![]() ![]() The LP will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl from a pristine 1968 analog safety tape found in Zappa's vault. The self-produced album became one of his personal favorites. Armed with the session tapes and a razor blade, Zappa sat in his New York City apartment and pieced together a masterwork that included the use of tape collages, dialogue, parody, musique concrete and DADAist tendencies. ![]() Recorded at Capitol Studios in 1967 by legendary producer Nick Venet, Zappa's compositions were performed by the 50-piece Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra, which included several musicians from the legendary Wrecking Crew. ![]() Zappa's first solo album, Lumpy Gravy is the work of Zappa the composer. The five albums represent some of Zappa and his cohorts' most challenging, exhilarating and groundbreaking work: ![]() The flipside will feature "Help I'm A Rock (3rd Movement: It Can't Happen Here)." The 50th anniversary of Zappa's first single "How Could I Be Such A Fool" is also being celebrated with a limited edition pink vinyl 7-inch for Record Store Day's Black Friday on November 25. The five vinyl releases follow new albums Meat Light (The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary) Little Dots and Chicago '78, released earlier this month, and several other exciting projects. This year marks the 50 th anniversary of Zappa's first release, the Mothers of Invention's debut album Freak Out!, and to celebrate the Zappa Family Trust and UMe are steadily reissuing the cultural icon's catalog and rarities from his famed vault on CD, LP and digitally as part of a long-term licensing agreement. ![]()
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