Frank Zappa - apostrophe (') [5CD / BLU-RAY] (CD Box Set)

apostrophe (') turns 50!

Arguably the most popular album in the Frank Zappa catalog, apostrophe (') has consistently been a best-seller. It was Zappa's first Gold record award in the US, peaking at #10 on the Billboard 200 chart. The Don't Eat the Yellow Snow single also made the Billboard top 100 Hits chart, peaking at #87. The success of apostrophe (') brought along a new awareness for Zappa and through the years, the album has been a go-to for most when discovering his music.

For the 50th anniversary, Zappa Records and UMe have compiled a 5CD / Blu-ray Audio set featuring the original album newly remastered by Bernie Grundman, session outtakes from the vault and two bonus concerts spanning the year of 1974. The Blu-ray contains the new remaster in hi-res formats, brand-new Dolby Atmos remixes by Karma Auger and Erich Gobel and FZ's 1974 Quadraphonic mix, back in print for the first time in 50 years. The package features new historical essays by Simon Prentis & Vaultmeister Joe Travers, along with never-before-seen images from the archive of Sam Emerson, who shot the now iconic front cover photo.

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Tracklist:

CD 1:
1. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
2. Nanook Rubs It
3. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
4. Father O'Blivion
5. Cosmik Debris
6. Excentrifugal Forz
7. Apostrophe
8. Uncle Remus
9. Stink-Foot
10. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (Basic Tracks/Alternate Take)
11. Nanook Rubs It (Basic Tracks/Outtake)
12. Nanook Rubs It (Session Outtake)
13. Cosmik Debris (Basic Tracks - Take 3)
14. Excentrifugal Forz (Mix Outtake)
15. Apostrophe (Mix Outtake)
16. Uncle Remus (Mix Outtake)
17. Apostrophe (Unedited Master/2024 Mix)
18. Uncle Remus (Piano and Vocal Mix 2024)

CD 2:
1. Show Start/Band Intros (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
2. Village of the Sun (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
3. Echidna's Arf (Of You) (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
4. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
5. Babbette (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
6. Approximate (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
7. Cosmik Debris (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
8. Pygmy Twylyte (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
9. The Idiot Bastard Son (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
10. Cheepnis (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
11. Montana (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
12. Dupree's Paradise Intro (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)

CD 3:
1. Dupree's Paradise (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
2. Is There Anything Good Inside of You? (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
3. Florentine Pogen (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
4. Kung Fu (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
5. Penguin in Bondage (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
6. T'Mershi Duween (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
7. The Dog Breath Variations (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
8. Uncle Meat (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
9. RDNZL (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)
10. Medley: King Kong / Chunga's Revenge / Son of Mr. Green Genes (Colorado Springs, CO 1974)

CD 4:
1. Inca Roads (Salt Lake City, Utah - 3-18-74 - Terrace Ballroom)
2. Tush Tush Tush (A Token of My Extreme) (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
3. Stink-Foot (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
4. RDNZL (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
5. Village of the Sun (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
6. Echidna's Arf (Of You) (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
7. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
8. Penguin in Bondage (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
9. T'Mershi Duween (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
10. The Dog Breath Variations (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
11. Uncle Meat (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
12. Building a Girl (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)

CD 5:
1. Dinah-Moe Humm (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
2. Camarillo Brillo (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
3. Pygmy Twylyte (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
4. Room Service (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
5. Tush Tush Tush (End Vamp) (Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974)
6. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
7. Nanook Rubs It
8. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
9. Father O'Blivion
10. Apostrophe TV Ad
11. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (Single Edit)
12. Goteborg GTR
13. Approximate
14. ...the poodle bites...

BLU-RAY
1. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
2. Nanook Rubs It
3. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
4. Father O'Blivion
5. Cosmik Debris
6. Excentrifugal Forz
7. Apostrophe
8. Uncle Remus
9. Stink-Foot