1970s Zappa Bootleg - Colored Vinyl - "Metal Man Has Hornet's Wings"
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Metal Man Has Hornet's Wings
Classic Frank Zappa Bootleg LP - Reputedly the very first. This issue has been pressed on translucent orange vinyl. See http://www.beefheart.com/datharp/albums/boots/metalman.htm for more information.
I bought this at a second-hand vinyl LP fair in Sydney in the early 1990s. Since then I've played it no more than half-a-dozen times. It's in good condition with no scratches and has always been stored safely amongst all my other vinyl. I take good care of my vinyl and I can guarantee no one else has even touched it since I bought it.
I will not, however, make any claims to any skill at properly grading its quality so I won't even try. All I can say is that I played it very recently and it's still in as good a condition as when I bought it - which I reckon is pretty good. Like any thirty year old vinyl it's a bit crackly in places, with occasional pops and clicks but it's possible a good wash will clear these. And if you're thinking of digitising it to MP3 it'll almost certainly clean up very easily.
The cover is intact , though a bit grubby, with the edge and surface scuffing you'd expect from it living in general vinyl collections for thirty years. The back of the cover appears to have had a label ripped off it at some stage (but before I bought it).
I've found only one oblique reference to an orange coloured pressing of this LP. My guess is that it's a fairly rare piece of Zappa bootleg history, which is essential listening for any Zappa fan.
It's an interesting collage of early Zappa and Beefheart works, apparently taken from a radio program in the 1970s. Most tracks include a few comments from Frank, in his inimitable style.
Tracks:
A1 Metal Man Has Hornet's Wings
A2 Black Napkins
A3 Instrumental / The Story Of Electricity
A4 Unconditionally Guaranteed
A5 Whiskey Gone Behind The Sun
A6 Mondo Hollywood
A7 Lightning Rod Man
A8 I Think My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
B1 Rock Around The Clock
B2 Sandwich Song
B3 How Could I Be Such A Fool
B4 Boogie For Berkeley
B5 Neon Meat Dream Of An Octafish
B6 King Kong
B7 The Speed Freak Boogie
Check out my other Zappa bootleg up for auction now: 'Fred Zappelin'.
Also keep an eye out for two more of my Zappa bootleg LPs coming up for auction soon: the original '200 Motels' performance at UCLA in 1970 and 'Dupree's Paradise' at Duke University in 1973/4.
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