Frank Zappa - Finer Moments (2012)

Finer Moments is a curious but mostly excellent compilation of (mostly) instrumental odds and ends put together by FZ in 1972 that went (mostly) unreleased until 2012. Disc one concentrates on the 1968-1969 Mothers. The first four tracks are from a 1969 Royal Albert Hall show that was partially documented in the film Uncle Meat. "Sleazette" is a great guitar solo, but the Mozart piece loses quite a bit without the "ballet" visuals. "The Wailing Zombie Music" sounds part-composed/part-conducted improvisation. "The Old Curiosity Shoppe" is a nice jam from 1971 featuring some nice wah-wah alto sax from Ian Underwood and wicked soloing from FZ. This also might be the first time Zappa excerpted the solo portion of a tune and retitled it (as he did for nearly every track on the Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar series). In this case, i

Tracklist
01. Frank Zappa - Intro (1:20)
02. Frank Zappa - Sleazette (3:33)
03. Frank Zappa - Mozart Piano Sonata In Bb (6:22)
04. Frank Zappa - The Walking Zombie Music (3:23)
05. Frank Zappa - The Old Curiosity Shoppe (7:08)
06. Frank Zappa - You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (2:21)
07. Frank Zappa - Uncle Rhebus (17:46)
08. Frank Zappa - Music From The Big Squeeze (0:42)
09. Frank Zappa - Enigmas 1 Thru 5 (8:16)
10. Frank Zappa - Pumped And Waxed (4:19)
11. Frank Zappa - There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die (4:37)
12. Frank Zappa - Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It (3:17)
13. Frank Zappa - The Subcutaneous Peril (19:41)