The Mothers Of Invention / Uncle Meat [Bizarre Records / 2024]
■オリジナル／US盤／青ラベル／2枚組 ／GFジャケット。
■盤質：B／薄い擦り傷あるが致命的な深いキズ無し。
■ジャケット：B-／擦れ汚れフチ傷み、開口上部裂け約5cmと3cm有り。
世界一のハイテク集団を率いるバンドマスターであり、シンガーであり作編曲家であり、偉大なギタリストでもある、フランクザッパ。ロック、ジャズ、R&B、サイケ、前衛、オーケストラまで、あらゆる音楽要素を取り入れつつも、決して時代に媚びず、自身の音楽に拘り続けた。
本作は、「Bizarre」に残した1969年発表作品。同名映画は未完成に終わるものの、皮肉にもそのサウンドトラックという形で発表された。自由でありながら非常に緻密なアンサンブル、アヴァンギャルドだけど聴けば聴くほどに癖になる中毒性の高い初期の大傑作。
参考音源
A1 Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme
A2 The Voice Of Cheese
A3 400 Days Of The Year
A4 Zolar Czakl
A5 Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague
A6 The Legend Of The Golden Arches
A7 The Mothers Play Louie Louie (At The Royal Albert Hall In London)
A8 The Dog Breath Variations
B1 Sleeping In A Jar
B2 Our Bizarre Relationship
B3 The Uncle Meat Variations
B4 Electric Aunt Jemima
B5 Prelude To King Kong
B6 God Bless America (Live At The Whisky A Go Go)
B7 A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
B8 Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)
C1 Mr. Green Genes
C2 We Can Shoot You
C3 "If We'd All Been Living In California . . . "
C4 The Air
C5 Project X
C6 Cruising For Burgers
D1 King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio)
D2 King Kong (Its Magnificence As Interpreted By Dom DeWild)
D3 King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It)
D4 King Kong (The Gardner Varieties)
D5 King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks)
D6 King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival . . . The Underwood Zappa Ramifications)
Frank Zappa guitar, low grade vocals, percussion
Ray Collins swell vocals
Jimmy Carl Black drums, droll humor, poverty
Roy Estrada electric bass, cheeseburgers, Pachuco falsetto
Don (Dom De Wild) Preston electric piano, tarot cards, brown rice
Billy (The Oozer) Mundi drums on some pieces before he quit to join RHINOCEROS
Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon (all of these electric and/or non-electric depending)
Ian Underwood electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, special assistance, copyist, industrial relations & teen appeal
Artie (With the Green Mustache) Tripp drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes, cheerful outlook & specific inquiries
Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood pop star, frenetic tenor sax stylings, tambourine, choreography, obstinance & equipment setter-upper when he's not hustling local groupies
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