I'll bet have recalled bits of "Cheepnis", "Penguin In Bondage" and "Village of the Sun" Humming "Echidna's Arf (of You)" or "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing", but quite a few Hot instrumental workouts and memorable songs. Generally, the show (actually shows, which explains the elsewhere) balances between With notes before devolving into one of Frank's audience participation pieces. "The Be-Bop Tango (of The Old Jazzmen's Church)" isĮnough to drain most listeners, filling every conceivable nook and cranny of side four Although the double elpee only presents nine works, collectively it'sĪn overwhelming experience. Is nothing less than stunning - while Napoleon Murphy Brock gives the band a Underwood (previously "Presto"n) has never shined so bright - "Echidna's Arf (of You)" I'm partial to this lineup of THE MOTHERS: Ruth This one rocks: dazzling arrangements, brilliant songs, a modicum of molten guitar licksĪnd some clever stage banter. Posted Tuesday, Ap| Review this album | Report (Review #29925) After the jazzy Grand Wazoo album, Zappa made 5 records between 19, and this one is the most instrumental and jazz/fusion by far! "Cheepnis" is an absolutely addictive track, very catchy, rhythm changing, complex and fast! The consecutive "Echidna's Arf" and "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" demonstrate a great mastering of the challenging synchronization of instrumentation those tracks have very complex and fast fusion patterns Ruth Underwood's percussions are outstanding! Zappa does not miss to play some impossible guitar solos. "Be-Bop Tango" is a 16 minutes tracks where Zappa invites some people in the audience to dance while George Duke scats and plays a solo at the same time this track also contains an outstanding trombone solo, plus "impossible to play" xylophone-drums-bass-trumpet combination. The record has many fast and complex instrumental parts. I would have liked more presence of Ruth, though, but overall is balanced.That's entertainment! This double LP record has been recorded live, and Frank Zappa plays the role of an entertainer on it! There are many parts where just a light background music gives an atmosphere to the conversations and to Zappa's oral presentations. The soundtrack is great soundwise, and the mix is more natural than the one Frank did in 1987 (see the tracks featured on YCDTOSA, or Roxy by Proxy). Thankfully, they managed to do it, and even though we still don't have "Dupree's Paradise", is a hell of a video I will surely revisit a lot. The brief liner notes explain how nearly impossible was to put this film together. "Dickie's Such An is simply great, and I don't know why it wasn't included on the main feature, because it works perfectly well as the closing encore. Of course, I ended asking for more after "The Idiot Bastard Son" cut when it was about to segue into another tune. The beautiful Miss Pamela makes it hard (no pun of any nature intended) for some of the boys to concentrate on their instruments, but as Frank says, "we're so professional". As I already had bought the movie via iTunes, I went directly to the extras (not featured on the download version). I finally received my CD/BR combo yesterday.
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