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Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Just Another Band from L.A. Audio CD

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Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention Band: Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Title: Just Another Band from L.A.
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Release Date: 1995-05-02
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Billy the Mountain 2: Call Any Vegetable 3: Eddie, Are You Kidding? 4: Magdalena 5: Dog Breath

One of the best Zappa albums.

Every song is just astounding. I have over 30 Frank Zappa albums, and this album has made it to my top 10 favorite Zappa albums.
These two tracks are the highlights of the album.
Billy the Mountain: One of the greatest and hilarious songs Zappa ever made and his longest too.
Call Any Vegetable: I enjoy this version better than the one off Absolutely Free. It's really good.
The three other tracks are great too.
This is an album that should be part of your musical collection.
Get it. You'll love it.

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underated
It was released after the flo and Eddie incarnation of the Mothers got sidelined when a fan almost killed Zappa by throwing him offstage. This album always gets a bad rap. (He spent a year in a wheel chair, and fortunately, used this time to make Waka/Jawaka and Grand Wazoo) A lot of critics and fans who like Uncle Meat and Hot Rat's high minded jazz and avant gaurde sweep think this is lowbrow.

It is not. Comidy is just one aspect of this album. Listen to "Billy The Mountian," or the retooled "Call Any Vegitable. " What Zappa does here is take the attention he has always applied to his composition and is focusing on Flo and Eddie's vocals. The harmonies, dialouge and call and response here are disciplined and tightly arranged.

This was the time of Hair and Oh Calcutta!, when hippie rock on broadway used the same type of tightly arranged staging to make is appear spontainious. Zappa is working in this medium here, and the results are elaborate and, yes, the material does work.

Magdalena: well, this is sure not an easy listen, but part of Zappa's art was to raise issues that happened that no one else talked about, and in 1971, NOBODY went near childhood sexual abuse. I don't think Zappa is promoting this, just bringing the issue to light. .

Don't let the humour on this album obscure the stage onslaught Zappa is putting together on this album.


Great CD of live recording
The other great cuts are "Eddie are you kidding", a parody of an L. Billy the Mountain, a rambling, fascinating story with many musical cues that are fun to listen to, is worth the CD alone. A. clothing store ad on TV at the time; and Call Any Vegetable, a live version of FZ's fun song about veggies that "keep you regular".


A oldie, but a goodie
One of the best albums Frank Zappa ever put out. I heard this the first time on an album/vinyl, back in the early 70's, it was great then and it was great listening to again on cd. Highly recommended. It's an oldie, but it's still a goodie.


Its A Mother Of A CD
This is an outstanding cd if you love the weird and unusual. Just Another Band From LA comes near the end of the Mothers of Invention's existance and although Frank Zappa went on to related musical journeys the Mothers were the best.


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