THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Weasels Ripped My Flesh 1970 UK REPRISE 1st PRESSING
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Aug 28, 2017
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Aug 18, 2017
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Weasels Ripped My Flesh 1970 UK REPRISE 1st PRESSING
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTIONWeasels Ripped My Flesh
UK REPRISE (RSLP 2028) FIRST ISSUE (September 1970)
GREAT SOUNDING COPY - PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY
PRESSED WITH DEEP TAN REPRISE LABELS
MATRIX: RSLP 2028 A2 / RSLP 2028 B1
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT SLEEVE "Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Limited" INTERNALLY GLUE-TABBED TO THE BACK
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE
A fascinating collection of mostly instrumental live and studio material recorded by the original Mothers of Invention, complete with horn section, from 1967-1969, Weasels Ripped My Flesh segues unpredictably between arty experimentation and traditional song structures.
Highlights of the former category include the classical avant-garde elements of "Didja Get Any Onya," which blends odd rhythmic accents and time signatures with dissonance and wordless vocal noises; these pop up again in "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask" and "Toads of the Short Forest." The latter and "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue" also show Frank Zappa's willingness to embrace the avant-garde jazz of the period.
Yet, interspersed are straightforward tunes like a cover of Little Richard's "Directly From My Heart to You," with great violin from Don "Sugarcane" Harris; the stinging Zappa-sung rocker "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama," and "Oh No," a familiar Broadway-esque Zappa melody (it turned up on Lumpy Gravy) fitted with lyrics and sung by Ray Collins.
Thus, Weasels can make for difficult, incoherent listening, especially at first. But there is a certain logic behind the band's accomplished genre-bending and Zappa's gleefully abrupt veering between musical extremes; without pretension, Zappa blurs the normally sharp line between intellectual concept music and the visceral immediacy of rock and R&B.
Zappa's anything-goes approach and the distance between his extremes are what make Weasels Ripped My Flesh ultimately invigorating; they also even make the closing title track -- a minute and a half of squalling feedback, followed by applause -- perfectly logical in the album's context.
Side 1:
Didja Get Any Onya? (3:44)
Directly From My Heart To You (5:17)
Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask (3:35)
Toads Of The Short Forest (4:48)
Get A Little (2:35)
Side 2:
The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (6:53)
Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula (2:12)
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (3:35)
Oh No (1:46)
The Orange County Lumber Truck (3:18)
Weasels Ripped My Flesh (2:05)
LABELS: EXCELLENT+
Clean, unmarked labels with just a handful of light spindle traces mostly on Side Two
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces shine like new with nothing but a few harmless hairlines
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Plays beautifully throughout with little to fault - an odd tick noted - nothing really - I did not clean this copy as it looks immaculate so these will no doubt disappear after a clean/few spins - great sound - nice loud cut
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT-
Some rub to the edges but clean and unmarked
POST & PACKING:
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