Zappa???

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Originally posted by ROTF:
Frank's best albums IMHO are his early ones - try We're Only In It For The Money [In a few week's time Mobile Fidelity are releasing a remastered copy of this] or Absolutely Free (Brown Shoes Don't Make It). In his later catalogue I really like Uncle Meat (Dog Breath and King Kong are just superb) and Weassels Ripped My Flesh (My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama, Oh No and Orange County Lumber Truck - three tracks in row merge into one of the best sequencess of songs ever). Hot Rats with some vocals by the good Captain (Beefheart, not Sensible) is also superb.

Moving on to when Frank met the Turtles and did 200 Motels (strange album and stranger film) - we have Live at the Filmore. Which is OK - although Frank is rather scathing about his own discovery "Alice Cooper", who was my hero when I was at school back in the 1960s.

Then we get jazzy and its the Waka Jawaka and the Grand Wazoo - which are OK - very polished. As Frank said "Jazz isn't dead, it just smells funny".

Back on form Frank gave us Overnite Sensation - a great album. The Apostrophe which is almost as good. Did Frank invent Rap (well nobody is perfect, but at least Frank did with style - I Am The Slime)

Then I lose track a bit, but did pick up You are What You Is (which I like) and Too Late To Save a Drowning Witch (which I'm uncertain about).

Hawk - it depends what musical style you like as Frank tried 'em all. As Edgar Varesse would say "The Present Day Composer Refuses To Die". So I'd go for We're Only It It For The Money (Mobile Fidelity).

Rotf