Finer Moments

Finer Moments is a compilation album by Frank Zappa. It was compiled and mastered by Zappa in 1972 and released posthumously in 2012.

Finer Moments
Compilation album by Frank Zappa
Released	December 18, 2012
Recorded	1968-1971
Genre	Rock, avant-garde
Length	82:40
Label	Zappa
Producer	Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Understanding America (2012) Finer Moments (2012) AAAFNRAA Baby Snakes: The Compleat Soundtrack (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Overview

Some of the tracks from this album have appeared (most of them under another title) on various other releases including 1991's You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4, 1992's You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5, 1998's Mystery Disc, 1996's The Lost Episodes, and 2011's Carnegie Hall.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Zappa.

Disc one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro"	1:19
2.	"Sleazette"	3:32
3.	"Mozart Piano Sonata in B♭"	6:20
4.	"The Walking Zombie Music"	3:22
5.	"The Old Curiosity Shoppe"	7:08
6.	"You Never Know Who Your Friends Are"	2:19
7.	"Uncle Rhebus"	17:43

Disc two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Music from "The Big Squeeze""	0:41
2.	"Enigmas 1 Thru 5"	8:14
3.	"Pumped and Waxed"	4:18
4.	"There Is No Heaven from Where Slogans Go to Die"	4:36
5.	"Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It"	3:20
6.	"The Subcutaneous Peril"	19:38

Personnel

Musicians

• Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals
• Don Preston – keyboards, mini moog
• Ian Underwood – clarinet, keyboards, piano, alto sax, woodwind
• Bunk Gardner – tenor sax, woodwind
• Motorhead Sherwood – baritone sax
• Buzz Gardner – trumpet
• Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
• Jimmy Carl Black – drums
• Art Tripp – drums, percussion
• Lowell George – guitar (on "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die" and "Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It")
• Dave Samuels – guest artist, vibraphone (on "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die")

on "The Old Curiosity Shoppe" :

• Frank Zappa – guitar
• Ian Underwood – alto sax
• Bob Harris – keyboards
• Jim Pons – bass
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums
• Howard Kaylan – cowbell, tambourine
• Mark Volman – cowbell, tambourine

on "The Subcutaneous Peril" :

• Frank Zappa – guitar
• Don Preston – keyboards, mini moog
• Ian Underwood – keyboards
• Jim Pons – bass
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums

Production credits

• Ed Caraeff – photography
• Jerry Hansen – engineer
• Dick Kunc – engineer
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering
• Kerry McNabb – engineer
• Michael Mesker – layout, photography
• Bill Miller – cover art, liner notes
• Melanie Starks – production manager
• Joe Travers – transfers
• John Williams – photography

Overlaps with other albums [2]

• Burnt Weeny Sandwich
  • "Enigmas 1 Thru 5" contains parts from "Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich" in a sped-up version
• The Ark from Beat the Boots
  • "Uncle Rhebus" contains a shorter edit of "Uncle Meat/King Kong" (only the secondary theme of "King Kong")
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
  • "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die" is a slightly longer version of "You Call That Music?"
• You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
  • "Mozart Piano Sonata In B♭" is a different edit
  • "Uncle Rhebus" contains "Baked Bean Boogie" and "Piano/drum duet"
  • The final segment of "Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It" (2:54-3:20) is also heard in "Right There"
• The Lost Episodes
  • "The Big Squeeze" is the same version
• Mystery Disc
  • "You Never Know Who Your Friends Are" is a longer version of "Harmonica Fun"
  • "Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It" is a different edit of "Skweezit Skweezit Skweezit"
• Carnegie Hall
  • "The Subcutaneous Peril" is a longer version of "Pound For A Brown" and "King Kong"

Notes and references

1. Westergaard, Sean. Finer Moments at AllMusic
2. Ulrich, Charles (2018). The Big Note: A Guide To The Recordings Of Frank Zappa. Vancouver: New Star Books. ISBN 978-1-55420-146-4.

External links

• Official page for the album on the Zappa website
• For indepth description of the album and its material