FRANK ZAPPA with ZUBIN MEHTA & LA Philharmonic RARE 1ST PRESSING EX+

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FRANK ZAPPA with ZUBIN MEHTA & LA Philharmonic RARE 1ST PRESSING!!! EX+

Vinyl looks close to unplayed (really nice...really NM). Cover (which is white cover with "200 Motels" Frank Zappa The Mothers of Invention Zuben Mehta & teh Los Angeles Philharmonic written in red ink) was shrink wrapped when it came out, so it's still EX as well (couple of SMALL seam splits on upper right & bottom right 1/2" each, otherwise very nice). This is the VERY FIRST TMOQ release...here's the info:

200 Motels Live

    Length: ~45 min
    Label: Trademark of Quality Records TMOQ 71010 (LP)

Musicians: Frank Zappa, Ray Collins ("only briefly audible"), Jeff Simmons, Aynsley Dunbar, Billy Mundi, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Motorhead Sherwood and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta

        There is no track list.
        The record has no track separation and
        both sides contain more or less non-stop music.

    Since there's no track list, what was actually played? According to Jon Naurin, "they played a long, orchestral suite called '200 Motels'", and according to Michael Gula, "that composition was really a hodge-podge, containing parts of what is now 'Bogus Pomp' along with themes of a number of Zappa tunes that were weeded out". Themes can be recognised from "Envelopes", "Holiday in Berlin", "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus", "The Duke of Prunes", "Who Needs the Peace Corps", "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbeque", "Oh No" and 200 Motels. Jon Naurin provides this break down of the "200 Motels" suite:

        Pound for a Brown
        Oh No
        Envelopes
        Little House I Used to Live in
        Tuna Sandwich
        Redneck Eats
        World's Greatest Sinner
        Holiday in Berlin
        Inca Roads
        Strictly Genteel
        Duke of Prunes
        Who Needs the Peace Corps?
        Pound for a Brown
        Oh No
        The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue

The vinyl original of this was the first Zappa bootleg record ever released, and despite the record number, the first Trademark of Quality release. Some report that early TMOQ runs were on red vinyl, later runs on black and in various covers. the very first edition (black vinyl) had hand-drawn covers!

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