ZAPPA / BOULEZ "The Perfect Stranger" 1984 US ANGEL NM

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ZAPPA / BOULEZ "The Perfect Stranger" 1984 US ANGEL NM 7 MODERN 'DANCE' PIECES, MUTANT VACCUUM CLEANERS ETC

FRANK ZAPPA / PIERRE BOULEZ
The Perfect Stranger

ORIGINAL US EMI ANGEL (DS-38170) FIRST PRESSING (August 1984) OF SOME OF ZAPPA'S 'SERIOUS' CLASSICAL PIECES "The Perfect Stranger" EACH ASSOCIATED WITH A TYPICALLY ZAPPAESQUE CRAZY STORY (see sleeve notes) AND DECIDEDLY ATONAL, ANGULAR AND EPISODIC IN CONSTRUCTION AKIN TO EARLY/MID 20TH CENTURY AVANT-GARDE ORCHESTRAL WORKS

AND THIS COPY IS IN GREAT CONDITION HAVING SEEN ONLY A COUPLE OF CAREFUL PLAYS AND IS GRADED EXCELLENT+/NEAR MINT (there are a few intermittent clicks but nothing continuous or intrusive and I did play grade this wonderful LP at a very loud volume)
THE SLEEVE HAS ONE OR TWO LIGHT CREASES TO THE SPINE BUT IS OTHERWISE, PRACTICALLY UNTOUCHED AND GRADED A SIMILAR NEAR MINT
AND THE SET COMES COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL 'ANGEL' INNER SLEEVE
WITH THE NICE ADDITIONAL BONUS OF A CONTEMPORARY PRESS REVIEW FROM THE WASHINGTON POST

Frank Zappa often complained about how difficult it was to find a classical orchestra that would actually take the time to learn the scores it is presented and try its best to do a honourable job when it comes to contemporary composition and Zappa found in the mid-'80s Pierre Boulez' Ensemble InterContemporain who recorded this worthy session of material, released in August 1984 on EMI's classical imprint, Angel, as The Perfect Stranger.
The title track was commissioned by Boulez, and sees the composer coming back to the days of 200 Motels, both in terms of style (the music is very programmatic) and references (at the centre of the piece is the vacuum cleaner found in the aforementioned movie and in the cover artwork of the album Chunga's Revenge).
"Naval Aviation in Art?" and "Dupree's Paradise," the latter an old rock piece from 1973 rearranged for orchestra, are also performed by Boulez' ensemble.
The remaining four tracks are credited to "The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Consort" -- i.e., Zappa's Synclavier, a keyboard computer.
"Outside Now, Again" and "Jonestown" are among the darkest, moodiest pieces of computer music the man has written.

Track Listing:
Side 1:
1. The Perfect Stranger
2. Navel Aviation in Art?
3. The Girl in the Magnesium Dress
Side 2:
1. Outside Now, Again
2. Love Story
3. Dupree's Paradise
4. Jonestown

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