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Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Playground Psychotics (1992) [2CD] {1995 Ryko Remaster}
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© 1995 Rykodisc / The Zappa Family Trust | RCD 10557/58
Rock / Experimental Rock

PLAYGROUND PSYCHOTICS contains archival material from the early 1970's.

For an accurate representation of an early-'70s Zappa/Mothers tour, it doesn't get more real than PLAYGROUND PSYCHOTICS. The album contains live versions of songs taped at the Fillmore East in New York City, the Pauley Pavilion at U.C.L.A., and the Rainbow Theater in London, England. But PLAYGROUND PSYCHOTICS goes beyond just live music. Zappa taped a large amount of band member dialogue during their day-to-day travels from city to city, and an abundance of these conversations are included on PLAYGROUND PSYCHOTICS.

Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Playground Psychotics (1992) [2CD] {1995 Ryko Remaster Complete Series}
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© 1995 Rykodisc / The Zappa Family Trust | RCD 10557/58
Rock / Experimental Rock / Art Rock / Comedy Rock

Official Release #60. First of all, it must be understood that Playground Psychotics is intended for fans only: fans of Frank Zappa, of course, but most of all fans of the Flo & Eddie era of the Mothers of Invention (1970-1971); fans of the man's comedy rock; fans of his obsession with "life on the road" and its chronicling; and, finally, fans of the movie 200 Motels. This two-CD set contains live material and dialogues among band members (recorded with or without their knowledge). The "anthropological field recordings" (as Zappa liked to call them) get most of the attention. Each disc begins with a collage of dressing room and hotel room tapes.

Cheap Thrills is designed for the curious listener who has always wanted to explore Frank Zappa but was intimidated by his overwhelming catalog. Of course, so is Strictly Commercial, which contains all of Zappa's most familiar songs, but Cheap Thrills has the advantage of being cheap, plus giving an idea of the weird diversity of Zappa's catalog, since it's filled with cult favorites, live tracks, smutty jokes, and assorted album tracks. It's not necessarily the most accessible introduction to Zappa – again, that would be Strictly Commercial – but it's more accessible than the average album while giving a sense of what the albums feel like. And you can't ask for much more than that from a budget-priced introduction.

Frank Zappa - Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2020) {Zappa Records / UMe}
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© 2020 Zappa Records / UMe
Rock / Experimental Rock / Avant-Garde / Art Rock / Jazz Rock

Zappa original motion picture soundtrack available digitally today via zappa records/UMe as acclaimed “zappa” documentary is now available everywhere in the u.s. 68-track album features 12 unreleased tracks from the vault including performances from The Whisky A Go-Go in ’68, the Fillmore West in ’70 and “Saturday Night Live” in ’78. Includes more than two dozen tracks from across zappa’s prolific four-decade career, rarities, interview clips plus 26 original score cues 
by composer John Frizzell.

Four-hour, 72-track anthology of the Laurel Canyon music community that became a dominant worldwide force in the late 60s/early 70s. Tracing the scene's development from The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Love and The Doors through to early country-rock and the singer/songwriter boom that defined the early 70s. By the end of the 60s, the international music world's nexus had shifted from such previous hotspots as Liverpool, London and San Francisco to Laurel Canyon, a rural oasis in the midst of the bustle of Los Angeles. Just minutes from Hollywood, the Sunset Strip and the LA record companies/studios, Laurel Canyon became home to a folk, country, rock and pop hybrid that encompassed everyone from early players The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield to The Doors, Frank Zappa, Glen Campbell and manufactured pop kingpins The Monkees.