Frank Zappa Sheik Yerbouti With Rare Promo Poster Original Release Mint
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Frank Zappa Sheik Yerbouti With Rare Promo Poster Original Release Mint.
Sheik Yerbouti is a double album by Frank Zappa, released in March 1979 as the first release on Zappa Records (distributed by Phonogram Inc.) It is mostly made up of live material recorded in 1977 and 1978, with extensive overdubs added in the studio. In an October 1978 interview, Zappa gave the working album title as Martian Love Secrets.
The album has some of Zappa's most satirical and controversial lyrics. "Bobby Brown" was banned from US airplay due to its sexually explicit lyrics. "I Have Been in You" pokes fun at Peter Frampton's 1977 hit "I'm in You" while emphasizing an explicit meaning. "Dancin' Fool", a Grammy nominee, became a popular disco hit despite its obvious parodical reflection of disco music. "Flakes", about lazy union workers in California, includes a parody of Bob Dylan. "Jewish Princess", a humorous look at Jewish stereotyping, attracted attention from the Anti-Defamation League, to which Zappa denied an apology, arguing: "Unlike the unicorn, such creatures do exist—and deserve to be 'commemorated' with their own special opus".
I am the original owner of this album when I purchased it I recorded it directly onto a cassette then put the records in plastic covers back inside the record sleeve and then put a plastic cover on the album it has been stored in a milk crate in an upright position ever since
Also included is a rare promo poster the poster is in very good condition and measures approximately 33” x 24”
There is a small scuff mark on the album centerfold left and right in the lower middle
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