Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa

Zappa's use of apostrophe ' ' ' '

Advantages: An insight into the great mind that was - Frank Zappa
Disadvantages: May be a little to wild for some people.

Apostrophe was released in 1974 on the 'Zappa' label. Track One - Don't Eat the Yellow Snow '' Quite a famous track for Zappa, but at 2mins 7secs it doesn't really provide much of an insight into what the album is going to be like. Also, as you probably have already understood, the 'yellow snow' meaning. Track Two - Nanook Rubs It ' Another funny track from Zappa, but once again doesn't really show his great creativity. Track Three - St. Alfonzo's pancake breakfast '' From the title you can probably grasp that this track is going to be quite interesting... and you wouldn't be wrong ...

chrisman225 01.10.2006 · Read full review
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Viva Zappa

Advantages: Easy to read and very informative
Disadvantages: May be difficult to track down

ISBN 0-330-31625-7. This is an important number. It's the ISBN of "The Real Frank Zappa Book" published by Picador. I bought this, read it, loved it, lent it, never got it back, forgot about it , then saw it in Fopps in Glasgow for a paltry £3.50, bought it, read it again, and now I'll tell you about it. Frank Zappa died of cancer about 1992/3 and was a great loss to the art world. He hd been making music since the early sixties , with the Mothers of Invention, and as a solo artist, and also became a respected classical composer. His work "The Yellow Shark" stayed on the classical charts for over twelve months following its release. THe book is a series of recollections about Zappa's early life and how he became who he is and the aquaintances he made along the way. The most fascinating part of this book, and the one that gives ...

mikeydred 05.02.2001 · Read full review
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You Can't Do That Onstage Anymore 2 - Frank Zappa

Advantages: a brilliant 1974 concert with a top notch Zappa band
Disadvantages: not quite the whole gig and the instrumentals may be a little off putting to newcomers

YCDTOSA volume 2 is culled from two concerts In Helsinki in 1974, expertly mixed together and presented as one complete set. The band included keyboard wizard George Duke, sax player and vocalist extraordinaire Napoleon Murphy Brock, Chester Thompson on drums (later to be in Genesis) Tom Fowler on bass and Ruth Underwood on all manner of percussion. This ensemble, small by Zappa's standards, is arguably the best he'd ever work with. The show opens with the band vamping on "Tush Tush Tush" as George and Nappy discuss backstage goings on. As soon as Zappa appears he swiftly introduces the band and we're off into "Stinkfoot", one of FZ's preferred opening numbers. A squalling guitar solo at the end and it's straight into "Inca Roads". Now listeners familiar with the studio version of "Inca Roads" on 1975's One Size Fits All will ...

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