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Strictly Commercial is ___MASK90___ compilation album by ___MASK31___ . It was released in 1995 ( see 1995 in music ), two years after his death . The disc is currently out of print and has been replaced in Zappa ' s catalog by the 2016 compilation album " ZAPPAtite ". ___MASK85___ were an American rock band from California that served as the backing musicians for Frank Zappa . Their work is marked by the use of sonic experimentation , innovative album art , and elaborate live shows . ___MASK88___ Vincent Zappa ( December 21 , 1940  December 4 , 1993 ) was an American musician , ___MASK25___ , songwriter , producer , guitarist , actor , and filmmaker whose work is characterized by nonconformity , free - form improvisation , sound experiments , musical virtuosity , and satire of American culture . In a career spanning more than 30 years , Zappa composed rock , pop , jazz , jazz fusion , orchestral and " ___MASK93___ concrète " works , and produced almost all of the 60 - plus albums that he released with his band ___MASK85___ and as a solo artist . Zappa also directed feature - length films and music videos , and designed album covers . He is considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse rock musicians of his generation . Gilbert and ___MASK15___ refers to the Victorian - ___MASK17___ theatrical partnership of the librettist W . S . Gilbert ( 1836  1911 ) and the composer Arthur ___MASK15___ ( 1842  1900 ) and to the works they jointly created . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896 , of which " H . ___MASK62___ . S . Pinafore ", " The Pirates of Penzance " and " The Mikado " are among the best known . Patter is ___MASK90___ prepared and practiced speech that is designed to produce ___MASK90___ desired response from its ___MASK19___ . Examples of occupations with ___MASK90___ patter might include the auctioneer , salesperson , dance caller , or comedian . Verve Records is an American record label founded by Norman Granz in 1956 . It absorbed the catalogues of his earlier labels , Clef Records ( founded in 1946 ) and Norgran Records ( founded in 1953 ), and ___MASK37___ previously licensed to Mercury Records . Verve Records is owned by ___MASK63___ Label Group , run by Danny Bennett . `` Let ' s Make The Water Turn Black '' is ___MASK90___ patter song which first appeared on the 1968 Mothers of Invention album We ' re Only in It for the Money and later on the 1995 compilation album Strictly Commercial . An uptempo instrumental version is featured on the 1991 ___MASK44___ album Make ___MASK90___ Jazz Noise Here . In musical terminology , ___MASK77___ (" ___MASK14___ " in Italian ; plural : " tempi " ) is the speed or pace of a given piece or subsection thereof , how fast or slow . Tempo is related to meter and is usually measured by beats ___MASK48___ minute , with the beats being a division of the measures , though ___MASK77___ is often indicated by terms which have acquired standard ranges of beats ___MASK48___ minute or assumed by convention without indication . Tempo may be separated from articulation , or articulation may be indicated along with ___MASK77___ , and ___MASK77___ contributes to the overall texture . While the ability to hold a steady ___MASK77___ is a desirable skill , ___MASK77___ is changeable , and often indicated by a conductor or drummer . While practicing , an electronic or mechanical device , a metronome , may indicate the ___MASK77___ , as one usually works one ' s way up to being able to perform at the proper ___MASK77___ . In other words it is the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played . The Best Band You Never Heard in Your ___MASK43___ is ___MASK90___ ___MASK92___ disc ___MASK44___ album by Frank Zappa , released in 1991 ( see 1991 in music ). The album was one of three to be recorded during the 1988 world tour , along with " Broadway the Hard Way " and " Make ___MASK90___ Jazz Noise Here ". Each of these three accounts of the 1988 tour has ___MASK90___ different emphasis : " Broadway the Hard Way " mainly consists of new compositions ; " Make ___MASK90___ Jazz Noise Here " is ___MASK90___ sampler of classic Zappa tunes , most of them instrumental ; and " The Best Band ..." devotes itself to covers . Some of these are unlikely ( such as " Stairway to Heaven " by Led Zeppelin ), while many are from Zappa ' s extensive back catalogue . His mid - 1970s output is emphasized in the selection , but there is also some material from ___MASK85___ ' s late 1960s recordings and one song (" Lonesome Cowboy Burt ") from " 200 Motels ". It was re - issued in 1995 and 2012 along with his entire catalogue . This is ___MASK90___ list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995 . Rykodisc was an American record label . Its catalog is owned by Warner Music Group , operating as ___MASK90___ unit of WMG ' s Independent Label Group and is distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance . We ' re Only in It for the Money is the third studio album by ___MASK85___ . Released on March 4 , 1968 on Verve Records , it was subsequently remixed and re - recorded by Frank Zappa and reissued by Rykodisc in 1986 . The patter song is characterised by ___MASK90___ moderately fast to very fast ___MASK77___ with ___MASK90___ rapid succession of rhythmic patterns in which each syllable of text corresponds to one note . It is ___MASK90___ staple of comic opera , especially Gilbert and Sullivan , but it has also been used in musicals and elsewhere . Comic opera denotes ___MASK90___ sung dramatic work of ___MASK90___ light or comic ___MASK64___ , usually with ___MASK90___ happy ending . Broadway the Hard Way is ___MASK90___ ___MASK31___ ___MASK44___ album recorded at various performances along his 1988 world tour . It was first released as ___MASK90___ 9 - track vinyl album through Zappa ' s label Barking Pumpkin Records in October 1988 , and subsequently as ___MASK90___ 17 - track CD through Rykodisc in 1989 . Make ___MASK90___ Jazz Noise Here is ___MASK90___ ___MASK44___ double album by Frank Zappa . It was first released in ___MASK34___ 1991 , and was the third Zappa album to be compiled from recordings from his 1988 world tour , following " Broadway the Hard Way " ( 1988 ) and " The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life " ( 1991 ). The album ' s cover art was made by Larry Grossman .