Artist: FRANK ZAPPA
Title: HOT RATS
Label: BIZARRE RECORDS, 1970
Format: LP
Catalog #: RS6356
Condition: VG/VG++
Price: $11.00 OBO + shipping
Frank Zappa's first solo album, Hot Rats is a far-cry from the da-da adventures and audio collages of the original Mothers of Invention. Mostly instrumental and filled with long jams between Zappa, Jean-Luc Ponty and Ian Underwood, this slickly-produced album--one of the first 16 track recordings made--is filled with hummable tunes. The opening track, "Peaches en Regalia," is one of Zappa's most enduring songs and the album's only vocal track, "Willie the Pimp," is by Zappa's long-time friend Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart.
--Andrew Boscardin
