Unreleased Music
There are a number of compositions that have never seen the light
of day in terms of an official Zappa release. There are also a number of albums
which were recorded, mixed, mastered and for all practical purposes completed
before Zappa's death that for some reason remain unreleased. I'm sure I'm not
alone in hoping this list gets shorter over time. —Patrick Neve
Unreleased Albums
Albums that were not released and probably will not ever
Check the Zappa
Patio for a complete list of this.
Albums that are going to be released
These albums were apparently completed by Zappa himself and are
ready for release. However, no release dates have been set yet, except where
indicated:
Apart from those three, these albums and other projects has been
announced recently (2002-2003) on the FAQ
sections of zappa.com
either as being on the works, soon to be released, or just mentioned in some
way, but not necessarily prepared by FZ himself, although you never know:
- The Lost Episodes Volume Two ("Yes, there will be and there is")
- Petite Wazoo ("2 finished CD projects with a possible special vinyl
edition.") [One of them has been released since: Imaginary
Diseases (2006)]
- Synclavier ("Of the more than 400 compositions in various stages of
completion in the Synclavier, certain ones will be completed by Dweezil, perhaps
Todd and others of them in other & various ways.")
- Beat The Boots ("We hope they will be rereleased. And you can expect
a new batch.") [They have been re-released as download items and a third one has been available at Amazon.com]
- 200 motels performed in Amsterdam 2000 ("a tiny maybe")
- Videos ("All HONKER is slated for DVD but of the "old" videos
there are possibly 2 contenders.")
- Roxy DVD ("countdown has begun.")
- American Dissident ("Yes.")
- Yellow Shark ("Yes.")
- The Rage and the Fury ("Yes.")
Unreleased Compositions
Thanks to Johan Wikberg, Jon Naurin, Charles Ulrich, Jason Gossard
and Bill Lantz for contributions.
Released and/or identified
These are songs or compositions formerly in the above list that
have been identified as part of or have finally appeared in an official release.
Unreleased Lyrics
These are songs or compositions that although have been released
officially, contain extra lyrics that haven't been released:
Songs We Know By Other Names
This list originally compiled by Cletus, with the help of Jon
Naurin, Kent Langsjoen and Knut Skogstad, on January, 1999, with further contributions by Charles Ulrich.
Unidentified and/or Unreleased Recordings
Recently, Greg Russo researched the Musician's Local 47 documents
in L.A., and some unidentified titles popped out. Some are unreleased songs,
some are working titles for known recordings, some are probably still other
things:
- Brown Shoes Don't Make It (Freak Out! sessions, TTG Studios, March
12, 1966) [not the Absolutely Free song, maybe another name for It Can't Happen Here]
- One For Parker Army (Freak Out! sessions, TTG Studios, March 12,
1966)
- Since Cisos (Freak Out! sessions, TTG Studios, March 12, 1966)
- Garbage Eaters (Absolutely Free sessions, TTG Studios, November 15,
1966) [maybe Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin]
- Remember (Absolutely Free sessions, TTG Studios,
November 16, 1966) [prob. Duke Of Prunes]
- No Regret (Absolutely Free sessions, TTG Studios,
November 16, 1966) [prob. America Drinks and/or America Drinks & Goes Home]
- If You Like Chickens (Absolutely
Free sessions, TTG Studios, November 16, 1966) [prob. Toads Of The Short Forest]
- Sunday (Lumpy Gravy sessions, Capitol Studios, February
13, 1967) [prob. Oh No]
- Natasha (Hot Rats sessions, TTG Studios, July 22, 1969) [maybe Toads Of The Short Forest]
- Hot Rats (Jean-Luc Ponty's King Kong sessions, Whitney Studios, October
6, 1969) [prob. Music For Electric Violin And Low Budget Orchestra]
- Love Will Make You Lose Your Mind (Chunga's Revenge sessions, Record
Plant, March 4, 1970)
- I'm A Rolling Stone (Chunga's Revenge sessions, Record Plant, March
4 & 11, 1970)
- Twinkle Tits (Chunga's Revenge sessions, Record Plant, March 9 &
11, 1970)
- Khaki Sack (Chunga's Revenge sessions, Record Plant, March 10, 1970)
[prob. Transylvania Boogie]
- Bass And Drum Song (Chunga's Revenge
sessions, Record Plant, March 10, 1970) [prob. Stink-Foot basic track]
- Minimal Art (Grand Wazoo sessions, Paramount, April 18, 1972)
- Roadie Music (Part One) (Over-Nite Sensation sessions, Bolic Sound,
March 19, 1973)
- Excentrifugal Forz (Over-Nite Sensation sessions, Bolic Sound, March
20, 1973) [prob. Echidna's Arf]
- Curse Of The Zombads (Over-Nite Sensation sessions, Bolic Sound,
March 20, 1973)
- Excentrifugal Forz (George Duke session, Paramount, September 26, 1973)
[Excentrifugal Forz or Echidna's Arf?]
- Po-Jama People (George Duke session, Paramount, September 26, 1973) [Po-Jama
People?]
- Soup And Old Clothes (George Duke session, Paramount, September 26, 1973)
"Must Record"
On page 45 of the The MOFO Project/Object booklet there is a reproduction of a paper hand written by FZ with two lists of songs, one of them with 27 numbered titles, and the other one with 12 titles, some of them numbered, marked with "MUST RECORD." Charles Ulrich tried to identify some of them, his are the comments between square brackets:
1. Love Of My Life
2. Agency Man
3. Dog Breath
4. Electric A. J.
5. The Air
6. I Cried When I Died
7. Bust His Head
8. Remember
9. For You I Would Do
10. Desiree
11. Charva
12. I Could Be A Slave
13. Groupie Bang Bang
14. Jelly Roll Gum Drop
15. I'm So Real
16. Alcohol & Razor Blades
17. Tore To The Core
18. My Guitar Wants To Kill You
19. 48 Weeps
20. Any Way (New Version)
21. Love Will Make Your ?
22. Fountain Of Love
23. Got Enuff
24. Fool
25. Call Me
26. No Heart
27. I'm Not
Must Record:
1. Green Genes
2. Shortly [= Holiday In Berlin]
9. Okie Dokie
8. Khaki Sack
7. Transition [= Twenty Small Cigars]
10. Chicken Soda [= Toads Of The Short Forest]
3. Dog Breath Variant
4. 2 Dr. Rhythm Track
5. Variant #1
x. Lonely Little Girl
x. Idiot Bastard
6. Orange County
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