Fillmore East, June 1971 [Audio CD] Frank Zappa - Very Good

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Amazon.caAfter disbanding the original Mothers of Invention following a short tour of Canada during the summer of 1969, Zappa hired musicians for his studio work before forming a new Mothers in August 1970. The new band was augmented by bassist Jim Pons and vocalists Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, all of whom Zappa recruited from the Turtles, that hit-making teen-sensation unit that had reached the top of the pop charts with such hits as "Happy Together" and "Elenore". Legend has it that Zappa tried to enlist former Monkee Micky Dolenz on drums at the same time, but Dolenz declined the offer. The new line-up made several albums with Zappa, beginning with Chunga's Revenge (owing to legal problems, Volman and Kaylan were originally billed as Phlorescent Leech and Eddie, which led to the duo being called Flo and Eddie henceforth), but the Fillmore East recording remains its vanguard. Zappa was still obsessed with the ridiculous phenomenon of pop stardom and now he had two genuine articles in his band. Thus, in between live renditions of some of his soon-to-be instrumental classics, Zappa, Volman and Kaylan delight the Manhattan audience with rude and crude skits about pop stars and groupies. The whole shebang climaxes with Flo and Eddie doing a letter-perfect rendition of the Turtles' "Happy Together" before ironically concluding with Zappa's own "Tears Begin to Fall", the kind of pop ditty Zappa was poking fun at throughout the performance. Although it now all sounds rather tame in the era of rap and porn rock, it was attacked as crass at the time of its release. Nevertheless, this doesn't stop it from being frequently hilarious. Following the performance, the Mothers were joined onstage by John Lennon and Yoko Ono for a set captured on the live disc that eventually accompanied Lennon's Some Time in New York City. What a night! --Bill HoldshipProduct DescriptionThis live record was recorded with the Flo & Eddie incarnation of the ever-changing Mothers line-up. The vocal duo, which had considerable chart success as the Turtles, parodied their success as "rock stars" here, and Zappa utilised their soul and doo-wop-style vocals for maximum comedic effect. The set works as a comedy record as much as anything else. They perform their huge hit "Happy Together", but it's done as a goof. Zappa and Flo & Eddie talk over the backbeat like standup comics. Listeners' enjoyment of the record will be directly proportional to their appreciation of funny but gross humor featuring creamed corn, donkeys, hemorrhoids, enchiladas wrapped in pickle sauce, and endless genitalia references. While there are some pieces from previous records ("Peaches En Regalia", and "Willie the Pimp" from HOT RATS) the centrepiece of the record is a loose narrative beginning with"The Mud Shark", a tale of an actual motel in Seattle wherepeople would fish out the window. Though it could hardly becalled a commercial record (even its cover is scrawled in pencil), for some bizarre reason, it made it to the Top 40.

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