OFF:Zappa

[Paul Mather]

On Thu, 5 Dec 1996 shillada at GATWICK.GECO-PRAKLA.SLB.COM wrote:

> Mike P asks 'bout Zappa
>
> Mike - the album you are after is the excellent 'Thing Fish' double cd.
> Its a concept album, (right on topic with Imaginos :-) ). Also features
> Steve Vai.
>
> A must buy.

The track is called "The Torture Never Stops."  It appears in
lots of versions across the Zappa catalogue.  Actually, it's more likely
that the radio station played the version from the _Zoot Allures_ album,
which is usually credited on Zappa albums as being its place of first
release.

The double CD _Thing-Fish_ includes a re-working of the track ("The
Torchum' Never Stops"), and that album often gets mixed reviews (on
account of it being a mock-broadway-show-kind-of-thing).  I like
_Thing-Fish_, but if you're after that track specifically, you could save
money by buying _Zoot Allures_ (single CD) instead.  You'd also be getting
the essential "Black Napkins" if you did, along with lots of other
rollicking singalong tracks like "Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station,"
"Wonderful Wino," "Disco Boy," etc. etc.

Cheers,

Paul.

ob3CD: Frank Zappa, _L\"ather_

e-mail: paul at csgrad.cs.vt.edu                    A stranger in a strange land.

"It probably wasn't real piss, only theatre piss..."

        --- "Harry & Rhonda," _Thing-Fish_ by Frank Zappa