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The World Of Oz - The World Of Oz (1969) {Deram–Repertoire REPUK1070 rel 2006, remastered & expanded}
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© 1969, 2006 Deram / Repertoire Records | REPUK 1070
Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Psychedelic Pop

Great melodies, simple songs and a production that consists of the full works, "World Of Oz" is a magical world indeed. It's in much the same territory as Mark Wirtz, The Herd and all those other transitory late 1960s pop acts that presented a colourful, unchallenging escape. There might not be any hits, but the singles "Muffin Man" and "King Croesus" are unforgettable. Having said that, there are catchy melodies and sumptuous arrangements all over this album. The band themselves were a four-piece with a suitably boyish lead singer. The bonus tracks don't add much as all but one are single versions of album tracks but there is quality enough without them.

Frank Zappa - FZ-OZ (2002) {2CD Vaulternative Records VR 2002-1 rec 1976}
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© 1976, 2002 Vaulternative Records / Zappanese | VR 2002-1
Rock / Experimental Rock / Avant-Garde / Art Rock / Jazz Rock

Official Release #70. This two-disc set represents almost all of Frank Zappa's concert on January 20, 1976, at Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Australia. The only problem is that there was only one reel-to-reel machine to record the concert, necessitating missing portions of several songs to change tapes; these gaps were replaced by excerpts from a pitch-corrected bootleg from the same tour, with an obvious drop in sound quality but little loss in continuity. This particular band – with tenor saxophonist Napoleon Murphy Brock, bassist Roy Estrada, drummer Terry Bozzio, and keyboardist Andre Lewis (in his only tour with Zappa) – has only been represented sporadically on Zappa's earlier releases.