Tracks 8 Big leg emma and 9 why don’t you do me right were singles that were added in the CD version many many years later. The main theme of this record is social commentary split into two sides (tracks 1-7 and 10-15) the first being the life of a vegetable and the second being of an average American. Peppers.Ģ) Absolutely free -1967 (From the original analogue master) The influence of this album is quite interesting as it’s said that this is the album that got The Beatles to record Sgt. Trouble every day is a stand out track with its seething attack on sensational journalism and social injustice during the Watts Riot. Straight from the get go we have a mish-mash of styles here, Psych with ”ËHungry Freaks Daddy,’ Doo Wop ”’”ËGo Cry on someone else’s shoulder,’ rock and roll ”ËTrouble every Day and a hint at the Zappa to come with ”ËThe Return of the son of Monster Magnet.’ They were given a near endless amount of money to create the record, so what happens? Well the producer, Tom Wilson, has decided to drop acid for the session and they allegedly dragged every freak in town to play with $17,000’s worth of percussion instruments for the track ”Ëthe return of the son of monster Magnet”.

After an argument over the name, in which they were nearly forced to call themselves The Mothers Auxillary, the record label and band settled for The Mothers of Invention. So MGM / Verve thought they’d signed a white blues band when they signed The Mothers. Let the Zappa Marathon Begin!ġ) Freak out! -1966 (from the 1987 Digital Master) Plus you got to love the line “I can take about an hour on the tower of power, as long as I get a golden shower.”Īnyway, I’m going into this listening session as a Zappa fan, but one that really hasn’t listened to much of his music in about 5 years. Plus he had an amazing Goatee / moustache Combo. So why have I taken on the task of listening to the first 12 (maybe more) of Frank Zappa / Mothers of Invention releases? Well, Zappa was my first musical hero he was more punk than the Pistols, more avant-garde than Lennon and Yoko and he really stood for something behind the sarcasm and wit.

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