Apostrophe (') [Gold CD]

apostrophe (') [gold cd]

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
Thanks to the surprise radio airplay of "Don't Eat that Yellow Snow," Apostrophe introduced a whole new audience to the music of Frank Zappa in the early '70s. Like its companion set, Over-Nite Sensation, this album found Zappa producing highly polished jazz-rock, mixing tales of absurd characters with musical showmanship and snarling guitar work. The first half of the album is a sort of mini-concept album, relating the adventures of an Eskimo named Nanook, and the second half features such Zappa classics as "Cosmik Debris" and "Stink-Foot." --Andrew Boscardin

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FZ's first gold album, thanks to the success of "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow," this is the companion(with Overnight Sensation) Rock Monster survival guide. A revved-up python bootful of songs and stories that will kick your ear on its ass. "Stink-Foot" and "Cosmik Debris" raised a few eyebrows while taking their place as permament Zappa standards.

You know the songs, but listen to the musical gymnastics the band gyrates below them; and note that the players include such notables as Jack Bruce, Jean-Luc Ponty, Aynsley Dunbar, George Duke and Ruth and Ian Underwood. Originally released in 1974.

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Apostrophe (') [Gold CD]
Apostrophe (')
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Apostrophe (')
  • Must have for Zappa fans
  • Welcome to the airwaves, Frank!
  • True Zappa fans must have!
  • an absolute must
 Apostrophe (')
Frank Zappa
Manufacturer: Zappa Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000009SI
Release Date: 1995-04-18

Tracks:

  1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
  2. Nanook Rubs It
  3. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
  4. Father O'Blivion
  5. Cosmik Debris
  6. Excentrifugal Forz
  7. Apostrophe
  8. Uncle Remus
  9. Stink-Foot

Amazon.com essential recording

Thanks to the surprise radio airplay of "Don't Eat that Yellow Snow," Apostrophe introduced a whole new audience to the music of Frank Zappa in the early '70s. Like its companion set, Over-Nite Sensation, this album found Zappa producing highly polished jazz-rock, mixing tales of absurd characters with musical showmanship and snarling guitar work. The first half of the album is a sort of mini-concept album, relating the adventures of an Eskimo named Nanook, and the second half features such Zappa classics as "Cosmik Debris" and "Stink-Foot." --Andrew Boscardin

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Apostrophe (').......2007-05-29

Frank Zappa-Apostrophe(') *****


The first half of the album is sort of a concept album, well a mini-concept album about an eskimo named Nanook and all of his wild adventures. The second half of the album just plays out like a well polished jazz record with satire thrown in for lyrical content. Filled with some of the most outragiously satirical lyrics in Zappas cannon, and some of the most amazing guitar work ever heard or played mixed with some of the strangest sounds ever recorded but by this time the world had come to expect that from the genius that is Frank Zappa, and some how all of this madness managed to become a hit album. How you ask well lets see.

By this time Zappa had earned much respect in the musician comunity and a large fan base because of his humor. By the time Apostrophe(') was released in 1974 the world had began to realize that listening to a Zappa album is like whitnessing a shock and awe mission and many were curious about it. With the large success and suprize radio air time of 'Dont Eat The Yellow Snow' Apostrophe managed to become a gold album, Zappas first of his career. The song had catchy lyrics, and a great melody, and not to mention the amazing guitar playing through out.

The first two tracks 'Dont Eat The Yellow Snow' and 'Nanook Rubs It' are combined together as a single just title 'Dont Eat The Yellow Snow' which is another reason why this album is essntial and so cool because this is the way that it was ment to be heard.

'Nanook Rubs It' is a bluesy song about the murdering of Nanooks favorite baby seal. 'St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast' plays out like some strange love at first sight with Tina Turner singing backup. 'Father O'Blivion' is a fushion jazz track that is just so out of this world that it must be heard to apreciate, this track ends the mini-concept album.

The second half of the album opens with the Zappa classic 'Cosmik Debris.' This song has gone on to be a fan favorite appearing on almost all of Zappas post human compalation albums. 'Excentrifugal Forz' is just insane. Must be heard, and is truly one of the best songs that Zappa has ever written. The title track 'Apostrohe(')' is an amazing insrumental that contains some of the very best guitar playing ever recorded. 'Uncle Remus' starts out as a old time piano ballad, somewhat wild west-esq. Then it transforms into an all out guitar assualt on the ears. 'Stink Foot' is a song that not many feel is a highlight but that is just wrong, the song takes up a fifth of the 32 minute album, it is vital to the album and is perfect for closing an already great album.

