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Greggery Peccary (20:40)
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| B1.
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Let Me Take You To The Beach (2:44)
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| B2.
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Revised Music For Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra (7:36)
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| B3.
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REDUNZL (8:12)
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| Date Acquired |
01/01/1980 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
12.00 |
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Notes |
℗ 1978 Warner Bros. Records Inc. Printed in U.S.A. - spine
Made in U.S.A. © 1978 DiscReet Records, Inc. - back cover
Capitol Record Pressing Plant Jacksonville - JW in runout + 0
Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – DiscReet Records, Inc.
Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville
Art Direction – John Cabalka
Design – Rod Dyer Inc., Vartan
Illustration – Gary Panter
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched 0 stamped): DSK-1-2291 JW1 # 4 0
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched 0 stamped): DSK-2-2291 JW 1 2 0
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Studio Tan Review by François Couture:
Studio Tan is one of four albums culled from the ill-fated 1976 box set Läther and released by Warner Bros. without Frank Zappa having a word to say about the final product (including the horrible artwork). The 21-minute opener, "The Adventures of Greggery Peccary," is the culmination of Zappa's art of storytelling. A complex piece painstakingly assembled in the studio over three years, it allies the comedy rock of the Flo & Eddie era with the jazzy feel of The Grand Wazoo and the twisted prog rock of the 1973-1974 band. Yet, it is greater than the sum of its parts, proposing an unmatched musical narrative that makes "Billy the Mountain" the work of a child and amounts to a stunning synthesis of the man's influences, stylistic range, and studio techniques. Side two features an intentionally stupid pop song, "Lemme Take You to the Beach," and two instrumental pieces written a few years earlier. The personnel is for the most part the same as on Roxy & Elsewhere. If you like cartoon music and silly stories, it is worth your money for "The Adventures of Greggery Peccary" alone.
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