His work is characterized by nonconformity, freeform improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity, and satire of american culture. Bongo fury starts with debra kadabra, a twisted raw blues song, followed by carolina hardcore ecstacy, a bit of an anthem type piece with an epic chorus and some great vocals from beefheart as well as a superb zappa solo in the middle. The live portions were recorded on may 20 and 21, 1975, at the armadillo world headquarters in austin, texas. Find album release information for bongo fury frank zappa, captain beefheart, the mothers of invention on allmusic. This album also is the last frank zappa album where his band was listed as the mothers. His disparate influences included doo wop music and avantgarde classical music. For me, this record is all over the place, but if you are already prepared for the way frank loves to go all over the place musically and soncially, youll embrace it immediately. As jimmy carl black pointed out, don is the best singer that frank ever had. The best of frank zappa 2002, videoarts, vack1261, japan, 2cd 4. Frank zappa free albums and compilations download myzcloud. Best when showcasing his evolving guitar skills and terry bozzios thundering drums, bongo fury contains some of zappas more enduring songs, such as.
In a career spanning more than 30 years, zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral. Advance romance bobby, say goodbye submit corrections. Recorded live at armadillo world headquarters, austin texas, may 20th and 21st, 1975. Bongo fury is the last frank zappa album where his band was listed as the mothers. Partrecorded live in 1975, frank zappas bongo fury saw captain beefheart join the celebrated mothers of invention on tour for a unique pairing. Zappa and beefheart went their separate ways following bongo fury. Bongo fury is a collaborative album by american artists frank zappa and the mothers, with captain beefheart, released in october 1975. Sam with the showing scalp flat top site map help add to favorites to get full access to the site e. Bootlegging is often incorrectly referred to as piracy but there are important differences between the two terms. The original vinyl version was released in october 1975 by discreet records but bongo fury saw a cd rerelease in 1995 through rykodisc. Nonprofit bootlegging is trafficking in recordings that the record companies have not commercially released, whereas piracy is the illegal copyingsale of recordings that are available commercially. Bongo fury frank zappa, captain beefheart, the mothers. En 1975 frank zappa invite son vieil ami le capitaine c.
Bongo fury is a live collaboration between frank zappa, captain beefheart and the mothers. It was released by discreet records on october 2, 1975. Bongo fury by frank zappa on amazon music unlimited. Zappa and beefheart march to their own beat on bongo fury. Zappa beefheart mothers bongo fury release pressed at capitol records pressing plant, jacksonville jw in the runouts zappa beefheart mothers bongo fury release pressed at columbia records pressing plant, santa maria and mastered at kendun recorders kendun stamp. It appears on his 1975 mostly live album bongo fury made with captain beefheart or don van vliet. What has been cut out on bongo fury is 39 seconds just before the guitar solo a slide solo by denny walley, 2 minutes and 43 seconds just after the guitar solo effectively a piano solo and one verse, and 2 seconds of the fadeout. Frank zappa bongo fury full album 1975 karl plays bass. Check out bongo fury by frank zappa on amazon music. Frank zappa producer, lead guitar, vocals, kerry mcnabb engineer, captain beefheart vocals, harmonica, george duke keyboards, vocals, napoleon murphy brock saxophone, vocals, bruce fowler.
Bongo fury by the mothers of invention, frank zappa. The best of frank zappa 1995, rykodisc, rcd 40600, usa 1995. Civilization phaze iii 1994, barking pumpkin, umrk 01, usa, 2cd 1996. Frank zappa bongo fury lyrics and tracklist genius. Bongo fury captain beefheart perfect sound forever. Bongo fury is a combined live and studio album by us experimental rock artist frank zappa. Listen free to frank zappa bongo fury debra kadabra, carolina hardcore. Frank vincent zappa december 21, 1940 december 4, 1993 was an american multiinstrumentalist musician, composer, and bandleader. On this page you can download frank zappa albums and mp3 songs compilations for free without registration.
Frank zappa lyrics advance romance no more credit from the liquor store suit is all dirty, boy. Frank zappas musical language a study of the music of frank zappa main menu. Frank zappa lead guitar, vocals terry bozzio drums, moisture robert frog camarena, uncredited vocals on debra kadabra napoleon murphy brock sax, vocals george duke keyboards, vocals. Bongo fury vinyl 1975 rock frank zappa download rock. Frank zappa captain beefheart the mothers bongo fury 1975 recorded live at armadillo world hea 09 muffin man 05. Bongo fury isnt the right place to start if youre just getting into zappa, but countless fans literally swear by this record, and it is great.
Bongo fury is like motorhead sherwoods antiskill sax solo on king kong, or fzs dada piano on return of the son of monster magnet. Bongo fury captures captain beefheart aka don van vliet with frank zappa during their brief reunion for a series of shows in the spring of 1975. Frank zappa ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch. However, don is clearly more at home singing his own words than zappas. His enormous body of work still stands as an insurmountable achievement in its richness, musical sophistication and evolution. Listen to your favorite songs from bongo fury by frank zappa now. Zappa continued one of the most prolific careers of the twentieth century until his tragic death in 1993. Though far more a zappa album than a beefheart one, bongo fury represents beefhearts. Composer, guitarist, singer, and bandleader frank zappa was a singular musical figure during a performing and recording career that lasted from the 1960s to the 90s.
Bongo fury by frank zappa and captain beefheart discography. This album is a pastiche of both live performances taken from two evenings at the armadillo world headquarters in austin, tx and studio recordings that were almost a yearandahalf old. If you dont like zappa then this may not convince you to change your opinion in the way hot rats might. Tracks 5, 6 and 9 are studio tracks recorded in january 1975. This anarchic music is political conceptual in nature, and indeed i would argue that this record is one zappas great political even polemical productions, of the same category as freak out, were only in. The song begins with studio recorded spoken word lyrics delivered by zappa and is followed by the chorus. A1, a2, a4 to b2, b4 notes tracks a1 to a4, b2 to b4. Tracks 5, 6 and 9 intro only are studio tracks recorded in january 1975 during the sessions which produced one size fits all 1975 and much of studio. Songs, transcriptions, midi files and musical analysis. Studio album 33 compilation 3 live 18 ensemble modern plays frank zappa. Download frank zappa mp3 songs and albums music downloads. It also appears on chronicle and on an evening with.
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