| 1 | SleazetteBaritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Motorhead SherwoodBass – Roy EstradaChoreography [Special Dance Stylings] – Noel ReddingConductor, Vocals, Guitar – FZDrums – Jimmy Carl BlackDrums, Percussion – Arthur Dyer Tripp IIIKeyboards [Keys] – Don PrestonTrumpet – Buzz GardnerWoodwind – Bunk GardnerWoodwind, Piano [Acoustic] – Ian Underwood | 3:32 |
| 2 | Mozart Piano Sonata In B♭Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Motorhead SherwoodBass – Roy EstradaChoreography [Special Dance Stylings] – Noel ReddingConductor, Vocals, Guitar – FZDrums – Jimmy Carl BlackDrums, Percussion – Arthur Dyer Tripp IIIKeyboards [Keys] – Don PrestonTrumpet – Buzz GardnerWoodwind – Bunk GardnerWoodwind, Piano [Acoustic] – Ian Underwood | 6:20 |
| 3 | The Old Curiosity ShoppeAlto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Ian UnderwoodBass – Jim PonsDrums – Aynsley DunbarGuitar – FZKeyboards – Bob Harris Tambourine, Cowbell – Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman | 7:08 |
| 4 | Pumped And WaxedPerformer [Performance], Engineer – FZ | 4:18 |
| 5 | IntroVoice – Frank Zappa | 1:19 |
| 6 | "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die"Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Motorhead SherwoodBass – Roy EstradaClarinet – Ian UnderwoodDrums – Jimmy Carl BlackDrums, Percussion – Arthur Dyer Tripp IIIEngineer – Dick KuncGuest, Soloist, Vibraphone [Vibes] – Dave SamuelsGuitar – FZ, Lowell GeorgeKeyboards – Don PrestonTenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Bunk GardnerTrumpet – Buzz Gardner | 4:36 |
| 7 | You Never Know Who Your Friends Are | 2:19 |
| 8 | The Subcutaneous PerilBass – Jim PonsDrums – Aynsley DunbarEngineer [1972 Stereo Tweakage] – FZ, Kerry McNabbGuitar – FZKeyboards – Ian UnderwoodKeyboards, Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Don Preston | 19:38 |
| 9 | Uncle RhebusAlto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Woodwind, Piano [Acoustic] – Ian UnderwoodBaritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Motorhead SherwoodBass – Roy EstradaConductor, Guitar – FZDrums – Jimmy Carl BlackDrums, Percussion – Arthur Dyer Tripp IIIKeyboards [Keys] – Don PrestonTenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax], Woodwind – Bunk GardnerTrumpet – Buzz Gardner | 17:43 |
| 10 | The Walking Zombie MusicBaritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Motorhead SherwoodBass – Roy EstradaChoreography [Special Dance Stylings] – Noel ReddingConductor, Vocals, Guitar – FZDrums – Jimmy Carl BlackDrums, Percussion – Arthur Dyer Tripp IIIKeyboards [Keys] – Don PrestonTrumpet – Buzz GardnerWoodwind – Bunk GardnerWoodwind, Piano [Acoustic] – Ian Underwood | 3:22 |
| 11 | Enigmas 1 Thru 5Conductor, Performer – FZEngineer – Jerry HansenPercussion – Art Tripp | 8:14 |
| 12 | Music From "The Big Squeeze"Performer – FZPerformer [Snorks] – Dick Barber | 0:41 |
| 13 | Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze ItBaritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax] – Motorhead SherwoodBass, Vocals – Roy EstradaClarinet – Ian UnderwoodConductor – FZDrums – Jimmy Carl BlackDrums, Percussion – Arthur Dyer Tripp IIIEngineer – Dick KuncGuitar – Lowell GeorgeKeyboards – Don PrestonTenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Bunk GardnerTrumpet – Buzz Gardner | 3:20 |
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|
| ZR 3894 | Frank Zappa | Finer Moments (2xCD, Album) | Zappa Records | ZR 3894 | US | 2012 |
| ZR 3894-1 | Frank Zappa | Finer Moments (2xLP, Album) | Barking Pumpkin Records, Zappa Records, UMe | ZR 3894-1 | US | 2012 |
| 0238941 | Frank Zappa | Finer Moments (2xLP, Album) | Zappa Records, Universal Music Group International | 0238941 | UK & Europe | 2013 |
| 0238942 | Frank Zappa | Finer Moments (2xCD, Album) | Zappa Records | 0238942 | UK & Europe | 2012 |
Packaging: standard double-CD jewelcase, includes a 16 page booklet.
Back cover:
Total time of complete program - 82:40
Officially released 2012
All FZ Works controlled worldwide by the Zappa Family Trust dba Munchkin Music.
©℗mmxii Zappa Family Trust.
Under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Made in the EU.
This is Zappa Family Archival Matter In Living Ylem. Source: 1972 Analog Master.
This is Official Release #94.
Booklet:
1-1 to 1-4: These first four tracks Recorded Live on 6.6.69. Royal Albert Hall, London, EMI Recorders Remote - ½" 4-track analog tape (15ips).
1-5: Recorded Live (cassette) 5.21.71, Auditorium Theater, Chicago
1-7: Recorded Live - multi-track Analog (15 ips), 7.7-8.69, The Ark, Boston.
2-1: Recording - 1" 8 Track Analog, Mayfair Studios, NYC, 1967
2-2: Recorded (1" 8 Track Analog) September, 1968, Sunset Sound, L.A.
2-3: Recording (½" 4-Track Analog) Zappa Basement, 1972
2-4: Recording Live - ¼" stereo 2 track analog (15ips)
2-5: Recorded Live on 2/16/69 at The Ballroom, Stratford, CT
2-6: Recorded Live 10.11.71 at Carnegie Hall, NYC
¼" mono analog tape (7 ½ ips)
1972 Stereo Tweakage Paramount, L.A.
Engineered at Paramount Studios, Hollywood
Original 1/4" DBX 187 encoded analog master tapes - dated 25 June, 1972
Vaultmeisterment & Tape Transfers at UMRK, 28 March, 2007
Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, April 2007
'Finer Moments' [cover art] - Reclaimed Vintage Linoleum Assemblage (32" × 48"), 2011
Design layout and art photography for Zappa Records
All ZFT Archival Materials including photographs courtesy, the Vault