Frank Zappa - Lather (1996) [3CD] {Rykodisc Remaster Complete Series}

Frank Zappa - Lather (1996) [3CD] {Rykodisc Remaster Complete Series}

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© 1996 Rykodisc / The Zappa Family Trust | RCD 10574/75/76

Rock / Jazz Rock / Experimental Rock / Art Rock

Official Release #65. The full saga of Läther (pronounced leather) is tangled enough to give a migraine to all but committed Zappaphiles. Basically, what you need to know is that this project was originally conceived of as a four-record box set. When record company politics prevented its release in that format, much of the material was spread over the albums Live in New York, Sleep Dirt, Studio Tan, and Orchestral Favorites. This three-CD set presents the album as it was originally conceived, with the addition of four bonus tracks at the end. It mixes previously available material, alternate mixes, and edits, and previously unissued stuff, though only the most serious Zappa fans will have a good grip on exactly what has appeared where (the liner notes are surprisingly unexact in this regard). And the music? It's almost like a résumé of Zappa's bag of tricks: Uncle Meat-like experimentation, intricate jazz-rock, straight hard rock, orchestral composition, and comedy. Some of those comedy tracks became some of his most notorious routines, like "Punky's Whips" and "Titties 'n Beer," which amounted to avant- rock for drunk frat boys and pot smoking, underachieving junior high school students. The juvenile humor, hamfisted parody of hard rock clichés, and the shaggy-dog opera of the 20-minute "The Adventures of Greggery Peccary" are outshone by the lengthy, more experimental instrumental passages. It's interesting, but exhausting to wade through all at once, and the avant-garde/composerly cuts are not as exceptional as his earlier work in this vein in the late '60s and early '70s. That means that this will appeal far more to the Zappa cultist than the general listener, though the Zappa cult -- which has been craving Läther in its original format for years -- is a pretty wide fan base in and of itself. tracklist: CD1 01 - Re-gyptian Strut 02 - Naval Aviation In Art 03 - A Little Green Rosetta 04 - Duck Duck Goose 05 - Down In De Dew 06 - For The Young Sophisticate 07 - Tryin' To Grow A Chin 08 - Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 09 - The Legend Of The Illinois Enema Bandit 10 - Lemme Take You To The Beach 11 - Revised Music For Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra 12 - RDNZL CD2 01 - Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me 02 - The Black Page #1 03 - Big Leg Emma 04 - Punky's Whips 05 - Flambe 06 - The Purple Lagoon 07 - Pedro's Dowry 08 - Lather 09 - Spider Of Destiny 10 - Duke Of Orchestral Prunes CD3 01 - Filthy Habits 02 - Titties 'n Beer 03 - The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution 04 - The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary 05 - Regyptian Strut (1993) (bonus track) 06 - Leather Goods (bonus track) 07 - Revenge Of The Knick Knack People (bonus track) 08 - Time Is Money (bonus track)