''Roxy by Proxy'' is a live album by

Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestra ...

, recorded in December 1973 at The Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, California and released posthumously in March 2014 by The Zappa Family Trust on

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History

In September 1974, parts of the five shows on December 8, 9 & 10, 1973 (early and late shows on 9th and 10th) at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California were released on the double-LP set '' Roxy & Elsewhere'', along with music recorded a few months later (on May 8, 1974, at the Edinboro State College, Edinboro, Pennsylvania and on May 11, 1974, at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois), with all of that material being overdubbed and remixed. ''Roxy by Proxy'' consists of unreleased material recorded live from the four shows held on December 9 & 10, 1973 at The Roxy (early and late shows). The album uses a mix from March/April 1987 by Bob Stone at the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen. ''Roxy by Proxy'' presents the material without overdubs, closer to what the audiences heard live (some songs are combinations from different shows), and is different from material released on ''Roxy & Elsewhere'' in 1974. Additional material from these shows was released on ''Roxy The Movie'' and '' Roxy the Soundtrack'' in 2015, with new mix by Bruce Botnick. All five shows were released in full on '' The Roxy Performances'' 7 CD box set in 2018, with audio restoration and 2016 mixes by Craig Parker Adams.

Track listing

All songs produced, composed and realized by Frank Zappa.

Personnel

Musicians

– lead guitar, vocals *

George Duke George Martin Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as ...

– keyboards, synthesizer, vocals * Tom Fowler – bass * Ruth Underwood – percussion * Bruce Fowler – trombone, dancing (?) * Napoleon Murphy Brock –

tenor sax The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

, flute, vocals * Ralph Humphrey – drums * Chester Thompson – drums

Mixing

* 1987 Digital Re-Mix Engineer – Bob Stone, UMRK March/April * Source: 44.1K 16B 1630 Digital Masters

References

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