Frank Zappa - Joes Menage '2008

Artist	Frank Zappa Related artists
Album name	Joes Menage
Country
Date	2008
Genre	Rock
Play time	00:45:53
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	289 mb (+3\%rec.)
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Official Release #84. For their eighth release, the officially authorized Frank
Zappa-centric Vaulternative Records label has unleashed audio from out of Franks
own stash. As related by the fan himself within the liner notes, Zappa had
actually given away the contents of this November 1, 1975, concert to a sincere
Danish enthusiast named Ole Lysgaard.

He met Zappa on several occasions and showed more than an average interest in
the artist and his music. During one of their infrequent confabs in Copenhagen
(circa the late 70s), Zappa gave Lysgaard a few cassettes for his own enjoyment.
One of those bore the markings William and Mary, and when Lysgaard informed Gail
Zappa -- who, along with Joe Travers are keepers of the keys to the massive
Zappa tape vaults -- she enthusiastically approved the search for a master of
the show. What the intrepid Travers found was the original stereo tape -- which
is conjectured to have been made by 2 mics dangling in front of the audience.
Joining Zappa (guitar/vocals) on stage was a short-lived aggregate featuring
Norma Jean Bell (alto sax/vocals) and Andre Lewis (keyboards/vocals) alongside
Napoleon Murphy Brock (tenor sax/vocals) and the rhythm section of Terry Bozzio
(drums/vocals) and original Mothers of Invention member Roy Estrada
(bass/vocals).

The eight-song running order on Joes Menage (2008) reflects a healthy chunk of
Zappas live sets circa late 1975/early 1976. There are several soon-to-be Zappa
songbook staples heard here in their formative stages, most notably, the opening
duo of Honey, Dont You Want a Man Like Me? and The Illinois Enema Bandit. Both
provide evidence of Zappas humor-laden lyrical narratives while leaving room for
the artists incendiary fretwork, as does Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy, yet another
slightly askew tale of perversion set to music that would surface on the highly
underrated Bongo Fury album later in 1975. The medley combining the Were Only in
It for the Money songs Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance,
and Whats the Ugliest Part of Your Body? is a nice nod to the Mothers of
Invention that is made all the more meaningful by the presence of Roy Estrada.
The latter half of the disc is solid sonic nirvana for Zappa fanatics. Chungas
Revenge is a particular treat as Bell improvises a few lyrics prior to a solo
from Lewis (on melodica), while Zappa plays a frenetic rhythm guitar as if it
were a lead instrument. Finally, Bozzio utterly decimates his drum kit with the
time-defying high-octane antics that would become his trademark. Zappas
seemingly effortless yet infinitely soulful Zoot Allures is marred only by an
edit -- which is tastefully faded out and then back in again -- prior to his
spoken closing, where he reintroduces the musicians, dubbing the bass player Roy
Ralph Moleman Managuito de la Banana Republic Estrada and himself as yours
truly, Tyrone Power. 



Tracks:

01. Honey, Dont You Want a Man Like Me?
02. The Illinois Enema Bandit
03. Carolina Hard-Core Ecstacy
04. Lonely Little Girl
05. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
06. Whats The Ugliest Part of Your Body?
07. Chungas Revenge
08. Zoot Allures