Aside from Zappas guitar playing which is amazing and prevalant through out the album he also wrote everything he himself did not play. All the background music is of his own writing. All the Xylaphone, drum, ect. are all written by Zappa so not only was he playing and singing along but conductiong as well.

Apostrophe(') is an amazing album that no Zappa fan can not own and still call themselves a Zappa fan. This is essential to all jazz and rock collections!

5 out of 5 stars Must have for Zappa fans.......2007-05-08

Great album! A must have for Zappa fans.
Full versions not available on greatest hits album.

5 out of 5 stars Welcome to the airwaves, Frank!.......2007-04-03

"Apostrophe" was the first time a lot of people heard any Zappa material, as no radio station would play Zappa's music, with or without The Mothers Of Invention, and it put some people off, with the song about "Yellow Snow," but as usual, the absurd lyrics and story belie some very serious musicianship.

The relaxed atmosphere of this release makes for some very easy listening, and I would call it a jazz record, even with the heavily distorted guitar work. The slow bass lines and light drumming, for the most part, set the backdrop for the soloists to play some blistering arrangements, and even the rhythm section goes into overdrive here and there, see "Saint Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast/Father O'Blivion" sequence for comfirmation of this. At times, the material can be a little suggestive, but self-censorship, the only censorship I support, ensures a "clean" listening experience. The live version of this piece, in Volume One of the "You Can't Do That On Stage" series, gives the listener the uncut version of the words and concepts as originally created.

Of course, there is some progressive, foreward-looking material, as in the otherworldly "Excentrigugal Forz," and free-form jamming in the title track, where Jack Bruce plays a typical Cream-style bass solo to Tony Duran's rhythm guitar arrangement. Follow this with Mother Superior himself, FZ's solo, and Jim Gordon's drum solo, and a free-for-all fade out, and you have some intense performing here.

"Uncle Remus" gives this an ethnic feel, with the soulful back-up vocals and George Duke's beautiful piano playing, and of course, the jagged-edged guitar solo Zappa was so fond of at the time, and you have a minor masterpiece.

Silly stories are told in this record, as with the opening suite of "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow/Nanook Rubs It/St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast/Father O'Blivion," the dark and sinister sounding "Cosmik Debris," and the completely inane "Stinkfoot." A song about foot-odor, one would think, could never be taken seriously, but it is given a serious treatment, with a vamp to jam on, a double-tracked guitar solo (really cool trick, feeding the same signal into two amplifiers with a dry, clean sound on one channel, and a wah pedal in the other, played on one instrument, but splitting the signal to make it sound like dual guitarists), and just as good a production as any of his other compositions. Yes, it's silly, and kind of dated, but still very enjoyable.

"Apostrophe" is a good, radio-friendly piece of Americana, circa 1974, and an excellent place to start your budding Zappa collection.

5 out of 5 stars True Zappa fans must have!.......2007-03-27

If you want the FULL uncut versions of these songs, you can't buy a "best of" type cd and get the long versions. This is the album that has the FULL length version of Yellow Snow.

5 out of 5 stars an absolute must.......2007-02-27

This CD is to recommend to all the people who still don't know that there has been such an artist called F Zappa : it's an absolute must.
Apostrophe/Over-nite Sensation
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • You no longer have to choose between Zappa's two best albums
 Apostrophe/Over-nite Sensation
Frank Zappa
Manufacturer: Rykodisc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008MLS
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
  2. Nanook Rubs It
  3. St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast
  4. Father O'Blivion
  5. Cosmik Debris
  6. Excentrifugal Forz
  7. Apostrophe
  8. Uncle Remus
  9. Stinkfoot
  10. Camarillo Brillo
  11. I'm the Slime
  12. Dirty Love
  13. Fifty-Fifty
  14. Zomby Woof
  15. Dinah-Moe Humm
  16. Montana

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars You no longer have to choose between Zappa's two best albums.......2004-03-18

The debate seems to be centered on which of Frank Zappa's albums is the best and the choice is between "Apostrophe" and "Over-nite Sensation." But such a debate is moot if you put the two albums on one CD, right? Besides, these albums run a bit short on their own, so putting them together makes sense on that economic level as well.

