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FRANK ZAPPA
HOT RATS
 
\ USA - (aqua) BIZARRE RECORDS - RS 6356
Original 1969 first pressing vinyl in thick gatefold cover with the original Zappa inner sleeve and on the original aqua Bizarre label....a strong showcase for Zappa and guitar work and a tight unified band getting it on
Standing in the middle of his avant-garde Mother of Invention work, Hot Rats was a shock, if nothing else, for his fans. These long focused pieces took cues from free jazz players such as Coltrane and Ayler. Zappa built this LP around his rock-based sound and incorporated a free improv environment that was very different from the San Francisco "jam" bands of the time. Essentially he brought the dirt and aggression of rock into the complex improvised composition style of jazz, giving his own vision of fusion. Hauling in Mothers Of Invention multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood, Jean-Luc Ponty on violin, Shuggy Otis on bass, Zappa also relied upon long time friend and co-conspirator Captain Beefheart to supply the vocals on "Willie the Pimp."
"Willie The Pimp" destroys any idea of light pop ideology, ripping open with a dirty riff from the violin, followed by Frank Zappa hammering along with a wall of grunge and distorted guitar before Captain Beefheart launches into his freaked-out vocals. What is the infamy of this track? Captain Beefheart's white-Howlin' Wolf spewing Lawrence Ferlingetti poetry for one. But the clincher is Zappa's guitar solo, which takes up the majority of the 9-minute track. For the first time ever on any Zappa/MOI record, he lets go and jams out a truly massive solo. Though this record has its share of straight out rock solos, a complex foundation underlies each track in which Zappa, for the first time, displays more of his strong guitar work,than his vocals. Zappa's fans tend to be quite musically articulate and have come to understand his idiosyncrasies, in 1969 Hot Rats was one of the first of it's kind, delivering a shock to Mothers Of Invention/Zappa fans....
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Side one
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"Peaches en Regalia" – 3:58
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"Willie the Pimp" – 9:25
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"Son of Mr. Green Genes" – 8:58
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Side two
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Little Umbrellas" – 3:09
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"The Gumbo Variations" – 12:55
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"It Must Be a Camel" – 5:15
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CONDITION: The gatefold cover has a bit of shelf wear but nothing bad, VG++, solid seams, looks still cllectible...
The vinyl is all glossy "VG++" to "EX" (excellent) playing easy M-
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SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
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GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG-
M Completely clean, no marks
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this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed"
VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps
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