Joe's Corsage

Sound quality is unbelievably fantastic.

Love it

Outstanding guitar performances. Very enjoyable music.

The other reviwers did such great jobs reviewing these classic performances.this cd is perfect if you want to sit in on Frank's practice sessions with the original"Mothers of Invention band of the1960'si and tons of other fans of the original Mother's would buy anything, especially live pieces of the original band.i am so happy to get this . How about a 5 cd set limited edition .i have been listening to the original Mother's for almost 50 yeaRS,it's all been good for me.Thank you Dweezal and Gail for doing the Excellant work with the Reissues.i and my friends appreciate everything you do,Take Kare and God Bless!!!!

Absolutely priceless early MOI material. Love the raw but great sounding recordings, and FZ's excellent guitar work. What a band.

For Zappa fans -- excellent.

GREAT

This release is of interest to Zappa fans because it documents the Mothers at an early stage of their development. At this stage the Mothers sound like a garage band from the period (a good one), without the avant-guarde elements that characterized their music by the time of their first album. What is, however, already in place, is the satirical lyrical contentThese are demos recorded in 1964 & and 1965. It's mostly songs that would appear on "Freak Out", "Cruising with Ruben and the Jets", or "Absolutely Free". There's also a couple of "standards" cover songs that might have been typical for the day ("Hitchhike" by Marvin Gaye). Most of the songs that would appear on their early albums are in recognizable forms. The sound of these songs is quite different from the later LP versions. They are rougher in a good way. Part of the roughness may be because they are demos, and partly because of the production, which gives the guitar a louder more abrasive sound, and is less reverb-soaked that was the norm in the mid-late 1960's production."Plastic People" is played basically to the tune of "Louie Louie" (facetiously so), and is similar to the live version found on one of the "You Can't Do That Onstage Anymore" volumes. It demonstrates how the song is a mutant cousin of the earlier bar-band standard. "Wedding Dress Song/Handsome Cabin Boy" are sea shanties that have previously appeared in different form on  Lost Episodes , but this version is more rock-oriented. Perhaps the most interesting "Conceptual Continuity Clue" for hardcore Zappa freaks is ""I'm So Happy I Could Cry", which is an early version of "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance" / closing theme of "Lumpy Gravy", but with different lyrics, sung by Frank Zappa (a fairly standard love long).The album also includes outtakes of an interview from a later period, in which Zappa discusses his musical influences and the formation of the Mothers band.In short, this release wouldn't make much sense as someone's introduction to Zappa's music, but fans will appreciate this look into an earlier stage of Zappa's musical development, and it is an enjoyable album. It is very short, but it is what it is, and it's pretty good.

This falls under the for Really Die Hard Fans Only category and even then I'm not sure it applies. From a time capsule point of view yes. From a strictly musical point of view, not so much. Basically it's a collection of drab, ho-hum R&B covers from the early days of the band. Nowhere are there to be found any glimpses of the sardonic wit, hilarious lyrics and scintillating guitar solos that the Maestro would later became famous for. The best moments are the spoken word reminisces from Senior Frank telling of how it all began. It's nice to listen to his voice and remember oneself exactly when and where we were back when we had Frank to enliven our existences with his unique vision and musicality. R.I.P Mr. Zappa.

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