Early Release 1968 or 1969
Frank Zappa - born 1940 together with his schoolmate DON VAN VLIET he founded a
first band called the BLACKOUT, back in the late 50s.
Around this time 50s & early 60s he wrote songs some recorded by his band The SOUL GIANTS.
In 1966 his new named band MOTHERS OF INVENTION signed to MGM-Verve and
released FREAK OUT (1966), a great psych influenced double album (must be one of..if not
the first double LP in Rock) produced by Tom Wilson.
This and the following albums, showed him as a musical forerunner ahead of his time.... mixing
psych-rock, Doo-Wop, orchester-parts, avantgarde uncluding jazz influences toped and
garnished by his great guitar playing and with his special lyrics.
In 1969 he established his own label Bizarre - Straight, producing and releasing other acts ,
like CAPTAIN BEEFHEART ; WILDMAN FISHER or ALICE COOPER .
In Dec. 1993 he died of cancer, what a loss for the music.
Style: Psych ; Progressive ; Avantgarde ;
Connection of the first 10 years..See :
Captain Beefheart ; Geronimo ; Jimmy Carl Black (one last appearance see: Boogie Stuff); Fraternity Of Man ; J.L.Ponty ;
Factory incl. Lowell George ; Buffalo Springfield ; Ruben & The Jets ; Grandmothers ; Rhinoceros ; Turtles ; Flo & Eddie ;
Don Preston ; George Duke ; Sugar-Cane Harris ; John Mayall ; Aynsley Dunbar Ret. ; Journey ; Jeff Simmons ; U.K. ;
Monkees ; Grand Funk Railroad ; Terry Bozzio ; Jack Bruce ; Shuggy Otis ;
Musicians:
1966-1969 :
Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals; Elliott Ingber, Jim Fielder - guitars;
Roy Estrada - bass; Jim Carl Black, Bill Mundi - drums, perc., voc.;
Don Preston - keyboards; Bunk Gardner - horns; Ray Collins - voc.;
68: Ian Underwood - piano, sax,clarinet; Jim Motorhead Sherwood - sax;
69: Arthur Tripp III - drums; Ruth Underwood (Komanoff) - marimba, vibes;
Side I :
Uncle Meat : Main Title Theme 1:54
The Voice of Cheese 0:27
Nine Types of Industrial Pllution 5:56
Zolar Czakl 0:57
Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague 5:51
The Legend of the Golden Arches 1:24
Louie Louie (R.Berry) at Royal Albert Hall London
The Dog breath Variantions 1:36
Side II :
Sleeping in a Jar 0:49
Our Bizzare Relationship 1:05
The Uncle Meat Variations 4:40
Electric Aunt Jemima 1:53
Prelude to King Kong 3:24
God bless America 1:22 Live at Whisky A Go Go
A Pound for a Brown on the Bus 1:29
Ian Underwood Whips it out 5:08 Live in Copenhagen
Side III :
Mr. Green Genes 3:10
We can shoot you 1:48
If wed all been living in California 1:29
The Air 2:57
Project X 4:47
Cruising for Burgers 2:19
Side IV :
Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part 1 37:34
Tengo Na Minchia Tanta 3:46
Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part 2 3:50
King Kong Itself 0:53
King Kong II 1:15
King Kong III 1:44
King Kong IV 6:17
King Kong V 0:29
King Kong VI 7:22
Zustandsbeschreibung / grading:
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RECORD =
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vg+ (some lines without affect)
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COVER =
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vg (+) (seams split on top aroun 5cm, Gatefold Sleeve)
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no insert
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