Unimaginary Diseases, by Adam Minkoff

Unimaginary Diseases

by Adam Minkoff

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Steve Chenlz This is brilliant! Really authentic sounding. I wouldn't have questioned if someone had told me is was from a FZ vault release! Great arrangement of a great track, Nifty solo too!
Favorite track: Who Needs The Peace Corps? (1970 arrangement).

drumbo59 This work is truly in the spirit of Frank Zappa. Frank would be proud!

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1.	Giraffe 01:35	info	buy track
2.	Run Home Slow (suite) 05:49	info	buy track
3.	Who Needs The Peace Corps? (1970 arrangement) 04:54	info	buy track
4.	Interlude 03:23	info	buy track

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These are recordings of four rare Frank Zappa compositions containing material that has never (at the time of this release) been officially released.

All of this music was written by Frank Zappa between 1963 and 1970, and transcribed and recorded by Adam Minkoff between 2018 and 2020.

GIRAFFE is a vocal tune only played once or twice in June, 1970 with Flo & Eddie singing. Presented here is an instrumental version as the lyrics are too hard to make out on the single bootleg recording of this song.

RUN HOME SLOW (suite) is a suite of beautiful cues from the 1965 Don Cerveris/Ted Brenner film "Run Home Slow" for which Zappa composed the score in 1963-64. None of this music has ever been released or heard outside of the film, and it was all transcribed from the film itself.

WHO NEEDS THE PEACE CORPS (1970 arrangement) is an unreleased instrumental arrangement of the Mothers song from "We're Only In It For The Money." This arrangement was performed a couple of times in May of 1970 at the Mothers "reunion" shows. It also contains a haunting re-melodization of "Duke Of Prunes," which was also originally part of the "Run Home Slow" score, before the classic version was released on "Absolutely Free" in 1967.

INTERLUDE is a mysterious instrumental performed a handful of times by The Mothers in 1968 and 1969, which then reappeared with the Hot Rats band in early 1970 as the coda to another unreleased piece called "Twinkle Tits." It showed up again in 1972 at rehearsals for the Grand Wazoo/Waka Jawaka albums but was never recorded or performed live by that ensemble. This recording is based on the live 1969 version.

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released June 18, 2020

all music written and arranged by Frank Zappa

all music transcribed and semi-arranged by Adam Minkoff

all music performed by Adam Minkoff
with a little help from...

Scheila Gonzalez - alto and tenor saxophone (1)
Chris Norton - piano (2)
Gabby Sherba - vocal, percussion (2)
Bob Stander - guitar solo (3)
Nick Barber - snork (3)
Michael Eaton - alto and tenor saxophone (4)
Maria Eisen - baritone saxophone (4)
Robbie 'Seahag' Mangano - guitar (4)
Brad Whiteley - keys (4)
Kurt Morgan - bass (4)

recorded by Adam Minkoff & Bob Stander
additional engineering by Andy Taub
all music mixed and mastered by Bob Stander at Parcheesi Studio
artwork by Kurt Morgan

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