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[jt1674]

[bungitonthen]

7/10/24

inca roads ... tush tush tush ... stinkfoot ... RDNZL ... village of the sun ... echidna's arf (of you) ... don't you ever wash that thing? - frank zappa (apostrophe ('): 50th anniversary edition)

society pages ... I'm a beautiful guy ... beauty knows no pain ... charlie's enormous mouth ... any downers? ... conehead - frank zappa (you are what you is)

[somethingvinyl]

Studio Tan is the first of the so-called ugly cover albums. Zappa delivered 4 albums at once to Warner/Discreet to try to get him out of his contract with Herb Cohen, but they didn’t take them at first, and a legal battle ensued that kept Zappa from releasing the music he wanted to in 1977 and ‘78. This came out in ‘78, as it became clear that they weren’t going to get anything else out of him and needed to release what they had if they wanted to profit from it. So Studio Tan came out over FZ’s objections, with cover art he never saw and even a track name misspelled. Zappa hated the way these albums were released—probably why he later delegitimized them by claiming Läther was the original intention. But the music is obviously his. It’s odds and ends of unreleased material more than an album of singular vision, but that just puts it in the same category as Apostrophe.

Side 1 is a single silly rock opera, The Adventures of Greggary Peccary. Much like Billy the Mountain, I find it tiresome and have made it all the way through it maybe twice. But side 2 is incredible start to finish, one of the best in his discography—Let Me Take You to the Beach is a peppy bit of parody surf music (my 8-year-old LOVES it) that is, shockingly, built off the rhythm track of a Hot Rats outtake! Revised Music for Guitar and Low Budget Orchestra is a revamped version of what he wrote for Jean-Luc Ponty on the King Kong album, and it’s still got a heck of a lot of electric violin despite the title change. But the star is RDNZL (his custom license plate of his nickname for his wife, “Redunzel,” because the tended to repeat herself—learned that factoid from Dweezil at a ZPZ show). It was a staple of his live show for the Ruth Underwood years: excellent live versions appear on Roxy by Proxy and The Helsinki Concert. This studio version was recorded by that same core band and it’s outstanding, one of his absolute best compositions. So though this is a lesser album in the oeuvre and does indeed have a hideous cover, this is still one I wouldn’t want to live without.

[longliverockback]

Frank Zappa Apostrophe (’) [50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Box Set] 2024 Zappa ————————————————— Tracks CD One: Original 1974 Album – 2024 Remaster + Album Session Bonus Tracks 01. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow 02. Nanook Rubs It 03. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast 04. Father O’Blivion 05. Cosmik Debris 06. Excentrifugal Forz 07. Apostrophe 08. Uncle Remus 09. Stink-Foot 10. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow [basic tracks / alternate take] 11. Nanook Rubs It [basic track / outtake] 12. Nanook Rubs It [session outtake] 13. Cosmik Debris [basic tracks – take 3] 14. Excentrifugal Forz [mix outtake] 15. Apostrophe [mix outtake] 16. Uncle Remus [mix outtake] 17. Apostrophe [unedited master / 2024 mix] 18. Uncle Remus [piano and vocal mix 2024]

Tracks CD Two: Bonus Concert 1 – Colorado Springs, CO 1974 01. Show start • Band intros 02. Village of the Sun 03. Echidna’s Arf (of You) 04. Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? 05. Babbette 06. Approximate 07. Cosmik Debris 08. Pygmy Twylyte 09. The Idiot Bastard Son 10. Cheepnis 11. Montana 12. Dupree’s Paradise intro

Tracks CD Three: Bonus Concert 1 – Colorado Springs, CO 1974 [continued] 01. Dupree’s Paradise 02. Is There Anything Good Inside of You? 03. Florentine Pogen 04. Kung Fu 05. Penguin in Bondage 06. T’Mershi Duween 07. The Dog Breath Variations 08. Uncle Meat 09. RDNZL 10. Medley: King Kong • Chunga’s Revenge • Son of Mr. Green Genes

