Funky Nothingness

Album by Frank Zappa

Funky Nothingness is a posthumous archival release by Frank Zappa, issued in 2023, compiling mostly previously unreleased studio recordings from 1970. It focuses on instrumental, jam-based material across jazz-rock fusion, blues and experimental rock from the period following Hot Rats.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Funky Nothingness
    1:48
  2. 2.
    Tommy/Vincent Duo I
    0:44
  3. 3.
    Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild
    2:45
  4. 4.
    I’m a Rollin’ Stone
    12:19
  5. 5.
    Chunga’s Revenge (Basement version)
    9:21
  6. 6.
    Basement Jam
    6:27
  7. 7.
    Work With Me Annie/Annie Had a Baby
    2:47
  8. 8.
    Tommy/Vincent Duo II
    6:41
  9. 9.
    Sharleena (1970 Record Plant mix)
    12:14
  10. 10.
    Khaki Sack
    8:08
  11. 11.
    Twinkle Tits
    11:34

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Chunga’s Revenge (take 5)
    16:15
  2. 3.
    Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild (take 4)
    3:16
  3. 4.
    Transylvania Boogie (unedited master)
    18:12
  4. 5.
    Sharleena (unedited master)
    14:55
  5. 6.
    Work With Me Annie/Annie Had a Baby (alternate edit)
    4:28
  6. 7.
    Twinkle Tits (take 1, false start)
    0:47
  7. 8.
    Twinkle Tits (take 2)
    13:00

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    The Clap (unedited master – Part I)
    11:28
  2. 4.
    The Clap (unedited master – Part II)
    4:37
  3. 5.
    Tommy/Vincent Duo (unedited master)
    21:52
  4. 6.
    Chunga’s Revenge (take 8)
    19:47
  5. 7.
    Halos and Arrows
    3:02
  6. 8.
    Moldred
    3:22
  7. 9.
    Fast Funky Nothingness
    0:45

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