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Τετάρτη 31 Δεκεμβρίου 2008
FRANK ZAPPA - 1976 Zoot Allures
F.ZZoot Allures compared to other earlier albums of F.Z sounds very stripped down to bare essentials. Zappa focused on limited instrumentation, lots of bass and vocals to create a Masterpiece of dark, slow, sleazy rock. Except for the opening and closing numbers ("Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station" and "Disco Boy"), all the material is slow to medium tempo with Zappa delivering the closest he'll ever get to a crooner vocal performance.
"The Torture Never Stops" is the highlight, ten minutes of suggestive lyrics, crawling riffs, searing solos, and female screams of pain. That song and "Disco Boy" became classic tracks; "Black Napkins" and "Zoot Allures" rate among the man's best guitar solos. Historical note: The album was first devised as a two-LP set and would have included "Sleep Dirt," "Filthy Habits," and "The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution," which all also fit the mood. Although humor has not been completely evacuated, Zoot Allures comes through as a much more serious rock record.
Yet, it is more than a transitional album; it represents one of Zappa's strongest accomplishments.
Line up:
FRANK ZAPPA - guitar,bass,synth,keyboards -
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - harmonica. -
TERRY BOZIO - drums,vocals. -
NAPOLEON MURPHY BROCK - sax,vocals. -
ROY ESTRADA -bass,vocals. -
ANDRE LEWIS - organ. -
RUTH UNDERWOOD - marimba,synth. -
DONNIE VLIET -harmonica. -
Tracks:
1.Wind Up Workin' in a Gas Station ... Frank Zappa Frank Zappa (2:29) -2.Black Napkins [Live] ... Frank Zappa Frank Zappa (4:15) -3.The Torture Never Stops ... Frank Zappa Frank Zappa (9:45) - 4.Ms. Pinky ... Frank Zappa Frank Zappa (3:40) - 5.Find Her Finer ... Frank Zappa Frank Zappa (4:07) -6.Friendly Little Finger ... Frank Zappa Frank Zappa (4:17) - 7.Wonderful Wino ... Jeff Simmons, Frank Zappa Frank Zappa (3:38) -8.Zoot Allures ... Frank Zappa Frank Zappa (4:12) - 9.Disco Boy ... Frank Zappa Frank Zappa (5:11) -
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FRANK ZAPPA - 1972 Waka Jawaka
Waka/Jawaka was Zappa's second solo album and is occasionally referred to as "Hot Rats II" (the handles of the faucets on the cover artwork show the words "hot" and "rats" instead of "hot" and "cold"). His writing and recording technique had matured a lot in very little time. The dirty blues jamming of the 1970 LP was replaced by clean, crisp jazz improvisations -- no need to say this was also an abrupt change in style from the Mothers' 1969-1971 incarnation.The album, released in July 1972, is comprised of two extended instrumental pieces and two shorter songs. "Big Swifty," a theme-and-solos showcase, would become a live favorite, but the highlight is the title track, recorded with ex-Mothers of Invention keyboardist Don Preston, trumpeter Sal Marquez, trombonists Bill Byers and Ken Shroyer, saxophonist Mike Altschul, bassist Erroneous, and drummer Aynsley Dunbar.
The songs, never performed live..
WAKA JAWAKA
Tracklisting:
Tracklisting:
01. Big Swifty 17:22 -02. Your Mouth 3:12 -03. It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal 4:16 -04. Waka/Jawaka 11:19 -
Line up:
FRANK ZAPPA - guitar,keyboards,percussion,vocals. -
DON PRESTON - piano,moog,mini moog. -
KEN SHROYER - sax . -
AYNSLEY DUNBAR -drums,tambourine. -
SAL MARQUEZ - trumpet,flugelhorn,vocals. -
MIKE ALTSCHUL - clarinet, bass. -
BILLY BYERS - trombone,horn. -
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FRANK ZAPPA - 1974 Apostrophe
The musically similar follow-up to the commercial breakthrough of Over-Nite Sensation, Apostrophe became Frank Zappa's second gold and only Top Ten album with the help of the "doggy wee-wee" jokes of "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow," Zappa's first chart single (a longer, edited version that used portions of other songs on the LP Over-Nite Sensation. The album contains the instrumental title cut, featuring Jack Bruce on bass; "Uncle Remus," an update of Zappa's critique of racial discord on "Trouble Every Day"; and a return to the album's earlier silliness in "Stink-Foot." Apostrophe has the narrative feel of a concept album, but aside from its willful absurdity, the concept is difficult to decipher; even so, that doesn't detract from its entertainment value. - Steve Huey -
F.Z play with ex -Mothers of Invention : Johnny Guerin,Ralph Humphrey, Aynsley Dunbar,Erroneus,Tom Fowler,George Duke,Jean Luc Ponty,Sugar Cane Harris,
Ian Underwood,Sal Marquez,Bruce Fowler,Ray Collins,Napoleon Brock(sax), Ruben Guevera
& Robert Camarena from Rubens & the Jets and JACK BRUCE on Bass!!