Tracks CD Four: Early 1974 Bonus Live Track + Bonus Concert #2 – Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974 01. Tush Tush Tush (a Token of My Extreme) 02. Stink-Foot 03. RDNZL 04. Village of the Sun 05. Echidna’s Arf (of You) 06. Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? 07. Penguin in Bondage 08. T’Mershi Duween 09. The Dog Breath Variations 10. Uncle Meat 11. Building a Girl

Tracks CD Five: Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974 [continued] 01. Dinah-Moe Humm 02. Camarillo Brillo 03. Pygmy Twylyte 04. Room Service 05. Tush Tush Tush (End Vamp) 06. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow 07. Nanook Rubs It 08. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast 09. Father O’Blivion 10. Apostrophe TV Ad 11. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow [single edit] 12. Goteborg GTR 13. Approximate 14. …the poodle bites…

Tracks Blu-ray: 2024 Stereo Remaster + Dolby Atmos Mix + 1974 Quad Mix 01. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow 02. Nanook Rubs It 03. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast 04. Father O’Blivion 05. Cosmik Debris 06. Excentrifugal Forz 07. Apostrophe 08. Uncle Remus 09. Stink-Foot —————————————————

Jack Bruce

George Duke

Aynsley Dunbar

Tony Duran

Alex Dmochowski

Bruce Fowler

Tom Fowler

Jim Gordon

Johnny Guerin

Ralph Humphrey

Jean-Luc Ponty

Ian Underwood

Ruth Underwood

Frank Zappa

* Long Live Rock Archive

[whatisdereklisteningto]

Halloween ‘73 is the latest holiday blessing from the Zappa Vault, presenting both complete shows from the titular holiday and year on 3 CDs plus a 4th CD of rehearsal recordings. Before Zappa’s NYC Halloween shows became a tradition, the ‘73 concerts happened to be in Chicago, and found a new Mothers lineup playing just their 2nd & 3rd ever shows (side note: the SBD recording of their first show in Austin is well worth it if you know where to find that sort of thing.) Lead singer / saxaphonist / flautist / dancer Napoleon Murphy Brock and 2nd drummer Chester Thompson were new to the Mothers, while the rest of the group (Tom Fowler, Bruce Fowler, George Duke, Ralph Humphrey and Ruth Underwood) had been on the road on-and-off for about 8 months. A mere six weeks later, they were performing legendary shows at the Roxy in Hollywood preserved on film and glorious multi-track, but that’s another story. The Halloween shows are “only” 4-track recordings, and notes reveal only 3 of the tracks were used (for a live stereo mix plus a mono audience track) but they sound fantastic and do not disappoint. For one thing, Zappa’s guitar has a louder presence here than on the Roxy recordings, which is awesome. There is some overlap between the two sets because the group didn’t know a huge number of actual tunes, but both feature songs not heard in the other, plus some of the arrangements are a little different even from the Roxy shows a little down the road. The songs you’ll hear twice are Pygmy Twylyte, The Idiot Bastard Son, Cheepnis, Penguin in Bondage, T’Mershi Duween, RDNZL and Dickie’s Such An Asshole, while Cosmik Debris, The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Kung Fu, The Dog Breath Variations, Uncle Meat, Village of the Sun, Echidna’s Arf (Of You), Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?, Montana, Dupree’s Paradise, I’m the Slime, Big Swifty, Farther O’Blivion (which contains The Steno Pool, The Be-Bop Tango and Cucamonga), Inca Roads and the medley of Son of Mr. Green Genes, King Kong and Chunga’s Revenge appear once. For me, the highlights mostly include the songs featuring improvisation and extensive use of hand signal cues [especially “The Hook”!] (see “Dupree’s Paradise”, “Don’t You Ever” and “The Be-Beop Tango” but also sections in “Big Swifty”, “Inca Roads” and the “Green Genes/King Kong/Chunga” medley.) As far as sorta different arrangements, “Dickie’s Such An Asshole” has the extended “preachin’” section later shortened and a closing verse that got replaced, “Penguin in Bondage” has this little extra bit before and after the guitar solo and “Village of the Sun” still has an instrumental intro / outro (played a lot faster than on the Road Tapes #2 version) and, of course, “The Be-Bop Tango” was still a part of “Farther O’Blivion” and not yet it’s own event, all of which changed by the time of the Roxy shows. The 40-page booklet has a bunch of cool photos, but more importantly features excellent liner notes from Joe Travers, drummer Ralph Humphrey and everyone’s favorite percussionist Ruth Komanoff Underwood.

