Waka/Wazoo

Waka/Wazoo
Box set by
ReleasedDecember 16, 2022
RecordedApril–December, 1972
StudioParamount Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length330:14
LabelZappa Records
ProducerAhmet Zappa, Joe Travers, Jeff Fura
Frank Zappa chronology
Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana
(2022)
Waka/Wazoo
(2022)
Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich
(2023)

Waka/Wazoo is a boxset by Frank Zappa, released posthumously on December 16, 2022. It is a 4CD/1-Blu-ray set composed of various material recorded in 1972, during a period when Zappa was forced away from live performances due to injuries sustained during a concert on December 10, 1971.[1] This includes recordings from the same Paramount Studios sessions which birthed the albums Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo, and live material from the following tours of the same year.[2]

  1. ^ "When Frank Zappa was nearly killed on stage by a jealous boyfriend". Far Out Magazine. 2020-12-10. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  2. ^ "Review: Frank Zappa, "Waka/Wazoo"". The Second Disc. 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-08-24.