Frank Zappa - The Yellow Shark

Released shortly after his death in 1993, The Yellow Shark represents one of the only accurate performances of Frank Zappa's "serious" orchestral music--at least as far as the composer was concerned. Assembled from a series of sold-out performances in Germany by the Ensemble Moderne, the set includes re-workings of old favorites like "The Dog Breath Variations" and "Uncle Meat," live arrangements of some of his hairiest computer music like "The Girl in the Magnesium Dress" and "G-Spot Tornado" and new works by Zappa composed specifically for the event. The performances are astonishing and the music? Pure Zappa.

1. Intro

2. Dog Breath Variations

3. Uncle Meat

4. Outrage at Valdez

5. Times Beach II

6. III Revised

7. Girl in the Magnesium Dress

8. Be-Bop Tango

9. Ruth Is Sleeping

10. None of the Above

11. Pentagon Afternoon

12. Questi Cazzi Di Piccione

13. Times Beach III

14. Food Gathering in Post-Industrial America, 1992

15. Welcome to the United States

16. Pound for a Brown

17. Exercise, No. 4

18. Get Whitey

19. G-Spot Tornado