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Wowie!! On the turntable, 10 sides of vintage Zappa guitar to keep me enthralled this weekend.
"Music is the best" indeed...... from the Father of Invention :-)











Shut up and listen....


"Until the release of this album,only a few people realised what the hard-core Zappa fanatics had known all along.......that FZ could play the guitar.
While the papers and magazines shouted the praises of every other guitar stangler and condemned Zappa for having the guts to sing lyrics they felt were disgusting, he quietly continued to play things on his instrument that were far more blasphemous than any words could convey. In the rush to be offended by what he said, the music press forgot to listen to what his guitar was talking about. Zappa's guitar solos, as captured on this album, say a lot of things that might just prove to be embarrassing to the writers who forgot to listen"

Dipping into some more Zappa later :) This a double vinyl set which I picked up in a tiny upstairs record shop in Parliament St. a long time ago. Anyone remember it?

.....and more :)

....finally. Bought this on the day he died.....Even now I cannot believe how little of Zappa I actually have! They all passed me by for some obscure reason....

Nice choices, Dermot. Freak Out was an amazing debut but my favourite albums from the original Mothers of Invention lineup remain We're Only In It For The Money, Weasels Ripped My Flesh and Uncle Meat. Hot Rats is one of Zappa's best albums and contains some of his finest guitar work. Later albums that I'm very fond of include Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, One Size Fits All, Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt, Joe's Garage and the vastly underrated Jazz From Hell.

mcq wrote:Nice choices, Dermot. Freak Out was an amazing debut but my favourite albums from the original Mothers of Invention lineup remain We're Only In It For The Money, Weasels Ripped My Flesh and Uncle Meat. Hot Rats is one of Zappa's best albums and contains some of his finest guitar work. Later albums that I'm very fond of include Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, One Size Fits All, Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt, Joe's Garage and the vastly underrated Jazz From Hell.

Gonna have to start diggin' for more Zappa vinyl methinks starting with your list Paul :-) Would you believe I actually had a second hand original vinyl of "Unkle Meat" but it was so badly warped it was unplayable! Despite my very best attempts to "unwarp" it - using a hair dryer from the Costume Dept. and two extremely heavy cast iron marking out blocks from the workshop!! Don't worry I knew exactly what I was doing! I remember the bits I did actually hear were amazing....

Wow! Long time since I hears this little vinyl ditty. Still picking my pinnas of the floor :-)




Is that our Ry (Cooder) at the back?

Grow Fins Vol. 1 "Just Got Back From The City/ Electricity" double vinyl....a hotch potch of demos,live stuff etc




1965 - 1967

Just heard he passed away in the early hours.....God bless you Bert, may you Rest In Peace...


His first.....1965





....and his last 2006


"When the canvas frays
in the currach of thought
and a stain of ocean
blackens beneath you,
may there come across the waters
a path of yellow moonlight
to bring you safely home"