Joe's Corsage

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Joe's Corsage
Compilation album by Frank Zappa
Released	May 30, 2004
Recorded	1964–1965
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	35:39
Label	Vaulternative
Producer	Joe Travers
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Halloween (2003) Joe's Corsage (2004) QuAUDIOPHILIAc (2004)

Joe's Corsage is a CD of material recorded by Frank Zappa with The Mothers of Invention in the mid-1960s, before the recording of their debut album Freak Out! (1966). The album was compiled by archivist Joe Travers, and its title is a play on Zappa's 1979 work Joe's Garage.

A number of the recordings featured on Joe's Corsage are demo versions of songs that would later appear on Freak Out!. The first set of demos, probably recorded in 1965, feature the guitar of Henry Vestine, who would later be a member of Canned Heat. Also included are covers of the Righteous Brothers' "My Babe", and Marvin Gaye's "Hitch Hike".

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

1. "Pretty Pat" – 0:33
2. "Motherly Love" – 2:21
3. "Plastic People" (Richard Berry, Zappa) – 3:05
4. "Anyway the Wind Blows" – 2:55
5. "I Ain't Got No Heart" – 3:50
6. "The Phone Call"/"My Babe" (Bobby Hatfield, Bill Medley) – 4:06
7. "Wedding Dress Song/Handsome Cabin Boy" (Trad.) – 1:02
8. "Hitch Hike" (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Clarence Paul, Marvin Gaye) – 2:54
9. "I'm So Happy I Could Cry" – 2:43
10. "Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder" (Zappa, Ray Collins) – 3:29
11. "How Could I Be Such a Fool?" – 3:00
12. "We Made Our Reputation Doing It That Way . . ." – 5:34

[edit] Personnel

• Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals
• Ray Collins – vocals, tambourine, harmonica (tracks 6–8)
• Henry Vestine (tracks 2–5) – guitar
• Roy Estrada – bass guitar
• Jimmy Black – drums

[edit] External links

• Lyrics and details
• Joe's Corsage at zappa.com

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