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Z
Bone-Us CD
(Zappa)
Release year: 1996

NOTE: Only available with purchase of the Petbox, a special-edition package that included the U.S. version of Music For Pets, the Bone-Us CD, and other assorted Z paraphernalia.


Relevant Track Listing:

1. Badass
2. Enigma
3. Fuckin' Glad
4. Happy Song
5. I Wants Me Gold
6. You Used All My Soap
7. What It B
9. Ask Yourself
10. Polar Bear
11. The Finger
12. Not My Fault
14. Here


Personnel:

Dweezil Zappa - Lead Guitar, Lead and Background Vocals
Ahmet Zappa - Lead Vocals
Joe Travers - Drums
Bryan Beller - Bass
Mike Keneally - Guitar, Background Vocals


Equipment used (for all Music For Pets-related listings except singles):

Tobias (pre-Gibson, circa 1986) Basic 5-String Bass (most tracks)
Peavey Axcelerator 5-String Bass (several tracks)
1970's-era Fender Jazz 4-String Bass (on "Singer In The Woods", "Silver Lady Disco" and "Happy Song")
Fender '51 Precision Reissue 4-String Bass (on "Mind Control")
Peavey 5150 Guitar Amp and Speaker Cabinet (on "Mind Control")
SansAmp PSA-1 Programmable Preamp (on "Evil")
SansAmp D.I. (the predecessor to the Bass Driver, whatever that was)
Unknown Peavey Rig (Amp plus 4x10 and 1x15 Speaker Cabinets)
Kustom 100-Watt Bass Amp (on "Feminine SDH")
Trace Elliott 4x10 Speaker Cabinet (on "Feminine SDH")

This was a CD of outtakes from the infamous Music For Pets sessions, only available as an add-on when you bought the full "Petbox" from Zappa Records. The irony is, after several different sequences, mixes, engineers and the like, many folks agree that this "CD" is the strongest of all the Pets-related releases. Sometimes the old SAT adage is true: think long, think wrong.

My faves: "You Used All My Soap" (only available on this CD) and "What It B", the best-sounding and hardest-rocking track of the entire project. But good luck finding it.

For the way-too-long full story of the Music For Pets sessions, check out Act 18 of The Life Of Bryan, "Dissecting Pets".

Click here for the official Zappa family website.

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