Oh, the disc of stuff from pre-tour rehearsals is kind of a fun listen. 9 of the tracks are actually complete takes, while the long journeys into “Inca Roads”, “Farther O’Blivion” and “Cosmik Debris” focus more on building up certain parts of the songs, as well as the audible fun they were having in the process. The one real surprise of the disc is Magic Fingers, which comes from 200 Motels and which this lineup never played live (in fact, none of Zappa’s lineups did until 1978) and not only that, but the outro of the song features a couple weird, bluesy verses no one’s never heard before. What in the hell?They’re not part of any known versions of “Magic Fingers” or any other previously known song from Zappa’s universe (is this related to the never-heard “Slough My Throng” somehow?) so that’s kinda neat / weird. Oh #2, there’s also a one-disc “highlights” version of this release that edits the two shows down to one with none of the rehearsal stuff. No thanks on that.

[zardoze69]

WTFF ?? Frank Zappa RDNZL Reaction...

[jafreitag]

An Introduction to Frank Zappa: Part 1, The Helsinki Concert

So I listened to “Watermelon in Easter Hay” on Easter Sunday, highlighted on this very blog, and it sucked me back into a mini-Frank Zappa kick. Zappa’s catalog is one of the most diverse, challenging, and downright bizarre in all of music. There are plenty of articles out there on “Where to start with Zappa” and “What are Zappa’s most essential albums,” and you will struggle to find a consensus across them.

Today I’m going to make my own suggestion for an entry point into this strange world of music.

Back in the late ’80s, Frank released a series of live albums called You Can’t Do That On Stage. It contained six volumes, most of which were compiled from different shows from every different eras and many different incarnations of Frank Zappa. The result is a bit odd. You’ll get a few live tracks recorded in 1968, then jump to a song from 1984, and then head back to the mid-’70s, all on one disc. FZ was a perfectionist, so apparently he was restlessly looking for the best versions, rather than worrying about maintaining an artifact of one particular show.

That’s why Volume 2 stands out. It’s billed as “The Helsinki Concert,” a single concert in Finland from 1974. In reality, it’s comprised of recordings from two or three shows, although what’s important is that it features the same ensemble over a two-day period. You get a consistent record of what arguably his best band sounded like at a precise moment in time.

Brief aside: I’ve heard Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell from Phish talk about how their more complex compositions would often give birth to their best moments of live improvisation. The idea being, a really complex song (think “You Enjoy Myself” or “Reba”) requires a high degree of band interconnectedness to nail in concert. But performing those compositions would lead to a mind-meld, so that when the band moved to an open section of improvisation, they were completely connected. Without the tightly knit compositions, you don’t get the highest level of improv.

The Helsinki Concert is one of the best examples of this concept I can think of. Zappa’s music is expertly arranged, loaded with unusual time signatures, and requires a mind-boggling level of synchronicity to pull off on stage. To perform these compositions live — and make them sound good — is a feat on its own. What Vol. 2 shows is how bursts of improv and spontaneity flared out of the compositions.

Now, I’m recommending the entire set, which features tons of great music and plenty of stage banter and the type of wacky antics for which Frank’s band was known. But for our purposes, let’s really focus in on the section that begins with “Inca Roads” and runs through “Pygmy Twylyte.” That’s six songs and roughly 40 minutes of music. Hopefully, it illustrates the point I’m trying to make.

A quick note on the band. Zappa plays lead guitar, of course. You’ve got Napoleon Murphy Brock on vocals and keys, Tom Fowler on bass, and Chester Thompson manning the drums. George Duke sings and plays wind instruments, and Ruth Underwood is on percussion. That’s six people, though often it sounds like twice that many are on stage. The songs are often decorated with sounds that are uncommon to a rock concert, such as Duke on the flute and Underwood plinking on the marimba. This band is famous from the live compilation release Roxy & Elsewhere, and the Volume 2 set contains many of the same songs. The difference is that by the time of the Helsinki shows, this band had gotten even tighter and meaner, absolutely mastering these songs with speed and precision.

