Editing Frank Zappa (section)

===Top 10 album: ''Apostrophe ({{'}})''===
{{See also|Over-Nite Sensation|Apostrophe (')|Roxy & Elsewhere|One Size Fits All (Frank Zappa album)|Bongo Fury}}
[[File:Frank Zappa giving the finger.jpg|thumb|left|Zappa giving the finger during a show in Hamburg, September 1974]]
Zappa then formed and toured with smaller groups that variously included [[Ian Underwood]] (reeds, keyboards), [[Ruth Underwood]] (vibes, marimba), Sal Marquez (trumpet, vocals), [[Napoleon Murphy Brock]] (sax, flute and vocals), [[Bruce Fowler]] (trombone), [[Tom Fowler (musician)|Tom Fowler]] (bass), [[Chester Thompson]] (drums), Ralph Humphrey (drums), [[George Duke]] (keyboards, vocals), and [[Jean-Luc Ponty]] (violin).

By 1973, the Bizarre and Straight labels were discontinued. Zappa and Cohen then created [[DiscReet Records|DiscReet]], also distributed by Warner.<ref name="miles"/>{{rp|231}} Zappa continued a high rate of production through the first half of the 1970s, including the album ''[[Apostrophe (')]]'' (1974), which reached a career-high No.&nbsp;10 on the ''[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]'' pop album charts<ref>{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p74796|pure_url=yes}} | title= Frank Zappa | work=AllMusic |access-date=January 3, 2008}}</ref> helped by the No.&nbsp;86 chart hit "[[Don't Eat the Yellow Snow Suite|Don't Eat The Yellow Snow]]".<ref>{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r53148|pure_url=yes}} | title= Apostrophe ('). Review | last= Huey| first = Steve | work=AllMusic |access-date=January 3, 2008}}</ref> Other albums from the period are ''[[Over-Nite Sensation]]'' (1973), which contained several future concert favourites such as "Dinah-Moe Humm" and "[[Montana (Frank Zappa song)|Montana]]", as well as ''[[Roxy & Elsewhere]]'' (1974) and ''[[One Size Fits All (Frank Zappa album)|One Size Fits All]]'' (1975), which are notable for the tight renditions of highly difficult [[jazz fusion]] songs in such pieces as "[[Inca Roads]]", "Echidna's Arf (Of You)" and "Be-Bop Tango (Of the Old Jazzmen's Church)".<ref name="lowe"/>{{rp|114–122}} A live recording from 1974, ''[[You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2]]'' (1988), captures "the full spirit and excellence of the 1973–1975 band".<ref name="lowe"/>{{rp|114–122}}
[[File:Frank Zappa - Capt. Beefheart - crop.jpg|thumb|upright|Zappa with [[Captain Beefheart]], seated left, during a 1975 concert]]
In April 1975 Zappa complained about ongoing contractual problems between DiscReet and Warner.<ref name=fudger>{{cite web |url=http://www.afka.net/Articles/1975-04_Disc.htm |title=One Size Fits All - Frank Zappa, A Sofa And References To The Universe In General |first=David |last=Fudger |work=Disc, April 26, 1975 |access-date=2024-03-27}}</ref> Zappa released ''[[Bongo Fury]]'' (1975), which featured a live recording at the [[Armadillo World Headquarters]] in Austin from a tour the same year that reunited him with [[Captain Beefheart]] for a brief period.<ref name="miles"/>{{rp|248}} They later became estranged for a period of years, but were in contact at the end of Zappa's life.<ref name="miles"/>{{rp|372}}