Frank Zappa - Imaginary Diseases
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Free Music Notes for Imaginary Diseases
Free Music Review: Highly recommended
Hit: 5 Stars
Imaginary Diseases is easily the best Zappa release from 'the vault'. If you are skeptical after hearing some of the other vault releases, like I was myself, fear not and just purchase this. You will not be disappointed.Free Music Review: Jewel from the Vaults
Hit: 5 Stars
What is amazing is that this was recorded live in 1972 during Zappa's creative zenith, edited, mixed and mastered by FZ then stored away instead of being released. And like the other reviews say, this instrumental recording IS one of the best!
In the liner notes, sometimes band member and supporting guitarist, Steve Vai does a great job putting this all into context. He gives a reverant stage-side view of the prolific always varied creative genius of Frank. I'm happy to see the transition of FZ the pop-iconoclast to FZ the acknowledged genius composer. Ah, if only he were here to see it...(more importantly, to continue it!)
This recording starts off with a couple of short typically abstract pieces, the kind of Zappa music I can't handle when I'm tired and stressed, and I worried for a moment... But like a thicket of brambles at the edge of a lovely magical forest these ditties serve to protect and discourage the unadventurous. The long improvisational jams and FZ solos within are amazing, varied and delightful. Been to Kansas City is a straight ahead blues number with great guitar work and horn arrangements (at first I thought FZ must be covering a blues standard). Farther O'blivion, in typical FZ form, is all over the place giving the jazzy Petite Wazoo band room to show their chops. D.C. Boogie is quickly becoming one of my favorite tunes (Zappa or otherwise), with FZ starting off in a spacey languid jam sounding at times like he's incorporating riffs from the Allman Brothers or Marshall Tucker Band, then ending it in an (audience voted) "Boogie" which sounds alot like a San Francisco Grateful Dead/Quicksivler Messanger Service kind of affair (except with killer horns) - a decidely unZappa-like sensiblity. Imaginary Diseases and Montreal continue the variety with encore performances jamming on an extended Apostrophe-like theme. I can't imagine anyone staying in their seats for these tunes.
Overall I'm pleased and a bit surprised by this release, and the hint of more to come. Vai opines that Zappa was perhaps the most prolific composer in history, and that we'll not likely see in our life times the release of it all. Meanwhile we have Dweezil promoting his father's works with authentic and respectful renditions, and various Big Bands starting to cover FZ's complex repertoire with suitable skill. This is all good news, to old and new fans.
Free Music Review: Easy Five Stars
Hit: 5 Stars
Even among Zappa albums, nearly all of which are superb, this is a stand-out. Joe Travers plumbed the depths of the UMRK vaults for live recordings of the Petit Wazoo 10-piece band from '72. Somehow, FZ mixed and approved. Doesn't much matter how it happened, this is some beautiful music that definitely deserved to be published.
Father Oblivion is not the piece from Apostrophe. It's actually a chunk of what would later become Gregary Peccary (the part where he's inventing his trend). Much of the rest is unique, semi-improvisational performances. It's all instrumentals. FZ's solos are wonderful. The band is tighter than a drum.
Drummers be advised, there is an absolutely beautiful solo by Jim Gordon. Not overwhelming in terms of fancy technique, but an exercise in musicality that is nothing short of inspirational.
..and I thought, having been amazed by Zappa so many times, it just couldn't happen again!
Free Music Review: Frank Fans This is the ONE!
Hit: 5 Stars
After years of having friends who were devout Zappa fans I finally "gave in" and went along with them to a show during the "Broadway the Hardway Tour." I have seen roughly 100 concerts in my day. Zappa was the best. I recently opened up my copy of Relix Magazine with it's cd sampler and was hooked on the song "Imaginary Diseases." I couldn't stop listening to the one song. It took me quite awhile but I tracked down the cd and it has barely left my CD player. This is 5+ quality Zappa. It is almost like listening to a great classical performance only w/ Frank's Guitar at the lead. No exaggeration this is not a CD it is an EXPERIENCE! The Petit Wazoo must be heard to be believed. It also motivated me to go back and listen to my old Zappa with a fresh ear. This is an outstanding recording and performance; no self-respecting Zappa fan should be without it. Go on, indulge yourself; afterall it's for Frank. Free Music Review: ONE OF THE BEST
Hit: 5 Stars
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE BEST ZAPPA ALBUMS I HAVE EVER HEARD, AND I'VE GOT EM' ALL! TO THINK THAT THIS STUFF LANGUISHED AWAY FOR OVER 35 YEARS IS A CRYIN' SHAME!
7 EXCELLENT CUTS RECORDED LIVE AT VARIOUS PLACES IN 1972, IT IS FZ WITH A TEN PIECE BIG BAND. EVERY CUT IS AWESOME WITH GREAT SOUND QUALITY. ALL OF THE SELECTIONS WERE MIXED BY ZAPPA HIMSELF.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THIS CD ONE TIME, IT WILL BECOME ONE OF YOUR FAVORITES BY FZ.
BEST CUT ON THE ALBUM IS NUMBER 5, "D.C. BOOGIE", RECORDED AT A LIVE SHOW IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL, IT IS A LONG GUITAR JAM BY FRANK THAT REALLY ROCKS!
HIGHLY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.