The show kicks off with the playful “Tush Tush Tush” and “Stinkfoot,” before transitioning to the section we’re going to take a closer look at. “Inca Roads” is a song about alien spaceship runways in the Andes, with a tightly constructed opening section that quickly leads into a searing Zappa guitar solo. The band lays down a solid foundation over which Zappa straight-up shreds. The band returns to the song, before breaking out into a jazz-fusion jam, anchored by the rhythm section and some great keyboard work, before concluding the song. “Inca Roads” packs a whole lot of music into just under 11 minutes.

We transition into “RDNZL” with Ruth Underwood stepping out front during the opening section, leading into another white-hot guitar solo from FZ. The composition shifts multiple times, finally releasing with a nice vocal interlude (“we could share a love”). This leads the band back into another jazz-fusion jam that’s similar to what we heard in “Inca Roads.” Somehow “RDNZL” packs just us much music into 8:43 as “Inca Roads” fit into 10:54.

“Village of the Sun” keeps the energy going, and the band knocks out the song before letting Duke take the lead with a sax solo. When I say “solo,” by the way, I mean that the sax is the lead instrument, but the entire band is ripping through this rendition, filling in every available space. A smooth segue lands us in “Echnida’s Arf (Of You),” containing some of the most complex music of this entire section. It’s a high-wire circus act of a composition, which culminates in an outstanding tension-and-release in its back half. Simply outstanding stuff.

“Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?” follows. They tear through it, with Frank bringing back a little stage banter. Finally, we get to “Pygmy Twylyte.” Another tight rendition, which unfolds into another favorite segment shortly after the 4-minute mark. The band lays down a slower groove, and FZ’s solo is gorgeously melodic.

To wrap it all up, you have a band that’s mastered some incredibly dense music, and was capable of performing layered compositions at breakneck speed. As a result, the improv explodes in barely conceivable bursts. The contrast is thrilling.

Let me know what you think. Take in the rest of the set. Go from there.

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[allthatchernobyl]

Zappa: 24 años flotando en el espacio.

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention- We're only in it for money (1968)

Duración: 39:20

Compresión: 242kbps

Tamaño: 69,7mb

Tracklist:

1- Are you hung up? 2- Who needs the peace corps 3- Concentration Moon 4- Mom & Dad 5- Telephone conversation 6- Bow tie daddy 7- Harry, you're a beast 8- What's the ugliest part of your body 9- Absolutely Free 10- Flower Punk 11- Hot poop 12- Nasal retentive calliope music 13- Let's make the water turn black 14- The idiot bastard son 15- Lonely little girl 16- Take your clothes off when you dance 17- What's the ugliest part of your body (Reprise) 18- Mother people 19- The chrome plated megaphone of destiny

DESCARGAR 

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention- Just another band from L.A. (1972)

Duración: 45:22

Compresión: 320kbps

Tamaño: 92,6mb

Tracklist:

1- Billy the Mountain 2- Call any Vegetable 3- Eddie, are you kidding? 4- Magdalena 5- Dog Breath

DESCARGAR

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention- Over-Nite Sensation (1973)

Duración: 34:38

Compresión: 271kbps

Tamaño: 66,1mb

Tracklist:

1- Camarillo Brillo 2- I'm the Slime 3- Dirty Love 4- Fifty-Fifty 5- Zomby Woof 6- Dinah-Moe Humm 7- Montana

DESCARGAR

Frank Zappa- Studio Tan (1978)

Duración: 39:27

Compresión: 260kbps

Tamaño: 72,4mb

Tracklist:

1- The adventures of Greggery Peccary 2- Lemme take you to the beach 3- Revised music for Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra 4- RDNZL

DESCARGAR

Frank Zappa- Them or Us (1984)

Duración: 01:11:06

Compresión: 261kbps

Tamaño: 129,2mb

Tracklist:

1- The closer you are 2- In France 3- Ya Hozna 4- Sharleena 5- Sinister Footwear 6- Truck driver divorce 7- Stevie's Spanking 8- Baby, take your teeth out 9- Marque-Son's Chicken 10- Planet of my dreams 11- Be in my Video 12- Them or Us 13- Fogs with dirty little lips 14- Whipping Post

