Zoot Allures

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Zoot Allures is the 22nd album by the American rock musician Frank Zappa, released in October 1976. It was his only release on the Warner Bros. Records label. In 1973 Zappa and his manager Herb Cohen became the co-owners of the DiscReet label, which was distributed by Warner Bros. Records. When their business relationship ended due to financial and legal disputes, Zappa re-negotiated his record contract. He had it reassigned from DiscReet to Warner Bros. in mid 1976, leading to the release of "Zoot Allures". Cohen quickly filed a lawsuit against Warner and Zappa, based on his claim that this reassignment was in violation of previous contracts between himself and Zappa. Therefore, the final four albums of Zappa's recording contract were reassigned back to DiscReet against Zappa's objection, and the four albums eventually appeared in 1978 and 1979.

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