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Waka/Jawaka
Back Cover Photograph—Philip Schwartz Session
Waka/Jawaka (1972) back cover
Back cover photo by Philip Schwartz for Scenic Overlook;
Waka/Wazoo (2022) booklet
[Bluray envelope.]
[booklet, p. 2-3]
[booklet, p. 6-7; photo by Philip Schwartz?]
[booklet, p. 35.]
[booklet, p. 42.]
1. Big Swifty
Original album credits
Frank Zappa—guitar & percussion, Tony Duran—slide guitar, George Duke—ring modulated & echoplexed electric piano, Sal Marquez—many trumpets & chimes, Erroneous—electric bass, Aynsley Dunbar—drums;
Joe Travers, Waka/Wazoo liner notes, 2022
[DISC 1] 2. Big Swifty (Alternate Take) 15:11
4-10-1972[...]
[DISC 2] 3. Big Swifty (Alternate Mix) 14:52
4-22-1972, Paramount Studios
Taken from an early build reel entitled "Hot Rats—Reel I." This mix was created before the master version end section was constructed. FZ made razor blade edits to create this ending.
Greg Russo, Cosmik Debris: The Collected History And Improvisations Of Frank Zappa (The Son Of Revised), 2003, p. 285
04/17/72 (5-8PM & 9PM-12midnight) Paramount Recorders, Hollywood, CA—Big Swifty; Where Are You Coming From? (final title: "Your Mouth")
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Waka/Jawaka
ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD)Barcode
(EAN-13)Artwork Comment 15 1
Original
Stereo1 LP WarnerBizarre/Reprise
MS 20941972-07-05 None US edition. 1 CS Warner/Reprise
REP MS20941972? None US rampage. 1 8T Reprise
8RM-20941972 None Canadian copy. 1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
K 442031972-08[1] None UK printing. 1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
REP 44203 (2094)1972? None German rampage. Matrix #
Side1: WEA - 44203 - A - PF
Side2: WEA 44203 - A - PF1 LP Warner-Pioneer Bizarre/Reprise
P-8277RNone Japanese defiance. 1.2
Remaster
Stereo1 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 9999-11987-12-30 Included insert The Brace Masters, Coffer III frustrate. 1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 100941989? 0014431009426 US copy. 1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 101989-01[1] 5016583601027 UK trace, AAD. Matrix # ZAP 10 MPO 03 @@ 1 CS Barking Pumpkin
D4 742151990-10-17 0013347421544 US copy. 1 CS Zappa
TZAPPA 10? 5016583601041? UK footprints. 1 CD Vi •
Waka/Jawaka
1972 studio album by Frank Zappa
Waka/Jawaka (also known as Waka/Jawaka — Hot Rats) is the fourth solo album, fifteenth album counting the work of his band the Mothers of Invention, by Frank Zappa, released in July 1972. The album is the jazz-influenced precursor to The Grand Wazoo (November 1972), and as the front cover indicates, a sequel of sorts to 1969's Hot Rats. According to Zappa, the title "is something that showed up on a ouija board at one time."[7]
Songs
[edit]"Big Swifty" is a jazz-fusion tune, similar to many of Zappa's pieces from the jazz period of his compositional timeline. It features many horns to achieve a thick brassy sound as well as room for improvisation and use of multiple time signatures. The tune initially alternates between 7
8 and 3
4 time signatures, soon settling on a 4
4 swing feel for several extended solos. Known recorded live versions expanded rhythmic diversification to 11
8 and rubato parts (e.g. live in Texas, 1973).[8]The track "It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal" is a strange tale of hallucinations sung by Sal Marquez and Janet Ferguson (the "tough-minded" groupie in 200 Motels). Sneaky Pete Kleinow's pedal steel guitar sets up a dream-like, smooth