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FRANK ZAPPA
ROXY & ELSEWHERE |
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| | Reviews: 39 |
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| Average Rating: 9.74 |
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...and this is a hard one to play!
by RDNZL Boston, MA United States
Reviewed on October 1st, 2002
You know it... You love it... You can't live without it!I'd recommend buying this one for a friend who doesn't know or thinks (like most people) that he/she doesn't like Frank Zappa because he's too weird. This album is most likely ranked in every Zappa fan's top 5 of the 70 official releases. It is a brilliant live recording full of astounding playing by Frank on guitar and the incomparable rhythm section of Ruth Underwood on percussion, George Duke on keyboard, Chester Thompson and Ralph Humphries on drums (although not both together on all tracks, gets into a serious drumming duel on "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?") along with the Fowler Brothers on horn and bass, not to mention Napoleon Murphy Brock on Sax and vocals and just to keep it real, Don Preston on synthesizer in this jazz-rock extravaganza! Fans of Zappa's humorous side will delight in Frank's storytelling on such tracks as "Cheepnis" and his way with audience members in the "hard one to play" Be-Bop Tango. Fans of Frank's guitar playing will marvel at the always uncompromising playing on "Penguin In Bondage", "Son of Orange County" and "More Trouble Every Day" to name a few. Definitely one of the best Zappa/Mothers live recordings. There are, of course, many others but this one is probably most easily digestable to the uninitiated or Zappa skeptic. Sounds as fresh today as it did nearly 30 years ago when first recorded. A two-record set fit perfectly onto one disc and NOT remixed by Frank - a complaint and sticking point on numerous other releases by Frank when put out on CD.
More "Roxy & Elsewhere" reviews:
[2004-11-04] I wonder if Johnny Franklin is still there (10)
[2004-11-03] "Roxy" rocks (8)
[2003-11-12] Ruined by vinyl (8)
[2003-11-07] if you like apostrophe and overnite sensation (10)
[2003-10-20] Goooood (10)
[2003-09-14] Roxy & Elsewhere by Frank Zappa & the Mothers (10)
[2003-05-29] Napoleon Murphy Brock/Chester Thompson (10)
[2003-04-15] This CD contains the greatest piece of music ever created (10)
[2002-12-08] Classic Zappa!!!!!!!!!!! (10)
[2002-11-30] best album of all times (10)
[2002-10-18] Take the red pill and walk thru the door... (10)
[2002-10-15] A good place to start your Zappa collection (10)
[2002-10-14] Still a classic (10)
[2002-10-13] ZAPPA'S BEST LIVE ALBUM......NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!!! (8)
[2002-10-01] ...and this is a hard one to play! (10)
[2001-09-03] Roxy & Elsewhere (10)
[2001-03-09] Yes, one of Zappa's best (8)
[2001-02-26] great live album. and bebop tango too. (10)
[2001-01-28] You MUST own this Zappa Album (10)
[2000-12-10] too little... (10)
[2000-11-23] the poorest of a supreme bunch (8)
[2000-11-22] Live and cooking (10)
[2000-11-04] ARRF!! (10)
[2000-08-11] Near-PERFECT Encapsulation of Frank Zappa! (10)
[2000-07-31] my all time favourite album (10)
[2000-01-20] What more can I add? (10)
[1999-12-06] Probably FZ's best live album (10)
[1999-10-16] Zappa lives live (10)
[1999-10-03] Zappa's best (10)
[1999-07-19] If you could go back in time (10)
[1999-05-20] Classic Zappa (10)
[1999-05-14] This one we played on the bus all through the 70s (10)
[1999-04-22] Wish I could give it 6 stars! (10)
[1999-04-13] Qunitessential Zappa (10)
[1998-12-15] One of Zappa's best, I cannot recommend it highly enough! (10)
[1998-06-19] PRICELESS FOR "CHEEPNIS" & "BEBOP TANGO" ALONE... (10)
[1998-06-11] Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (10)
[1998-05-28] One of the best live performance ever recorded!! (10)
[1998-05-14] best live recording of nixon era outside of nixon tapes (10)
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