Orchestral Favorites
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| Studio album by Frank Zappa | ||
| Released | May 4, 1979 | |
| Recorded | Royce Hall, UCLA September 19, 1975 | |
| Genre | Rock and roll | |
| Length | 33:57 | |
| Label | DiscReet | |
| Producer(s) | Frank Zappa | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Frank Zappa chronology | ||
| Sheik Yerbouti (1979) |
Orchestral Favorites (1979) |
Joe's Garage (1979) |
Orchestral Favorites is a 1979 album by Frank Zappa. It features music performed by the 37-piece Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Orchestra. It is one of three albums which Warner Bros. initially refused to release when Zappa attempted to fulfill his contract with the company by delivering four albums to them all at once. The fourth, Zappa in New York, was released first, though the content had been altered by the label without Zappa's permission. When Warner Bros. also refused to pay him for the masters he had delivered, he elected to reformat material from all four albums, plus a few new items, into the four-album box set Läther. A preliminary deal with Mercury/Phonogram saw the album get as far as the test pressing stage before Warner Bros. put a stop to the deal, citing ownership of the recorded material. The further three albums, Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt, and Orchestral Favorites were released on the DiscReet label without Zappa's permission, lacking musician and production credits, and featuring artwork by Gary Panter, which Zappa likewise did not approve or authorize.
It was reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Barking Pumpkin in 1991; this edition was reissued again in 1995 by Ryko.
[edit] Track listing
- "Strictly Genteel" – 7:04
- "Pedro's Dowry" – 7:41
- "Naval Aviation In Art?" – 1:22
- "Duke Of Prunes" – 4:20
- "Bogus Pomp" – 13:27
