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Frank Zappa - Zappa: The London Symphony Orchestra, Vols. 1-2 '1983 [2012]

Zappa: The London Symphony Orchestra, Vols. 1-2
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Album name Zappa: The London Symphony Orchestra, Vols. 1-2
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Date 1983 [2012]
GenreJazz
Play time 01:35:42
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
Media CD
Size 572 mb (+3\%rec.)
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When Frank Zappa teamed up with renowned conductor Kent Nagano and the London
Symphony Orchestra for three days in January 1983, he was expecting to walk away
with a set of stellar performances of some of his most challenging contemporary
classical pieces, as done by one of the worlds top symphonic ensembles. What he
got instead were bad attitudes, terrible work habits, unforgiving union
stipulations and a hard lesson in preconceived notions -- showing him that
working with unschooled but enthusiastic rock musicians also had its advantages,
and giving rise to his well-documented love/hate (mostly hate) relationship with
symphony orchestras thereafter. According to Zappa, the LSO crew were hardly
expecting a hard days toil from the works of a ‘rocker, resulting in so
many screw-ups that much of the material had to be heavily edited after the fact
in the studio. This 1995 edition combines the two London Symphony Orchestra
volumes released on vinyl in the mid-80s into a single 2-CD set, even
re-sequencing the material to reflect Frank Zappas original, idealized
performance order -- all of it made possible by the wonders of compact disc
technology. Therefore, for fans of Zappas so called ‘serious music (i.e.
not rock-based), London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I & II offers both premier (Sad
Jane, Bob in Dacron) and re-arranged compositions taken from his massive past
oeuvre (Pedros Dowry, Bogus Pomp). Though not as fulfilling as 1993s fantastic
The Yellow Shark, this set will still has plenty going for it in the eyes of
committed fans.


Tracks:

Disc 1 
 01. Bob In Dacron, First Movement (5:37)
 02. Bob In Dacron, Second Movement (6:34)
 03. Sad Jane, First Movement (4:46)
 04. Sad Jane, Second Movement (5:05)
 05. Mo N Herbs Vacation, First Movement (4:48)
 06. Mo N Herbs Vacation, Second Movement (10:05)
 07. Mo N Herbs Vacation, Third Movement (12:51)

Disc 2 
 01. Envelopes (4:06)
 02. Pedros Dowry (10:26)
 03. Bogus Pomp (24:34)
 04. Strictly Genteel (6:56)

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