From: mingus@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Damballah Wedo)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Re: Frank Zappa/Waka-Jawaka
Date: 1 Oct 92 02:44:25 GMT
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> grumpy@jpradley.jpr.com (Jeff Markel):
> Anybody with more jazz-attuned ears than mine have an opinion of this album
> and Zappa's music in general?

Zappa is a SERIOUSLY talented composer and musician.
It's both good and bad that he refused for so long to
take himself seriously. It caused a whole lot of people
to get hung up on the doo-doo caca jokes and miss the
rather amazing contexts he built for himself and his
band. This is especially true of the early editions of
the Mothers of Invention. I listened to these albums while
I was entering the stuff into recdb, for the first time
in some ten years and was astonished. Side 4 of UNCLE MEAT,
and "Ian Underwood Whipe It Out", for two small examples.
"My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama", for another.
Do try to find these albums.

The later stuff leaves me increasingly cold. He got cynical
(as he said when he broke up the Mothers "nobody understands
this band"), then he got interested in so-called symphonic,
then he got deep into the Synclavier. Most/all of his output
from these periods is not so interesting to me. Others will
disagree; that's OK, the one thing about Zappa (like Ellington
in a very different way) is that his output is so large that
it's almost certain that SOMETHIGN of his will satisfy an
open minded music lover.

Zappa, Frank                                               Verve V-5005-2X (LP)
Title: Freak Out!                                                              
Recorded: 1966 at Unknown                                                      
Released: 1966
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Lead Guitar, Vocals                                
      Jimmy Carl Black, Drums                                                  
      Roy Estrada, Bass                                                        
      Elliot Ingber, Rhythm Guitar                                             
Contents:  1) Hungry Freaks, Daddy                                     ( 03:27)
           2) I Ain't Got No Heart                                     ( 02:30)
           3) Who Are The Brain Police                                 ( 03:22)
           4) Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder                       ( 03:31)
           5) Motherly Love                                            ( 02:45)
           6) How Could I Be Such A Fool                               ( 02:12)
           7) Wowie Zowie                                              ( 02:45)
           8) You Didn't Try To Call Me                                ( 03:17)
           9) Any Way The Wind Blows                                   ( 02:52)
          10) I'm Not Satisfied                                        ( 02:37)
          11) You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here                   ( 03:37)
          12) Trouble Every Day                                        ( 06:16)
          13) Help, I'm A Rock                                         ( 08:37)
          14) The Return of the Son of Monster Magnets                 ( 12:17)
          Total:                                                       ( 60:05)
Purchased: No Date
Comments: With the Mothers of Invention                                        

Zappa, Frank                                                 Verve V6-5013 (LP)
Title: Absolutely Free                                                         
Recorded: 1967 at Unknown                                                      
Released: 1967
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Lead Guitar, Vocals                                       Ray Collins, Vocals                                                      
      Jimmy Carl Black, Drums                                                  
      Roy Estrada, Bass                                                        
      Billy Mundi, Percussion                                                  
      Don Preston, Piano, Keyboards                                            
      Bunk Gardner, Saxophones, Flute                                          
      Jim Motorhead Sherwood, Saxophones                                       
Contents:  1) Plastic People                                           ( 03:40)
           2) The Duke of Prunes                                       ( 02:12)
           3) Amnesia Vivace                                           ( 01:01)
           4) The Duke Regains His Chops                               ( 01:45)
           5) Call Any Vegetable                                       ( 02:19)
           6) Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin           ( 06:57)
           7) Soft-sell Conclusion and Ending of Side 1                ( 01:40)
           8) America Drinks                                           ( 01:52)
           9) Status Back Baby                                         ( 02:52)
          10) Uncle Bernie's Farm                                      ( 02:09)
          11) Son of Suzy Creamcheese                                  ( 01:33)
          12) Brown Shoes Don't Make It                                ( 07:26)
          13) America Drinks And Goes home                             ( 02:43)
          Total:                                                       ( 38:09)
Purchased: No Date
Comments: With the Mothers of Invention                                        

