FUNKY NOTHINGNESS

Frank Zappa

RIO/Avant-Prog

4.13 | 7 ratings

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isrort

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 all-time) and El Maestro, and the supplied groovy organ flavors by virtuoso Ian Underwood.

Add to the equation that unreleased track, I'm Rolling Stone, is not only the root source of the iconic last track of the 10-charting, gold-selling 1975 Apostrophe(') LP, but the template of Chunga's Revenge's bluesy Road Ladies.

BUT if all the later were a little thing, the tracks that stand out are Sharleena, which for the first time you will have the opportunity to listen an unedited version from the master tracks, and unreleased Twinkle Tits, which took nine takes to get it done, and Frank didn't have the time to release it, and is finally available here to enjoy it.

Regarding the sound quality, it is top notch, but don't believe me, check out the reviews at Analogplanet and Audiophile.

Do I need to say more? A masterpiece and another home run by Vaulmeister Joe Travers and the boys.

isrort | 4/5 | 2023-7-3

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