Frank Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere
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Free Music Review: best live recording of nixon era outside of nixon tapes
Hit: 5 Stars
This is simply the best-sounding live recording I have ever heard. Most of the disc was recorded using 16-track equipment, a rarity for 1973. It sounds like you're in a small-club, in the third-row, center. Not only is the listener hit with a jazz/funk/blues small-big band-big bang (11 members: 3 guitars, 2 keyboards, 3 percussion, 3 brass) fronted by the free world's most underrated guitarist (see solo on "More Trouble Every Day") but Mr. Zappa's spoken and compositional humor is at a peak. (see "Cheepnis") Mostly songs with words, this disc features two inconceivable-for-stage instrumentals which are effectively nailed. This album is virtual Zappa and, although no substitute for the real thing, offers a slight return to perhaps Zappa's most astute combo. A 10? This one goes to 11. Get it, folks, even if you have to hide it from the spouse.Free Music Review: Wish I could give it 6 stars!
Hit: 5 Stars
This dynamic live album is a masterpiece of arrangement and musicianship. The songs on R&E reflect Zappa's love affair with the absurd. Through this absurdity, however, emerges an album of astonishing sophistication. Jaw-dropping musicianship and tightly-constructed instrumental interludes blanket the album. Zappa gets very bluesy and heavy on the R&E record. "Penguin in Bondage", "More Trouble Every Day", and "Son of Orange County" bring slinky rhythms, performed by a world class rhythm section. "Village of the Sun", one of the album's many highlights, reveals a lovely vocal and pudding-like(!) texture. PEOPLE OF AMERICA! LISTEN TO ZAPPA! YOU'LL LOVE IT! IT'S A WAY OF LIFE!Free Music Review: PRICELESS FOR "CHEEPNIS" & "BEBOP TANGO" ALONE...
Hit: 5 Stars
This is my favorite Mothers live release and it's very well recorded. I rarely listen to anything on it but the last 4 cuts which segue most excellently. "Cheepnis" is everyone's idea of the typical 1950's monster flick scenario (an inverted pup-tent affair!). "More Trouble Every Day" is a bit dated but what ferocious soloing by Zappa. "The Bebop Tango" is wierd but so well choreographed by Zappa's running commentary that it is easy to see yourself in the audience trying to "dance to the little notes." Zappa's intro of his band (at the end, no less) is hilarious and rates ***** for Humor in Rock (or is it Jazz-Rock, who cares?) Definitely a MUST HAVE Zappa's fans!Free Music Review: Roxy and elsewhere
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite Zappa albums. It was this band with George Duke, Chester Thompson, Ruth Underwood, Ralph Humphrey and the always amazing Napolean Murphy Brock that seemed to take Zappas music to a different place than other bands he had. I would buy this CD just for the song (Village of the Sun)but it is packed with many gems along side it. It is Franks amazing compostional skill at work and the talent of the fore mentioned players that can pull it off and they are doing it LIVE baby. Something that is really missing in todays performers can be found right here if you really want to look. A must for all Zappa fans and a great one for first time Zappa listeners too. Get it, don't hesitateFree Music Review: My most favourite live album of all times
Hit: 5 Stars
Received a vinyl copy of this remarkable live recording from my father as a youngster and it served as an excellent introduction to the genius of Frank Zappa (and his ensemble).
Frank shows what he's made of and why he's recognized as one of the greatest modern composers, guitar players as well as a wizard when it came to choosing musicians for his band.
Incredible tunes, fantastic live performance, funny speeches and lyrics - this album's got it all.
I just got myself this gem on CD (remastering supervised and approved by Frank Zappa) and it's running non-stop in my car...
And it's a historical injustice that I never got to see Frank live... ;-(