Zappa, Frank                                                  Reprise 2028 (LP)
Title: Weasels Ripped My Flesh                                                 
Recorded: 1967 - 1969 at Philadelphia Arena, Festival Hall, London, Thee
          Image, Miami, The Factory, the Bronx, TTG Studio, Hollywood,
          Whitney Studios, Glendal, CA, A&R Studios, New York, and Apostolic
          Studios, New York                                                    
Released: 1970
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Lead Guitar, Vocals                                
      Ian Underwood, Alto Sax                                                  
      Bunk Gardner, Tenor Sax                                                  
      Jim Motorhead Sherwood, Baritone Sax, Snorks                             
      Buzz Gardner, Trumpet, Fluglehorn                                        
      Roy Estrada, Bass, Vocals                                                
      Jimmy Carl Black, Drums                                                  
      Artie Tripp, Drums                                                       
      Don Preston, Piano, Organ                                                
      Ray Collins, Vocals                                                      
      Sugarcane Harris, Violin, Vocals                                         
      Lowell George, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals                                     
Contents:  1) Didja Get Any Onya                                       ( 03:44)
           2) Directly From My Heart To You                            ( 05:17)
           3) Prelude To The Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask  ( 03:35)
           4) Toads of the Short Forest                                ( 04:48)
           5) Get A Little                                             ( 02:35)
           6) Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue                            ( 06:53)
           7) Swarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula           ( 02:12)
           8) My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama                        ( 03:35)
           9) Oh No                                                    ( 01:46)
          10) The Orange County Lumber Truck                           ( 03:18)
          11) Weasels Ripped My Flesh                                  ( 02:05)
          Total:                                                       ( 39:48)
Purchased: No Date
Comments: With the Mothers of Invention                                        

Zappa, Frank                                                Verve 2317 046 (LP)
Title: Lumpy Gravy                                                             
Recorded: 2/1967 at Unknown                                                    
Released: 1968
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Lead Guitar, Vocals                                       Ray Collins, Vocals                                                      
      Jimmy Carl Black, Drums                                                  
      Roy Estrada, Bass                                                        
      Billy Mundi, Percussion                                                  
      Don Preston, Piano, Keyboards                                            
      Bunk Gardner, Saxophones, Flute                                          
      Jim Motorhead Sherwood, Saxophones                                       
      Shelly Manne, Drums                                                      
      Lincoln Mayorga, Piano                                                   
      Pete Jolly, Piano                                                        
      Victor Feldman, Percussion                                               
      Ken Shroyer, Trombone                                                    
      Jimmy Bond, Bass                                                         
Contents: 1) Lumpy Gravy Part 1                                        ( 00:00)
          2) Lumpy Gravy Part 2                                        ( 00:00)
Purchased: No Date
Comments: Many other sidemen, and a string session too, names omitted.         

Zappa, Frank                                                Verve V6 5045X (LP)
Title: We're Only In It For The Money                                          
Recorded: 8/1967 - 10/1967 at Mayfair Studios, probably Los Angeles, CA        
Released: 1967
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Lead Guitar, Vocals                                
      Billy Mundi, Drums, Vocals, Black Lace Underwear                         
      Bunk Gardner, Various Woodwinds, Mumbled Weirdness                       
      Roy Estrada, Bass, Vocals, Asthma                                        
      Don Preston, Keyboards, Retired                                          
      Jimmy Carl Black, Drums, Trumpet, Vocals, Indian of the Group            
      Ian Underwood, Piano, Woodwinds, Wholesome                               
      Jim Motorhead Sherwood, Soprano Sax, Baritone Sax, All Purpose
                              Weirdness, Teen Appeal                           
      Eric Clapton, Guitar Cameo                                               
      Sid Sharpe, Orchestra Conductor                                          
Contents:  1) Are You Hung Up                                          ( 01:23)
           2) Who Needs The Peace Corps                                ( 02:34)
           3) Concentration Moon                                       ( 02:32)
           4) Mom & Dad                                                ( 02:16)
           5) Bow Tie Daddy                                            ( 01:22)
           6) Harry, You're A Beast                                    ( 01:22)
           7) What's The Ugliest Part of Your Body?                    ( 01:03)
           8) Absolutely Free                                          ( 03:26)
           9) Flower Punk                                              ( 03:57)
          10) Hot Poop                                                 ( 00:16)
          11) Nasal Retentive Calliope Music                           ( 02:00)
          12) Let's Make the Water Turn Black                          ( 01:54)
          13) The Idiot Bastard Son                                    ( 03:27)
          14) Lonely Little Girl                                       ( 01:10)
          15) Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance                     ( 01:33)
          16) What's The Ugliest Part of Your Body?                    ( 01:03)
          17) Mother People                                            ( 02:30)
          18) The Chrome-Plated Megaphone of Destiny                   ( 06:30)
          Total:                                                       ( 40:18)
Purchased: No Date
Comments: With the Mothers of Invention                                        

