FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III 1987 UK EMI BOX UNPLAYED/MINT
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Nov 21, 2013
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FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III 1987 UK EMI BOX UNPLAYED/MINT
COMPLETE 'ROCK OPERA' w/ 16 PAGE FULL COLOUR BOOKLET
FRANK ZAPPAJoe's Garage Acts I, II & III
1987 UK EMI (FZAP 1) BOX SET ISSUE OF ALL THREE PARTS OF ZAPPA'S SATIRICAL 'ROCK OPERA' Joe's Garage
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL 16 PAGE BOOKLET
AND THREE PLAIN WHITE (MATCHING) INNER SLEEVES EACH DATED '12/87'
IMMACULATE COPY - UNPLAYED AND LIKE-NEW
RECORDS: MINT
BOX: MINT-
BOOKLET: MINT-
INNER SLEEVES: MINT
Joe's Garage is generally regarded as one of Zappa's finest post-'60s conceptual works, a sprawling, satirical rock opera about a totalitarian future in which music is outlawed to control the population.
The narrative is long, winding, and occasionally loses focus; it was improvised in a weekend, some of it around previously existing songs, but Zappa manages to make most of it hang together.
Zappa relies heavily on what he termed "xenochrony" -- previously recorded guitar solos transferred onto new, rhythmically different backing tracks to produce random musical coincidences. Such an approach is guaranteed to produce some slow moments as well, but critics latched onto the work more for its conceptual substance.
Joe's Garage satirises social control mechanisms, consumerism, corporate abuses, gender politics, religion, and the rock & roll lifestyle; all these forces conspire against the title protagonist, an average young man who simply wants to play guitar and enjoy himself.
Even though Zappa himself hated punk rock and even says so on the album, his ideas seemed to support punk's do-it-yourself challenge to the record industry and to social norms in general.
Since this is 1979-era Zappa, there are liberal applications of his trademark scatological humour (the titles of "Catholic Girls," "Crew Slut," "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?," and "Keep It Greasey" are self-explanatory). Still, in spite of its flaws, Joe's Garage has enough substance to make it one of Zappa's most important '70s works and overall political statements, even if it's not focused enough to rank with his earliest Mothers of Invention masterpieces
Side 1:
The Central Scrutinizer (3:27)
Joe's Garage (6:10)
Catholic Girls (4:26)
Crew Slut (5:51)
Side 2:
Wet T-Shirt Nite (5:26)
Toad-O-Line (4:18)
Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (2:35)
Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (7:17)
Side 3:
A Token Of My Extreme (5:28)
Stick It Out (4:33)
Sy Borg (8:50)
Side 4:
Dong Work For Yuda (5:03)
Keep It Greasey (8:22)
Outside Now (5:52)
Side 5:
He Used To Cut The Grass (8:34)
Packard Goose (11:38)
Side 6:
Watermelon In Easter Hay (10:00)
A Little Green Rosetta (7:25)
POST & PACKING:
THE SET WILL BE SECURELY BOXED WITH INTERNAL PADDING TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF THE CONTENTS DURING TRANSIT
UK: £4.50 (1st Class Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £13.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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