DESCARGAR 

[leblancmusicinfo]

1/2/2020

The Clash - Combat Rock while bagging papers and Cochonne S/T cassette and a mix of Brad Mehldau - Finding Gabriel and songs from Syl Johnson - Complete Mythology while delivering.

continued Brad Mehldau and Syl Johnson mix in the car.

at WQA:

Annica- Badly Dreaming

Wild Force - Jungle of Love

Elvis Presley - Blue Suede Shoes (Remix 2010)

Wham! - Everything She Wants (7'' Remix Versión - Vocal)

Cult Of Luna - Salvation (Full Album)

Direct Control - Nuclear Tomorrow

Swithold - Slowburner (Numero Group)

at the health club:

Slave Raider - Take The World By Storm

started  1974 Truggin Across No[where]mber (Frank Zappa)

1974 11 06 - Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, PA. 01. Tush Tush Tush Intro[00:00], 02. Stinkfoot [q: Lohengrin][02:13], 1974 11 09 - Orpheum Theater, Boston, MA (Early). 03. RDNZL[09:08], 04. Village Of The Sun[21:25], 1974 11 15 - Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY. 05. Echidna's Arf[26:16], 06. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?[29:37] [q: Who Needs The Peace Corps, 07. Penguin In Bondage[36:26],

For the ride to the Post office, grocery store, and back home:

Kanye West - Jesus is King

at home - disc one from Brian Eno - Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks

[recordsarebetterthanpeople]

PEOPLE ARE BETTER THAN RECORDS : this is the end (pt 10)

Xavier Kemmlein, 42 ans, Metz.

Traducteur-geek extraordinaire et ancien guitariste des SWAMP.

A choisi Läther de FRANK ZAPPA.

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Préambule (suivez bien, parce que c’est un peu compliqué) :

En 1996, trois ans après la mort de Frank Zappa, sa femme Gail décide de sortir l’album Läther au format triple-CD chez Rykodisc. Pendant les dernières années d’une vie de conflits contre les majors, Frank Zappa publie ses disques sur ce label, première maison de disques indépendante à n’éditer que du CD, et la Zappa Family Trust entretient la « continuité conceptuelle » si chère au compositeur en continuant à travailler avec eux après sa mort. Pour être honnête, très peu d’albums posthumes de Zappa trouvent grâce à mes yeux. J’ai toujours l’impression que ces sorties ne servent qu’à me soutirer du pognon pour des morceaux que j’ai déjà entendus. Cependant, la discographie de Zappa a toujours été un business, il faut s’y faire. En 27 ans de carrière, Zappa sortira 62 albums officiels et la Zappa Family a sorti 42 albums posthumes depuis 1994. Mais le projet Läther a une histoire assez surprenante et il contient une bonne majorité de morceaux excellents, ce qui n’est pas forcément le cas de tous les albums du compositeur.

Le contexte (suivez bien, parce que c’est un peu compliqué) :

En 1976, après une collaboration de plus de dix ans, Frank finit par s’engueuler avec son manager Herb Cohen, avec qui il avait monté le label DiscReet. Frank colle un procès à Herb, affirmant qu’il s’en met trop dans les poches et qu’il signe des actes que Frank n’approuve pas. En retour, Herb entame lui aussi une procédure contre Frank, ce qui a pour effet d’immobiliser tout l’argent que les deux hommes viennent de gagner en négociant un accord amiable avec MGM à propos des droits des enregistrements des MOTHERS. Pendant toute la durée des procès, Frank ne peut pas non plus accéder à ses enregistrements antérieurs. Il décide alors de court-circuiter DiscReet et de signer un contrat avec Warner Bros pour cinq disques.

La création du monstre (suivez bien, parce que c’est un peu compliqué) :

Zappa commence par apporter à Warner Bros ses propres masters de l’album Zoot Allures, qui sortira en octobre 1976. À la même époque, il travaille (comme d’habitude) sur un nouveau projet, intitulé Läther (à prononcer comme le mot anglais “leather”). Il s’agit d’un coffret de quatre LP pensé pour réunir des enregistrements effectués depuis 1973, proposant ainsi dans un même objet les aspects les plus divers de sa musique : des chansons rock, parfois en live, des pièces pour orchestre, des instrumentaux complexes et des solos de guitare virtuoses noyés dans une mer de distorsion dégueulasse. La pochette originale sera finalement réutilisée pour Joe’s Garage.

