FRANK ZAPPA MOTHERS OF INVENTION FREAK OUT Orig w/ HOT SPOTS 1966 2 LP NM

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One of the most ambitious debuts in rock history, Freak Out! the concept album that somehow foreshadowed both art rock and punk at the same time. Its four LP sides deconstruct rock conventions right and left, eventually pushing into territory inspired by avant-garde classical composers. The first half is dedicated to catchy, satirical pop/rock songs that question assumptions about pop music, setting the tone for the radical new directions of the second half. Opening with the nonconformist call to arms "Hungry Freaks, Daddy," Freak Out! quickly posits the Mothers of Invention as the antithesis of teen-idol bands, often with sneering mockeries of the teen-romance songs that had long been rock's commercial stock-in-trade. Despite his genuine emotional alienation and dissatisfaction with pop conventions, though, Frank Zappa was actually a skilled pop composer; even with the raw performances and his stinging guitar work, there's a subtle sophistication apparent in his unorthodox arrangements and tight, unpredictable melodies.   Zappa exchanges pop song structure for experiments with musique concrète, amelodic dissonance, shifting time signatures, and studio effects. It's the first salvo in his career-long project of synthesizing popular and art music, high and low culture; he virtually explodes the limits of what can appear on a rock album with free individual expression.  Freak Out! contains at least the rudiments of almost everything that followed, and few of Zappa's records can match its excitement over its own sense of possibility.

MOTHERS OF INVENTION (FRANK ZAPPA)

"FREAK OUT"     Original Release: 1966

DOUBLE ALBUM VERVE Records V6-5005-2 Stereo

Band's Very First Album

Here you have this Rare Double Album ORIGINAL First Stereo pressing with what is called Cover Version #1. 

This Original Version contains the blurb on the inside gatefold cover on "how to get a map of Freak Out spots in L.A." (SEE 2ND PIC).  Later, more common pressings do not have this blurb.

CONDITION:

The VINYL is fantastic...It rates NM (conservatively) but visually it actually looks MINT Unplayed!! Both discs are super clean.  

The COVER is NM as there are no seam splits, no ringwear, some slight edgewear  and (2) 1/2" very neatly taped corner splits.  The inside Gatefold is gorgeous.  No writing no discoloration.  

 The Verve LABELS are NM stunning...like new.

PLAY TESTING was Great! 

Fantastic stereo separation to really enjoy Zappa's genius...and the music is loud and clear. Great Production without surface noise.    ENJOY!!!

THE Very Best Copy of this Original Rare Stereo Pressing we have ever seen and/or heard.

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