Zapped Rare US Bizarre Sampler LP EX '70 PRO368 Beefheart Zappa Alice Cooper
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Zapped Rare US Bizarre Sampler LP EX '70 PRO368 Beefheart Zappa Alice Cooper
Original US LP released in 1970 on Bizarre Records. Cat: PRO 368.
Uncovered in the out back of N.S.W. this record is part of a recent collection stored and unplayed for the last 20 years. Collected during the 90's and mostly sourced from overseas kept in a cool dry cellar there are some tasty gems on offer and we look forward on listing them over the next few months.
In 1969 Warner/Reprise launched a series of bargain-priced label samplers dubbed Loss Leaders: available via mail order for two bucks or less, these remarkably generous compilations often featured B-sides and other non-LP tracks, but what's most notable is the sheer consistency of the listening experience. Warner and its affiliated labels housed a veritable murderers row of rock & roll legends, and only rarely does a disappointing track squeak into the mix. Zappéd is a particularly noteworthy entry in the Loss Leaders series, assembling a baker's dozen cuts from Frank Zappa's Straight/Bizarre imprint that together comprise some of the most avant-garde music ever issued on a major label. Veering wildly from the mutant blues skronk of Captain Beefheart's "The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)" to Tim Buckley's celestial tone poem "I Must Have Been Blind" to Lord Buckley's word-jazz reverie "Governor Slugwell," the music celebrates the creative spirit at its most daring and potent and proves a stinging reminder of how calculated and tame major-label rosters have become in the decades since.
Tracks : Alice Coope - Titanic overture/ Captain Beefheart & His Magic band - The blimp (mousetrapreplica)/ Judy Henry & Jerry Yester - Horses on a stick/ Tim Buckley - I must have been blind/ Wild Man Fischer - Merry-go-round/ Alice Cooper - Reflected/ Tim Dawe - Little boy blue/ Lord Buckley - The train/ Jeff Simmons - Lucille has messed my mind up/ Captain Beefheart & His magic Band - Old fart at play/ Mothers Of Invention - Valarie/ GTO's - Do me in once and I'll be sad, Do me in twice and I'll know better/ Frank zappa - Willie the pimp.
There are a few light spindle marks on labels. Record has some light scuff marks that cause a few light crackles and is in Excellent condition. Cover has a small crease mark on top left corner and is in Excellent condition.
Wrapping method: All records are sent in stiff cardboard mailers then wrapped in brown paper and sealed around edges with brown packaging tape. Records are taken out of sleeve to avoid seam splits and ring wear.
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1678 (GS 9.8.2 (1678))
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