Les négociations racontées par Gail Zappa (suivez bien, parce que c’est un peu compliqué) :

Frank Zappa propose Läther à Warner Bros. La maison de disques n’aime pas beaucoup l’idée d’un coffret et refuse de sortir le disque. Frank décide alors de le sortir chez Zappa Records, un label qu’il vient de créer avec Phonogram. Il demande une cession contractuelle de ses droits Warner pour lui permettre de publier des « projets spéciaux » (comme des coffrets). Brièvement, Warner accepte (un test pressing est réalisé pour une sortie prévue pour Halloween 1977), puis renégocie, probablement parce la major ne veut pas que le compositeur publie lui-même ses disques. Warner annonce ensuite à Frank qu’il leur doit encore quatre albums. À contrecœur, l’artiste reformate Läther et livre les albums à Warner Bros : Zappa in New York, Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt et Orchestral Favorites. C’est une première historique : jamais un artiste ne s’était libéré de ses obligations envers une maison de disques en livrant tous ses albums d’un coup. L’histoire aurait pu s’arrêter là, mais les personnalités qui s’affrontent sont têtues et déterminées.

La guerre ouverte (suivez bien, parce que c’est un peu compliqué) :

Warner refuse de publier les disques de Frank Zappa et refuse de le payer. Furieux, Frank Zappa décide finalement d’apporter Läther à KROQ, une radio locale de Pasadena, à laquelle il demande de diffuser l’intégralité du coffret. Il encourage les auditeurs à faire des copies sur cassette, distribuant ainsi le coffret gratuitement. Bien entendu, un bootleg sort en 1978.

Warner décide ensuite de sortir Zappa in New York. Une très petite quantité de disques est expédiée au Royaume-Uni, mais l’album est vite retiré des magasins. Warner ressort ensuite l’album et en censure le contenu (spécifiquement la chanson Punky’s Whips, qui se fout ouvertement de la gueule de Punky Meadows, le guitariste du groupe de glam ANGEL). Zappa, censé avoir le contrôle artistique total de ses disques, colle un procès à Warner (ça faisait longtemps). Pendant la durée du procès, soit plus d’un an, aucun album de Frank Zappa ne sortira. Finalement, Warner publiera également les trois autres albums, Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt et Orchestral Favorites, sans la moindre participation de Frank et avec des pochettes non approuvées par le compositeur. Enfin libéré de ses obligations envers Warner, il sortira son album suivant, Sheik Yerbouti, sur son propre label, Zappa Records.

En 1994, Gail Zappa et Joe Travers font un impressionnant travail d’archiviste et retrouvent les masters originaux du coffret dans le studio de Zappa, The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, au sous-sol de leur maison de Los Angeles.

L’ironie de l’histoire, c’est qu’ils sortiront Läther chez Rykodisc, qui sera racheté en 2006 par... Warner Bros. La Zappa Family a depuis quitté Rykodisc, mais le jour du rachat, quand Warner a mis la main sur l’intégralité de son catalogue, Frank a probablement fait plusieurs tours dans sa tombe.

Et le contenu du disque, alors ? (suivez bien, parce que c’est un peu compliqué) :

On peut classer les morceaux du triple CD en trois catégories : les chansons, les pièces orchestrales et les instrumentaux rock.

Je recommande très vivement d’écouter les chansons avec le texte sous les yeux. En effet, les paroles sont hilarantes et lors du concert à New York, on note la présence de plusieurs membres du Saturday Night Live, des Brecker Brothers et de l’extraordinaire Don Pardo dans le rôle du narrateur. Pour ne donner que quelques exemples : Punky’s Whips tourne la mode du glam-rock en ridicule; The Illinois Enema Bandit raconte l’histoire vraie d’un criminel qui attrape des meufs pour leur faire des lavements et Titties & Beer présente un personnage tellement con que le diable, interprété avec brio par Terry Bozzio, ne veut même pas de son âme.

