Damn, this is cool on just one listening. I love the instrumental LP versions which I bought when released, but she is so Frank, love her vibrato, vocal fry. I look forward to more listens!
A peek into Hunchentoot. These arrangements with vocals have far more relevance than fanatical pleas that the Sleep Dirt album should only be some instrumental jazz fusion album. Fortunately we not only have both but can remain hopeful that Hunchentoot will have a stage production. Enter UMe, with budgets and a dream I have hopes.
Great Great Tune! His output was superhuman but still i wished Frank had done an entire 2LP album in this jazzy style. "20 small cigars" another example - (+wakawazoo etc) This kinda "zappa-jazz' would've been a huge category of its own à la Ellington, Mingus, Dolphy, Coltrane etc... i miss him badly
So fuckin great thank you…. Havent heard this in forever. They need to release it again. Ishe sounds amazing. I had the chance to play bass for her with don preston on keys and mike keneally on guitae doing a 5-6 aonf awt at zappanale in 2002 and we did some of this.
Hey, Seahag! I saw you perform with Project/Object on a number of occasions. One time, you played Black Napkins on banjo. Am I correct that it was Black Napkins? If not, what was it? As to the date itself, Ike was there. Ed Mann may have been on that date too. Janet The Planet was in the audience, being threatened to be ejected for having weed. She looked up at Ike as if to say, *"DO SOMETHING, IKE!"* and he just looked down at her from the stage with a look like "What the fuck do you think I can do?!" I'm not a user, but I don't judge others on the issue. But I also wonder what Frank would say. Watching Baby Snakes, he told the audience member, "Throw that away, it's bad for you." Anyway, big thank you to you, Andre and the rest, for playing Frank's music. I always had a blast at the gigs!
@@Royale_with_Cheeze Hi - no that wasn’t me on the banjo… that was Jordan Shapiro. keyboardist who played black page and other crazy stuff on the mandolin. I pretty much played guitar in project/object and sometimes bass. I remember the incident you were talking about.
@@robbieseahagmangano897 Ahhhhhh. The great Jordan Shapiro. And it was mandolin. I remember now. Even before writing that earlier message I was thinking how difficult it must be to play Black Napkins on banjo. The manipulation of the banjo is likely much more difficult than mandolin. I don't know why I thought it was Janet. Do you recall, was Ed Mann on that date? On various occasions I saw Nappy, Don Preston and Ed Mann. Always great shows. The first time I saw you guys was around 2000. You had an opening act Dead Cat Bounce. I liked them and even bought their CD. Good night all along. Thank you for your immediate reply and for all the fun "optional entertainment"
Thank you so much. I had this on CD and then got rud of my CDs and now I have the Vinyl instrumental which is no comparison to this. Thana's solo album with Steve Vai is also great
thank you for your contributions to the class. please, reread the course syllabus, rework your thesis, and do the assigned readings before lecture. see me during office hours. 🍵
This is the most hilarious set of lyrics on any Zappa album and her vocals are also the best. A stunning accomplishment and a very sad thing that the current version excludes these vocals.
So awesome listening to this for years then hearing this, does anyone know if she did anything over the ocean is the ultimate solution that would be nuts
yes. love it. I have these files on FLAC. I much prefer her singing on these tracks written for zappa's screen play Hutchentoot that never came to fruition, i believe
Sorry, but I way prefer the original album with instrumental only. At one point I wanted to get the CD, but after I found out that they added vocals, nope..
@@joeydanielski962 - Good man! I have the Sleep Dirt on vinyl LP that I purchased in 1980-ish........and it was only played 3 times. I cherish it....LOL
@@JamminClemmons On the original vinyl, Chester Thompson plays drums on Flambay, Spider of Destiny and Time is Money (included here) as well as Regyptian Strut. All recorded in 1974. Terry Bozzio plays drums on Filthy Habits and The Ocean is... They weren't rerecorded by Chad. On the remix, Chad Wackerman rerecorded the drums on all of Chester's tracks except for Time Is Money. I wonder why not that one.
@@Royale_with_Cheeze - Thanks for the correction(s). I have the vinyls of many of Franks he released in the 1980's. Incluuding, Broaday the Hard Way, Tinseltown, Joes Garage I, II & III, Thingfish, Dweezil Zappa's first one (titled Crunchy Water, I believe), all these are still sealed in plastic and have never been opened.
Her performance is quite good but the way Frank decided to mix these vocals totally drowns out the instruments at times. Some of the best parts of these songs are almost completely inaudible here.
Great, Harris! I love you, Zappa! ❤🤘🏿🤘🏿❤
The 1991 CD version is actually still available for purchase on the official Frank Zappa website.
I always loved this version of Spider of Destiny
It's comedy in music
Excellent singer
I love her vocals
This version of the album wasn't short lived, it was the standard version for twenty years!
Damn, this is cool on just one listening. I love the instrumental LP versions which I bought when released, but she is so Frank, love her vibrato, vocal fry. I look forward to more listens!
A peek into Hunchentoot. These arrangements with vocals have far more relevance than fanatical pleas that the Sleep Dirt album should only be some instrumental jazz fusion album. Fortunately we not only have both but can remain hopeful that Hunchentoot will have a stage production. Enter UMe, with budgets and a dream I have hopes.
I love the way she sounds deranged when at the end of Time is Money.
Great Great Tune! His output was superhuman but still i wished Frank had done an entire 2LP album in this jazzy style.
"20 small cigars" another example - (+wakawazoo etc)
This kinda "zappa-jazz' would've been a huge category of its own à la Ellington, Mingus, Dolphy, Coltrane etc...
i miss him badly
So fuckin great thank you…. Havent heard this in forever. They need to release it again. Ishe sounds amazing. I had the chance to play bass for her with don preston on keys and mike keneally on guitae doing a 5-6 aonf awt at zappanale in 2002 and we did some of this.
