THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION (FRANK ZAPPA) Uncle Meat 1982 GERMAN REPRISE MINT
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION (FRANK ZAPPA) Uncle Meat 1982 GERMAN REPRISE *MINT*
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTIONUncle Meat
1982 GERMAN Reprise Records ?(REP 64 005) PRESSING
A SUPERB COPY OF THE MOTHERS' 1968 MASTERPIECE WHICH LOOKS UNPLAYED
Matrix Side 1: R/S Alsdorf 64005 A2 ? STRAWBERRY (G)
Matrix Side 2: R/S Alsdorf 64005 B2 STRAWBERRY (G)
Matrix Side 3: WEA- 64005-C PF
Matrix Side 4: R/S Alsdorf 64005 D2 ? STRAWBERRY (G)
Just three years into their recording career, the Mothers of Invention released their second double album, Uncle Meat, which began life as the largely instrumental soundtrack to an unfinished film.
It's essentially a transitional work, but it's a fascinating one, showcasing Frank Zappa's ever-increasing compositional dexterity and the Mothers' emerging instrumental prowess.
It was potentially easy to overlook Zappa's melodic gifts on albums past, but on Uncle Meat, he thrusts them firmly into the spotlight; what few lyrics there are, Zappa says, are in-jokes relevant only to the band. Thus, Uncle Meat became the point at which Zappa began to establish himself as a composer and he would return to many of these pieces repeatedly over the course of his career.
Taken as a whole, Uncle Meat comes off as a hodgepodge, with centrepieces scattered between variations on previous pieces, short concert excerpts, less-realised experiments, doo-wop tunes, and comedy bits; the programming often feels as random as the abrupt transitions and tape experiments held over from Zappa's last few projects.
But despite the absence of a conceptual framework, the unfocused sprawl of Uncle Meat is actually a big part of its appeal.
It's exciting to hear one of the most creatively fertile minds in rock pushing restlessly into new territory, even if he isn't always quite sure where he's going.
However, several tracks hint at the jazz-rock fusion soon to come, especially the extended album closer "King Kong"; it's his first unequivocal success in that area, with its odd time signature helping turn it into a rhythmically kinetic blowing vehicle.
Though some might miss the gleeful satire of Zappa's previous work with the Mothers, Uncle Meat's continued abundance of musical ideas places it among his most intriguing works
Side 1: Uncle Meat - The Voice of Cheese - Nine Types of Industrial Pollution - Zolar Czakl - Dog Breath in The Year of the Plague - The Legend of the Golden Arches - Louie Louie - The Dog Breath Variations
Side 2: Sleeping in a Jar - Our Bizarre Relationship - The Uncle Meat Variations - Electric Aunt Jemima - Prelude to King Kong - God Bless America - A Pound for a Brown on the Bus - Ian Underwood Whips it Out
Side 3: Mr Green Genes - We Can Shoot You - If We’d All Been Living in California - The Air - Project X - Cruising for Burgers
Side 4: King Kong Itself - King Kong - King Kong - King Kong - King Kong - King Kong
LABELS: MINT
An immaculate set of labels.
No spindle traces or any sign either record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT / MINT
Both records look like new with just a couple of tiny superficial marks on Record One which are of no consequence
VINYL Audio: MINT
Plays like new throughout with nothing to fault
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Crisp, clean, sharp and fresh with just a bump on the bottom spine corner
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe including Russia) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any 1271 (GS 8.3.4 (1271))
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