Peaches en Regalia

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"Peaches en Regalia"
Peaches en Regalia cover.jpg
Single by Frank Zappa
from the album Hot Rats
B-side
  • "I'm Not Satisfied"
  • "Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up"
ReleasedOctober 10, 1969
RecordedJuly 28, 1969
August 26, 1969 [1]
Genre Jazz fusion, instrumental rock, progressive rock
Length3:37
Label Rykodisc
Songwriter(s) Frank Zappa
Producer(s) Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa singles chronology
"The Girl in the Magnesium Dress"
(1984)
"Peaches en Regalia"
(1969)
"Sexual Harassment in the Workplace"
(1988)
Official Audio
"Peaches en Regalia" on YouTube

"Peaches en Regalia" is an instrumental jazz fusion composition by Frank Zappa. It was initially released on Zappa's album Hot Rats in 1969 and has been recorded many times since.

Contents

Other versions

Years later, in 1987, the piece was released as a CD single to promote Rykodisc's Zappa CD reissue campaign. [2] Zappa used the piece on many of his tours, often as either the opening or the encore of a show. [3] [4]

"Peaches en Regalia" has been included in the "underground" version of The Real Book , despite being compositionally more complicated than typical jam session tunes. Having a song included in the book has been described as "the ultimate insider credential for a jazz composer". [5]

The tune is used as instrumental background music on the BBC London radio programme presented by Danny Baker, as well as the Elis James and John Robins show on BBC Radio 5 Live. It was also the theme tune for the early 1970s BBC2 show One Man's Week.[ citation needed ]

A recording of the piece by Zappa Plays Zappa (including Zappa's son Dweezil and former Zappa alumni Steve Vai and Napoleon Murphy Brock), won a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in February 2009. [6]

Personnel

Renditions

By Zappa

YearAlbumNotes
1969 Hot Rats
1971 Fillmore East – June 1971 Live (as "Peaces En Regalia" on original vinyl album art)
1981 Tinsel Town Rebellion Live as "Peaches III"
1991 Anyway the Wind Blows Recorded live in 1979, released as part of the Beat the Boots series.
1992 Swiss Cheese/Fire! Recorded live in 1971, released as part of the Beat the Boots II series.
2010 Hammersmith Odeon Recorded live in 1978 at the famous London venue.
2011 Carnegie Hall Recorded live in 1971.

On tribute albums

YearPerformerAlbum
1994 The Muffin Men Say Cheese & Thank You
1994Riccardo Fassi TankioPlays the Music of Frank Zappa
1995HarmoniaHarmonia Meets Zappa
1996Omnibus Wind EnsembleMusic by Frank Zappa
1997Ed Palermo Ed Palermo Big Band Plays the Music of Frank Zappa
1999The Dangerous KitchenPays Tribute to Frank Zappa
2004 Ensemble Modern Ensemble Modern Plays Frank Zappa
2004The Muffin MenBakers Dozen
2004Pollo Del MarLemme Take You to the Beach (Various artists)
2005 Colin Towns Frank Zappa's Hot Licks
2013The Norwegian Wind EnsembleThe Brass From Utopia

Other versions

YearPerformerAlbum
1994 Jon Poole What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?
1995 Meridian Arts Ensemble Prime Meridian
2000 Dixie Dregs California Screamin'
2000The GrandmothersEating the Astoria
2006 Dweezil Zappa Go with What You Know
2006 Daniele Sepe Suonarne 1 per educarne 100
2007 Phish Vegas 96
2009Les cris de Paris (a cappella)Encores (alpha)
2011Phish2011/07/01 I Super Ball IX, NY
2015Dr. Zilog Apothecary
2022 Orchestra of the Swan, Philip Sheppard (conductor), David Le Page (solo violin)Echoes

Legacy

Don Miguel Vilanova (aka Botafogo), an Argentine blues musician, had a band in the late 1980s, inspired by the blues and specifically Zappa's song "Peaches en Regalia", the name of which was translated literally into the Spanish as "Durazno de Gala". [7]

Notes

  1. Ulrich, Charles (May 13, 2018). The Big Note: A Guide to the Recordings of Frank Zappa. New Star Books. ISBN   1-554201-46-2.
  2. Ruhlmann, William. "Frank Zappa - Peaches en Regalia Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. François Couture: Peaches en Regalia review on AllMusic—retrieved on March 14, 2009
  4. Frank Zappa shows retrieved on March 14, 2009
  5. Ted Gioia. "Peaches en Regalia review". Jazz.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  6. "51st Grammy Awards winners". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  7. Bien al Sur, Historias del Blues en la Argentina by Gabriel Gratzer  [ es ] and Martín Sassone. 2015. Gourmet Musical. p. 78.

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