FRANK ZAPPA Hot Rats 1969 UK GATEFOLD LP EX REPRISE K44078 A MASTERPIECE
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LP
ARTIST: FRANK ZAPPA
TITLE: HOT RATS
LABEL + YEAR: REPRISE K44078; UK PRESS 1969
CONDITION VINYL: EX
CONDITION SLEEVE: EX GATE-FOLD SLEEVE
Side 1:
PEACHES EN REGALIA
WILLIE THE PIMP
SON OF MR GREEN GENES
Side 2:
LITTLE UMBRELLAS
THE GUMBO VARIATIONS
IT MUST BE A CAMEL
DESCRIPTION: A FANTASTIC FRANK ZAPPA ALBUM!!!!!!!!!
All Music Review by Steve Huey Review by Steve Huey Aside from the experimental side project Lumpy Gravy, Hot Rats was the first album Frank Zappa recorded as a solo artist sans the Mothers, though he continued to employ previous musical collaborators, most notably multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood. Other than another side project -- the doo wop tribute Cruising With Ruben and the Jets -- Hot Rats was also the first time Zappa focused his efforts in one general area, namely jazz-rock. The result is a classic of the genre. Hot Rats' genius lies in the way it fuses the compositional sophistication of jazz with rock's down-and-dirty attitude -- there's a real looseness and grit to the three lengthy jams, and a surprising, wry elegance to the three shorter, tightly arranged numbers (particularly the sumptuous "Peaches en Regalia"). Perhaps the biggest revelation isn't the straightforward presentation, or the intricately shifting instrumental voices in Zappa's arrangements -- it's his own virtuosity on the electric guitar, recorded during extended improvisational workouts for the first time here. His wonderfully scuzzy, distorted tone is an especially good fit on "Willie the Pimp," with its greasy blues riffs and guest vocalist Captain Beefheart's Howlin' Wolf theatrics. Elsewhere, his skill as a melodist was in full flower, whether dominating an entire piece or providing a memorable theme as a jumping-off point. In addition to Underwood, the backing band featured contributions from Jean-Luc Ponty, Lowell George, and Don "Sugarcane" Harris, among others; still, Zappa is unquestionably the star of the show. Hot Rats still sizzles; few albums originating on the rock side of jazz-rock fusion flowed so freely between both sides of the equation, or achieved such unwavering excitement and energy.
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