Zappa, Frank                                              Bizarre 2MS 2024 (LP)
Title: Uncle Meat                                                              
Recorded: 10/1967 - 2/1968 at (mainly) Apostolic Studios, New York, NY         
Released: 1968
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Lead Guitar, Low Grade Vocals, Percussion          
      Ray Collins, Swell Vocals                                                
      Jimmy Carl Black, Drums, Droll Humor, Poverty                            
      Roy Estrada, Bass, Cheeseburger, Pachuco falsetto                        
      Don Preston, Electric Piano, Tarot Cards, Brown Rice                     
      Billy Mundi, Drums on some pieces                                        
      Bunk Gardner, Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Sax,
                    Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Bassoon                               
      Ian Underwood, Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Celeste, Flute, Clarinet,
                     Alto Sax, Baritone Sax, Special Assistance, Industrial
                     Relations, Teen Appeal                                    
      Artie Tripp, Drums, Tympani, Vibes, Marimba, Xylophone, Wood Blocks,
                   Bells, Chimes, Cheerful Outlook                             
      Jim Motorhead Sherwood, Pop Star, Frenetic Tenor Sax Stylings,
                              Tambourine, Choreography, Equipment
                              setter-upper when he's not hustling local
                              groupies                                         
Contents:  1) Uncle Meat (Main Title Theme)                            ( 01:54)
           2) The Voice of Cheese                                      ( 00:27)
           3) Nine Types of Industrial Pollution                       ( 05:56)
           4) Zolar Czakl                                              ( 00:57)
           5) Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague                    ( 05:51)
           6) The Legend of the Golden Arches                          ( 01:24)
           7) Louie Louie                                              ( 02:28)
           8) The Dog Breath Variations                                ( 01:36)
           9) Sleeping In A Jar                                        ( 00:49)
          10) Our Bizarre Relationship                                 ( 01:05)
          11) The Uncle Meat Variations                                ( 04:40)
          12) Electric Aunt Jemima                                     ( 01:53)
          13) Prelude To King Kong                                     ( 03:24)
          14) God Bless America                                        ( 01:22)
          15) A Pound for a Brown on the Bus                           ( 01:29)
          16) Ian Underwood Whips It Out                               ( 05:08)
          17) Mr. Green Genes                                          ( 03:10)
          18) We Can Shoot You                                         ( 01:48)
          19) If We'd All Been Living In California                    ( 01:29)
          20) The Air                                                  ( 02:57)
          21) Project X                                                ( 04:47)
          22) Cruising For Burgers                                     ( 02:19)
          23) King Kong Itself (as played by the Mothers in the
          studio)                                                      ( 00:53)
          24) King Kong (its magnificence as interpreted by Dom
          DeWild)                                                      ( 01:15)
          25) King Kong (as Motorhead explains it)                     ( 01:44)
          26) King Kong (the Gardner varieties)                        ( 06:17)
          27) King Kong (as played by 3 deranged Good Humor trucks)    ( 00:29)
          28) King Kong (the Underwood ramifications)                  ( 07:22)
          Total:                                                       ( 74:53)
Purchased: No Date
Comments: With the Mothers of Invention                                        
          7 recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, London.                    
          14 recorded live at the Whisky A Go Go, Hollywood, CA.               
          18 recorded live in Copenhagen.                                      
          30 recorded on a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track live
          at the Miami Pop Festival.                                           

