Finer Moments

Finer Moments
Finer Moments
Compilation album by Frank Zappa
Released	December 18, 2012
Recorded	1967–1972
Genre	Rock, avant-garde
Length	82:40
Label	Zappa
Producer	Frank Zappa
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Allmusic	^[1]

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

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.

All tracks are written by Frank Zappa.

Disc one
No.	Title	Source	Length
1.	"Intro"	Royal Albert Hall, June 6 1969	1:19
2.	"Sleazette"	Royal Albert Hall, June 6 1969	3:32
3.	"Mozart Piano Sonata in B♭"	You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5	6:20
4.	"The Walking Zombie Music"	Royal Albert Hall, June 6 1969	3:22
5.	"The Old Curiosity Shoppe"	Chicago Auditorium Theatre, May 21 1971	7:08
6.	"You Never Know Who Your Friends Are"	Mystery Disc (Harmonica solo only)	2:19
7.	"Uncle Rhebus"	You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 (as "Baked Bean Boogie")	17:43

Disc two
No.	Title	Source	Length
1.	"Music from "The Big Squeeze""	The Lost Episodes	0:41
2.	"Enigmas 1 Thru 5"	Sunset Sound Recorders, September 1968	8:14
3.	"Pumped and Waxed"	Home recording 1971	4:18
4.	"There Is No Heaven from Where Slogans Go to Die"	You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (as "You Call This Music?")	4:36
5.	"Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It"	You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 (as "Right There")	3:20
6.	"The Subcutaneous Peril"	Carnegie Hall	19:38

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" :

on "The Subcutaneous Peril" :

Source:^[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 edited from "Pound For A Brown" and "King Kong"

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