The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa

Infobox Album |
Name = The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Frank Zappa

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Released = 1987
Recorded = 1972—1984
Genre = Instrumental rock
Length = 32:08
Label = Barking Pumpkin
Producer = Frank Zappa
Executive Producer = Noe Goldwasser
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fcfixqw5ldhe~T1 link]
Last album = —
This album = "The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa"
(1987)
Next album = —

"The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa" is a 1987 compilation album featuring guitar solos by Frank Zappa. It was issued as a cassette from Guitar World magazine, and has also been available in bootlegged versions as "Guitar Hernia" and "Solo on Guitar". The compilation has never been made available officially in other formats (compact discs, etc.), but the cassette contains some unique material, including an unreleased guitar solo and an excerpt from an unreleased remix of "Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra" from the "Studio Tan" album, featuring drum overdubs by Chad Wackerman.

Track listing

ide one

#"Sleep Dirt" – 3:17
#*From the "Sleep Dirt" album.
#"Friendly Little Finger" – 4:17
#*From the "Zoot Allures" album.
#Excerpt from "Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra" – 1:45 [booklet lists incorrectly 2:21]
#*Unreleased remix with drum overdubs from 1984.
#"Things That Look Like Meat" – 6:06
#*Shortened version of a track later released on the "Guitar" album.

ide two

#"Down in de Dew" – 2:54
#*Later released as part of the "Läther" box set.
#"A Solo from Heidelberg" – 5:26
#*Unreleased elsewhere.
#"A Solo from Cologne" – 5:11
#*Longer version of a track later released on the "Guitar" album.
#"A Solo from Atlanta" – 4:05
#*Longer version of a track later released on the "Guitar" album.

External links

* [http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/compilations/Guitar_World.html Compilations discography]
* [http://www.lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/weirdo/weirdo.html#guitarworld Weirdo discography]