FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS "ROXY AND ELSEWHERE" 2 LP SET GATEFOLD 1ST PRESS

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YOU ARE BIDDING ON A LP BY FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS CALLED "ROXY AND ELSEWHERE". IT WAS RELEASED ON THE DISCREET LABEL (2 DS 2202) OUT OF THE U.S. IN 1976. THE GATEFOLD COVER IS NEAR MINT & THE LP IS NEAR MINT AS WELL   

Tracklist                            

A1 Preamble 1:24 A2 Penguin In Bondage 5:24 A3 Pygmy Twylyte 3:22 A4 Dummy Up Written-By – Zappa*, Simmons*, Brock* 5:03 B1 Preamble 0:54 B2 Village Of The Sun 3:24 B3 Echidna's Arf (Of You) 3:54 B4 Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? 9:47 C1 Preamble 2:10 C2 Cheepnis Backing Vocals – Debbi*, George*, Lynn*, Froggy*, Ruben* 4:22 C3 Son Of Orange County 5:55 C4 More Trouble Every Day 6:08 D1 Preamble 1:25 D2 Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church) 15:23

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Published By – Munchkin Music
• Copyright (c) – Frank Zappa Music
• Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Discreet Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – The Roxy
• Recorded At – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
• Recorded At – Edinboro State College
• Overdubbed At – Bolic Sound
• Overdubbed At – Paramount Recording Studios
• Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders

Credits

• Bass – Tom Fowler
• Cover, Photography By – Sherwin Tilton
• Design, Graphics – Cal Schenkel
• Drums – Chester Thompson, Ralph Humphrey
• Engineer – Bill Hennigh
• Engineer [Remote Recording], Remix – Kerry McNab*
• Engineer [Road Tapes] – Bill Hennigh
• Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – George Duke
• Lead Guitar, Vocals, Producer – Frank Zappa
• Percussion – Ruth Underwood
• Photography By [Liner] – Coy Featherston, Sherwin Tilton, Steve Magedoff
• Recorded By [Remote Recording] – Wally Heider
• Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Jeff Simmons
• Synthesizer – Don Preston
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Lead Vocals – Napoleon Murphy Brock*
• Trombone, Other [Dancing (?)] – Bruce Fowler (3)
• Trumpet – Walt Fowler
• Written-By – Frank Zappa (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to D2)

Notes

Most of the material in this double set was recorded Dec. 10, 11 & 12, 1973, at The Roxy, Hollywood. Other portions were extracted from road tapes (4-track 15-ips masters) of show #2, Mothers Day, 1974, at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, and the recent gymnasium extravaganza at Edinboro State College, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1974
After his affair with jazz fusion (Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo, both released in 1972), Frank Zappa came back in late 1973 with an album of simple rock songs, Over-Nite Sensation. But the temptation for more challenging material was not long to resurface and, after a transitional LP (Apostrophe, early 1974), he unleashed a double LP (reissued on one CD) of his most complex music, creating a bridge between his comedy rock stylings and Canterbury-style progressive rock. Three-quarters of the album was recorded live at the Roxy in Hollywood and extensively overdubbed in the studio later. Only three tracks ("Dummy Up," "Son of Orange County," and "More Trouble Every Day"), taken from other concerts, are 100 percent live. The band is comprised of George Duke (keyboards), Tom Fowler (bass), Ruth Underwood (percussion), Bruce Fowler (trombone), Walt Fowler (trumpet), Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals), and Chester Thompson (drums) -- drummer Ralph Humphrey, keyboardist Don Preston, and guitarist Jeff Simmons appear on the non-Roxy material. The sequence "Echidna's Arf (Of You)"/"Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" stands as Zappa's most difficult rock music and provides quite a showcase for Underwood. Other highlights include "Penguin in Bondage" and "Cheepnis," a horror movie tribute. All the pieces were premiere recordings, except for "More Trouble Every Day" and "Son of Orange County," a revamped, slowed down "Orange County Lumber Truck"/"Oh No." Compared to the man's previous live recordings (Fillmore East: June 1971, Just Another Band from L.A.), this one sounds fantastic, finally providing an accurate image of the musicians' virtuosity. For fans of Zappa's intricate material like "RDNZL," "The Black Page," or "Inca Roads," this album is a must-have.