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Music : Fillmore East - June 1971
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Fillmore East - June 1971 by: Frank Zappa List Price: £13.99 CD-Charts Price: £12.69 You Save: £1.30 ( 9%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0014431051227 Format: Live Label: Rykodisc Manufacturer: Rykodisc Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Rykodisc Release Date: May 29, 1995 Studio: Rykodisc Sales Rank: 54063 MPN: 310512 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: : After disbanding the original Mothers of Invention following a short tour of Canada during the summer of 1969, Zappa hired musicians for his studio work before forming a new Mothers in August 1970. The new band was augmented by bassist Jim Pons and vocalists Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, all of whom Zappa recruited from the Turtles, that hit-making teen-sensation unit that had reached the top of the pop charts with such hits as "Happy Together" and "Elenore". Legend has it that Zappa tried to enlist former Monkee Micky Dolenz on drums at the same time, but Dolenz declined the offer. The new line-up made several albums with Zappa, beginning with Chunga's Revenge (owing to legal problems, Volman and Kaylan were originally billed as Phlorescent Leech and Eddie, which led to the duo being called Flo and Eddie henceforth), but the Fillmore East recording remains its vanguard. Zappa was still obsessed with the ridiculous phenomenon of pop stardom and now he had two genuine articles in his band. Thus, in between live renditions of some of his soon-to-be instrumental classics, Zappa, Volman and Kaylan delight the Manhattan audience with rude and crude skits about pop stars and groupies. The whole shebang climaxes with Flo and Eddie doing a letter-perfect rendition of the Turtles' "Happy Together" before ironically concluding with Zappa's own "Tears Begin to Fall", the kind of pop ditty Zappa was poking fun at throughout the performance. Although it now all sounds rather tame in the era of rap and porn rock, it was attacked as crass at the time of its release. Nevertheless, this doesn't stop it from being frequently hilarious. Following the performance, the Mothers were joined onstage by John Lennon and Yoko Ono for a set captured on the live disc that eventually accompanied Lennon's Some Time in New York City. What a night! --Bill Holdship Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - da white albumah i remember having to turn the vinyl over at that point where Willie the Pimp stops (yu have 2 do it) and now yu can hear it in one non segueless document of the concert and of course i only know it because i bought it - and now CIVILIZATION is moving on and before yu gnosis it - development -- Rating:  - Schoolboy humour, great musicians, muffled recordingI'm glad that this Zappa recording is still available, but it's not a vital contribution to the development of either rock music or comedic theatre. The humour is, frankly, very teenage schoolboy -- i.e. strong sexual content, as it's called these days -- and only raises its interest level when making side-swipes at the cultureof the day (e.g. the Vanilla Fudge and the Edgewater Inn, Seattle). The standard of musicianship is, as ever, high, when you can discern it. Sadly the recording quality is very low. Musically, Zappa was in some ways his own worst enemy: as soon as he had played a riff once, he was bored with it, so he moved on to another musical theme, to the frustration of much of the audience. If you want ... Read More: Rating:  - Don't start here!If you've not heard Frank's music before, please don't start with this one! Fillmore East is cheesy, tacky, lavatorial and tedious. And, believe me, I find that very hard to say - I've been a devoted fan for 38 years, since I first saw FZ live at the Festival Hall. I'm basing my comments on the vinyl version as I don't have the CD, but the track listing is unchanged. Fortunately, the "Flo & Eddie" period was short-lived; approx. 1970-71, also producing the slightly better Just Another Band from LA, before Frank ditched the duff duo and came storming back with the stunning big-band Grand Wazoo and hard-rock Overnite Sensation albums. If you've got the other 70-odd FZ albums, then buy Fillmore East for the sake of completion. Otherwise, ... Read More: Rating: - A good representation of early Zappa / MothersEven as a big fan of Frank, it can be a little difficult to get into thelate 60s stuff. This is not like the classic rock-era albums such asApostrophe of Over-Nite Sensation and it isn't the super-tight on-stagemusical acrobatics of the late stuff such as Make a Jazz Noise Here orBroadway the Hard Way. This is however a good set, some funny moments(the first few times at least) and a resonable introduction to earlyZappa. As with many Zappa live sets, this is also a recording of aMomentous Occasion as later that night the band were joined on stage byJohn Lennon and that fabulous talent (?) Yoko Oh No.... If you want some early Zappa or you want a slice of what was happening in1971 on the freaky side of the music scene this is as good a place ... Read More: Rating:  - Mother Fu**er!!! Zappa on form!!!I recently received this as a Christmas gift, and what a great album it is. Full of Zappa's (and the rest of the band's) HILARIOUS on-stage banter (with a bullet!), this is testimony to a great live act. If you want to hear a fantastic live band, but would rather do it from the comfort of your sofa (N0.1) then this is for you. Consumatley slick performances from the whole band, with the organ playing on the first track being particlarly good. Lots of funny and kitsch Japanese features, worth buying the special edition. Buy it!!!!!!!!!!! |
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