Hey, Seahag!
I saw you perform with Project/Object on a number of occasions. One time, you played Black Napkins on banjo. Am I correct that it was Black Napkins? If not, what was it?
As to the date itself, Ike was there. Ed Mann may have been on that date too.
Janet The Planet was in the audience, being threatened to be ejected for having weed. She looked up at Ike as if to say, *"DO SOMETHING, IKE!"* and he just looked down at her from the stage with a look like "What the fuck do you think I can do?!"
I'm not a user, but I don't judge others on the issue. But I also wonder what Frank would say. Watching Baby Snakes, he told the audience member, "Throw that away, it's bad for you."
Anyway, big thank you to you, Andre and the rest, for playing Frank's music. I always had a blast at the gigs!
@@Royale_with_Cheeze Hi - no that wasn’t me on the banjo… that was Jordan Shapiro. keyboardist who played black page and other crazy stuff on the mandolin. I pretty much played guitar in project/object and sometimes bass. I remember the incident you were talking about.
Also it wasnt janet the planet…. It was donna u wanna!
@@robbieseahagmangano897
Ahhhhhh. The great Jordan Shapiro. And it was mandolin. I remember now. Even before writing that earlier message I was thinking how difficult it must be to play Black Napkins on banjo. The manipulation of the banjo is likely much more difficult than mandolin.
I don't know why I thought it was Janet. Do you recall, was Ed Mann on that date?
On various occasions I saw Nappy, Don Preston and Ed Mann. Always great shows.
The first time I saw you guys was around 2000. You had an opening act Dead Cat Bounce. I liked them and even bought their CD. Good night all along.
Thank you for your immediate reply and for all the fun "optional entertainment"
Just saw you with BFU in Pawling and Montgomery NY, awesome shows sir!
Thank you so much. I had this on CD and then got rud of my CDs and now I have the Vinyl instrumental which is no comparison to this. Thana's solo album with Steve Vai is also great
I think zappa fans prefer the original album,but she's got a great voice and it's great stuff hoopla. 👍
I have both versions and prefer the original. But since the ”Thana”-version is not easy to find, I thouht it would be nice to share the vocal tracks.
Thank you very much
It’s the lyrics. The instrumental is a better, more dynamic mix, but no Thana and no lyrics
It's just your opinion... I love both versions
thank you for your contributions to the class.
please, reread the course syllabus, rework your thesis, and do the assigned readings before lecture. see me during office hours. 🍵
This album makes SO much more sense now that I knew it has lyrics to some songs
This is the most hilarious set of lyrics on any Zappa album and her vocals are also the best. A stunning accomplishment and a very sad thing that the current version excludes these vocals.
Nessuno come Zappa ❤️
I actually have a copy of this album on vinyl that has the lyrics. I thought it was normal.
Me too, only versions I know
for sale? 😅
Great!
So awesome listening to this for years then hearing this, does anyone know if she did anything over the ocean is the ultimate solution that would be nuts
Reminds me of Ute Lemper's renditions of Brecht/Weill songs.
oh she's very good.
(this take is a great thing to whip out whenever anyone gets puzzled if you describe some of his 70s albums as "jazz".)
Thank you so much for uploading this, I had been looking for it. Way better than the original in my opinion.
J'aime bien. Je trouve que la voix donne de l'épaisseur à la musique.
Je crois que je préfère à la version purement instrumentale.
Great
Obrigado !
Much prefer this version.
She was married to Bob Harris who was briefly in the 1980 touring ensemble
yes. love it. I have these files on FLAC. I much prefer her singing on these tracks
written for zappa's screen play Hutchentoot that never came to fruition, i believe
Sorry, but I way prefer the original album with instrumental only. At one point I wanted to get the CD, but after I found out that they added vocals, nope..
Oh spider of destiny are you surprised I speak the language? I've been to your country(planet) seen your crying and dying. Your planet is nowhere.
If you find a Sleep Dirt CD how can you tell if it's the version with vocals?
hello Sean !
it's easy . All pre-2012 versions are the same and with vocals
have a nice day
It will have thana Harris on vocals in the credits
It will say 1991 Barking Pumpkin Records on the back cover.
I actually don't mind this, she's got a great voice. I still prefer my original though.
The drums on the other hand...
The original version had drums with Terry Bozzio.
This is Chad Wackerman on the skins.
Is this sitting bad with you?
@@JamminClemmons Love Wackerman, I think I'm just really in love with Terry's kit sound on my original copy. Still great!
@@joeydanielski962 - Good man! I have the Sleep Dirt on vinyl LP that I purchased in 1980-ish........and it was only played 3 times. I cherish it....LOL
@@JamminClemmons
On the original vinyl, Chester Thompson plays drums on Flambay, Spider of Destiny and Time is Money (included here) as well as Regyptian Strut. All recorded in 1974.
Terry Bozzio plays drums on Filthy Habits and The Ocean is... They weren't rerecorded by Chad.
On the remix, Chad Wackerman rerecorded the drums on all of Chester's tracks except for Time Is Money. I wonder why not that one.
@@Royale_with_Cheeze - Thanks for the correction(s).
I have the vinyls of many of Franks he released in the 1980's.
Incluuding, Broaday the Hard Way, Tinseltown, Joes Garage I, II & III, Thingfish, Dweezil Zappa's first one (titled Crunchy Water, I believe), all these are still sealed in plastic and have never been opened.
Her performance is quite good but the way Frank decided to mix these vocals totally drowns out the instruments at times. Some of the best parts of these songs are almost completely inaudible here.
Beautiful Voice, but I prefer the instrumental versions.
ok, ok...
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