FRANK ZAPPA/THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Uncle Meat 1969 UK TRANSATLANTIC
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125
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166
£ 125
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Jul 17, 2014
Sold Date
Jul 7, 2014
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£ 20
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FRANK ZAPPA/THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Uncle Meat 1969 UK TRANSATLANTIC
HARD TO FIND UK ORIGINAL - BEAUTIFUL CONDITION - 1 PLAY
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTIONUncle Meat
UK TRANSATLANTIC (TRA 197) FIRST PRESSING (September 1969) OF THE MOTHERS' DOUBLE LP SET
STUNNING COPY OF THIS HARD TO FIND SHORT-LIVED UK TRANSATLANTIC EDITION
MOST COPIES AVAILABLE IN THE UK WERE US IMPORTS AND THE UK PRESSING WAS DELETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS
PRESSED WITH THE "MADE IN ENGLAND" WHITE/PURPLE TRANSATLANTIC LABELS
MATRIX NUMBERS: STRA 197 A1 / STRA 197 B1 / STRA 197 C1 / STRA 197 D1
(Track 3 / Side 1 is listed as "400 DAYS OF THE YEAR" on the label but as "NINE TYPES OF INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION" on the cover)
THE RECORDS ARE HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1"
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVES, MATCHING WITH UK PATENT NUMBER AND "MADE IN ENGLAND" PRINTED IN BLUE
Just three years into their recording career, the Mothers of Invention released their second double album, Uncle Meat, which began life as the largely instrumental soundtrack to an unfinished film.
It's essentially a transitional work, but it's a fascinating one, showcasing Frank Zappa's ever-increasing compositional dexterity and the Mothers' emerging instrumental prowess.
It was potentially easy to overlook Zappa's melodic gifts on albums past, but on Uncle Meat, he thrusts them firmly into the spotlight; what few lyrics there are, Zappa says, are in-jokes relevant only to the band.
Thus, Uncle Meat became the point at which Zappa began to establish himself as a composer and he would return to many of these pieces repeatedly over the course of his career.
Taken as a whole, Uncle Meat comes off as a hodgepodge, with centerpieces scattered between variations on previous pieces, short concert excerpts, less-realised experiments, doo-wop tunes, and comedy bits; the programming often feels as random as the abrupt transitions and tape experiments held over from Zappa's last few projects.
But despite the absence of a conceptual framework, the unfocused sprawl of Uncle Meat is actually a big part of its appeal.
It's exciting to hear one of the most creatively fertile minds in rock pushing restlessly into new territory, even if he isn't always quite sure where he's going.
However, several tracks hint at the jazz-rock fusion soon to come, especially the extended album closer "King Kong"; it's his first unequivocal success in that area, with its odd time signature helping turn it into a rhythmically kinetic blowing vehicle.
Though some might miss the gleeful satire of Zappa's previous work with the Mothers, Uncle Meat's continued abundance of musical ideas places it among his most intriguing works.
Track Listing: (the play is more or less continuous)
Side 1: Uncle Meat - The Voice of Cheese - Nine Types of Industrial Pollution - Zolar Czakl - Dog Breath in The Year of the Plague - The Legend of the Golden Arches - Louie Louie - The Dog Breath Variations
Side 2: Sleeping in a Jar - Our Bizarre Relationship - The Uncle Meat Variations - Electric Aunt Jemima - Prelude to King Kong - God Bless America - A Pound for a Brown on the Bus - Ian Underwood Whips it Out
Side 3: Mr Green Genes - We Can Shoot You - If We’d All Been Living in California - The Air - Project X - Cruising for Burgers
Side 4: King Kong Itself - King Kong - King Kong - King Kong - King Kong - King Kong
LABELS: NEAR MINT/MINT
An immaculate set of labels - Record One has one spindle trace on one side, Record Two has none and looks completely unplayed
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
All four surfaces are clean and shine like new with nothing but a couple of superficial and harmless hairlines
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Superb sound - crisp, sharp, fresh and finely detailed (and there's an awful lot going on here). My play-check at loud volume detected no major audio issues of note - just the occasional, random click (impossibly minor and I did not clean this copy as it looks so immaculate so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins). There are no scratches, no surface noise or any other audible distractions of any kind and the whole set plays beautifully throughout - in my opinion a final upgrade of this surreal masterpiece
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Again, superb condition - clean and unmarked with just a little storage rub to the bottom edge/corners - nothing really
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVES WITH ANTI-STATIC LINERS, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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