- Audio CD (April 27 2002)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import, Limited Edition
- Label: Ryoko
- ASIN: B000063L3Y
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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Album Description
Japanese exclusive reissue of 1979 album. Limited to 2,000 pieces, it's packaged in a miniature LP sleeve.
Album Details
Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Sleeve.. Limited Pressing of 2000 Pcs.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Among FZ's best 70's studio albums,
By Patrik Lemberg (Tammisaari Finland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sleep Dirt (Audio CD)
Sleep Dirt was released in 1979, but recorded on different occasions between 1974 and 1976. It's all studio material, withdrummer Chad Wackerman's first contribution to Zappa's music on three tracks (of drum overdubs). Two tracks feature Terry Bozzio on drums, and one features Chester Thompson (+ Ruth Underwood on percussion). This is NOT a run-of-the-mill 70's rock/blues Zappa album. At times, it's even "jazzy". All (three) vocal tracks are sung by Thana Harris, who does an excellent job with her wide-range (at times "dirty") voice, and gives Zappa's music a new, never-before-introduced fresh flavour, as does the double bass (heard on three tracks as well) played by Patrick O'Hearn, and the acoustic piano of George Duke. The album is a bit short (around 38 minutes), but the intense material saves it. Shorter FZ albums have indeed been released, so at this price, it isn't really a problem. The three-plus minute title track, featuring a less professional recording technique than the other tracks (therefore giving the tune a certain charm), is an acoustic guitar duet by Frank Zappa (on lead) and James "Bird Legs" Youman - an unusually emotional ballad. Most of the album brings out a side of Zappa's compositional technique that can't be heard anywhere else, so if you are a collector of his albums - GET THIS ONE TOO! Sleep Dirt is among my top ten favorites. To give you an idea of my judgment, other favorites include "Apostrophe'", "Joe's Garage", "The Yellow Shark" and "Civilization Phaze III".
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5.0 out of 5 stars
"Hot Rats III",
By critic-ailleurs (Montreal, Qc) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sleep Dirt (Audio CD)
Mrs. Thana Harris gets a real unfair treatment in most of these reviews IMO. That Zappa had asked her to overdub new vocals on 3 of the tracks when he got around to remix this album should not come so much as a surprise since these had always been meant as part of an opera of his called "Hunchentooth". Now she did a fantastic job at it! Even if I do still miss the more familiar instrumental versions of the vinyl album (which are available in part on the "Läther" box set anyway), and hope for a future remastering of the original mix as an alternate version, Harris' range and grasp of these hard compositions is simply masterful and was for me after all a consolation of that loss of familiar grounds. On "Time is Money", she brings tears to my eyes!...And since "The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution", another tour-de-force from "Sleep Dirt", had been drastically edited on the aforementioned box set, one just got to have this CD if only for the more complete version it features and a not so common chance to hear FZ improvise on chord changes (instead of vamps or modes) here, in one of his absolute peaks as a guitarist. An album of fascinating, timeless compositions, played by fantastic musicians and singer, and featuring red-hot guitar playing!
4.0 out of 5 stars
A flawed masterpiece,
By jeff smith (portland or) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sleep Dirt (Audio CD)
Originally released as an instrumental album, Sleep Dirt was reissued & remixed with new vocal tracks on 3 of the 7 cuts. The vocals are distracting but thankfully this short album is heavy on Zappa's blistering guitar playing. The album opens with the menacing Filthy Habits - a classic piece of Zappa phrasing and feedback. The title cut is a short stinging acoustic gem. The result is a cluster of notes that attack the listener like a swarm of wasps. The centerpiece of the album is The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution - an amazing composition. A shorter version is available on the 3 disc Lather set but this piece needs to be heard in its entirety. It is some of Zappa's most orgasmic guitar playing - building higher & higher, reaching peak after peak, sending chills up the spine of the listener. Sleep Dirt will keep you wide awake and hungry for more.
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