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CHEAPER THAN CHEEP

Frank Zappa

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4.17 | 3 ratings | 1 reviews | 67% 5 stars

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Live, released in 2025

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD1
1. "Cheaper Than Cheep" (0:31)
2. Cosmik Debris (9:22)
3. Band Introductions (1:33)
4. RDNZL (6:31)
5. Village Of The Sun (4:35)
6. Montana (6:29)
7. Duke Goes Out (3:53)
8. Inca Roads (10:05)
9. "Get Down Simmons" (3:15)
10. Penguin In Bondage (6:45)
11. T'Mershi Duween (1:49)
12. The Dog Breath Variations (1:42)
13. Uncle Meat (2:19)

CD2
1. How Could I Be Such A Fool (4:02)
2. I'm Not Satisfied (2:17)
3. Wowie Zowie (2:27)
4. I Don't Even Care (1:19)
5. Let's Make The Water Turn Black (4:33)
6. Dupree's Paradise Introduction (1:05)
7. Dupree's Paradise (8:19)
8. Oh No (1:36)
9. Son Of Orange County(5:34)
10. More Trouble Every Day (11:02
11. Apostrophe' (6:54)
12. Camarillo Brillo (5:53)

Line-up / Musicians

- Frank Zappa / guitar, vocals

With:
- Chester Thompson / drums
- George Duke / keyboards, vocals
- Jeff Simmons / guitar, vocals
- Napoleon Murphy Brock / tenor saxophone, flute, vocals
- Ruth Underwood / percussion
- Tom Fowler / bass

Releases information

2CD+Blu-Ray Zappa Records ZR20047 (Official Release #130) (USA, May 9, 2025)

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FRANK ZAPPA Cheaper Than Cheep ratings distribution


4.17
(3 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music (67%)
67%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection (33%)
33%
Good, but non-essential (0%)
0%
Collectors/fans only (0%)
0%
Poor. Only for completionists (0%)
0%

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4 stars Wow. 50 years since this was recorded and committed to the vault, this previously unheard live recording has been released from the Zappa archive. If you know Zappa, this will need little introduction. Suffice to say that Roxy and Elsewhere is ´probably´ may favourite Zappa album. I think the qu ... (read more)

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