Apostrophe() Turns 50!

Arguably the most popular album in the Frank Zappa catalog,Apostrophe()has consistently been a best-seller. It was Zappas first Gold Record Award in the U.S., peaking at #10 on the Billboard 200 chart. The Dont Eat The Yellow Snow single also made the Billboard Top 100 Hits chart, peaking at #87. The success of Apostrophe()brought along a new awareness for Zappa and through the years, the album has been a go-to for most when discovering his music.

Forthe50th Anniversary, Zappa Records and UMe have compiled a 5-CD+ Blu-ray Audioset featuring the original album newly remastered by Bernie Grundman, session outtakes from the Vault and two bonus concerts spanning the year of 1974. The Blu-raycontains the new remaster in hi-res formats,brand-newDolby Atmos remixes by Karma Auger and Erich Gobel and FZs 1974 Quadraphonic mix, back in print for the first time in 50 years. The package features new historical essays by Simon Prentis & Vaultmeister Joe Travers, along withnever-before-seenimages from the archive of Sam Emerson, who shot the now iconic front cover photo.

Tracklist

Disc 1 – Original 1974 Album – 2024 Remaster + Album Session Bonus Tracks
1. Dont Eat The Yellow Snow
2. Nanook Rubs It
3. St. Alfonzos Pancake Breakfast
4. Father OBlivion
5. Cosmik Debris
6. Excentrifugal Forz
7. Apostrophe
8. Uncle Remus
9. Stink-Foot
10. Dont Eat The Yellow Snow (Basic Tracks/Alternate Take)
11. Nanook Rubs It (Basic Tracks/Outtake)
12. Nanook Rubs It (Session Outtake)
13. Cosmik Debris (Basic Tracks – Take 3)
14. Excentrifugal Forz (Mix Outtake)
15. Apostrophe (Mix Outtake)
16. Uncle Remus (Mix Outtake)
17. Apostrophe (Unedited Master/2024 Mix)
18. Uncle Remus (Piano and Vocal Mix 2024)

Disc 2 – Bonus Concert 1 – Colorado Springs, CO 1974
1. Show start/Band Intros
2. Village Of The Sun
3. Echidnas Arf (Of You)
4. Dont You Ever Wash That Thing?
5. Babbette
6. Approximate
7. Cosmik Debris
8. Pygmy Twylyte
9. The Idiot Bastard Son
10. Cheepnis
11. Montana
12. Duprees Paradise Intro

Disc 3 – Bonus Concert 1 – Colorado Springs, CO 1974 (Continued)
1. Duprees Paradise
2. Is There Anything Good Inside Of You?
3. Florentine Pogen
4. Kung Fu
5. Penguin In Bondage
6. TMershi Duween
7. The Dog Breath Variations
8. Uncle Meat
9. RDNZL
10. Medley: King Kong/Chungas Revenge/Son Of Mr. Green Genes

Disc 4 – Early 1974 Bonus Live Track + Bonus Concert #2 Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974
1. Inca Roads – Salt Lake City, Utah – 3-18-74 – Terrace Ballroom
2. Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme)
3. Stink-Foot
4. RDNZL
5. Village Of The Sun
6. Echidnas Arf (Of You)
7. Dont You Ever Wash That Thing?
8. Penguin In Bondage
9. TMershi Duween
10. The Dog Breath Variations
11. Uncle Meat
12. Building A Girl

Disc 5 – Dayton, OH Show (Continued) + Bonus
1. Dinah-Moe Humm
2. Camarillo Brillo
3. Pygmy Twylyte
4. Room Service
5. Tush Tush Tush (End Vamp)
6. Dont Eat The Yellow Snow
7. Nanook Rubs It
8. St. Alfonzos Pancake Breakfast
9. Father OBlivion
10. Apostrophe TV Ad
11. Dont Eat The Yellow Snow- Single Edit
12. Goteborg GTR
13. Approximate Bale
14. the poodle bites