The torture of Frank Zappa‘s reissue programme never stops! Yes, the torture – because what’s been getting released lately, if we’re talking about expanded variants of his studio albums rather than concert recordings, seems irresistible to an aficionado. It was like that with “Hot Rats” and “Funky Nothingness” – and it’s going to be like that with “Over-Nite Sensation” which will see the 50th anniversary expansion on November 3rd.
One of the most accessible and brilliantly melodic Frank’s records is to be out in three versions: as a double LP that should be played at 45 rpm, as a triple LP that adds a 33 1/3 rpm platter with bonus material, and a 4CD/Blu-ray Super Deluxe set whence this material comes. Of course, it’s the last variant that’s so alluring as among the collection’s 88 tracks, of which 57 haven’t been previously made available to the public, are not only the 2012 remaster of the album – originally credited to THE MOTHERS – but a lot of outtakes and alternative cuts as well as two concert recordings. Truly irresistible! Given there’s nothing on there from Zappa’s “Apostrophe (‘)” from the same timespan, there’s going to be even more soon.
Over-Nite Sensation
(50th Anniversary Edition)
CD 1 –
The Album:
1. Camarillo Brillo
2. I’m The Slime
3. Dirty Love
4. Fifty-Fifty
5. Zomby Woof
6. Dinah-Moe Humm
7. Montana
Session masters:
8. Wonderful Wino (complete edit) *
9. Inca Roads (1973 version, 2023 mix) *
10. RDNZL (1973 mix) *
11. For The Young Sophisticate (Dolby EQ copy)
12. I’m The Slime (single version)
Vault Sensations:
13. Inca Roads (Bolic Take-Home mix) *
14. RDNZL (take 2) *
15. X-Forts (Echidna’s Arf (Of You)) *
CD 2 – Vault Sensations:
1. Camarillo Brillo (alternate mix) *
2. Face Down (I’m The Slime – demo) *
3. I’m The Slime (basic track outtake) *
4. Dirty Love (session rehearsal) *
5. Dirty Love (with Quad guitar) *
6. Fifty-Fifty (pipe organ intro improvisations *
7. Fifty-Fifty (basic tracks, take 7) *
8. Dinah-Moe Humm (session rehearsal) *
9. Dinah-Moe Humm (Bolic Take-Home mix) *
10. Montana (Bolic Take-Home mix) *
Live in Hollywood Palladium – March 23rd, 1973 *:
11. Montana
12. Dupree’s Paradise (Intro)
13. Dupree’s Paradise
CD 3 – Live in Hollywood Palladium – March 23rd, 1973 *:
1. Cosmik Debris
2. “The Dynamic Sal Marquez!”
3. Big Swifty
4. “…The Successor to Willie The Pimp”
5. The Curse Of The Zomboids (I’m The Slime)
6. Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?
7. FZ & The Percussion Section
8. Palladium Jam – Part 1
9. Palladium Jam – Part 2
Over-Nite Sensation
(50th Anniversary Edition)
CD 4: Live in Cobo Hall, Detroit – May 12th, 1973 *:
1. Band Intros and Sound Check
2. Exercise #4
3. Dog Breath
4. The Dog Breath Variations
5. Uncle Meat
6. Fifty-Fifty
7. Inca Roads
8. FZ Introduces the “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” Medley
9. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow
10. Nanook Rubs It
11. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast
12. Father O’Blivion
13. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast (Reprise)
14. Join The March
15. Cosmik Debris
16. Medley: King Kong/Chunga’s Revenge/Son Of Mr. Green Genes
Blu-ray audio – The Album:
* new Dolby Atmos remix
* 5.1 surround remix by Karma Auger and Erich Gobel
* original 4-channel Quadraphonic mix
* Hi-Res stereo 2012 remaster by Bob Ludwig at 192K24B and 96K24B
* – previously unreleased