Zappa, Frank                                               Bizarre RS 6370 (LP)
Title: Burnt Weeny Sandwich                                                    
Recorded: 1969 at Unknown                                                      
Released: 1969
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Lead Guitar, Vocals, Organ                         
      Ray Collins, Vocals                                                      
      Jimmy Carl Black, Drums                                                  
      Roy Estrada, Bass,                                                       
      Don Preston, Electric Piano, Keyboards                                   
      Billy Mundi, Drums                                                       
      Bunk Gardner, Reeds                                                      
      Ian Underwood, Keyboards, Flute, Reeds                                   
      Jim Motorhead Sherwood, Reeds                                            
      Sugarcane Harris, Violin                                                 
Contents: 1) WPLJ                                                      ( 03:02)
          2) Igor's Boogie Phase One                                   ( 00:40)
          3) Overture to a Holiday In Berlin                           ( 01:29)
          4) Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich                           ( 04:35)
          5) Igor's Boogie, Phase Two                                  ( 00:35)
          6) Holiday in Berlin, Full Blown                             ( 06:27)
          7) Aybe Sea                                                  ( 02:45)
          8) Little House I Used To Live In                            ( 21:52)
          9) Valarie                                                   ( 03:15)
          Total:                                                       ( 44:40)
Purchased: No Date
Comments: With the Mothers of Invention                                        

Zappa, Frank                                               Bizarre RS 6356 (LP)
Title: Hot Rats                                                                
Recorded: 8/1969 - 9/1969 at Unknown                                           
Released: 1970
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Guitar, Octave Bass, Percussion                    
      Ian Underwood, Piano, Organ, Flute, Clarinet, Saxes                      
      Captain Beefheart, Vocal (on 2)                                          
      Sugarcane Harris, Violin (on 2 and 4)                                    
      Jean-Luc Ponty, Violin (on 6)                                            
      John Guerin, Drums (on 2, 4, 6)                                          
      Paul Humphrey, Drums (on 3, 5)                                           
      Ron Selico, Drums (on 1)                                                 
      Max Bennett, Bass (on 2-6)                                               
      Shuggy Otis, Bass (on 1)                                                 
Contents: 1) Peaches En Regalia                                        ( 03:58)
          2) Willie The Pimp                                           ( 09:25)
          3) Son of Mr. Green Genes                                    ( 08:58)
          4) Little Umbrellas                                          ( 03:09)
          5) The Gumbo Variations                                      ( 12:55)
          6) It Must Be A Camel                                        ( 05:18)
          Total:                                                       ( 43:43)
Purchased: No Date

Zappa, Frank                                            Rykodisc RCD 10026 (CD)
Title: The Grand Wazoo                                                         
Recorded: 1972 at Unknown                                                      
Released: 1972
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Guitar, Vocals                                     
      Janet Neville-Ferguson, Vocals                                           
      Ernie Watts, Sax (on 3 only)                                             
      Mike Altschul, Woodwinds                                                 
      Earl Dumler, Woodwinds                                                   
      Tony Ortega, Woodwinds                                                   
      Joanne Caldwell McNabb, Woodwinds                                        
      Johnny Rotella, Woodwinds                                                
      Fred Jackson, Woodwinds                                                  
      Sal Marquez, Brass, Vocals                                               
      Malcolm McNabb, Brass                                                    
      Bill Byers, Trombone                                                     
      Ken Shroyer, Brass                                                       
      Ernie Tack, Brass                                                        
      Don Preston, Mini-Moog                                                   
      George Duke, Keyboards                                                   
      Tony Duran, Guitar                                                       
      Aynsley Dunbar, Drums                                                    
Contents: 1) For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitchhikers)                 ( 06:06)
          2) The Grand Wazoo                                           ( 13:21)
          3) Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus                                 ( 02:57)
          4) Eat That Question                                         ( 06:43)
          5) Blessed Relief                                            ( 08:03)
          Total:                                                       ( 37:10)
Purchased: No Date

