A TOKEN OF HIS EXTREME

Frank Zappa

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RIO/Avant-Prog

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4.50 | 49 ratings | 3 reviews | 62% 5 stars

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Live, released in 2013

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat (4:02)
2. Montana (6:44)
3. Earl Of Duke (5:49)
4. Florentine Pogen (11:08)
5. Stink-Foot (3:58)
6. Pygmy Twylyte (7:47)
7. Room Service (12:12)
8. Inca Roads (9:51)
9. Oh No/Son Of Orange County (7:10)
10. More Trouble Every Day (7:17)
11. A Token Of My Extreme (1:25)

Line-up / Musicians

Frank Zappa (Vocals, Guitar)
Tom Fowler (Bass)
Chester Thompson (Drums)
Ruth Underwood (Percussion)
George Duke (Keyboards, Vocals)
Napoleon Murphy Brock (Tenor Sax, Vocals)

Releases information

Official Release #97

A Token Of His Extreme Soundtrack
ZR20015

Several tracks are considerably longer than on the DVD, and different mix than Dub-Room Special CD.

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FRANK ZAPPA A Token Of His Extreme ratings distribution

4.50
(49 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(62%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(31%)
Good, but non-essential (2%)
Collectors/fans only (2%)
Poor. Only for completionists (2%)

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Review by Mellotron Storm
PROG REVIEWER

As the album cover shows, this is performed live on TV in LA on August 27, 1974. Yes the Roxy period. A six piece here and they are at the top of their game. Zappa, Duke, Thompson, Fowler, Brock and Underwood. 73 plus minutes and eleven tracks including so many classics that I've heard countless times. The sound quality is awesome and they are having so much fun here.

A lot of silliness especially on a track like "Stink-Foot" or "Room Service" and there is a lot of talking and fooling around in general. A Frank Zappa production. The one song that was a disappointment is "Inca Roads", my least favourite version that I've heard. The rest is all top notch and I'm not surprised to see a slew of 5 star reviews across the board for this one. I think it's an excellent addition to your Zappa collection myself. But it's also unique given this was performed on TV. An archival release that didn't appear until 2013.

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5 stars At the time when I made this review I already had 83 albums in my library and over 1900 songs of Frank Zappa. I'm saying this because you might think, why would you add another version of, say, Montana or Inca Roads? Out there are dozens; well... The sound quality of this baby is nothing but spec ... (read more)

Report this review (#2771720) | Posted by isrort | Monday, June 20, 2022 | Review Permanlink

5 stars This live recording was an FZ production that aired on WCET in LA 1974. Released by the family trust a few years ago, this album features many of the same songs Frank and his frozen rubber band tight band played during this period, with some surprises thrown in that will appeal to die-hard an ... (read more)

Report this review (#1652862) | Posted by PlacesofLight405 | Sunday, December 4, 2016 | Review Permanlink

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