Frank Zappa, Mothers Of Invention - The Ark
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Artist: Frank Zappa, Mothers Of InventionEdition: Music CD
Published: 1991
Music Label: Rhino (UK import)
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Free Music Review: Frank's Mothers of Invention * The Ark
Hit: 5 Stars
FRANK'S MOTHERS OF INVENTION * THE ARK comes with a bit of art work, but no liner notes. It's a rare glimpse of early in-concert Zappa. Recorded in 1968 at Boston's "Ark" using three stagefront mikes, audio clarity is remarkably good. Frank indulges here in a few amusing intros between numbers.
THE PROGRAM:
Jimmy Carl Black (the Indian in the group) vocalizes "Big Leg Emma." Zappa calls this effort "warm-up trash before we do something HEAVY.... something a little harder to listen to." He refers to the album's most unapproachable piece, "Some Ballet Music"-- a very avant garde work, to say the least.
Next, the band takes an audience request for "Status Back Baby," then Frank provides lead vocal on what he says is their just-recorded 'B' side, the doo-woppish "Valerie." It's a song "that should have a limited type of appeal in the pure grease market." He continues: "The other side of this charming teenage record is a tune called: 'My Guitar (Wants to Kill Your Mama)'." And so it does!
All these songs are prelude to the set's highlight: another audience request, "King Kong" which is preceded by the always amazing "Uncle Meat." The band's synchronicity on these complex numbers is quite impressive.
Fans of vintage "Mothers" may buy this CD with confidence!
TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 51:50
Also recommended:
UNCLE MEAT (1968) - Originally a two-LP set, it features such Zappa classics as "Cruisin' For Burgers," "Zolar Czakl," "Dog Breath," "Mr. Green Genes," "Sleeping in a Jar" and "Electric Aunt Jemima."
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Intro 0:56 Big Leg Emma 3:42 Some Ballet Music 7:16 Status Back Baby 5:48 Valarie 3:30 My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama 6:46 Uncle Meat / King Kong 23:49Rock Music CDs
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