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''Civilization Phaze III'' is the sixty-third album by Frank Zappa, released posthumously as a double album on October 31, 1994. The album marks the third part of a conceptual continuity that started with ''We're Only in It for the Money'' (1968), with the second part being a re-edited version of Zappa's 1967 album ''Lumpy Gravy''. The storyline of ''Civilization Phaze III'' involves a group of people living inside a piano, and the menacing reality of the outside world. The album's themes include personal isolation and nationalism. Much of the album's improvised dialogue was originally recorded as part of sessions which produced ''We're Only in It for the Money'' and ''Uncle Meat'', which contained some dialogue by the same speakers, and some of the dialogue on this album previously appeared on the re-edited version of ''Lumpy Gravy'' released in 1968. New dialogue was recorded by Zappa in 1991, and includes similarly improvised dialogue by members of the Ensemble Modern orchestra, Zappa's daughter Moon Unit and actor Michael Rapaport. ''Civilization Phaze III'' has been acclaimed as one of Zappa's best works, and has been appraised for its challenging, complex music, largely composed and performed on a Synclavier. This is Official Release #63. == Background == In 1967, while recording ''We're Only in It for the Money'' with the Mothers of Invention, Frank Zappa discovered that the strings of Apostolic Studios' grand piano would resonate if a person spoke near those strings. The "piano people" experiment involved Zappa having various speakers improvise dialogue using topics offered by Zappa. Various people contributed to these sessions, including Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart and Tim Buckley. The "piano people" voices primarily consisted of Mothers of Invention bandmembers Motorhead Sherwood and Roy Estrada, Spider Barbour (leader of the rock band Chrysalis), All-Night John (the manager of the studio) and Louis Cuneo, who was noted for his laugh, which sounded like a "psychotic turkey". In 1992, Zappa recorded ''The Yellow Shark'' with the Ensemble Modern orchestra, and sampled their instrumentation with his Synclavier. After revisiting his archives, he decided to create an album which would combine the 1967 "piano people" dialogue, Synclavier music, performances by the Ensemble Modern, and newly recorded dialogue. The project began under the title ''Lumpy Gravy, Phase 3'' (with phase one being ''We're Only in It for the Money'' and phase two being the 1968 version of ''Lumpy Gravy''), but was later changed to ''Civilization Phaze III''. Zappa recorded new dialogue segments to accompany the original "piano people" recordings. The new dialogue speakers included members of the Ensemble Modern, Moon Zappa,〔 Dweezil Zappa and actor Michael Rapaport. 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「Civilization Phaze III」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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