Cover of Civilization Phaze III

Frank Zappa

Civilization Phaze III

1994 Abstract Avantgarde Contemporary Dialogue Musique Concrète
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Tracklist

  1. Act One
  2. 1-1 “This Is Phaze III” 0:48
  3. 1-2 Put A Motor In Yourself 5:14
  4. 1-3 “Oh-Umm” 0:50
  5. 1-4 They Made Me Eat It 1:48
  6. 1-5 Reagan At Bitburg 5:39
  7. 1-6 “A Very Nice Body” 1:00
  8. 1-7 Navanax 1:40
  9. 1-8 “How The Pigs’ Music Works” 1:49
  10. 1-9 Xmas Values 5:31
  11. 1-10 “Dark Water!” 0:23
  12. 1-11 Amnerika 3:04
  13. 1-12 “Have You Heard Their Band?” 0:38
  14. 1-13 Religious Superstition 0:43
  15. 1-14 “Saliva Can Only Take So Much” 0:28
  16. 1-15 Buffalo Voice 5:12
  17. 1-16 “Someplace Else Right Now” 0:33
  18. 1-17 Get A Life 2:21
  19. 1-18 “A Kayak (On Snow)” 0:29
  20. N-Lite 18:01
  21. 1-19.I Negative Light
  22. 1-19.II Venice Submerged
  23. 1-19.III The New World Order
  24. 1-19.IV The Lifestyle You Deserve
  25. 1-19.V Creationism
  26. 1-19.VI He Is Risen
  27. Act Two
  28. 2-1 “I Wish Motorhead Would Come Back” 0:14
  29. 2-2 Secular Humanism 2:41
  30. 2-3 “Attack! Attack! Attack!” 1:25
  31. 2-4 I Was In A Drum 3:38
  32. 2-5 “A Different Octave” 0:58
  33. 2-6 “This Ain’t CNN” 3:21
  34. 2-7 “The Pigs’ Music” 1:18
  35. 2-8 A Pig With Wings 2:52
  36. 2-9 “This Is All Wrong” 1:43
  37. 2-10 Hot & Putrid 0:29
  38. 2-11 “Flowing Inside-Out” 0:46
  39. 2-12 “I Had A Dream About That” 0:28
  40. 2-13 Gross Man 2:55
  41. 2-14 “A Tunnel Into Muck” 0:21
  42. 2-15 Why Not? 2:19
  43. 2-16 “Put A Little Motor In ‘Em” 0:51
  44. 2-17 “You’re Just Insultin’ Me, Aren’t You!” 2:13
  45. 2-18 “Cold Light Generation” 0:44
  46. 2-19 Dio Fa 8:19
  47. 2-20 “That Would Be The End Of That” 0:36
  48. 2-21 Beat The Reaper 15:23
  49. 2-22 Waffenspiel 4:05

Musicians

Also credited

Also credited. Art Direction: Command A Studios, Inc.. Design (Cover): Юрий Балашов. Engineer (1967 Dialogue): Dick Kunc. Engineer (1991 Dialogue And Chamber Group Pieces): Dave Dondorf. Engineer (Full Ensemble Recordings): Marque Coy. Engineer (Synclavier Material And Final Mixes): Spencer Chrislu.

Release notes

From the booklet:
In 1967, we spent about four months recording various projects […]. One day I decided to stuff a pair of U-87’s in the piano, cover it with a heavy drape, put a sand bag on the sustain pedal and invite anybody in the vicinity to stick their head inside and ramble incoherently about the various topics I would suggest to them via the studio talk-back system.
This set-up remained in place for several days. During that time, many hours of recordings were made, most of it useless. […]
Some of this dialog - after extensive editing - found its way into the “Lumpy Gravy” album. The rest of it sat in my tape vault for decades, waiting for the glorious day when audio science would develop tools which might allow for its resurrection. […]
In “Civilization Phaze III” we get a few more clues about the lives of the piano-dwellers and note that the external evils have only gotten worse since we first met them. The bulk of the musical material comes from Synclavier sequences (all music in act one). In the second act, the music is a combination of Synclavier (70%) and live performance (30%), along with a new generation of piano people.
The new residents […] were recorded in a Bösendorfer Imperial at UMRK during the summer of 1991.[…]”

1967 dialog recorded at Apostolic Studio, NYC.
1991 dialog and chamber group pieces recorded at UMRK, Hollywood.
1991 full ensemble recordings engineered on the Synclavier Direct-to-Disc System at “Joe’s Garage”, North Hollywood.
1992 Synclavier material and all final mixes engineered at UMRK, Hollywood.

Liner notes: 1993.

Released in Digipak-like hardcover book format (14.5 x 13cm) with a 32-page booklet bound in, printed on semi-gloss white art with interleaved trace sheets (color printed translucent dividers), containing libretto & credits.

All selections © 1994 The Zappa Family Trust, exclusively administered worldwide by Munchkin Music, ASCAP.
℗ 1994 The Zappa Family Trust exclusively licensed worldwide by Barking Pumpkin Records.
Artwork & Liner Notes © 1994 The Zappa Family Trust.
This is album #60.

(P) (C) 1994 The Zappa Family Trust.
Marketed and Distributed by Music For Nations.
Made in England.

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