THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - Absolutely Free - 1967 LP NM Vinyl Frank Zappa
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The Mothers Of Invention - ABSOLUTELY FREE is a 1967 LP release on the Verve label # V6-5013.
Frank Zappa on the second Mothers of Invention album, Absolutely Free, leaps from style to style without warning, the album has a freewheeling, almost schizophrenic quality, encompassing everything from complex mutations of "Louie, Louie" to jazz improvisations and quotes from Stravinsky's Petrushka. It's made possible not only by expanded instrumentation, but also Zappa's experiments with tape manipulation and abrupt editing, culminating in an orchestrated mini-rock opera ("Brown Shoes Don't Make It") whose musical style shifts every few lines, often in accordance with the lyrical content. In general, the lyrics here are more given over to absurdity and non sequiturs, with the sense that they're often part of some private framework of satirical symbols. But elsewhere, Zappa's satire also grows more explicitly social, ranting against commercial consumer culture and related themes of artificiality and conformity. It turns hilarious, inscrutable, and virtuosically complex. Absolutely Free is a fabulously inventive record, bursting at the seams with ideas.
The album includes the original Verve inner sleeve. The gatefold jacket shows light wear on the front, minor wear on the corners & a small ding in the top left corner. The record is in NM condition. High bidder agrees to pay $4.00 shipping in the U.S.
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