Les instrumentaux et les pièces orchestrales sont un peu inégales, mais on peut citer les extraordinaires Regyptian Strut et Duke Of Orchestral Prunes avec leurs incroyables parties orchestrales, des morceaux jazz-rock complexes comme The Black Page #1, The Purple Lagoon ou RDNZL, et les pièces de musique plus avant-garde ou contemporaine comme Revised Music For Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra ou Pedro’s Dowry. Enfin, Joe Travers ressort quatre bonus tracks des placards pour complémenter le coffret original.

Bonne écoute à toutes et à tous !

[not-knowing]

RDNZL Palermo 1982

[bungitonthen]

5/5/23

9th dec 1973 show 2:  echidna’s arf of you ... don’t you ever wash that thing ... slime intro ... I’m the slime ...big swifty

9th dec 1973 show 1:  RDNZL ... montana ... dupree’s paradise ... cosmik intro ... cosmik debris

  -  frank zappa / mothers  (the roxy performances)

[somethingvinyl]

Tuesday, you say? Must be time for Vinyl Appreciation Club!

⚫️💿The Playlist 💿⚫️

🥸Frank Zappa - RDNZL

🍭Rosalía - Candy (featuring post-it censorship by the student who brought the album in 😂)

🚀Sonic Youth - Silver Rocket

♥️Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Good Lovin’ Ain’t Easy to Come By

🪩Jessie Ware - Step Into My Life

🪦Metallica - Master of Puppets

[longliverockback]

Frank Zappa Läther 1996 Rykodisc ————————————————— Tracks CD One: 01. Re-Gyptian Strut 02. Naval Aviation in Art? 03. A Little Green Rosetta 04. Duck Duck Goose 05. Down in de Dew 06. For the Young Sophisticate 07. Tryin’ to Grow a Chin 08. Broken Hearts Are for Assholes 09. The Legend of the Illinois Enema Bandit 10. Lemme Take You to the Beach 11. Revised Music for Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra 12. RDNZL

Tracks CD Two: 01. Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me? 02. The Black Page #1 03. Big Leg Emma 04. Punky’s Whips 05. Flambé 06. The Purple Lagoon 07. Pedro’s Dowry 08. Läther 09. Spider of Destiny 10. Duke of Orchestral Prune

Tracks CD Three: 01. Filthy Habits 02. Titties ‘n Beer 03. The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution 04. The Adventures of Greggery Peccary 05. Regyptian Strut (1993) 06. Leather Goods 07. Revenge of the Knick Knack People 08. Time Is Money —————————————————

Terry Bozzio

Michael Brecker

Randy Brecker

Don Brewer

Ronnie Cuber

George Duke

Roy Estrada

Bruce Fowler

Tom Fowler

Jim Gordon

Paul Humphrey

Ralph Humphrey

Eddie Jobson

Ricky Lancelotti

Andre Lewis

Tom Malone

Lou Marini

Patrick O’Hearn

Don Pardo

Emil Richards

Dave Samuels

Chester Thompson

Ruth Underwood

Chad Wakerman

Ray White

Frank Zappa

* Long Live Rock Archive

[gossipnetwork-blog]

Frank Zappa's 1973 Roxy Residency Focus of New Box Set

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Frank Zappa's 1973 Roxy Residency Focus of New Box Set

Frank Zappa’s legendary two-night, four-show December 1973 stand at Los Angeles’ Roxy Theatre will be the focus of an upcoming box set packed with unreleased performances, soundcheck and rehearsal recordings and more.

The Roxy concerts were previously featured on the 1974 live album Roxy & Elsewhere as well as the posthumous releases Roxy by Proxy and Roxy the Movie. However, the seven-CD The Roxy Performances marks the first time Zappa and the Mothers’ Roxy residency has been released in its entirety.

“This is one of my favorite FZ line-ups ever. This box contains some of the best nights of music Los Angeles has ever seen with their ears at an historic venue,” Ahmet Zappa said in a statement. “Hold on to your hotdogs people. This box is the be-all-end-all. This is it. This is all of it. It’s time to get your rocks off for the Roxy.”

In addition to the four performances spread over December 9th and 10th, 1973, the box set also features recordings from a December 8th film shoot and soundcheck from the venue, as well as material laid down on December 12th at nearby Bolic Studios, where Zappa and company worked on songs that would appear on 1974’s Apostrophe.

