FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS ABSOLUTELY FREE 67 LP SEALED
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Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention~Absolutely Free
~Original 1967 Verve Stereo LP~
SEALED MINT~INCREDIBLE!!
Good luck in finding another original still sealed copy of this fine LP!!
Absolutely Free
Artist:
Frank Zappa
Release Date:
May 1995
Format:
GATEFOLD LP [VINYL-SEALED]
Record Label:
VERVE-V6-5013
Genre:
Rock
UPC:
ABSOLUTELY NO BARCODE
Sub-Genre:
Progressive & Art Rock
Duration:
Album or LP
Additional Information about Absolutely Free
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Track listing
All tracks written by Frank Zappa.
Side one
Suite No. 1: "Absolutely Free" (1st in a Series of Underground Oratorios)
- "Plastic People" – 3:42
- "The Duke of Prunes" – 2:13
- "Amnesia Vivace" – 1:01
- "The Duke Regains His Chops" – 1:52
- "Call Any Vegetable" – 2:15
- "Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin" – 7:00
- "Soft-Sell Conclusion" – 1:40
- "Big Leg Emma" – 2:31
- "Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?" – 2:37
Side two
Suite No. 2: "The M.O.I. American Pageant" (2nd in a Series of Underground Oratorios)
- "America Drinks" – 1:52
- "Status Back Baby" – 2:54
- "Uncle Bernie's Farm" – 2:10
- "Son of Suzy Creamcheese" – 1:34
- "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" – 7:30
- "America Drinks and Goes Home" – 2:46
Personnel
- Frank Zappa – guitar, conductor, vocals
- Jimmy Carl Black – drums, vocals
- Ray Collins – vocals, tambourine
- Don Ellis – trumpet on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It"
- Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
- Bunk Gardner – woodwinds
- Billy Mundi – drums, percussion
- Don Preston – keyboards
- John Rotella – percussion
- Jim Fielder – guitar, piano
- Pamela Zarubica – vocals
Details
Playing time:
44 min.
Producer:
Tom Wilson
Distributor:
Verve
Recording type:
Studio
Recording mode:
Stereo
SPAR Code:
AAD
Album notes
Full performer name: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention.
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals); Ray Collins (vocals); Bunk Gardner (saxophone); Don Preston (keyboards, vocals); Roy Estrada (bass, vocals); Jimmy Carl Black, Billy Mundi (drums, percussion, vocals).
Before becoming obsessed with sex, politics and the Synclavier, Frank Zappa was a performer of great whimsy, who here, on his second album, was singing about such topics as fruits and vegetables while also displaying a developing critical attitude toward American social mores. Dense with musical references from "Louie Louie" to Holst's "The Planets," ABSOLUTELY FREE is a testament to the young Zappa's awesome musical breadth. These Mothers of Invention lack the precision of Zappa's later combos, but give a firm R&B grounding to his experimentation. ABSOLUTELY FREE includes the classic "Brown Shoes Don't Make It," a biting parody of suburban American values, along with forgotten masterpieces like "Call Any Vegetable," a tune pointing out the ease with which we can become in tune with our little green buddies.
Editorial reviews
4 Stars - Excellent - A pair of side-long 'underground oratorios' crystallising Zappa's life themes--the corruptions of materialism, the vacuity of modern culture, the value of vegetables--and his technique, montaging ham-fisted mock opera with puerile bubblegum and a jazz-rock that writhes with exhilaration...
Q (08/01/1995)
Down Beat 3 Stars – Very good
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