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The first three Mothers albums, released between June 1966 and March 1968, come packaged as a ruthless, mind-bending, (and now, midline) monster. During this period of remarkable and unprecedented creativity, Zappa and the Mothers produced ambitious, far-ranging, unsettling, provocative, and wholly original psychedelic rock--simultaneously ridiculing psychedelic rock as they raised it to a completely new level. The musical trail brilliantly meandered (bulldozed?) through garage rock, groovy R&B, avant-garde jazz, blissful pop, and patchwork sonic experimentalism. Lyrically, Zappa delivered serious political and social commen
The first three Mothers albums, released between June 1966 and March 1968, come packaged as a ruthless, mind-bending, (and now, midline) monster. During this period of remarkable and unprecedented creativity, Zappa and the Mothers produced ambitious, far-ranging, unsettling, provocative, and wholly original psychedelic rock--simultaneously ridiculing psychedelic rock as they raised it to a completely new level. The musical trail brilliantly meandered (bulldozed?) through garage rock, groovy R&B, avant-garde jazz, blissful pop, and patchwork sonic experimentalism. Lyrically, Zappa delivered serious political and social commentary in ways that were completely nonsensical; he delivered utter nonsense in ways that were completely sober. In the process, he left no sub-sect of society unscathed, impaling hippies, capitalists, police, and anyone else he could think of. From 1966's Freak Out! through the following year's Absolutely Free to 1968's crowning We're Only in It for the Money, Zappa and crew provided a creepy and menacing counterpoint to flower-power optimism, and did it using the counterculture's own psychedelic language. Together these three albums form the ultimate bad trip trilogy. --Marc Greilsamer
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Manufacturer: Rykodisc
Release date: 22 April 2002
Number of discs: 3
EAN: 0014431058226 UPC: 014431058226
Tags: George Duke (1), Roy Estrada (1), Jimmy Carl Black (1), Ray Collins (1), Patrick O'Hearn (1), Bruce Fowler (1), Tom Fowler (1), Lowell George (1), Robert Charlebois (1), The Mothers Of Invention Member (1), Songwriters From Maryland (1), Ian Underwood (1), David Quentin (1), Vinnie Colaiuta (1), Verve Records Artist (1), Rykodisc Artist (1), Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee (1), Progressive Rock Musician (1), People From Harford County (1), Los Angele (1)
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