NAKED ANGELS Fuzz Guitar JEFFREY SIMMONS / RANDY STEIRLING OST Straight ZAPPA

ARTIST: JEFF SIMMONS & RANDY STEIRLING

TITLE: NAKED ANGELS

LABEL: STRAIGHT STS 1056

PRESSING: 1969

COUNTRY: USA

GATEFOLD: YES

CONDITION OF VINYL:  VG+, some surface marks, plays NM. VERY NICE!

CONDITION OF LABELS: NEAR MINT MINUS

CONDITION OF COVER: VG, corner cut, light staining inside, light edge wear

STEREO/MONO: STEREO

ANALOG/DIGITAL:  ANALOG

MATRIX NUMBERS (SIDE A/SIDE B): 

STS-1056-1 TH / STS-1056-2 TH

Weight of record (includes record, cover, inner sleeve, outer sleeve): 305g

DESCRIPTION or information on this record

The film's soundtrack was co-written by Jeff Simmons (eventually to become a member of Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention) and Randy Sterling. Originally released in 1969 on Frank Zappa's "Straight Records" label. 

Naked Angels is a 1969 outlaw biker film, directed by Bruce D. Clark. Starring Michael Greene as Mother, Jennifer Gan as Marlene and Richard Rust as Fingers. Later documentary director Penelope Spheeris is a cast member in her first appearance as an actress. Actor Corey Fischer also appears in the cast.

AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger:

If rock fans are likely to know the name Jeff Simmons, it's because of his work as bassist in the Mothers of Invention; if they know anything about his obscure solo career, the only album they're likely to know is Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, issued in the early 1970s. But he did a yet more obscure album for Frank Zappa's Straight label, the soundtrack for the equally obscure biker movie Naked Angels, around the same time. .. Yet by the shaky standards of biker soundtrack/psychedelic exploitation LPs, it's not bad at all; it's definitely one of the better ones, in fact, in this admittedly limited genre. While it's sometimes been described as something of a collection of psychedelic jamming, the mostly instrumental tracks (co-written with producer Randy Steirling) are actually fairly short and focused, the 14 tracks adding up to 36 minutes. If the themes and riffs are on the basic side, they're reasonably effective in projecting drama and menace. There's some pretty hot fuzz/distorted psychedelic guitar (particularly on the opening "Naked Angels Theme"), and unlike some biker/psychedelic soundtracks, the LP doesn't get stuck in a rut. "Ride into Vegas" glides into some pretty hip organ soul-jazz, for instance, and there's also '50s style rock & roll ("Vegas Boogie"), mildly Pink Floyd-ish folkie guitar-organ interplay ("End Theme," one of the few vocal cuts, and "Cop Out"), obviously silly psychedelicized Scottish bagpipe music ("Scots Breath"), gothic organ-piano doom ("Tuccata for Truck"), and Zappa-like sound collage ("Bar Dream"). Sure it's mostly for hardcore collectors, but as hardcore collectibles go, it's pretty enjoyable and worthwhile.

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