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Frank Zappa - Hot Rats


Frank Zappa
Hot Rats

   

This recording brings together a set of mostly little-known talents that whale the tar out of every other informal "jam" album released in rock and roll for the past two years. If Hot Rats is any indication of where Zappa is headed on his own, we are in for some fiendish rides indeed.

In the past both Zappa's high-flown "serious music" and his greasy Fifties routines grew heavy-handed, but this album suggests he may be off on a new and much more individual direction, inspired by Captain Beefheart, who is featured prominently on Hot Rats and whose Trout Mask Replica set him several frontiers beyond anything we've heard from Zappa. Beefheart is one of the true originals
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of our day, and his raffish dadaism is an excellent tonic for a Zappa too often pre-occupied with polemics—his influence shows clearly in much of this record, whether he's actually performing or not.

The new Zappa has dumped both his Frankensteinian classicism and his pachuko-rock. He's into the new jazz heavily; same as Beefheart. and applying all his technical savvy until the music sounds a far and purposely ragged cry from the self-indulgence of the current crop of young white John Coltranes. Ian Underwood's reed work in particular is far more advanced than anything he did with the Mothers.

The album's instrumental highlight comes on "The Gumbo Variations," spotlighting the wildest, most advanced piece of Free-form electric violin playing I've ever heard (who is "Sugar Cane Harris"?), a slithery performance that sings with the rusty purity that only the most corrosive music can muster.

Zappa himself has an extremely long guitar solo on "Willie the "Pimp," but as past numbers like "Invocation of the Young Pumpkin" have shown, he's really not a jazz improvisor, and his repetitious and surprisingly simple patterns get boring before he's half-way through. But those words! The wily Beefheart spirit strikes again: "I'm a little pimp with my hair gassed backàMan in a suit with a bow-tie neck/Wanna buy a grunt with a third-party check/Standin' on the porch of the Lido hotel/Floozies in the lobby love the way I sellà"

If you're eager for a first taste of Beefheart or interested in the new approaches to instrumental style and improvisational technique being developed these days, this is as good a place to start as any; a good stepping stone to folks like Ayler, Don Cherry and Cecil Taylor-the real titans these cats learned it from. (RS 53)


