London Symphony Orchestra is a pair of albums by Frank Zappa, featuring his original symphonic compositions conducted by Kent Nagano. They were recorded at the same sessions in January 1983, and originally released as London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I in 1983, London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II, in 1987, and later combined and reissued on a Rykodisc CD as London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I & II in 1995.
Volume I features the London Symphony Orchestra performing four instrumental compositions — "Sad Jane", "Pedro's Dowry", "Envelopes", and "Mo 'n Herb's Vacation" — from sessions recorded in January 1983. The album was Zappa's second to employ a full-scale symphony orchestra, following 200 Motels (1971) with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. However, Zappa had previously formed a number of ad hac orchestras to record his classical music (e.g. Lumpy Gravy 1967, Studio Tan 1978, Orchestral Favorites 1979) and big band music (e.g. The Grand Wazoo 1972).
The album was recorded using a digital24-trackSony PCM-3324 tape recorder. It was one of the earliest digital multitrack recordings of an orchestra. By recording the orchestra with many microphones very close to the instruments the album sounds more detailed than possible with previous stereo recording techniques. Extensive use of editing was employed to fix musical mistakes.
The original vinyl LP recordings were tweaked in the studio to hide out-of-tune and wrong notes as well as to add in a sheen of reverb to further obscure parts. These audio "enhancements" were removed when the recordings were remixed for the compact disc re-issue in 1995. This version of the album was combined with London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II (1987), and re-released on a Rykodisc CD as London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I & II.
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Volume Oneedit
All tracks written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa.
^Ruhlmann, W. (2011). "London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 - Frank Zappa | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
^Ruhlmann, W. (2011). "London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II - Frank Zappa | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
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london, symphony, orchestra, zappa, albums, london, symphony, orchestra, pair, albums, frank, zappa, featuring, original, symphonic, compositions, conducted, kent, nagano, they, were, recorded, same, sessions, january, 1983, originally, released, london, symph. London Symphony Orchestra is a pair of albums by Frank Zappa featuring his original symphonic compositions conducted by Kent Nagano They were recorded at the same sessions in January 1983 and originally released as London Symphony Orchestra Vol I in 1983 London Symphony Orchestra Vol II in 1987 and later combined and reissued on a Rykodisc CD as London Symphony Orchestra Vol I amp II in 1995 London Symphony Orchestra Vol IStudio album by Frank ZappaReleasedJune 9 1983RecordedJanuary 12 14 1983StudioTwickenham Film Studios London Genre20th century classicalLength51 55LabelBarking PumpkinProducerFrank ZappaFrank Zappa chronologyBaby Snakes 1983 London Symphony Orchestra Vol I 1983 Boulez Conducts Zappa The Perfect Stranger 1984 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 1 London Symphony Orchestra Vol IIStudio album by Frank ZappaReleasedSeptember 17 1987RecordedJanuary 12 14 1983StudioTwickenham Film Studios London Genre20th century classicalLength43 37LabelBarking PumpkinProducerFrank ZappaFrank Zappa chronologyJazz from Hell 1986 London Symphony Orchestra Vol II 1987 The Old Masters Box III 1987 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Track listings 2 1 Volume One 2 2 Volume Two 2 3 CD 3 Personnel 3 1 Musicians 3 2 Production staff 4 References 5 External linksBackground editVolume I features the London Symphony Orchestra performing four instrumental compositions Sad Jane Pedro s Dowry Envelopes and Mo n Herb s Vacation from sessions recorded in January 1983 The album was Zappa s second to employ a full scale symphony orchestra following 200 Motels 1971 with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra However Zappa had previously formed a number of ad hac orchestras to record his classical music e g Lumpy Gravy 1967 Studio Tan 1978 Orchestral Favorites 1979 and big band music e g The Grand Wazoo 1972 The album was recorded using a digital 24 track Sony PCM 3324 tape recorder It was one of the earliest digital multitrack recordings of an orchestra By recording the orchestra with many microphones very close to the instruments the album sounds more detailed than possible with previous stereo recording techniques Extensive use of editing was employed to fix musical mistakes The original vinyl LP recordings were tweaked in the studio to hide out of tune and wrong notes as well as to add in a sheen of reverb to further obscure parts These audio enhancements were removed when the recordings were remixed for the compact disc re issue in 1995 This version of the album was combined with London Symphony Orchestra Vol II 1987 and re released on a Rykodisc CD as London Symphony Orchestra Vol I amp II Track listings editVolume One edit All tracks written composed and arranged by Frank Zappa Side oneNo TitleLength1 Sad Jane 10 052 Pedro s Dowry 10 263 Envelopes 4 11Total length 24 20 Side twoNo TitleLength4 Mo n Herb s Vacation First Movement 4 50 Second Movement 10 05 Third Movement 12 56 27 11Total length 27 42 Volume Two edit Side oneNo TitleLength1 Bogus Pomp 24 32Total length 24 32 Side twoNo TitleLength2 Bob in Dacron 12 123 Strictly Genteel 6 53Total length 19 04 CD edit Disc OneNo TitleLength1 Bob in Dacron First Movement 5 362 Bob in Dacron Second Movement 6 343 Sad Jane First Movement 4 464 Sad Jane Second Movement 5 045 Mo N Herb s Vacation First Movement 4 476 Mo N Herb s Vacation Second Movement 10 047 Mo N Herb s Vacation Third Movement 12 50 Disc TwoNo TitleLength1 Envelopes 4 062 Pedro s Dowry 10 253 Bogus Pomp 24 344 Strictly Genteel 6 56Personnel editMusicians edit The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano David Ocker clarinet Chad Wackerman drums Ed Mann percussionProduction staff edit Frank Zappa producer Mark Pinske recording engineer John Vince cover design James Stagnita graphic design Vol II Mark Hanauer cover photo Vol II References edit Ruhlmann W 2011 London Symphony Orchestra Vol 1 Frank Zappa AllMusic allmusic com Retrieved 21 July 2011 Ruhlmann W 2011 London Symphony Orchestra Vol II Frank Zappa AllMusic allmusic com Retrieved 21 July 2011 External links editAlbum details Release information Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title London Symphony Orchestra Zappa albums amp oldid 1215898733, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
