Frank Zappa's 1974 TV special, A Token Of His Extreme, is to be released officially for the first time on June 3 via Eagle Rock.
The show, which was recorded on August 27, 1974 at KCET in Hollywood, featured Zappa alongside George Duke (keyboards, finger cymbals, tambourine, vocals), Napoleon Murphy Brock (sax, vocals), Ruth Underwood (percussion), Tom Fowler (bass) and Chester Thompson (drums).
The first set of Zappa’s mammoth series of reissues is reviewed in the new issue of Uncut, dated October 2012, and in shops now. To accompany David Cavanagh’s in-depth, three-page examination of the dozen re-releases, here’s a feature from November 2010’s Uncut (Take 162), in which members of the guitarist and composer’s various bands recall the madness and precision that went into some of his most important works. Interviews: John Lewis
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The Frank Zappa Family Trust, headed by Zappa’s widow Gail Zappa, have signed a global license and distribution deal with Universal Music to release 60 of the iconic composer’s recordings.
The campaign begins on July 31 with 12 recordings, with another dozen recordings to be released monthly through the end of 2012.
