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The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life

The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life is a double-disc live album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in 1991. The album was one of four that were recorded during the 1988 world tour; the other three were Broadway the Hard Way, Make a Jazz Noise Here, and Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show.

Cover artwork
The original album simply featured a photograph of Frank Zappa and his band against a black background with blue lettering, but upon discovering that the photograph had been used without the permission of the photographer, Bruce Malone, Zappa simply continued issuing the cover with the photograph replaced with an empty black space. When the album was remastered and reissued worldwide in 1995 by Rykodisc, it featured artwork by long-time Zappa artist Cal Schenkel that had been created for the album's original Japanese release. The Japanese kanji at the top of the sign on this version do not together form any meaningful sentence to a speaker of Japanese, but can be read with the on readings of fu-ran-ku-za-pa, an approximation of Frank Zappa in Japanese sounds. Schenkel used characters from his artwork on the cover of Zappa's 1972 release The Grand Wazoo, such as Stu (AKA Uncle Meat) and a man from the playing a Mystery Horn. In addition there is a red sofa, that while not an exact duplicate, is reminiscent of the red sofa from his art on Zappa's 1975 One Size Fits All. In 2012, when the album was reissued for a second time, it reverted the cover to the version featuring a blank space in place of the photograph. == Track listing ==
Track listing
The European re-releases of this album omit "Bolero" due to an objection from the rights-holders of the piece. == Personnel ==
Personnel
Musicians Frank Zappalead guitar, computer-synth, vocalIke Willisrhythm guitar, synth, vocal • Mike Keneally – rhythm guitar, synth, vocal • Bobby Martinkeyboards, vocal • Ed Mannvibes, marimba, electronic percussion • Walt Fowler – trumpet, flugel horn, synth • Bruce Fowlertrombone • Paul Carman – alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax • Albert Wing – tenor saxophone • Kurt McGettrick – baritone sax, bass sax, contrabass clarinetScott Thuneselectric bass, Mini-moogChad Wackermandrums, electronic percussion Production • Frank Zappa – production, arranging, compilation, editing • Bob Stone – engineering == References ==
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