Joe's Corsage

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2004 compilation album by Frank Zappa

Joe's Corsage

Compilation album by

Frank Zappa

Released

May 30, 2004

Recorded

1964–1965

Genre

Rock

Length

35:39

Label

Vaulternative

Producer

Joe Travers

Frank Zappa chronology

Halloween
(2003)

Joe's Corsage
(2004)

Joe's Domage
(2004)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	(favorable)^[1]
Uncut	^[2]

Joe's Corsage is a compilation album featuring music recorded by Frank Zappa with The Mothers of Invention in the mid-1960s, before the recording of their debut album Freak Out! (1966). The album was compiled by archivist Joe Travers, and its title is a play on Zappa's 1979 work Joe's Garage.

Overview

A number of the recordings featured on Joe's Corsage are demo versions of songs that would later appear on Freak Out!. The first set of demos, probably recorded in 1965, feature Henry Vestine on guitar, who would later be a member of Canned Heat. Also included are covers of the Righteous Brothers' "My Babe", and Marvin Gaye's "Hitch Hike". The opening and closing tracks are excerpts from an interview with Frank Zappa circa 1967.

Track listing

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pretty Pat"	0:33
2.	"Motherly Love"	2:21
3.	"Plastic People" (Richard Berry, Zappa)	3:05
4.	"Anyway the Wind Blows"	2:55
5.	"I Ain't Got No Heart"	3:50
6.	"The Phone Call/My Babe" (Bobby Hatfield, Bill Medley)	4:06
7.	"Wedding Dress Song/Handsome Cabin Boy" (Trad.)	1:02
8.	"Hitch Hike" (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Clarence Paul, Marvin Gaye)	2:54
9.	"I'm So Happy I Could Cry"	2:43
10.	"Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder" (Zappa, Ray Collins)	3:29
11.	"How Could I Be Such a Fool?"	3:00
12.	"We Made Our Reputation Doing It That Way..."	5:34

Personnel

Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals
Ray Collins – vocals, tambourine, harmonica (tracks 6–8)
Henry Vestine (tracks 2–5) – guitar
Roy Estrada – bass guitar
Jimmy Carl Black – drums

References

^ Planer, L. (2011). "Joe's Corsage - Frank Zappa | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
^ "Frank Zappa - Joe's Corsage - Review - Uncut.co.uk". uncut.co.uk. 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

External links

Lyrics and details
Joe's Corsage at zappa.com

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention album discography

Official releases
(1966–1993)

1960s	Freak Out! Absolutely Free We're Only in It for the Money Lumpy Gravy Cruising with Ruben & the Jets Mothermania Uncle Meat Hot Rats
1970s	Burnt Weeny Sandwich Weasels Ripped My Flesh Chunga's Revenge Fillmore East – June 1971 200 Motels Just Another Band from L.A. Waka/Jawaka The Grand Wazoo Over-Nite Sensation Apostrophe (') Roxy & Elsewhere One Size Fits All Bongo Fury Zoot Allures Zappa in New York Studio Tan Sleep Dirt Sheik Yerbouti Orchestral Favorites Joe's Garage Act I Joe's Garage Acts II & III
1980s	Tinsel Town Rebellion Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar You Are What You Is Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch The Man from Utopia Baby Snakes London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger Them or Us Francesco Zappa Thing-Fish The Old Masters, Box I Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention Does Humor Belong in Music? The Old Masters, Box II Jazz from Hell London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II The Old Masters, Box III Guitar You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 Broadway the Hard Way You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3
1990s	The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life Make a Jazz Noise Here You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 Playground Psychotics Ahead of Their Time The Yellow Shark

Posthumous
official releases

1990s	Civilization Phaze III The Lost Episodes Läther Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute Have I Offended Someone? Mystery Disc Everything Is Healing Nicely
2000s	FZ:OZ Halloween Joe's Corsage QuAUDIOPHILIAc Joe's Domage Joe's XMASage Imaginary Diseases Trance-Fusion The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh) The MOFO Project/Object Buffalo The Dub Room Special! Wazoo One Shot Deal Joe's Menage The Lumpy Money Project/Object Philly '76
2010s	Greasy Love Songs "Congress Shall Make No Law..." Hammersmith Odeon Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison Carnegie Hall Understanding America Road Tapes, Venue #1 Finer Moments AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack Road Tapes, Venue #2 A Token of His Extreme Soundtrack Joe's Camouflage Roxy by Proxy Dance Me This 200 Motels: The Suites Roxy the Soundtrack Road Tapes, Venue #3 The Crux of the Biscuit Frank Zappa for President ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary Chicago '78 Little Dots Halloween 77 The Roxy Performances Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary Halloween 73 The Hot Rats Sessions
2020s	The Mothers 1970 Halloween 81 Halloween 81 Highlights Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition The Mothers 1971 Zappa/Erie Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana Waka/Wazoo Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich Funky Nothingness Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Miscellaneous

Lumpy Gravy (Primordial)
The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa
Beat the Boots!
Beat the Boots! II

Compilations	The *** of the Mothers* Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa Strictly Genteel: A "Classical" Introduction to Frank Zappa Cucamonga Cheap Thrills Son of Cheep Thrills