Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana

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Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana
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Live album by
ReleasedOctober 14, 2022
RecordedNovember 21–22, 1975
Genre Progressive rock
Length145:56
Label Zappa Records
Producer Ahmet Zappa and Joe Travers
Frank Zappa chronology
Zappa/Erie
(2022)
Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana
(2022)
Waka/Wazoo
(2022)

Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana is a live album by Frank Zappa, released posthumously on October 14, 2022. The album was recorded during the Yugoslavian leg of Zappa's fall, 1975 tour. [1] [2]

Contents

Tracklist

Disc 1
No.TitleRecordedLength
1."Managua"Zagreb, November 21, 19752:11
2."Stink-Foot"Zagreb, November 21, 19758:44
3."The Poodle Lecture"Zagreb, November 21, 19752:50
4."Dirty Love"Zagreb, November 21, 19753:29
5."How Could I Be Such A Fool?"Ljubljana, November 22, 19754:36
6."I Ain't Got No Heart"Ljubljana, November 22, 19752:39
7."I'm Not Satisfied"Ljubljana, November 22, 19751:58
8."Black Napkins"Zagreb, November 21, 19759:33
9."Advance Romance"Ljubljana, November 22, 19759:36
10."Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?"Ljubljana, November 22, 19753:43
11."The Illinois Enema Bandit"Zagreb, November 21, 19758:12
12."Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy"Zagreb, November 21, 19755:13
13."Lonely Little Girl"Zagreb, November 21, 19752:39
14."Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance"Ljubljana, November 22, 19752:04
15."What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?"Ljubljana, November 22, 19751:06
16."Chunga's Revenge (Part I)"Zagreb, November 21, 19757:57
Total length:76:30
Disc 2
No.TitleRecordedLength
1."Chunga's Revenge (Part II)"Zagreb, November 21, 197511:51
2."Terry's Zagreb Solo"Zagreb, November 21, 19755:41
3."Zoot Allures"Zagreb, November 21, 19757:32
4."Filthy Habits (Prototype)"Zagreb, November 21, 19753:54
5."Camarillo Brillo"Zagreb, November 21, 19753:38
6."Muffin Man"Zagreb, November 21, 19755:29
7."I'm the Slime"Ljubljana, November 22, 19756:08
8."San Ber'dino"Ljubljana, November 22, 19756:40
Bonus Tracks
No.TitleRecordedLength
9."Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station"Ljubljana, November 22, 19755:05
10."Terry's Ljubljana Solo"Ljubljana, November 22, 19756:23
11."Zoot Allures"Ljubljana, November 22, 19757:05
Total length:69:36

Personnel

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References

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