26 June 2024
Experimental prog-jazz-rock luminary and improvisation wizard FRANK ZAPPA
(1940-1993) and his MOTHERS OF INVENTION turned traditional guitar rock
upside down from the mid-60s on.
They released countless studio albums, and several live LPs, although Zappa
used to say about the live ones: “It’s pretty hard to record what we do because
it gets so loud and ugly.”
Another concert album from the archives is now available. It’s the registration
of their 3-set concert at the legendary L.A. nightclub Whisky A Go Go in 1968.
It’s spread over 5LPs/3 CDs including some collector’s stuff. Order info here.
Press info: “On July 23, 1968, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention took over the Whisky a Go Go for an all-night affair. The entire evening was recorded with the possibility of an album project. Although bits and pieces were released by Zappa over the years, a full live album never happened, and the tapes sat in the Vault for 55 years. Now all three sets by The Mothers are being released with brand new 2023 mixes on 3-CD, 5LP and a 2-LP Highlights edition with liner notes by Joe Travers, Pamela Des Barres (The GTO’s), and an interview between Alice Cooper and Ahmet Zappa.
It’s a historic document that shows the geniality of his orchestrated cacophony on stage,
switching all sort of genres from left to right and coming up with freakish improvisations. There’s also a lot of his legendary comical chatter in between songs too. A must-have for Zappa addicts.
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