Performer: Frank Zappa
Genre: Jazz / Rock
Album: Sleep Dirt
Released: 1979
Style: Jazz-Rock, Prog Rock
MP3 version ZIP size: 1596 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1903 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1339 mb
Rating: 4.9
Votes: 138
Other Formats: DXD VQF TTA MIDI WAV MP3 WMA

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Filthy Habits Bass – Dave ParlatoDrums – Terry BozzioGuitar, Keyboards – Frank Zappa	7:33
2	Flambay Bass – Patrick O'HearnDrums – Chester ThompsonGuitar – Frank ZappaKeyboards – George DukePercussion – Ruth Underwood	5:02
3	Spider Of Destiny Bass – Patrick O'HearnDrums – Chester ThompsonGuitar – Frank ZappaKeyboards – George DukePercussion – Ruth Underwood	2:54
4	Regyptian Strut Bass – James "Bird Legs" Youman*Brass [All] – Bruce Fowler Drums – Chester ThompsonKeyboards – George DukePercussion – Frank Zappa, Ruth Underwood	4:15
5	Time Is Money Bass – James "Bird Legs" Youman*Drums – Chester ThompsonGuitar – Frank ZappaKeyboards – George DukePercussion – Ruth Underwood	2:52
6	Sleep Dirt Guitar – Frank Zappa, James "Bird Legs" Youman*	3:21
7	The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution Bass – Patrick O'HearnDrums – Terry BozzioGuitar, Synthesizer – Frank Zappa	13:20

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Universal Music Group International
• Copyright (c) – Zappa Family Trust
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Zappa Family Trust
• Licensed To – Universal Music Enterprises
• Published By – Zappa Family Trust
• Published By – Munchkin Music
• Made By – EDC, Germany – 52992644
• Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
• Record Company – UMG Recordings, Inc.

Credits

• Illustration [Original] – Gary Panter
• Layout [Digital] – Michael Mesker
• Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
• Producer, Composed By, Arranged By – Frank Zappa
• Product Manager – Melanie Starks
• Research [Vaultmeisterment], Transferred By [Analog Transfers] – Joe Travers

Notes

Source: Original 1977 Analog Master.

This album was recorded circa 1974-76 and originally released 1979.

Mastered at Gateway Mastering, 2012.

Vaultmeisterment & Analog Transfers, March 2012, UMRK. DSD Signal path: Ampex ATR-102/Meitner Mark II A/D Converter via Sonoma Digital Workstation, courtesy Gus Skinas, Super Audio Center.

Digital layout for Zappa Records.

Special Thanks for all Good Will expressed by various members of the FZ Teen-age Audience & Support Team and for hot duty: Ahmet Zappa for Target Acquisition/ Richard Landers, Art Kelm, Gus Skinas, Owen Sloane, Larry Stein, Mikey, Joe & Melanie, whithout whom the possible is horribly foreshortened. Thanks also to Bob Ludwig. Very Special Thanks to Moon • Dweezil • Ahmet • Diva - Mathilda, Zola, Ceylon & Halo.

All compositions controlled worldwide by the Zappa Family Trust, dba Munchkin Music.
Artwork © 1979, mmxii Zappa Family Trust.
© 1979, mmxii / ℗ 1979, mmxii ZFT. Under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Made in the EU.
This is official release #25.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 8 24302 38582 1
• Barcode (String): 824302385821
• Rights Society: BIEM/SDRM
• Matrix / Runout: 08243 023 858-2 01 * 52992644 [Universal logo - 4 times]
• Matrix / Runout (Mould): MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LV26
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 0113
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0146
• Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 0152

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DSK 2292	Frank Zappa	Sleep Dirt ‎(LP, Album)	Discreet	DSK 2292	US	1979
DIS 59211	Frank Zappa	Sleep Dirt ‎(LP, Album)	Discreet	DIS 59211	Belgium	1979
DIS 59211	Frank Zappa	Sleep Dirt ‎(LP, Album)	Discreet	DIS 59211	France	1979
RCD 10527	Frank Zappa	Sleep Dirt ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Rykodisc	RCD 10527	Europe	1991
DSK 2292	Frank Zappa	Sleep Dirt ‎(LP, Album)	Discreet	DSK 2292	New Zealand	1979