Unreleased live LP of Frank Zappa out soon!

The Zappa family trust continue their archival excavation project with a previously unreleased 2CD concert album... 'Wazoo' which celebrates the 35th anniversary of classic Zappa LP, 'The Grand Wazoo'.

Vaulternative Records will release Frank Zappa's 2CD concert recording 'Wazoo' on May 27, 2008. The Trust - headed by Zappa's widow Gail Zappa - celebrates the musical legacy of Frank Zappa with new albums, DVDs and AudioDocumentaries.

'Wazoo' is the third concert release from Vaulternative Records, which releases whole concert albums and other miscellaneous Vault recordings. The Trust also runs Zappa Records, which consists of finished masters or album projects produced exclusively by Frank Zappa. Zappa Records releases include 'MOFO': two historic multi-disc packages on the making of Zappa's seminal debut album 'Freak Out!'

Recorded at Boston Music Hall concert on September 24, 1972, 'Wazoo' captures the final performance by Zappa's 20-piece aggregation (named the "Grand Wazoo/ Hot Rats/ The Mothers of Invention" band). Zappa himself termed the group an "electric orchestra, capable of performing intricate compositions at the same sound-intensity levels normally associated with other forms of pop music... [It] bears little resemblance to any previous form of rock and roll band." The instrumentation includes the contrabass sarrusophone, euphonium, and baritone horn.

'Wazoo' is the first recording of this group ever released. The 2CD set also includes liner notes by Wazoo member and session player Malcolm McNab, Gail Zappa, as well as photos from the rehearsals in a layout prepared by Frank Zappa with notes he wrote for The Grand Wazoo and the live concert series in 1972. The cover features a whimsical 2003 surrealistic painting of Zappa by American artist Christopher Mark Brennan.

The "Vaultmeister" (the Vault's chief archivist & resident authority on what lurks where), Joe Travers is credited as co-producer with Gail Zappa. The Vaultmeister is also the drummer in Zappa Plays Zappa. The album will be available at Zappa.com and at select retailers. 'Wazoo' celebrates the thirty-fifth anniversary of Zappa's studio album 'The Grand Wazoo,' which in itself was a necessary but thoroughly expensive departure for Zappa whose life as a composer was entirely supported by virtue of being a rock and roll musician. All Music Guide calls the May, 1973 album "essential for anyone interested in Zappa's instrumental works." Frank Zappa, American composer, was born in 1940 and died in 1993. Look out for additional releases on Vaulternative Records and Zappa Records in 2008.