Frank Zappa - Congress Shall Make No Law (2010)

Official release #88, Zappa.com announces a new release: "It's the eve of the 25th anniversary of Frank Zappa's Testimony before Congress. And to mark this anniversary we are releaseing Congress Shall Make No Law...This is your chance to reconnect with Freedom of Speech and celebrate on of the great advantages of living in a democracy. Music. Legal and available." So what's on the cd?? We get the impression it's the spoken testimony and statements mixed with previously unreleased synclavier stuff.

Gail Zappa always said that FZ always made a point to "educate" his audience as well as entertain them. She continued on that note with this release, an informative document that focuses on the importance of FZ's testimonies to fight censorship. FZ's address to the Senate Committee Hearings in 1985 and to the Maryland State Legislature in 1986 are featured here in their entirety combined with various synclavier and interview excerpts found in the Vault.


Tracks:

1 Congress Shall Make No Law 32:45
2 Perhaps In Maryland 10:54
3 Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me 2:55
4 Thou Shalt Not Make Unto Thee Any Graven Image - Any Likeness Of Anything In Heaven Above, Nor In The Earth Beneath, Nor In The Water Under The Earth 2:30
5 Thou Shalt Not Take The Name Of The Lord Thy God In Vain 2:26
6 Thou Shalt Keep Holy The Sabbath Day 2:04
7 Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father And Thy Mother 2:20
8 Thou Shalt Not Kill 2:06
9 Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery 0:55
10 Thou Shalt Not Steal 0:39
11 Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbor 1:47
12 Thou Shalt Not Covet The House Of Thy Neighbor, The Wife Of Thy Neighbor, Nor His Male Servant, Nor His Female Servant, Nor His Ass, Nor Anything That Belongs To Thy Neighbor 1:12
13 Reagan At Bitburg Some More 1:09