"Apostrophe," in its own words, "is an album of songs and stories set to music performed for your dining and dancing pleasure." The first four songs are about an Eskimo that almost makes sense, which makes this something of an actual concept album, at least for the first "side" of the record. What I remember is that "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" was my first exposure to the musical stylings of Frank Zappa (my roommate did the "listen to this" bit with me). The best guitar solos are on "Cosmik Debris," "Stink-Foot," and the title cut. The lyrics are perhaps a dark shade of Zappa than you usually find, but it was 1974 and that could explain it right there since you should look for deep, hidden meanings in the songs of Frank Zappa, but just not in any conventional way.

Now, the reason I have this album can easily be explained by quoting the chorus of the first track, "Camarillo Brillo":

She had a snake for a pet
And an amulet
And she was breeding a dwarf
But she wasn't done yet
She had gray-green skin
A doll with a pin
I told her she was awright
But I couldn't come in
(actually, I was very busy then).

The lyrics are what hooked me, but I also like the way George Duke pounds the ivories during that song. Along with "I'm the Slime" and "Dirty Love" I think that the first three tracks on "Overnite Sensation" distill the Zappa essence as well as any comparable set you can find in his entire oeuvre. Perhaps the best proof of this would the anecdotal evidence that this is the album people who only own one Frank Zappa album happen to own. This would make sense since "Overnite Sensation" is probably more rock-oriented than most of Zappa's albums. For songs about in a similar vein, only about an Eskimo, check out "Apostrophe," which was produced in the same time with pretty much the same musicians.
Apostrophe (Limited Edition Japanese Mini LP Sleeve CD)
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Apostrphe (')
  • Genius, pure genius!
 Apostrophe (Limited Edition Japanese Mini LP Sleeve CD)
Frank Zappa
Manufacturer: Rykodisc
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000A2H59M
Release Date: 2005-07-19

Tracks:

  1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
  2. Nanook Rubs It
  3. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
  4. Father O'Blivion
  5. Cosmik Debris
  6. Excentrifugal Forz
  7. Apostrophe'
  8. Uncle Remus
  9. Stink-Foot

Album Description

Imported from Japan by Rykodisc

Packaged in deluxe mini-album jacket sleeves, these 10 classic albums by rock legend FRANK ZAPPA are now available as limited edition Japanese Imports! These packages re-create the original vinyl packaging in miniaturized form!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Apostrphe (').......2007-06-05

Frank Zappa-Apostrophe(') *****


The first half of the album is sort of a concept album, well a mini-concept album about an eskimo named Nanook and all of his wild adventures. The second half of the album just plays out like a well polished jazz record with satire thrown in for lyrical content. Filled with some of the most outragiously satirical lyrics in Zappas cannon, and some of the most amazing guitar work ever heard or played mixed with some of the strangest sounds ever recorded but by this time the world had come to expect that from the genius that is Frank Zappa, and some how all of this madness managed to become a hit album. How you ask well lets see.

By this time Zappa had earned much respect in the musician comunity and a large fan base because of his humor. By the time Apostrophe(') was released in 1974 the world had began to realize that listening to a Zappa album is like whitnessing a shock and awe mission and many were curious about it. With the large success and suprize radio air time of 'Dont Eat The Yellow Snow' Apostrophe managed to become a gold album, Zappas first of his career. The song had catchy lyrics, and a great melody, and not to mention the amazing guitar playing through out.

The first two tracks 'Dont Eat The Yellow Snow' and 'Nanook Rubs It' are combined together as a single just title 'Dont Eat The Yellow Snow' which is another reason why this album is essntial and so cool because this is the way that it was ment to be heard.

'Nanook Rubs It' is a bluesy song about the murdering of Nanooks favorite baby seal. 'St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast' plays out like some strange love at first sight with Tina Turner singing backup. 'Father O'Blivion' is a fushion jazz track that is just so out of this world that it must be heard to apreciate, this track ends the mini-concept album.

The second half of the album opens with the Zappa classic 'Cosmik Debris.' This song has gone on to be a fan favorite appearing on almost all of Zappas post human compalation albums. 'Excentrifugal Forz' is just insane. Must be heard, and is truly one of the best songs that Zappa has ever written. The title track 'Apostrohe(')' is an amazing insrumental that contains some of the very best guitar playing ever recorded. 'Uncle Remus' starts out as a old time piano ballad, somewhat wild west-esq. Then it transforms into an all out guitar assualt on the ears. 'Stink Foot' is a song that not many feel is a highlight but that is just wrong, the song takes up a fifth of the 32 minute album, it is vital to the album and is perfect for closing an already great album.

Aside from Zappas guitar playing which is amazing and prevalant through out the album he also wrote everything he himself did not play. All the background music is of his own writing. All the Xylaphone, drum, ect. are all written by Zappa so not only was he playing and singing along but conductiong as well.

