℗ 1976 UMG Recordings; A Universal Music Enterprises release
| Released | October 20, 1976 |
| Duration | 42m 29s |
| Record Label | Frank Zappa Catalog |
| Genre | Rock |
Zoot Allures
Frank Zappa
Available in 192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station
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2:29 | |||
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1.2
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Black Napkins
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4:17 | |||
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1.3
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The Torture Never Stops
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9:49 | |||
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1.4
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Ms. Pinky
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3:48 | |||
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1.5
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Find Her Finer
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4:21 | |||
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1.6
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Friendly Little Finger
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4:18 | |||
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1.7
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Wonderful Wino
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3:41 | |||
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1.8
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Zoot Allures
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4:16 | |||
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1.9
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Disco Boy
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5:30 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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It is a truism to note that Frank Zappa was a prolific artist, but it’s worth remembering that his 22nd album, Zoot Allures, was released only two weeks after Bongo Fury, his collaboration with Captain Beefheart and The Mothers Of Invention: both October 1976. Beefheart, credited as Donnie Vliet, stayed on for the Zoot Allures sessions, adding his harmonica to a pair of cuts – “Ms. Pinky” and “Find Her Finer” – that might have appeared on its predecessor. To muddy waters further, the album artwork pictures Zappa sidemen Patrick O’Hearn and Eddie Jobson, though they don’t play here. Zoot Allures also has a typically punning Zappa title, parodying the hackneyed exclamation “Zut alors!” while also – intentionally or not – referencing the post-war zoot suit.
Though Zappa felt at home recording in his favored Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles where mixing also took place, legend has it that a different mix of the album was forged in Jacksonville, Florida. Whatever the truth in that, the end results were Zappa personified: progressive, veering towards fusion and funk, and with lashings of hard metal on the fringes – not forgetting his trademark scabrous lyrics.
192 kHz / 24-bit, 96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Frank Zappa Catalog Studio Masters
Tracks 1-9 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-9 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.63 -1.41 to -0.30 | -16.33 -18.33 to -15.29 | -13.86 -15.40 to -12.90 | 11 10 to 12 | |
| 1 | Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station | -0.30 | -15.29 | -12.9 | 10 |
| 2 | Black Napkins | -1.41 | -18.33 | -15.4 | 12 |
| 3 | The Torture Never Stops | -0.61 | -17.04 | -15.1 | 11 |
| 4 | Ms. Pinky | -0.56 | -15.84 | -13.5 | 11 |
| 5 | Find Her Finer | -0.51 | -17.14 | -14.7 | 11 |
| 6 | Friendly Little Finger | -0.95 | -15.78 | -13.5 | 11 |
| 7 | Wonderful Wino | -0.30 | -15.99 | -13.0 | 11 |
| 8 | Zoot Allures | -0.34 | -15.79 | -13.1 | 10 |
| 9 | Disco Boy | -0.69 | -15.76 | -13.5 | 11 |