One Size Fits All (Frank Zappa album)
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| Studio album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention | ||
| Released | June 25, 1975 | |
| Recorded | Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles; Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO; and Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, December 1974-April 1975 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 42:55 | |
| Label | DiscReet | |
| Producer(s) | Frank Zappa | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Frank Zappa chronology | ||
| Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) |
One Size Fits All (1975) |
Bongo Fury (1976) |
| The Mothers of Invention chronology | ||
| Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) |
One Size Fits All (1975) |
The Grandmothers (1980) |
One Size Fits All is a 1975 tour de force "rock" album from Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. It is the last Zappa album to feature the name The Mothers of Invention. A Quadraphonic version of the album was planned and advertised, but never came to pass.
This Zappa record was the last to feature one of the most highly-regarded versions of The Mothers of Invention, with George Duke, Chester Thompson, Ruth Underwood, Tom Fowler and Napoleon Murphy Brock. The album itself features one of Zappa's most complex and well-known tracks, "Inca Roads". One of Zappa's heroes, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, guests on two tracks.
In 1988, One Size Fits All was released on CD by Rykodisc.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Frank Zappa.
- "Inca Roads" – 8:45
- "Can't Afford No Shoes" – 2:38
- "Sofa No. 1" – 2:39
- "Po-Jama People" – 7:39
- "Florentine Pogen" – 5:27
- "Evelyn, a Modified Dog" – 1:04
- "San Ber'dino" – 5:57
- "Andy" – 6:04
- "Sofa No. 2" – 2:42
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Musicians
- Frank Zappa – composer, vocals, backing vocals, producer, main performer, guitar
- George Duke – keyboards, vocals, backing vocals, synthesizer
- Ruth Underwood – marimba, vibraphone, percussion
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson – vocals
- James "Bird Legs" Youman – bass guitar
- Chester Thompson – drums, sound effects, voices
- Tom Fowler – bass guitar
- Captain Beefheart (credited as 'Bloodshot Rollin' Red') – harmonica
- Napoleon Murphy Brock – tenor saxophone, vocals, backing vocals, flute
[edit] Production staff
- Kerry McNabb (credited as Kerry McNab) – engineer, remixing
- Cal Schenkel – design, illustrations, paintings
- Robert Stone – engineer
- Michael Braunstein – engineer
- Unity – assistant engineer
- Dick Barber – assistant engineer, assistant
- Gary O. – engineer
- Ferenc Dobronyi – design
- J.E. Tully – design
- Coy Featherstone – assistant engineer
- Paul Hof – assistant engineer, assistant
- Matti Laipio – voices, assistant engineer
- Bill Romero – voices, assistant engineer
- Richard "Tex" Abel – assistant engineer, assistant
- Jukka – engineer
