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''Apostrophe (')'' is an album by Frank Zappa, his eighteenth, released on March 22, 1974〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Official Zappa Discography )〕 in both stereo and quadraphonic formats. An edited version of its lead-off track, "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow", was the first of Zappa's three ''Billboard'' Top 100 hits, ultimately peaking at #86. ''Apostrophe (')'' remains Zappa's most commercially successful album in the United States. It was certified gold by the RIAA on April 7, 1976 and peaked at #10 (a career-high placement) on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart in 1974. Continuing from the commercial breakthrough of ''Over-Nite Sensation'' (1973), this album is a similar mix of short songs showcasing Zappa's humor and musical arrangements. The record's lyrical themes are often bizarre or obscure, with the exception of "Uncle Remus", which is an extension of Zappa's feelings on racial disharmony featured on his earlier song "Trouble Every Day". ==Music== The first half of the album loosely follows a continuing theme. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" and "Nanook Rubs It" tell of a dream the singer had where he saw himself as an Eskimo named Nanook. However one of the songs, called "Rollo", was almost taken out, except for using a section of it in the second half part of "St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast". As was the case with many of Zappa's albums, ''Apostrophe (')'' was a melange of archival and recent recordings (most of ''Apostrophe (')'' (1974) and ''Over-Nite Sensation'' (1973) were recorded simultaneously). The older recordings include the basic tracks for "Excentrifugal Forz" (a ''Hot Rats'' outtake) and "Uncle Remus" (from ''The Grand Wazoo''), while the title track (possibly augmented by 1973 overdubs) also hails from ''The Grand Wazoo'' sessions. "Apostrophe (')" is an instrumental featuring Cream bassist Jack Bruce and noted session drummer Jim Gordon. Bruce is credited on the album cover with bass guitar and co-writing the title song. However, in his interview for Polish rock magazine ''Tylko Rock'' he jokingly insisted to journalist Wiesław Weiss that he had not played any bass guitar parts on "Apostrophe (')", only the cello parts. The bassist learned cello as a child and performed with the instrument on some of his other recordings. However, the only cello featured on the album is contained in the opening of "Apostrophe (')". His bass playing on "Apostrophe (')" is reminiscent of his work with Cream. (Tylko Rock, Oct. 1992, pp. 17) *"WW: Can you tell me something about your cooperation with Frank Zappa? *JB: Sure, what do you happen to know? (laughs) *WW: You appeared on his ''Apostrophe'' album... *JB: Yes, as you know, at the time I was recording an album with Carla Bley, far more interesting one... you heard that? *WW: Yes, ''Escalator over the Hill''... *JB: Right. So Frank, whom I met earlier, appeared one day in the studio and asked me: "Can you take your cello and go to my session?" So I turned up in a NY studio with my cello, I'm listening to his music, pretty awful, and just don't know what to do with myself, and Frank says to me: "Listen, I would like you to play a sound, like this... whaaaaaang!!!" So I did what he asked me to do. Whaaaaaang!!! That was all. That was my input to Frank Zappa's most popular record! (laughs) " However, in an (interview in Guitar Player Magazine ) from January 1977, Zappa talks about his experience with Jack Bruce's bass playing on the song: *Q: What about playing with (bass guitarist) Jack Bruce on Apostrophe? *FZ: Well, that was just a jam thing that happened because he was a friend of (drummer) Jim Gordon. I found it very difficult to play with him; he's too busy. He doesn't really want to play the bass in terms of root functions; I think he has other things on his mind. But that's the way jam sessions go. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Apostrophe (')」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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