THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION FREAK OUT FRANK ZAPPA
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION~ FREAK OUT!~ FRANK ZAPPA
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION / ZAPPA
Freak Out! is the debut double album of Frank Zappa and his group, the Mothers of Invention. Released in 1966, it showcases Zappa's lyrical talents for demoralizing American politics while also making fun of the prevailing counterculture in the latter part of the decade. It is arguably the first concept album in the history of rock music, predating the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, as well as the second double album, released only a couple of months after Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde. With both broad and subtle strokes of humor, it paints a picture of an American public in thrall to the opiate of the media, shifting from one prefabricated empty craze to the next with frenzied mindlessness, under the grim supervision of a vague but all-powerful authoritarian intelligence. "Who Are the Brain Police?", asks Zappa.
Freak Out! is an amalgamation of everything typically Zappa, from R&B, doo-wop and standard blues-influenced rock to orchestral arrangements to dissonant, bizarre insanities and avant-garde sound collages. The album features vocalist Ray Collins, along with initial guitar player Elliot Ingber, (who later joined Captain Beefheart's Magic Band under the name Winged Eel Fingerling), bass player Roy Estrada and drummer Jimmy Carl Black. All orchestrations are arranged by Zappa and featured heavily on many of the songs. Recurring Zappa character Suzy Creamcheese makes her debut with this release.
Because of being among the first integrated albums, with all songs centered on a common theme, and due to the experimental nature of its music, the album was an influence on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Released July 1966 Recorded Sunset-Highland Studios of TTGMarch 9-12, 1966 Genre experimental music, doo-wop, rock Length 60:23 Label Verve/MGM Producer(s) Tom Wilson AN AMAZING FIRST SREREO 66' U.S. PRESSING OF THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION "FREAK OUT!" FACTORY SEALED. PERFECT GATEFOLD COPY WITH ONLY 1 VERY MINOR CORNER RUB- SLIGHT SEPARATED SHRINKWRAP AT SAME CORNER.. NO MARKS, WARE- LOOKS NEW!. THIS ONES HAS BEEN STORED IN IT'S OWN SEPARATE BOX WELL AWAY FROM OTHER RECORDS FOR MANY YEARS. BARKER'S STORE PRICE STICKER. IF YOURE LOOKING FOR THE ARCHIVE COPY OF THIS TITLE, THIS IS THE ONE.
