Frank Zappa - Playground Psychotics
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Artist: Frank ZappaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1995-05-30
Music Label: Zappa Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Here Comes the Gear, Lads [Live]
- Living Garbage Truck [Live]
- A Typical Sound Track [Live]
- The Motel Lobby [Live]
- Getting Stewed [Live]
- Don't Take Me Down [Live]
- Learning "Penis Dimension" [Live]
- Zanti Serenade [Live]
- Divan [Live]
- Sleeping in a Jar [Live]
- Don't Eat There [Live]
- Brixton Still Life [Live]
- Super Grease [Live]
- Wonderful Wino [Live]
- Sharleena [Live]
- Cruisin' for Burgers [Live]
- Diptheria Blues [Live]
- Well [Live]
- Say Please [Live]
- Scumbag [Live]
- A Small Eternity With Yoko Ono [Live]
- Beer Shampoo [Live]
- Champagne Lecture [Live]
- Child Perversions [Live]
- Playground Psychotics [Live]
- The Mudshark Interview [Live]
- There's No Lust in Jazz [Live]
- Botulism on the Hoof [Live]
- Status Back Baby [Live][#]
- The London Cabtape [Live]
- Concentration Moon, Pt. 1 [Live]
- The Sanzini Brothers [Live]
- It's a Good Thing We Get Paid to Do This [Live]
- Concentration Moon, Pt. 2 [Live]
- Mom and Dad [Live]
- Intro to Music for Low Budget Orchestra
- Billy the Mountain [Live]
- He's Watching Us [Live]
- Jeff Quits [Live]
- A Bunch of Adventures [Live]
- Martin Lickert's Story [Live]
- A Great Guy [Live]
- A Version of Himself [Live]
- I Could Be a Star Now [Live]
Free Music Notes for Playground Psychotics
Free Music Review: essntial
Hit: 5 Stars
Zappa's live albums were more than performances. When CDs arrived, Zappa realized he had a format where he had more time to document his live shows. He expaneded a technique he had always used: inserting soundbites between numbers to show what it was like to be on the road during a given period. It was almost like having a back stage pass.
He played this hand broadly on Playgroud Psychtics, a document of the 1970-71 Flo and Eddie Mother's Of Invention roster. This was one of the best Zappa bands for such a format. The start of the 70s was when rock moved out of clubs into arenas, and groupies, drugs and superindulgance became a part of the rock myth. Hearing this we get to hear it unfold.
Between numbers, we get to listen to the Flo/Eddie/Zappa banter, about picking up girls, moving through airports, being asked about music and politics, and what it is like to be king when rock stars ruled the world. The music is great, if fragmented between the banter: listening to Flo and Eddie now, you realize how well they implimented Zappa's operetic stage epics.
Not enough: well, you also get the Mother's jamming with John and Yoko, with much improved sound over Some Time In New York City, with edited portions restored. There is even a soundcheck, early on disc one, where Frank punches off an amazign guitar solo, showing you how he could do something masterful each time he picked up his instrument. This guy could play a kotex.
Playground is essential to understanding the Zappa myth, and is a great collection of live rock.
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