Apostrophe(') is an amazing album that no Zappa fan can not own and still call themselves a Zappa fan. This is essential to all jazz and rock collections!

5 out of 5 stars Genius, pure genius!.......2007-05-12

I am very pleased with this imported CD; sounds exactly like the album I used to have! However, one song name is misspelled (disappointing) -- "Hanook" Rubs It should be "Nanook" Rubs It. Other than that, great!
The Little Barley-Corne: Winter Revels from the Renaissance
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Warm, jolly revelry by singers and instrumentalists!
  • The Renaissance Lives in "A Little Barley-Corne"
  • Wonderful. Renaissance music from winter festivals.
 The Little Barley-Corne: Winter Revels from the Renaissance
Anonymous , Michael Praetorius , French Traditional , Guilielmus Messaus , Jacob van Eyck , Scottish Traditional , Thomas Farmer , David Fallis , John Pepper , Paul Jenkins , Laura Pudwell , Katherine Hill , and Toronto Consort
Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00001XDRB
Release Date: 1999-10-12

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  2. All You That Are Good Fellowes
  3. Greensleeves And Pudding Pies - Bouzer Castle
  4. Les Gavottes (Michael Praetorius)
  5. Branle de l'Official - Le bel Ange du Ciel
  6. Une jeune pucelle
  7. Ave maris stella - Noel nouvelet
  8. Apostrophe au petit Iesu couche dans la creche
  9. Now When Joseph And Mary
  10. Scotch Cap - A Scotch Firk - Scots Rant
  11. O salich heylich Bethlehem (Guilielmus Messaus)
  12. O Heilig Zalig (Jakob van Eyck)
  13. Lady Catherine Ogle - The Scotchman's Dance
  14. Drive the cold winter away - Come follow follow me
  15. Jesus nait, tendre et bleme
  16. Vray Dieu il n'est si doulce chose
  17. L'Annonciation de l'Ange Gabriel a la Vierge Marie
  18. Basse Danse 'L'Annonciation'
  19. Chestnut - Kettle Drum - The Symphony
  20. Now Candlemas is come at last

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Warm, jolly revelry by singers and instrumentalists!.......2002-11-25

This lively group from Canada certainly knows how to party on a cold winter's night, and their spirited arrangements of seasonal songs will cheer your heart! One thing that sets the Toronto Consort's rich sound apart from many other early music ensembles is that they feature a full range of excellent vocalists--SATTB--along with lushly textured instrumentation. Tenor David Fallis directs the core group of six--himself, mezzo-soprano Lauren Pudwell, tenor and harpsichordist Paul Jenkins, bass John Pepper, guitarist and lutenist Terry McKenna, and recorder player Alison Melville. Guests on this album are David Greenberg on violin, Ben Grossman on hurdy-gurdy and percussion, and soprano and gamba-player Katherine Hill. For more music to revel by, try also the group's next releases, "The Way of the Pilgrim: Medieval Songs of Travel", and "Mariners and Milkmaids: Ballads and Dances from 17th-Century England", as well as "A la Via!: Street Music from the 13th to the 16th Centuries" by Ensemble Anonymus and Strada, and "Sinners and Saints: The Ultimate Medieval and Renaissance Music Collection" by Philip Pickett and the New London Consort.

5 out of 5 stars The Renaissance Lives in "A Little Barley-Corne".......2001-12-28

When I listen to renaissance music, I want to be transported to another time and place. I want to feel that I am standing on a 15th century street corner as carrolers pass by, or sitting in a 16th century music room, listening to a consort by candle light. A LITTLE BARLEY-CORNE AND OTHER WINTER REVELS OF THE RENAISSANCE truly grants this wish. Each selection carries us into a different mood of the period. They range from simple, cheerful pieces, such as "The Little Barley-Corne," to sacred works of haunting beauty, such as "L'Annonciation De L'ange Grabiel." Selections are nicely balanced between instrumental and vocal, festive and meditative. Most of all, I love the exquisite restraint of these performances. Renaissance music is full of passion, and this passion comes through best, to my ears, when musicians adopt a slightly understated tone. This C.D. is a work of art from beginning to end, and I would recommend it to all lovers of the renaissance.

4 out of 5 stars Wonderful. Renaissance music from winter festivals........2001-01-17

This CD is contains various pieces of vernacular renaissance music connected to the festivals of winter. As one would expect, there is a fair bit of renaissance christmas music here.

Quite a few of the tunes here are from Playford's "English Dancing Master".

