FRANK ZAPPA Hot Rats ORIG BLUE BIZARRE NEAR MINT LP

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             **FRANK ZAPPA**

                   **Hot Rats** 

                                   KILLER MUSIC RECORDED IN 1969!!!!" 

                                   GATEFOLD COVER!!!

ORIGINAL U.S.A PRESSING (BLUE LABEL) BIZARRE/REPRISE RECORDS STEREO RS-6356

                                  DISTR. BY WARNER BROS. 7 ARTS RECORDS

 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.

SONGS:

       1  Peaches en Regalia  Zappa  3:39 
       2  Willie the Pimp  Zappa  9:16 
       3  Son of Mr. Green Genes  Zappa  9:00 
       4  Little Umbrellas  Zappa  3:04 
       5  The Gumbo Variations  Zappa  16:56 
       6  It Must Be a Camel  Zappa  5:17

CONDITION:

*RECORD: NEAR MINT-!!! I JUST FINISHED LISTENING TO THIS RECORD AND IT SOUNDS BETTER THAN GREAT!!! AND VISUALLY: NEAR MINT-!!! IT HAS NO SCRATCHES ONLY FEW ALMOST INVISIBLE VERY SUPERFICIAL SLEEVE SCUFFS ( ONLY SEEN UNDER A LAMP) PLAYING BETTER THAN GREAT!! WITH NO SKIPS, NO RETURNS AND NO JUMPS!!!

GATEFOLD COVER: HAS SOME RING WEAR AND SOME DIRT, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 3 INCH SPLIT ON RIGHT SIDE OF BACK UPPER SEAM, WEAR ON EDGES AND TIPS OF LOWER/RIGHT CORNERS LIGHTLY PUSHED INN, REST F COVER STILL HARD!!! NO CUTS, NO SAWS, NO WRITTING, STILL LOOKS NICE!!! (SEE PICTURE) 

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