- The Yellow Shark
Infobox Album |
Name = The Yellow Shark
Type =Live Album
Artist =Frank Zappa
Released =November 2 1993
Recorded =September 1992
Genre = 20th century classical
Length = 72:02
Label =Rykodisc
Producer = Frank Zappa
Reviews =*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:eungtq0zbu4a~T1 link]
Last album = "Ahead of Their Time "
(1993)
This album = "The Yellow Shark"
(1993)
Next album = "Civilization Phaze III "
(1994)"The Yellow Shark" is an album of orchestral music by
Frank Zappa , released in 1993. It features live recordings from theEnsemble Modern 's 1992 performances of Zappa's compositions. It is the last Zappa album to be released before his death.Track listing
# "Intro"–1:43
# "Dog Breath Variations "–2:07
# "Uncle Meat "–3:24
# "Outrage at Valdez"–3:27
# "Times Beach II"–7:31
# "III Revised"–1:45
# "The Girl in the Magnesium Dress"–4:33
# "Be-Bop Tango "–3:43
# "Ruth Is Sleeping "–5:56
# "None of the Above "–2:17
# "Pentagon Afternoon "–2:28
# "Questi Cazzi Di Piccione "–3:03
# "Times Beach III"–4:26
# "Food Gathering in Post-Industrial America, 1992"–2:52
# "Welcome to the United States "–6:39
# "Pound for a Brown "–2:12
# "Exercise, No. 4"–1:37
# "Get Whitey "–7:00
# "G-Spot Tornado "–5:17Personnel
Musicians
* Frank Zappa – conductor, producer, performer
* Peter Rundel – conductor,violin
* Dietmar Wiesner –flute
* Catherine Milliken –oboe ,english horn ,bass oboe [bass oboe uncredited, but visible on ARTE TV broadcast ("Get Whitey" segment)] ,didjeridu
* Roland Diry –clarinet
* Wolfgang Stryi –bass clarinet ,tenor saxophone ,contrabass clarinet
* Veit Scholz –bassoon ,contrabassoon
* Franck Ollu, Stefan Dohr –french horn
* William Formann, Michael Gross –cornet ,flugelhorn ,piccolo trumpet ,trumpet
* Uwe Dierksen –trombone ,soprano trombone
* Michael Svoboda –trombone ,euphonium ,didjeridu ,alphorn
* Daryl Smith –tuba
* Herman Kretzschmar – celeste,harpsichord , voices,piano
* Ueli Wiget – celeste,harpsichord ,harp ,piano
* Rumi Ogawa-Helferich –cymbalom , percussion
* Andreas Böttger – percussion
* Detlef Tewes –mandolin
* Jürgen Ruck –banjo ,guitar
* Ellen Wegner –harp
* Mathias Tacke, Claudia Sack –violin
* Hilary Sturt –violin , voices
* Friedemann Dähn –violoncello
* Thomas Fichter-contrabass , Fichterelectric upright bass *
Ensemble Modern – main performerTechnical staff
* Todd Yvega –
synclavier assistance
* Spencer Chrislu – engineer, mixing
* Harry Andronis – engineer
* Brian Johnson – art direction, design
* Hans Jörg Michel – photography
* Henning Lobner – photography
* Dave Dondorf – engineer, coordination
* Jesse Di Franco – art direction, design
* Ali N. Askin – arranger
* Fritz Brinckmann – photographyCharts
Album - "Billboard" (North America)
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