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FUNKY NOTHINGNESS

Frank Zappa

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4.08 | 9 ratings | 2 reviews | 44% 5 stars

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Boxset/Compilation, released in 2023

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1 (64:56)
1. Funky Nothingness (1:49)
2. Tommy/Vincent Duo I (0:44)
3. Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild (2:46)
4. I'm a Rollin' Stone (12:20)
5. Chunga's Revenge (Basement version) (9:21)
6. Basement Jam (6:27)
7. Work with Me Annie / Annie Had a Baby (2:48)
8. Tommy/Vincent Duo II (6:42)
9. Sharleena (1970 Record Plant mix) (12:15)
10. Khaki Sack (8:09)
11. Twinkle Tits (1:35)

CD 2 (70:58)
1. Chunga's Revenge (take 5) (16:16)
2. Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild (take 4) (3:16)
3. Transylvania Boogie (unedited master) (18:13)
4. Sharleena (unedited master) (14:56)
5. Work with Me Annie / Annie Had a Baby (alternate edit) (4:29)
6. Twinkle Tits (take 1, false start) (0:48)
7. Twinkle Tits (take 2) (13:00)

CD 3 (64:58)
1. The Clap (unedited master - Pt. I) (11:28)
2. The Clap (unedited master - Pt. II) (4:38)
3. Tommy/Vincent Duo (21:53)
4. Chunga's Revenge (take 8) (19:48)
5. Halos and Arrows (3:03)
6. Moldred (take 8) (3:22)
7. Fast Funky Nothingness (0:46)

Total Time 200:52

Line-up / Musicians

- Frank Zappa / vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion

With:
- Don "Sugarcane" Harris / vocals, violin, organ
- Ian Underwood / keyboards, saxophone, rhythm guitar
- Max Bennett / electric bass, acoustic bass
- Aynsley Dunbar / drums
- Roy Estrada / bass
- Motorhead Sherwood / rhythm guitar

Releases information

3CD Zappa Records ZR20043 (USA, June 30, 2023)
2LP Universal Music Enterprises ZR20043-1 (USA, June 30, 2023)

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FRANK ZAPPA Funky Nothingness ratings distribution


4.08
(9 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(44%)
44%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(44%)
44%
Good, but non-essential (11%)
11%
Collectors/fans only (0%)
0%
Poor. Only for completionists (0%)
0%

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Review by Warthur
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4 stars Funky Nothingness finds Frank Zappa and a hand-picked group of musicians, many of whom were major contributors to Hot Rats, workshopping a potential followup to that album in early 1970, prior to the lineup changes which would eventually see Flo and Eddie join the group and a more scatological comedy rock direction emerging by the end of the year.The keepers of the Zappa vaults have arranged this so that the theoretical album proper consists of the first CD of the three-CD set (or both LPs of the vinyl release); the remaining material is unfinished session material and the like, much as was collected on The Hot Rats Sessions.

So, if we entertain the idea that this would have been a double album followup to Hot Rats, what do we make of it? Well, it's certainly an interesting one. Sugarcane Harris' violin work makes him a star player for sure, whilst the overall tenor of the compositions feels like a notch deeper into blues and R&B territory than the previous release. You don't really have any frenetic, high-energy workouts to compare with, say, Son of Mr. Green Genes from Hot Rats, but the precision production and jazzy atmosphere feels much of a piece with it. Take the slowest tracks on Hot Rats, make that your benchmark for the fastest things get, and you may have a rough pointer in the direction of Funky Nothingness territory.

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4 stars The so called sequel of Hot Rats. The violin solos alone throughout the album by massively underrated virtuoso Sugarcane Harris, who is on-par, if not above of Jean-Luc Ponty, cover the price of admission. Not to mention the drum-and-guitar duet jams by Ansley Dunbar (one of best drummers of ... (read more)

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