One Size Fits All (super deluxe edition)
~ Release by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention (see all versions of this release, 17 available)
Annotation
List of subparts
CD1 tracks 1 to 9: One Size Fits All - The Album
CD1 tracks 10 to 16: Additional Sizes - Session Outtakes & Vault Oddsets
CD4 tracks 1 to 7: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Sports Palace Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 28 September, 1974
CD4 tracks 8 to 9: Bonus Concert Tracks: Gothenburg Concert Hall, Sweden, 25 September, 1974
Blu-ray5 tracks 1 to 9: Blu-ray Audio: One Size Fits All - The Album
Blu-ray5 tracks 10 to 11: Bonus Surround Tracks
Blu-ray5 tracks 12 to 13: Bonus Videos (Videotaped on 8-27-1974 at KCET-TV Studios, Los Angeles, CA)
Exclusive Aug. 1, 2025 Pre-Order Release
Clamshell-Box comes with 50-Page Booklet and each Disc in its own wallet sleeve.
Disc One - 2012 Remaster By Bob Ludwig, Source: Original 1/4" Stereo Analog Tape Masters
Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): [Universal Logo] 7819598 AP38177-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI L578
Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 9706
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): [Universal Logo] 7819598 AP39844-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI L578
Mould SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI 9712
Matrix / Runout (Disc 3): [Universal Logo] 7819623 AP381179-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (Disc 3): IFPI L578
Mould SID Code (Disc 3): IFPI 9746
Matrix / Runout (Disc 4): [Universal Logo] 7819632 AP39845-01 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (Disc 4): IFPI L578
Mould SID Code (Disc 4): IFPI 9712
Matrix / Runout (Blu-Ray): EP38485-01 7819642 manufactured by optimal media GmbH
Mastering SID Code (Blu-Ray): [none]
Mould SID Code (Blu-Ray): [none]
Tracklist
| 1CD |
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| 2CD | |||
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| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | Po‐Jama People (old mix)
| 8:19 | |
| 2 | Florentine Pogen (rough mix)
| 9:07 | |
| 3 | Florentine Pogen (alternate solo)
| 3:16 | |
| 4 | Evelyn, a Modified Dog (session outtakes)
| 3:16 | |
| 5 | Bitch, Bitch, Bitch (in rehearsal)
| 9:29 | |
| 6 | Bitch, Bitch, Bitch (basic tracks, take 1)
| 5:21 | |
| 7 | San Ber’dino (rough mix I)
| 7:37 | |
| 8 | San Ber’dino (rough mix II)
| 8:14 | |
| 9 | San Ber’dino (rough mix III)
| 6:42 | |
| 10 | Something/Anything (rough mix)
| 6:18 | |
| 11 | Andy (rough mix)
| 6:01 | |
| 12 | Sofa No. 2 (rough mix)
| 2:39 | |
| 3CD: Live in Rotterdam, Netherlands 9/28/1974 |
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| 4CD: Live in Rotterdam, Netherlands 9/28/1974 continued + bonus live tracks |
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| 5Blu-ray |
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Credits
Release
| art direction: | Michael Mesker (graphic designer, art director, creative director and photographer) |
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| photography: | Michael Mesker (graphic designer, art director, creative director and photographer) (task: tape box photos) sam emerson (photographer) |
| liner notes: | David Fricke Ruth Komanoff Underwood Joe Travers (American drummer, engineer, “vaultmeister”/ archivist & researcher for the Zappa Family Trust) |
| miscellaneous support: | Alex Sale (production manager) (task: production manager) Ashley Slater (task: product manager) |
| producer: | Joe Travers (American drummer, engineer, “vaultmeister”/ archivist & researcher for the Zappa Family Trust) Ahmet Zappa |
| recording engineer: | Michael Braunstein Kerry McNabb (recording engineer in the 1970s) |
| bass: | Tom Fowler (bass) |
| drums (drum set): | Chester Thompson (US drummer Chester Cortez Thompson) |
| flute and tenor saxophone: | Napoleon M. Brock |
| guitar: | Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) |
| harmonica: | Bloodshot Rollin’ Red (Don Glen Vliet; alias adopted by Vliet as the harmonica‐player on the Frank Zappa album Frank Zappa and The Mothers – One Size Fits All) |
| keyboard and synthesizer: | George Duke |
| percussion: | Chester Thompson (US drummer Chester Cortez Thompson) Ruth Underwood |
| vocal: | George Duke Napoleon M. Brock Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) |
| design: | Michael Mesker (graphic designer, art director, creative director and photographer) Cal Schenkel |
| artwork: | Cal Schenkel (task: fresco) |
| transferrer: | Joe Travers (American drummer, engineer, “vaultmeister”/ archivist & researcher for the Zappa Family Trust) |
| manufactured by: | Optimal Media GmbH (manufacturer; do NOT use as release label) |
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| recorded at: | Caribou Ranch in Nederland, Colorado, United States Finnlevy Studios in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland KCET TV (American TV studio) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Paramount Recording Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Record Plant, los Angeles (aka “Record Plant” Los Angeles) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Wally Heider Recording in Los Angeles, California, United States |
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| mastered at: | Gateway Mastering & DVD |
| remastered at: | Audio Mechanics in Burbank, California, United States |
| remixed at: | Studio1LA (mixing studio, located in Venice, CA) in Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States Winslow Ct. Studio in Los Angeles, California, United States |
Release group
| artist & repertoire support: | Jeff Fura Holland Greco |
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| included in: | The Old Masters, Box Three by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) |
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| part of: | Rolling Stone: 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time (number: 18) (order: 18) Zappa Official Release (number: 131) (order: 25) Joe Harrington: Top 100 Albums of All Time (number: 99) (order: 99) |
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