The Muffin Men - Frankincense (1998)

The Muffin Men

Frankincense: The Muffin Men Play Zappa
Studio recordings @320

{Out of Print}

Track List:
01 - Intro 00:15 (Traditional)
02 - Jones Crusher 02:42
03 - Chunga's Revenge 12:32
04 - Tryin'To Grow A Chin 03:27
05 - Uncle Meat Phase One 00:57
06 - Transylvania Boogie 02:06
07 - If Nine Was Six 01:24
08 - That's A Nice Jumper 04:04
09 - Transylvania Boogie (Reprise) 01:12
10 - Uncle Meat Phase Two 00:52
11 - San Bern'dino 05:07
12 - King Kong 01:14
13 - Uncle Meat Phase Three 00:59
14 - City Of Tiny Lights 05:36
15 - I Ain't Got No Heart 02:14
16 - Absolutely Free 03:46
17 - King Kong Itself 02:04
18 - The Green Pear Trip 05:14 (Jimmy Carl Black)
19 - King Kong (As Waco Sees It) 00:51
20 - Piano Introduction To Little House I Used To Live In (Revised) 03:13
21 - Outro 00:31 (Traditional)

Tracks By Frank Zappa, Except As Indicated

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Jimmy Carl Black/Dialogue
Blossom/Noise
Andrew Frizell/Flute, Saxophone, Trombone, Vocals
Andy Jacobson/Fender Rhodes, Moog Synthesizer, Organ, Vocals
Jigsaw/Noise
Paul Ryan/Drums, Vocals
Tony Whittaker/Piano

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The Muffin Men - Say Cheese And Thank You -1993 {Out of Print}

The Muffin Men 
Say Cheese And Thank You

Studio Recordings @ 320

{Out of Print}

The Muffin Men are a British band, based in Liverpool, England, which primarily plays the music of Frank Zappa. The group formed in 1990 (with original members: Ian (Bammo) Bamford, Lead Guitar & Vocals - Paul (Rhino) Ryan, Drums & Vocals - Mike Kidson, Saxophones, Trousers and Vocals - Andy (Waco) Jacobson, Keyboards & vocals - Roddie Gilliard, Guitar & Vocals - Naraish Nathaniel, Bass & Vocals - Ian Jump, Lead Guitar & Vocals and Roy Stringer, Apple Macintosh, samples, vocals and noises) for a concert in honor of Zappa's fiftieth birthday. They went on to perform his music as a tribute band, along with some of their own compositions, worldwide. Until his death in 2008, the band often featured guest vocals and percussion by Jimmy Carl Black, former drummer and vocalist from Zappa's Mothers of Invention, with whom they also performed songs by Captain Beefheart.

In 22 years of operation, the Muffin Men have featured no less than seven original Zappa band members, along with original Mothers Of Invention drummer/vocalist Jimmy Carl Black, as well as performing with Don Preston and Bunk Gardner in 1993. In 1994 they played a nine-week European tour with guest vocalist Ike Willis, and again teamed up with Willis in 2003 for a special Zappanale festival show, which also featured Napoleon Murphy Brock. Zappanale is a yearly tribute concert festival dedicated to Frank Zappa's compositions. Mike Keneally has also appeared with the band, and the current lineup features Denny Walley on slide guitar and vocals.

Rather than play pieces note-for-note, the band plays Zappa's material working to the strengths of the current line-up, often giving the music a different slant to the original versions.
~Wiki

Track List
1-Peaches
2-Cosmik Debris
3-Sofa
4-Dirty Love
5-Small Medley
6-Uncle Remus
7-Let's Make The Water Turn Black
8-Harry, You're A Beast
9-Oh No!
10-Son Of Orange County
11-Love Of My Life
12-Let's Move To Cleveland
13-Leave Me Alone
14-Return To Baltimore
15-Eine Kleine Trouser Movement
16-Brotchen Approachin'
17-Screamin' Johnny Kilmarnock Performs
18-Let's Move To Cleveland, Reprise
19-In France
20-Yo Mama
21-Willie The Pimp
22-Muffin Man

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