Zappa, Frank                                             DiscReet DSK 2288 (LP)
Title: Overnite Sensation                                                      
Recorded: 1973 at Unknown                                                      
Released: 1973
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Guitar, Vocals                                     
      Sal Marquez, Trumpet, Vocals                                             
      Tom Fowler, Bass                                                         
      Bruce Fowler, Trombone                                                   
      Ralph Humphrey, Drums                                                    
      Ruth Underwood, Vibes, Marimba, Percussion                               
      Ian Underwood, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax                      
      George Duke, Keyboards                                                   
      Jean-Luc Ponty, Violin                                                   
Contents: 1) Camarillo Brillo                                          ( 04:01)
          2) I'm The Slime                                             ( 03:35)
          3) Dirty Love                                                ( 03:00)
          4) Fifty-Fifty                                               ( 06:08)
          5) Zomby Woof                                                ( 05:11)
          6) Dinah Moe Humm                                            ( 06:05)
          7) Montana                                                   ( 06:37)
          Total:                                                       ( 34:37)
Purchased: No Date

Zappa, Frank                                             DiscReet DSK 2289 (LP)
Title: Apostrophe                                                              
Recorded: 1974 at Electric Lady Studio, New York, NY, Bolic Studio,
          Inglewood, CA and Paramount Studio, Hollywood, CA                    
Released: 1974
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Guitar, Bass, Vocals                               
      Bruce Fowler, Trombone                                                   
      Sal Marquez, Trumpet                                                     
      Ian Underwood, Saxophones                                                
      Napoleon Murphy Brock, Saxophones, Back-up Vocals                        
      Ruth Underwood, Percussion                                               
      Sugarcane Harris, Violin                                                 
      Jean-Luc Ponty, Violin                                                   
      George Duke, Keyboards, Back-up Vocals                                   
      Jack Bruce, Bass                                                         
      Tom Fowler, Bass                                                         
      Jim Gordon, Drums                                                        
      John Guerin, Drums                                                       
      Aynsley Dunbar, Drums                                                    
      Ralph Humphrey, Drums                                                    
      Ray Collins, Back-up Vocals                                              
Contents: 1) Don't Eat The Yellow Snow                                 ( 02:06)
          2) Nanook Rubs It                                            ( 04:37)
          3) St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast                           ( 01:52)
          4) Father O'Blivion                                          ( 02:18)
          5) Cosmik Debris                                             ( 04:10)
          6) Excentrifugal Forz                                        ( 01:31)
          7) Apostrophe                                                ( 05:53)
          8) Uncle Remus                                               ( 02:54)
          9) Stink-Foot                                                ( 06:35)
          Total:                                                       ( 31:56)
Purchased: No Date

Zappa, Frank                                              Zappa SRZ 2-1501 (LP)
Title: Sheik Yerbouti                                                          
Recorded: 1979 at Unknown                                                      
Released: 1979
With: Frank Zappa (leader), Lead Guitar, Vocals                                
      Adrian Belew, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals                                      
      Tommy Mars, Keyboards, Vocals                                            
      Peter Wolf, Keyboards                                                    
      Patrick O'Hearn, Bass, Vocals                                            
      Terry Bozio, Drums, Vocals                                               
      Ed Mann, Percussion                                                      
      David Ocker, Clarinet (on 17 only)                                       
      Napoleon Murphy Brock, Background Vocals                                 
      Andre Lewis, Background Vocals                                           
      Randy Thornton, Background Vocals                                        
      Davey Moire, Background Vocals                                           
Contents:  1) I Have Been In You                                       ( 03:33)
           2) Flakes                                                   ( 06:41)
           3) Broken Hearts Are For Assholes                           ( 03:46)
           4) I'm So Cute                                              ( 04:20)
           5) Jones Crusher                                            ( 02:49)
           6) Whatever Happened to all the Fun in the World            ( 00:33)
           7) Rat Tomago                                               ( 05:15)
           8) We've Got To Get Into Something Real                     ( 00:32)
           9) Bobby Brown                                              ( 02:43)
          10) Rubber Shirt                                             ( 02:58)
          11) The Sheik Yerbouti Tango                                 ( 02:44)
          12) Baby Snakes                                              ( 01:50)
          13) Tryin' To Grow A Chin                                    ( 03:32)
          14) City of Tiny Lites                                       ( 05:30)
          15) Dancin' Fool                                             ( 03:43)
          16) Jewish Princess                                          ( 03:16)
          17) Wild Love                                                ( 04:10)
          18) Yo' Mama                                                 ( 12:38)
          Total:                                                       ( 70:33)
Purchased: No Date


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