Frank Zappa's 2016 compilation, ZAPPAtite – Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks, will be released through Zappa Records/UMe on July 17, on vinyl for the very first time.
The career-spanning collection was originally released on CD in 2016 and features some of Zappa’s best-known and best-loved compositions and was viewed as a gateway into the visionary musician’s many sonic worlds.
“This isn’t a greatest hits album, as Frank didn’t really have ‘hits,’ per se, nor is it a ‘best of,’ since it would be impossible to fit so much awesome onto one disc,” says Ahmet Zappa. “It’s a veritable smorgasbord of musicality for the curious and a buffet of favourites for the fans.”
The album is divided into four courses — Appetizers, Entrées, Second Course and Desserts — and the food-centric theme carries throughout the artwork, which features Zappa in a diner on the cover, a tracklist designed like a menu.
ZAPPAtite – Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks will be available as a 2LP set on black vinyl and a limited-edition 2LP colour exclusive on pink swirl vinyl, both featuring a gatefold jacket and “menu” insert. The CD version will once again be available.
Frank Zappa: ZAPPAtite – Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks
LP1
Side A APPETIZERS
1. I’m The Slime
2. Dirty Love
3. Dancing Fool
4. Trouble Every Day
5. Peaches En Regalia
Side B ENTRÉES
6. Tell Me You Love Me
7. Bobby Brown Goes Down
8. You Are What You Is
9. Valley Girl
10. Joe’s Garage
LP2
Side C SECOND COURSE
11. Cosmik Debris
12. Sofa No. 1
13. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow (Single Version)
14. Titties & Beer
Side D DESSERT
15. G-Spot Tornado
16. Cocaine Decisions
17. Zoot Allures
18. Strictly Genteel
