FRANK ZAPPA - 1971 - "200 Motels" (OST ) w/Original Booklet AND Poster

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SYNOPSIS

When you see the sealed versions of this album, are you positivie that it is a release that included the 22' x 32" colorful poster of 200 Motels. Are you sure the it has the 11" x 11" booklet that was pertinent to the soundtract, and are you sure if it is in the jacket does it have the "Certificate of Approval and Rating on the back of that booklet.......be sure, as this has all

Very Unusual to have a DEBUT album be graded as a FIVE (5) Star album, but this one surely breaks the mold. It's difficult to find in this condition and even tougher finding it with the blub inside the gatefold in regards to finding the map to the hot spots of Los Angeles......a true gem.. 

The soundtrack to Frank Zappa's strange early-'70s film 200 Motels was always doomed to be a peripheral entry in his discography. The movie's story was not easy to follow, and neither is the record (not that plot was ever a big focus of the production). It's typically wacky Zappa of the era, with unpredictable sharp turns between crunchy rock bombast, orchestration, and jazz/classical influences, as well as interjections of wacky spoken dialogue. Those who like his late-'60s/early-'70s work -- not as song-oriented as his first albums, in other words, but not as "serious" or as silly as his later records -- will probably like this fine, although it's not up to the level of Uncle Meat. It's funny in spots as well, especially the part where a disgruntled sideman gets tempted away from the band to do his own thing (a libretto that was, apparently, based on real-life incidents concerning Zappa sideman Jeff Simmons, who left during the project). On the other hand, there's a growing tendency to deploy the smutty, cheap humor that would soon dominate much ofZappa's work. Originally released in 1971, this didn't make it onto CD until 1997, in a two-disc package that included a bit of bonus material, although this was merely four promotional radio spots for the film and the single edit of "Magic Fingers.*

* per AllMusic.com, or other applicable music website

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