This CD reminds me of some of the better Baltimore Consort CDs. Compelling music. Very nicely performed.
Apostrophe
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    		Apostrophe

    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0000520H8
    Release Date: 2000-07-01

    Tracks:

    1. Follow
    2. The Pain
    3. Call On Me
    4. Next To You
    5. Strange Luck
    6. Hungry Man
    7. Ham Sandwich
    8. Early Morning
    9. Friday Night

    Album Description

    Debut release by Omaha, NE classic rock influenced band.
    Apostrophe (')
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      		Apostrophe (')
      Frank Zappa
      Manufacturer: Zappa Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00005MIJ9
      Release Date: 2005-07-19

      Tracks:

      1. DON'T EAT THE YELLOW SNOW
      2. NANOOK RUBS IT
      3. ST. ALFONZO'S PANCAKE BREAKFAST
      4. FATHER O'BLIVION
      5. COSMIK DEBRIS
      6. EXCENTRIFUGAL FORZ (Zappa)
      7. APOSTROPHE' (Zappa, Bruce, Gordon)
      8. UNCLE REMUS (Zappa,Duke)
      9. STINK-FOOT (Zappa)

      Album Description

      Japanese exclusive reissue of 1974 album, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve.

      Album Details

      Japanese Version featuring a Limited LP Style Slipcase Cover. Strictly Limited to 2000 Copies!
      Apostrophe (')
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
      • Apostrophe (')
      • Must have for Zappa fans
      • Welcome to the airwaves, Frank!
      • True Zappa fans must have!
      • an absolute must
      		 Apostrophe (')
      Frank Zappa
      Manufacturer: Rykodisc
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      4. Sheik Yerbouti
      5. Joe's Garage: Acts I, II & III

      ASIN: B0000009WB
      Release Date: 1996-07-02

      Tracks:

      1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
      2. Nanook Rubs It
      3. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
      4. Father O'Blivion
      5. Cosmik Debris
      6. Excentrifugal Forz
      7. Apostrophe'
      8. Uncle Remus
      9. Stick-Foot

      Amazon.com essential recording

      Thanks to the surprise radio airplay of "Don't Eat that Yellow Snow," Apostrophe introduced a whole new audience to the music of Frank Zappa in the early '70s. Like its companion set, Over-Nite Sensation, this album found Zappa producing highly polished jazz-rock, mixing tales of absurd characters with musical showmanship and snarling guitar work. The first half of the album is a sort of mini-concept album, relating the adventures of an Eskimo named Nanook, and the second half features such Zappa classics as "Cosmik Debris" and "Stink-Foot." --Andrew Boscardin

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Apostrophe (').......2007-05-29

      Frank Zappa-Apostrophe(') *****


      The first half of the album is sort of a concept album, well a mini-concept album about an eskimo named Nanook and all of his wild adventures. The second half of the album just plays out like a well polished jazz record with satire thrown in for lyrical content. Filled with some of the most outragiously satirical lyrics in Zappas cannon, and some of the most amazing guitar work ever heard or played mixed with some of the strangest sounds ever recorded but by this time the world had come to expect that from the genius that is Frank Zappa, and some how all of this madness managed to become a hit album. How you ask well lets see.

      By this time Zappa had earned much respect in the musician comunity and a large fan base because of his humor. By the time Apostrophe(') was released in 1974 the world had began to realize that listening to a Zappa album is like whitnessing a shock and awe mission and many were curious about it. With the large success and suprize radio air time of 'Dont Eat The Yellow Snow' Apostrophe managed to become a gold album, Zappas first of his career. The song had catchy lyrics, and a great melody, and not to mention the amazing guitar playing through out.

      The first two tracks 'Dont Eat The Yellow Snow' and 'Nanook Rubs It' are combined together as a single just title 'Dont Eat The Yellow Snow' which is another reason why this album is essntial and so cool because this is the way that it was ment to be heard.

      'Nanook Rubs It' is a bluesy song about the murdering of Nanooks favorite baby seal. 'St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast' plays out like some strange love at first sight with Tina Turner singing backup. 'Father O'Blivion' is a fushion jazz track that is just so out of this world that it must be heard to apreciate, this track ends the mini-concept album.

