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FRANK ZAPPA HOT RATS GATEFOLD 12" LP VINYL
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Collectors information & Description:Gatefold (FOC) cover design with artwork / photos on the inside cover pages "Hot Rats" is the second solo album by Frank Zappa. It was released in October 1969. Five of the six songs are instrumental ("Willie the Pimp" features a short vocal by Captain Beefheart). It was Zappa's first recording project after the dissolution of the original Mothers of Invention. In his original sleeve notes Zappa described the album as "a movie for your ears." |
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| Because Hot Rats focuses on instrumental jazz-like compositions with extensive soloing, the music sounds very different from earlier Zappa albums, which featured satirical vocal performances with extensive use of musique concrète and editing. Multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood is the only member of the Mothers to appear on the album and was the primary musical collaborator. Other featured musicians were Max Bennett and Shuggie Otis on bass, drummers Aynsley Dunbar and John Guerin and electric violinists Don "Sugarcane" Harris and Jean-Luc Ponty. | |||
| Music Genre: | Acid Psych Prog Jazz Fusion-rock |
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The album: "FRANK ZAPPA - Hot Rats Gatefold" was produced by: Frank Zappa |
| Record Label: | Reprise Records 44 078 RS 6356 30,936 |
| Record Format | 12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 280 gram |
| Year & Country | 1969 Made in Germany |
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Inner Sleeve of "FRANK ZAPPA - Hot Rats Gatefold" Album |
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Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: FRANK ZAPPA - Hot Rats Gatefold |
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Complete Track-listing of the album "FRANK ZAPPA - Hot Rats Gatefold" |
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The detailed tracklist of this record "FRANK ZAPPA - Hot Rats Gatefold" is:
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