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defectinggrey
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Posted: June 29 2015 at 15:07 |
This is the album that got me into Zappa. A lot of his earlier stuff is fine but some of the vocals did not appeal to me.
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Argor
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Posted: June 29 2015 at 17:28 |
- Zappa fanboy here The whole album is absolutely perfect But seriously, even if at first, when I was getting into Zappa, I didn't like the long jam-based sections, now I have grown to love them and understand how each of these is logically created and doesn't became dull or boring for a second of the album. I really do consider it perfect. Even so, some of his albums are much better than this one, but I never considered it overrated. It's more like this one isn't as unappreciated as the rest of them
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dwill123
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Posted: June 29 2015 at 17:33 |
Some of Frank's best guitar playing comes from this album.
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tboyd1802
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Posted: July 05 2015 at 06:52 |
One of my favorite Zappa albums. I do understand, however, why some would say the soloing goes on a bit long on this one; it took me several listens to get past this feeling myself.
High points for me include the already mentioned Peaches en Regalia and Little Umbrellas. I find Willie the Pimp a nice change of pace on an otherwise all instrumental album. But, what makes the album for me is the final track, It Must Be a Camel.
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He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore
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Sunflower
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Posted: July 05 2015 at 08:17 |
KingCrInuYasha wrote:
Any thoughts on the mix differences between the 1969 and the 1987 versions? I'm listening to both and there are some parts that I like in both versions.
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Hi, I only had this one on tape, so when I found it ('87 ver.) noticed it was a Completely different lp, to this day, even though its good, I really prefer the orig. album. "Little Umbrellas" type Zappa is one of my favorites. "Grand wazoo" is better but he just had to start here and like he was, a hard working studio leader.
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Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward. Victor Kiam
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PrognosticMind
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Posted: July 05 2015 at 12:27 |
THE Zappa album that got me into Zappa.
It pushed me as a listener, and got me into the Frank state of mind. Although One Size Fits All is my undisputed favorite, this is right up there. Amazing, timeless, transcendental record for me!
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"A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous. Got me?"
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: July 05 2015 at 14:17 |
The thing that impressed me is that how much of the keyboard, reed and wind stuff was done by Ian Underwood. Holy , that guy was an instrumental wrecking machine on that record. I think he could have given Ian McDonald a run for his money.
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He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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tboyd1802
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Posted: July 05 2015 at 17:44 |
PrognosticMind wrote:
THE Zappa album that got me into Zappa.
It pushed me as a listener, and got me into the Frank state of mind. Although One Size Fits All is my undisputed favorite, this is right up there. Amazing, timeless, transcendental record for me! |
I agree, One Size Fits All is my go-to Zappa album also.
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He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore
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