      The second half of the album opens with the Zappa classic 'Cosmik Debris.' This song has gone on to be a fan favorite appearing on almost all of Zappas post human compalation albums. 'Excentrifugal Forz' is just insane. Must be heard, and is truly one of the best songs that Zappa has ever written. The title track 'Apostrohe(')' is an amazing insrumental that contains some of the very best guitar playing ever recorded. 'Uncle Remus' starts out as a old time piano ballad, somewhat wild west-esq. Then it transforms into an all out guitar assualt on the ears. 'Stink Foot' is a song that not many feel is a highlight but that is just wrong, the song takes up a fifth of the 32 minute album, it is vital to the album and is perfect for closing an already great album.

      Aside from Zappas guitar playing which is amazing and prevalant through out the album he also wrote everything he himself did not play. All the background music is of his own writing. All the Xylaphone, drum, ect. are all written by Zappa so not only was he playing and singing along but conductiong as well.

      Apostrophe(') is an amazing album that no Zappa fan can not own and still call themselves a Zappa fan. This is essential to all jazz and rock collections!

      5 out of 5 stars Must have for Zappa fans.......2007-05-08

      Great album! A must have for Zappa fans.
      Full versions not available on greatest hits album.

      5 out of 5 stars Welcome to the airwaves, Frank!.......2007-04-03

      "Apostrophe" was the first time a lot of people heard any Zappa material, as no radio station would play Zappa's music, with or without The Mothers Of Invention, and it put some people off, with the song about "Yellow Snow," but as usual, the absurd lyrics and story belie some very serious musicianship.

      The relaxed atmosphere of this release makes for some very easy listening, and I would call it a jazz record, even with the heavily distorted guitar work. The slow bass lines and light drumming, for the most part, set the backdrop for the soloists to play some blistering arrangements, and even the rhythm section goes into overdrive here and there, see "Saint Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast/Father O'Blivion" sequence for comfirmation of this. At times, the material can be a little suggestive, but self-censorship, the only censorship I support, ensures a "clean" listening experience. The live version of this piece, in Volume One of the "You Can't Do That On Stage" series, gives the listener the uncut version of the words and concepts as originally created.

      Of course, there is some progressive, foreward-looking material, as in the otherworldly "Excentrigugal Forz," and free-form jamming in the title track, where Jack Bruce plays a typical Cream-style bass solo to Tony Duran's rhythm guitar arrangement. Follow this with Mother Superior himself, FZ's solo, and Jim Gordon's drum solo, and a free-for-all fade out, and you have some intense performing here.

      "Uncle Remus" gives this an ethnic feel, with the soulful back-up vocals and George Duke's beautiful piano playing, and of course, the jagged-edged guitar solo Zappa was so fond of at the time, and you have a minor masterpiece.

      Silly stories are told in this record, as with the opening suite of "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow/Nanook Rubs It/St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast/Father O'Blivion," the dark and sinister sounding "Cosmik Debris," and the completely inane "Stinkfoot." A song about foot-odor, one would think, could never be taken seriously, but it is given a serious treatment, with a vamp to jam on, a double-tracked guitar solo (really cool trick, feeding the same signal into two amplifiers with a dry, clean sound on one channel, and a wah pedal in the other, played on one instrument, but splitting the signal to make it sound like dual guitarists), and just as good a production as any of his other compositions. Yes, it's silly, and kind of dated, but still very enjoyable.

      "Apostrophe" is a good, radio-friendly piece of Americana, circa 1974, and an excellent place to start your budding Zappa collection.

      5 out of 5 stars True Zappa fans must have!.......2007-03-27

      If you want the FULL uncut versions of these songs, you can't buy a "best of" type cd and get the long versions. This is the album that has the FULL length version of Yellow Snow.

      5 out of 5 stars an absolute must.......2007-02-27

      This CD is to recommend to all the people who still don't know that there has been such an artist called F Zappa : it's an absolute must.
      Apostrophe (')
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        		Apostrophe (')
        Frank Zappa
        Manufacturer: Rykodisc
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B00008FPZ7
        Release Date: 1991-07-01

        Tracks:

        1. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
        2. Hanook Rubs It
        3. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
        4. Father O'Blivion
        5. Cosmik Debris
        6. Excentrifugal Forz
        7. Apostrophe'
        8. Uncle Remus
        9. Stink-Foot
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        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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        		 Willan: Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts; Magnificat

        Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        MagnificatsMagnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        OratoriosOratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B00000DNFS
        Release Date: 1995-11-14

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Spectacular performances and recording..........2006-12-27

        Some may find Willan a bit bland for their taste, and the pieces do sound a lot alike. However, if you respond to this spare, tonal idiom, like Howells on a diet, I think you will be pleased with this CD. Recommended for those that respond to Howells' Hymnus Paradisi!

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