The Yellow Shark

Who played on The Yellow Shark

• Peter Rundel conductor, violin on 18 tracks
• Frank Zappa producer, conductor, spoken vocals on 4 tracks
• Hermann Kretzschmar celesta, harpsichord, piano, vocals on 1 track
• Hilary Sturt viola, vocals on 1 track
• Rainer Römer percussion, spoken vocals on 1 track
• Andreas Böttger percussion
• Catherine Milliken cor anglais, didgeridoo, oboe
• Claudia Sack violin
• Daryl Smith tuba
• Detlef Tewes mandolin
• Dietmar Wiesner flute
• Ellen Wegner harp
• Ensemble Modern performing orchestra
• Franck Ollu horn
• Friedemann Dähn cello
• Jürgen Ruck banjo, guitar
• Mathias Tacke violin
• Michael Gross cornet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, trumpet
• Mike Svoboda alphorn, didgeridoo, euphonium, trombone
• Roland Diry clarinet
• Rumi Ogawa-Helferich cimbalom, percussion
• Stefan Dohr horn
• Thomas Fichter double bass
• Ueli Wiget celesta, harp, harpsichord, piano
• Uwe Dierksen soprano saxophone, trombone
• Veit Scholz bassoon, contrabassoon
• William Forman cornet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, trumpet
• Wolfgang Stryi bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, tenor saxophone

Tracklist

1. 1 Intro — Frank Zappa 1:44
2. 2 Dog Breath Variations — Frank Zappa 2:07
3. 3 Uncle Meat — Frank Zappa 3:24
4. 4 Outrage at Valdez — Frank Zappa 3:27
5. 5 Times Beach II — Frank Zappa 7:31
6. 6 III Revised — Frank Zappa 1:45
7. 7 The Girl in the Magnesium Dress — Frank Zappa 4:33
8. 8 Be-Bop Tango — Frank Zappa 3:44
9. 9 Ruth Is Sleeping — Frank Zappa 6:06
10. 10 None of the Above — Frank Zappa 2:07
11. 11 Pentagon Afternoon — Frank Zappa 2:28
12. 12 Questi Cazzi di Piccione — Frank Zappa 3:03
13. 13 Times Beach III — Frank Zappa 4:26
14. 14 Food Gathering in Post-Industrial America, 1992 — Frank Zappa 2:48
15. 15 Welcome to the United States — Frank Zappa 6:42
16. 16 Pound for a Brown — Frank Zappa 2:12
17. 17 Exercise #4 — Frank Zappa 1:37
18. 18 Get Whitey — Frank Zappa 7:01
19. 19 G-Spot Tornado — Frank Zappa 5:17

Production

• Ali N. Askin arranger
• Dave Dondorf engineer
• Harry Andronis audio
• Spencer Chrislu mix, recording
• Todd Yvega engineer

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