Enjoy it!!
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FRANK ZAPPA - 1970 Chunga's Revenge
Chunga's Revenge marks the debut of Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (among several other musicians) with the Mothers, and while their schtick has not reached the graphic proportions it later would, the thematic obsessions of the 200 Motels period are foreshadowed on tracks like "Road Ladies" and "Would You Go All the Way?" Other vocal numbers include the hard-rocking "Tell Me You Love Me," the musicians' union satire "Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink," and the doo wop-influenced "Sharleena." Meanwhile, Frank Zappa's strong instrumental music incorporates Eastern European influences ("Transylvania Boogie"), cocktail jazz ("Twenty Small Cigars"), and the percussion-only "The Clap." Zappa's guitar tone is wonderfully biting and nasty throughout; George Duke provides another musical highlight by scat-singing a "drum solo." But while there are plenty of fine moments, Chunga's Revenge is in the end more of a hodgepodge transitional album, with less coherence than Zappa's other 1969-1970 works. Still, it will appeal to fans of that creatively fertile period in Zappa's oeuvre.
courtesy:Steve Huey
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FRANK ZAPPA - 1969 Hot Rats
December 1969 ,Hot Rats,one of the MOST important instrumental record of rock history.
It is melodic,it has marvelous solo's and it's also an
experimental one.
First song Peaches En Regalia,very fast melody based on piano,harpi,guitar and saxophone.
Listen to his friend Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) on
Willy the pimp.
Listen to the violin of Jean Luc Ponty and Sugar Cane Harris on Gumbo Variations.
This record is a must for all fans of F.Z and not only!
RECOMMENDED!!
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FRANK ZAPPA.
A few Words :
Francis Vincent Zappa jnr ,was born December 21, 1940 in Baltimor Maryland of Greek Sicelian parentage.
Frank was one of the most accomplished composers of the rock era; his music combines an understanding of and appreciation for such contemporary classical figures as Stravinsky, Stockhausen, and Varèse with an affection for late-'50s doo wop rock & roll and a facility for the guitar-heavy rock that dominated pop in the '70s. But Zappa was also a satirist whose reserves of scorn seemed bottomless and whose wicked sense of humor and absurdity have delighted his numerous fans, even when his lyrics crossed over the broadest bounds of taste.
Finally, Zappa was perhaps the most prolific record-maker of his time, turning out massive amounts of music on his own Barking Pumpkin label and through distribution deals with Rykodisc and Rhino after long, unhappy associations with industry giants like Warner Brothers and the now-defunct MGM.Zappa became interested in music early and pursued his studies in school, up through a six-month stint at Chaffey College in Alta Loma, CA. He scored a couple of low-budget films and used the money to buy a low-budget recording studio. In 1964, he joined a local band called the Soul Giants, which, over the course of the next two years, evolved into the Mothers, who played songs written by Zappa. The band was signed to the Verve division of MGM by producer Tom Wilson in 1966 and recorded its first album, a two-LP set called Freak Out!, which introduced Zappa's interests in both serious music and pop as well as his scathing wit. (Verve insisted on adding "of Invention" to the band's name.)Subsequent albums extended the musical and lyrical themes of the debut, and they came frequently. Three albums, for example, hit the charts in 1968: We're Only in It for the Money, a Mothers album that made fun of hippies and Sgt. Pepper; Lumpy Gravy, a Zappa solo album recorded with an orchestra; and Cruising With Ruben & the Jets, on which the Mothers played neo-doo wop. Toward the end of the '60s, Zappa expanded the Mothers lineup, turning more toward instrumental jazz-rock, much of which displayed his technically accomplished guitar playing. But by the end of the decade, he had broken up the band.In 1970, however, Zappa reassembled a new edition of the Mothers, featuring former Turtles lead singers Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan as frontmen. The lineup moved the group more in the direction of X-rated comedy, notably on the album Fillmore East: June 1971, but it was short-lived: during a performance at the Rainbow Theatre in London, Zappa was pushed from the stage by a demented fan and seriously injured.While he recovered, Zappa released several albums, then he re-formed the Mothers with himself as lead singer and made pop/rock albums such as Over-nite Sensation that were among his best-selling records ever. By the end of the '70s, Zappa was recording on his own labels, distributed in some cases by the majors, and he had attracted a consistent cult following for both his humor and his complex music. (Zappa's band, in fact, became a training ground for high-quality rock musicians, much as Miles Davis' was for jazz players.)In the '80s, Zappa gained the rights to his old albums and began to reissue them, at first on his own and then through the pioneering Rykodisc CD label.
He wrote his autobiography and embarked on a world tour in 1988. That was the end of his live performing, except for such isolated appearances as one in Czechoslovakia at the invitation of its post-Communist president, Zappa fan Vaclav Havel. In late 1991, it was confirmed that Zappa was seriously ill with cancer. Nevertheless, his schedule of album releases continued to be rapid. Zappa died in December of 1993.
Thank you , Frank , we miss you!
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