Joe's Camouflage is a compilation album by Frank Zappa, released posthumously in January 2014 by The Zappa Family Trust on Zappa Records. It represents the first official release of material by a band Zappa assembled for rehearsals in the summer of 1975 but which never toured or recorded material in the studio.

Joe's Camouflage
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ReleasedJanuary 30, 2014 (2014-01-30)
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Length47:54
LabelVAULTernative Records
Catalog Number: VR 20132[1]
ProducerFrank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
A Token of His Extreme (Soundtrack)
(2013)
Joe's Camouflage
(2014)
Roxy by Proxy
(2014)
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History

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According to the liner notes, the work comprises cassettes of rehearsals (recorded by Denny Walley) and the analog 4 tracks which Joe Travers transferred and mixed.

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Phyniox (Take 1)"2:29
2."T'Mershi Duween"2:28
3."Reeny Ra"4:13
4."Who Do You Think You Are"1:39
5."Slack 'Em All Down"1:26
6."Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?"4:16
7."The Illinois Enema Bandit"6:27
8."Sleep Dirt – In Rehearsal"1:08
9."Black Napkins"8:12
10."Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance"1:56
11."Denny & Froggy Relate"0:31
12."Choose Your Foot"1:20
13."Any Downers?"6:11
14."Phyniox (Take 2)"4:18
15."I Heard a Note"1:20

Personnel

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Musicians

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Special mention:

Vaultmeisterment

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  • Joe Travers for UMRK

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