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The Grand Wazoo
Studio album by
The Mothers
ReleasedNovember 27, 1972
RecordedApril–May 1972
StudioParamount Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Genre
  • Jazz fusion[1][2]
  • big band[2][3]
  • progressive rock[3]
Length38:06
LabelBizarre/Reprise
ProducerFrank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Waka/Jawaka
(1972)
The Grand Wazoo
(1972)
Over-Nite Sensation
(1973)
The Mothers chronology
Just Another Band from L.A.
(1972)
The Grand Wazoo
(1972)
Over-Nite Sensation
(1973)
Singles from The Grand Wazoo
  1. "Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus"
    Released: 1972[nb 1]
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The Grand Wazoo is the eleventh album by The Mothers, sixteenth overall by Frank Zappa, released in November 1972. It was written and recorded during Zappa's period of convalescence after being assaulted in December 1971 in London, UK.

  1. ^ Couture, François. "Roxy & Elsewhere - Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b Moskowitz, David V. (2015). The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-44080-340-6.
  3. ^ a b Mars-Jones, Adam (2015). Kid Gloves: A Voyage Round My Father. Penguin Books Limited. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-84614-876-7.
  4. ^ www.discogs.com / The Mothers – Cletus Awreetus - Awrightus
  5. ^ Huey, S. (2011). "The Grand Wazoo - Frank Zappa | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 September 2018.


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