FRANK ZAPPA "Uncle Meat" '73 US PRESS 1 PLAY MINT AUDIO

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  FRANK ZAPPA "Uncle Meat" '73 US PRESS 1 PLAY MINT AUDIO TWO BEAUTIFUL UNMARKED RECORDS, NEAR MINT GATEFOLD
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
Uncle Meat


1973 US BIZARRE/REPRISE (2 MS 2024) PRESSING OF FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION'S CLASSIC SPRAWLING 1969 DOUBLE LP MASTERPIECE "Uncle Meat" IN STUNNING CONDITION

THIS IS THE 1973 US REISSUE ON THE BLUE BIZARRE LABEL HOUSED IN A THICK CARD MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE (without the booklet or special inners) WITH THE VARIATION OF NO TRACK DIVISIONS AND IT'S IN BEAUTIFUL, ONCE PLAYED CONDITION DELIVERING SENSATIONAL, FLAWLESS MINT AUDIO THROUGHOUT (ON MY SYSTEM - AT A VERY, VERY LOUD VOLUME!) - SOUNDS ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL

MATRIX NUMBERS: (in keeping with the original release side one is backed by side four, side two with side three)
RECORD ONE: 30871 MS 2024A-1F (side one) / 30874 MS 2024D-1B (side four)
RECORD TWO: 30872 MS 2024B-1F (side two) / 30873 MS 2024C-1D (side three)

ALL FOUR LABELS ARE CLEAN AND FRESH WITH JUST ONE LIGHT SPINDLE TRACES AND ALL VINYL SURFACES ARE UNMARKED AND SHINE LIKE NEW
THE THICK CARD GATEFOLD WITH THE 44th STREET, NEW YORK ADDRESS IS IN PRACTICALLY UNTOUCHED NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH NO RING WEAR OR SURFACE RUBBING AND JUST THE VERY SMALLEST BEGINNINGS OF A SPLIT ON ONE OF THE TOP OPENING EDGES, BUT VERY, VERY MINOR (this sleeve has well documented weakness in the edge area and most US copies are heavily split)

BEAUTIFUL COPY IN PRACTICALLY UNPLAYED CONDITION AND DELIVERING THE FINEST AUDIO YOU ARE LIKELY TO FIND - GREAT STUFF - VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Just three years into their recording career, the Mothers of Invention released their second double album, Uncle Meat, which began life as the largely instrumental soundtrack to an unfinished film.
It's essentially a transitional work, but it's a fascinating one, showcasing Frank Zappa's ever-increasing compositional dexterity and the Mothers' emerging instrumental prowess.
It was potentially easy to overlook Zappa's melodic gifts on albums past, but on Uncle Meat, he thrusts them firmly into the spotlight; what few lyrics there are, Zappa says, are in-jokes relevant only to the band.
Thus, Uncle Meat became the point at which Zappa began to establish himself as a composer and he would return to many of these pieces repeatedly over the course of his career.
Taken as a whole, Uncle Meat comes off as a hodgepodge, with centrepieces scattered between variations on previous pieces, short concert excerpts, less-realised experiments, doo-wop tunes, and comedy bits; the programming often feels as random as the abrupt transitions and tape experiments held over from Zappa's last few projects.
But despite the absence of a conceptual framework, the unfocused sprawl of Uncle Meat is actually a big part of its appeal.
It's exciting to hear one of the most creatively fertile minds in rock pushing restlessly into new territory, even if he isn't always quite sure where he's going.
However, several tracks hint at the jazz-rock fusion soon to come, especially the extended album closer "King Kong"; it's his first unequivocal success in that area, with its odd time signature helping turn it into a rhythmically kinetic blowing vehicle.
Though some might miss the gleeful satire of Zappa's previous work with the Mothers, Uncle Meat's continued abundance of musical ideas places it among his most intriguing works.

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BEAUTIFUL, PRACTICALLY AS-NEW COPY OF ZAPPA'S MASTERPIECE - IT MAY BE A LATER PRESSING BUT IT'S PRETTY UNBEATABLE AND STILL VERY HARD TO FIND IN SUCH WONDERFUL CONDITION - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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