One Shot Deal is an album by Frank Zappa, posthumously released in June 2008.
Overview
The track "Occam's Razor" is a guitar solo extract from a live version of the song "Inca Roads". The solo was used in the song "On the Bus" from the album Joe's Garage (1979). This is an example of Zappa's xenochrony technique. Tracks 3 and 9 feature the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra.
Track listing
All songs written by Frank Zappa except where noted.
Personnel
"Bathtub Man" Frank Zappa – guitar Napoleon Murphy Brock – vocals, saxophone George Duke – keyboards, vocals Tom Fowler – bass Chester Thompson – drums Ruth Underwood – percussion "Space Boogers" Frank Zappa – guitar George Duke – keyboards Chester Thompson – drums "Hermitage" Frank Zappa – guitar, composer Ralph Grierson, Mike Lang, Ian Underwood – keyboards Bill Mays – clavinet Bobby Dubow, John Wittenberg – violin Pamela Goldsmith – viola Jerry Kessler – cello Lou Anne Neill – harp Dave Shostac – flute, tenor sax Gary Foster – 2nd flute (and doubles) Ray Reed – flute, alto sax Vic Morosco – clarinet, alto sax Jay Migliori – clarinet, tenor sax Mike Altschul – bass clarinet, baritone sax Earle Dumler – oboe, English horn, bass oboe John Winter – oboe, English horn David Sherr – 2nd oboe and tenor saxophone JoAnn Caldwell – bassoon Bobby Tricarico – bassoon, contra bassoon Gene Goe, Malcolm McNab, Roy Poper – trumpet Arthur Briegleb, David Duke, Bob Henderson, Todd Miller – French horn Jock Ellis, Bruce Fowler, Kenny Shroyer – trombone Dana Hughes – bass trombone Don Waldrop – tuba and contrabass trombone Dave Parlato – bass Terry Bozzio – drums Alan Estes, John Bergamo, Emil Richards, Tom Raney – percussion "Trudgin' Across the Tundra" Frank Zappa – conductor, guitar Tony Duran – slide guitar Earle Dumler – oboe, saxophone, sarrusophone Malcolm McNab – trumpet Gary Barone – trumpet (solo) Tom Malone – trumpet, trombone, tuba, piccolo, saxophone Bruce Fowler – trombone Glenn Ferris – trombone Dave Parlato – bass Jim Gordon – drums, steel drums "Occam's Razor" Frank Zappa – guitar solo Warren Cuccurullo – guitar Denny Walley – guitar, backing vocal Tommy Mars – keyboards Peter Wolf – keyboards Arthur Barrow – bass Vinnie Colaiuta – drums Ed Mann – percussion Ike Willis – backing vocal "Heidelberg" Frank Zappa – guitar solo Adrian Belew – guitar Tommy Mars – keyboards Peter Wolf – keyboards Patrick O'Hearn – bass Terry Bozzio – drums Ed Mann – percussion "The Illinois Enema Bandit" Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals Ray White – vocals, guitar Steve Vai – guitar Tommy Mars – keyboards Robert Martin – keyboards, vocals Scott Thunes – bass Chad Wackerman – drums Ed Mann – percussion "Australian Yellow Snow" Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals George Duke – keyboards, vocals Jean-Luc Ponty – violin Ian Underwood – woodwinds, synthesizer Sal Marquez – trumpet, vocals Bruce Fowler – trombone Tom Fowler – bass Ralph Humphrey – drums Ruth Underwood – percussion "Rollo" Same as song 3. "Hermitage"