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| Artist: Frank Zappa & The Mothers
Label: Zappa Records
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy New: $7.58
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 14561
Format: Live, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 310520
UPC: 014431052026
EAN: 0014431052026
ASIN: B0000009SK
Release Date: May 2, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Penguin In Bondage | | • | Pygmy Twylyte | | • | Dummy Up | | • | Village Of The Sun | | • | Echidna's Arf (Of You) | | • | Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? | | • | Cheepnis | | • | Son Of Orange County | | • | More Trouble Every Day | | • | Bebop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
This mostly live set features Zappa performing with the popular Mothers of Invention line-up of the early 70's--including jazz-funk meister George Duke, Napolean Murphy Brock on saxophone, and Ruth Underwood on percussion. Highlights include the souped-up funk of "Pygmy Twylyte," burning renditions of favorites "Penguin in Bondage" and "More Trouble Every Day," and the hilarious monster movie tribute "Cheepnis." Duke steals the show on several tracks, and Zappa's guitar work and "master of ceremonies" showmanship is in top form. --Andrew Boscardin
Album Description
IMPORTED FROM JAPAN BY RYKODISC This collector's dream set completes our 20-disc series of limited edition Frank Zappa Japanese imports. Packaged in deluxe mini-album jacket sleeves, these 10 classic albums are packaged to re-create the original vinyl packaging in miniaturized form!
Album Description
Japanese exclusive reissue of 1974 album, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve.
Album Details
Japanese Version featuring a Limited LP Style Slipcase Cover. Strictly Limited to 2000 Copies!
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| Customer Reviews:
Prime Time Zappa November 12, 2008
E. Scott (USA)
High Energy Live album featuring some of Zappa's most talented band members. Then again, aren't they all ? Great live version of Trouble Coming Everyday, I Just can't Believe....., . All kinds of great grooves, as per Zappa. Bruce Fowler, trombone, Ruth Underwood, mallets, George Duke, keyboard and vocals. All Zappa fans will appreciate ! I can't speak for the others.
 Not as good as it's made out to be. July 19, 2008
KCB (Santa Clara, CA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I also think this is overrated. Get YCDTOSA Vol 2 instead. 3 of the tracks are faded out. This is a remastered disc; the rest of those tracks should have been included when the 2lp set was released on CD. Also, Cheepnis was remixed, and it stands out from the rest of the disc by how much worse the sound is. I have no idea why they did that. The original is much better. Other than that, good performances and sound quality. But the remaster should have fixed those problems.
One of Zappa's best LP's July 10, 2008
Brett A. Pedersen (San Francisco)
Having listened to this recording since it first came out, and being a ginormous Zappa fan in any case, I can assure you sans doute that this is one of the best Zappa CD's you will find. "Son of Orange County/More Trouble Everyday" alone is worth the price of purchase. In general, the period between 1972 and 1982 is his best work, in my opinion. Try "Bongo Fury" too. For what is an entree of Zappa without a surfeit second dish of Captain Beefheart? Just try not to "freak out," OK?
Fantastic ... April 11, 2008
A J Day (Cape Town, South Africa)
This recording demonstrates how much fun a live performance can be ... great songs ... great humor ... great artists. This album would be worth the price even if it only contained the "preamble" to Cheepnis!
 Essential but not excellent April 7, 2008
Joe Consumer (Boston, MA)
Anyone with more than a passing interest in Frank Zappa's work should listen to this. It is an example of a live a band Frank clearly enjoyed touring with. Their high level of muscianship and Frank's respect for that sounds clearly through the disc. This was a period in Frank's evolution as a guitar player where his guitar solo work is very accessible by almost any fan of rock guitar. If anyone has doubts about his legendary status as a guitar player, there are examples on this disc that will put these doubts to rest. However, if you are new to the world of Frank Zappa, this may not be the best place to start. There are long passages that feature Frank's version of audience participation and inside joke silliness that may bore the uninitiated. Track 5, Echidna's Arf (Of You),can hold its own with any recording Frank ever did. Track 9, More Trouble Every Day, is a remake of what could be called a protest song from Frank's first albumn in 1964. The music is updated a bit from the orginal but the lyrics are unchanged. Despite the dramaticaly different cultural climate, they still convey a relevant message. There are many other great tracks on this disc but, as a lifelong collector, I would reccomend other recordings over this one. Zoot Allures comes to mind: Zoot Allures
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