The Roxy Performances, due out February 2nd and available to preorder now, also contains a 48-page booklet with liner notes by Zappa vaultmaster Joe Travers and essays by Zappa associates Jen Jewel Brown and Dave Alvin.

The Roxy Performances Track List

DISC 1 12-9-73 Show 1 1. “Sunday Show 1 Start” 2. “Cosmik Debris” 3. “‘We’re Makin’ A Movie'” 4. “Pygmy Twylyte” 5. “The Idiot Bastard Son” 6. “Cheepnis” 7. “Hollywood Perverts” 8. “Penguin In Bondage” 9. “T’Mershi Duween” 10. “The Dog Breath Variations” 11. “Uncle Meat” 12. “RDNZL” 13. “Montana” 14. “Dupree’s Paradise”

DISC 2 1. “Dickie’s Such An Asshole” 12-9-73 Show 2 2. “Sunday Show 2 Start” 3. “Inca Roads” 4. “Village Of The Sun” 5. “Echidna’s Arf (Of You)” 6. “Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?” 7. “Slime Intro” 8. “I’m The Slime” 9. “Big Swifty”

DISC 3 1. “Tango #1 Intro” 2. “Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen’s Church)” 3. “Medley: King Kong/Chunga’s Revenge/Son Of Mr. Green Genes” 12-10-73 Show 1 4. “Monday Show 1 Start” 5. “Montana” 6. “Dupree’s Paradise” 7. “Cosmik Intro” 8. “Cosmik Debris”

DISC 4 1. “Bondage Intro” 2. “Penguin In Bondage” 3. “T’Mershi Duween” 4. “The Dog Breath Variations” 5. “Uncle Meat” 6. “RDNZL” 7. “Audience Participation – RDNZL” 8. “Pygmy Twylyte” 9. “The Idiot Bastard Son” 10. “Cheepnis” 11. “Dickie’s Such An Asshole” 12-10-73 Show 2 12. “Monday Show 2 Start” 13. “Penguin In Bondage” 14. “T’Mershi Duween” 15. “The Dog Breath Variations” 16. “Uncle Meat” 17. “RDNZL”

DISC 5 1. “Village Of The Sun” 2. “Echidna’s Arf (Of You)” 3. “Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?” 4. “Cheepnis – Percussion” 5. “‘I Love Monster Movies” 6. “Cheepnis” 7. “Turn The Light Off’/Pamela’s Intro” 8. “Pygmy Twylyte” 9. “The Idiot Bastard Son” 10. “Tango #2 Intro” 11. “Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen’s Church)”

DISC 6 1. “Dickie’s Such An Asshole” Bonus Section: 12-10-73 Roxy Rehearsal 2. “Big Swifty – In Rehearsal” 3. “Village Of The Sun” 4. “Farther O’Blivion – In Rehearsal” 5. “Pygmy Twylyte” 6. “That Arrogant Dick Nixon” 12-12-73 Bolic Studios Recording Session 7. “Kung Fu – In Session” 8. “Kung Fu – with guitar overdub” 9. “Tuning and Studio Chatter” 10. “Echidna’s Arf (Of You) – In Session” 11. “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow – In Session” 12. “Nanook Rubs It – In Session” 13. “St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast – In Session” 14. “Father O’Blivion – In Session” 15. “Rollo (Be-Bop Version)”

DISC 7 12-8-73 Sound Check/Film Shoot” 1. “Saturday Show Start” 2. “Pygmy Twylyte/Dummy Up” 3. “Pygmy Twylyte – Part II” 4. “Echidna’s Arf (Of You)” 5. “Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?” 6. “Orgy, Orgy” 7. “Penguin In Bondage” 8. “T’Mershi Duween” 9. “The Dog Breath Variations” 10. “Uncle Meat/Show End”

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Frank Zappa’s Legendary 1973 "The Roxy Performances" Captured On Definitive Seven-CD Boxed Set Complete collection includes all four public shows, invite-only soundcheck, rehearsal and Bolic Studios session. Digital pre-order receives instant gratification download of “RDNZL.” Available On