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Used CD   10.52   Gypo
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Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (rmst) Upc: 014431050824 Peaches En Regalia Willie The Pimp</ Zappa Re
New CD   13.72   BetamOnline
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Peaches En Regalia Willie The Pimp Son Of Mr. Green Genes Littl Ryk, 4/28/1995
New CD   13.85   MusicImport
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CD   25.24   Action
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Rcd10508, 01/05/1995
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M-/M- CD   30.67   Encore
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EX/NM LP   21.03   Wall of Soun
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ex LP   35.05   Al's Tracks
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M-/M- LP   36.81   Encore
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LP   38.95   VinylUKdotco
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VG VG LP   41.40   Latin Collec
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NEW LP+CDR   72.95   cdBBQ
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Digitally Remastered Cd W/ Orig. Artwork. We Use Pro Audio Equip. (not A Computer) To Transfer Th... Special Order
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Original German Press, Cut, Mail Me If Questions Or You Need A Photo! Grading Is Cover/vinyl/lab...
VG+/M-/M- LP   18.56   Vinyloldie
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Hot Rats - 1971 In Gatefold Sleeve On The Mustard Reprise Steamboat Label (rep 44078) German Pres...
EX/EX LP   38.93   Visual Vinyl
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Frank Zappa - Hot Rats - Japan Ryko 1987 Original 6-track Cd   Frank Zappa   Hot Rats - Japan Ryko 1987 Original 6-track Cd
Japan Ryko 1987 Original 6-track Cd In Custom Picture Sleeve Japan, Ryko, Rcd10066
EX EX CD   33.41   crazy diamon
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Frank Zappa - Hot Rats = Remaster =   Frank Zappa   Hot Rats = Remaster =
More Part Of This Album Is Instrumental, And One Of The First Full Solo Albums From Frankie. Incl...
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NEW CD   17.49   GrooveNet
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Remastered. His Masterpiece! Instrumental Extravaganza W/guest Vocal By Captain Beefheart On "wil...
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LP   30.78   CDExpress
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VG VG LP   41.40   Latin Collec
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Zap310508.2 new Copy/ Barcode: 14431050824 Releasedate: 5 2 1995 Style:rock Title: Hot Rats ... Special Order
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Frank Zappa & Hot Rats Live At The Olympic 1970 - 1lp. Tmq71059r. Limited Edition Of 150 Copies O...
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LP   4.00   Record Finde
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Zappa Frank - Hot Rats Sessions Ep   Zappa Frank   Hot Rats Sessions Ep
7 Inch Ep With Picture Sleeve And Liner Notes Insert. Bognor Regis (unreleased) Bw Rollo. Limited...
M 7"   49.99   Teenage Malt
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CD   15.31   Bluesite
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Cd. Release Date: 04/28/1995. Us, Ryk, 014431050824, 04/28/1995
NEW CD   15.24   SilverDisc
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Status: Available Label: Ryko Catalog: 10508 Genre: Rock / Pop Ryko, 014431050824, 04/28/1
New CD   17.59   VibrantSound
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Usually Shipped After 2 Business Days. Number Of Discs: 1. Rykodisc, 1050824 Special Order
NEW/NEU! ( CD   20.09   Total Recall
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Zappa, frank - Hot Rats   Zappa, frank   Hot Rats
Brand New! ***will Be Delivered To You In About 14 Days*** Rykodisc, 02.05.1995 Special Order
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EX CD   39.68   Ear of the
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VG+ / VG++ LP   40.00   Musical Ener
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F G LP   8.64   Playland
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vg+/vg LP   11.00   stevens
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Reprise Rs 6356, Brown Label, Gatefold, Split Seams
VG- VG+ LP   18.40   Brothers
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Gatefold, 3" Smsp On Bottom, Blue Lbl, 1969, Includes Orginal Inner Sleeve Bizarre/reprise, Rs 63
VG+/VG+ LP   25.30   VINYLCASTLE
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vg/vg+ LP   29.00   Bananas
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Hot Rats - Zappa, frank   Zappa, frank   Hot Rats
Foc, With Sratch On Side B Uk, Reprise Rec. - Rslp-6356
g LP   30.94   Vinylspecial
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VG++ VG++ LP   33.00   OBSOLETE
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Original Issue - Gatefold - Gold/green/pink Riverboat Label Reprise R 6356 Uk
VG/VG LP   33.74   Ear of the
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VG LP   32.13   Beatmerchant
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VG+/VG+ LP   54.00   ROCK READ
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VG Other   19.47   AVID
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Zappa, frank - Hot Rats Album   Zappa, frank   Hot Rats
6 Track Reprise Label Picture Disc Album Of The Classic 1969 Album Featuring Captain Beefheart. ...
12" Pic Dis   37.08   Jack Wolak's
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Zappa, frank - Hot Rats Record   Zappa, frank   Hot Rats
Picture Lp Europe, Reprise K 44078-5
M- LP Pic Disc   38.67   Vinylspecial
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Zappa, frank - Hot Rats LP   Zappa, frank   Hot Rats
Frank Zappa Hot Rats (1970 Uk Second Pressing Of The 6-track Stereo Vinyl Lp On The Tan Reprise ...
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Lp/cd Combo / This Item For Sale At Gdm Is A Vinyl Lp That We Will Acquire From One Of Our Recor... Special Order
m- LP+CDR   65.00   Going Digita
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    Zappa, frank   Hot Rats (1969 Original-gatefold Sleeve! With Captain Beefheart)
Bizarre/reprise Rs6356
LP   56.00   Vintage
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Bizarre, 6356
M- ST LP   30.00   Times Square
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D, Repr, 71
nearly min LP   80.05   Black Rhythm
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    Zappa, frank   Hot Rats (remastered New)
New, Feat Captain Beefheart Eu, Rykodisc, X, 1969
SS SS CD   19.63   RECORD WORLD
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    Zappa, frank   Hot Rats (remastered)
Attributes: Remastered
New CD   14.68   CDQuest
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