Frank Zappa - Ahead Of Their Time '1968 [1993]

Artist	Frank Zappa Related artists
Album name	Ahead Of Their Time
Country
Date	1968 [1993]
Genre	Rock
Play time	01:07:38
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	439 mb (+3%rec.)
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The date is October 28, 1968. The Mothers of Invention are playing the Royal
Festival Hall in London. Frank Zappa has booked 14 musicians from the BBC
Symphony Orchestra to accompany them during the first part of the show. He had
been writing chamber music pieces in the hotel rooms he visited and wanted to
try them out. He strung them together by devising a psychodrama he called
"Progress?" This was meant (and indeed turned out) to be a one-time performance,
so he made sure to record it. He released the whole thing as Ahead of Their Time
25 years later. The first half of the disc is comprised of the "play." A faction
of the Mothers want to play conservative concert music. Don Preston advocates
progress with his avant-gardist electronics. He and pianist Ian Underwood battle
it out while other frivolous characters (played by members of the Mothers)
intervene. It must have been a lot of fun to watch (and it was filmed; parts of
it appeared in the movie Uncle Meat), but some of the more visual scenes
translate poorly on record. More important is the music itself, which definitely
points toward the score to 200 Motels -- it even includes "Holiday in Berlin,"
which will eventually become a central theme of the film music. The second half
of the CD presents the rock part of that night's concert. All instrumental and
very focused, it presents Zappa's best tunes from 1967-1968, including the
complete sequence that includes "Let's Make the Water Turn Black," "Harry You're
a Beast," "The Orange County Lumber Truck," and "Oh No." The sound quality is
far from perfect, but this is a crucial document that fans of the '60s Mothers
will enjoy.


Tracks:

01. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Prologue (3:07)
02. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Progress? (4:45)
03. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Like It Or Not (2:22)
04. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson
(2:01)
05. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Holding The Group Back (2:00)
06. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Holiday In Berlin (0:57)
07. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The
Stage (2:55)
08. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Undaunted, The Band Plays On (4:34)
09. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Agency Man (3:17)
10. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Epilogue (1:52)
11. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - King Kong (8:13)
12. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Help, I'm A Rock (1:38)
13. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Transylvania Boogie (3:07)
14. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Pound For A Brown (6:50)
15. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Sleeping In A Jar (2:24)
16. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Let's Make The Water Turn Black (1:51)
17. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Harry, You're A Beast (0:54)
18. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I)
(0:47)
19. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Oh No (3:22)
20. Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)
(10:38)


Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax], Piano â€“ Ian Underwood
Baritone Saxophone [Baritone Sax], Tambourine â€“ Euclid James Motorhead
Sherwood
Bass, Vocals â€“ Roy Estrada
Drums â€“ Jimmy Carl Black
Drums, Percussion â€“ Arthur Dyer Tripp III
Electric Piano, Noises [Odd Noises] â€“ Don Preston
Guitar, Vocals â€“ Frank Zappa
Liner Notes â€“ Frank Zappa
Music By â€“ FZ (tracks: 1, 3, 6 to 20)
Musician [Assisted By] â€“ Members Of The BBC Symphony Orchestra
Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax], Clarinet â€“ Bunk Gardner