Freak Out! (Mono).

Here's another rarity in the series "essential in mono but not available on cd".

It would probably be a bit of an overstatement to say that the 60's didn't truly start until this double elpee came out.
But what a shocker this must have been back in the day. The first of its kind psychedelic pop-art sleeve. The
perfectly executed compositions which range from conventional to completely nonsensical to everything in between and
beyond. The razor-sharp social commentary which was probably lost on most listeners at the time. The use of humor
as a powerful weapon. Most of all, Zappa made a point of propagandizing against the dogma's, religion, sexual
oppression and ignorance that he felt plagued his beloved country, sadly reminding us that there just never are enough
people quite like him around. So, let's have a look into the crazy world of the Mothers which may actually have been
the sanest place on earth in 1966.

Like Sgt. Peppers and Blonde on Blonde, this album comes through best in its original one-channel mix. The importance
and superiority of the monaural mixes of the latter two has finally been recognized but when it comes to Freak out!,
we are still left with stereo only (even though an exhausting 4CD box set was released in 2006).

The Mothers of Invention :

Frank Zappa – guitar, conductor, vocals
Jimmy Carl Black – percussion, drums, vocals
Ray Collins – vocals, harmonica, cymbals, sound effects, tambourine, finger cymbals, bobby pin & tweezers
Roy Estrada – bass & guitarrón, boy soprano
Elliot Ingber – alternate lead & rhythm guitar with clear white light
The Mothers' Auxiliary

Gene Estes – percussion
Eugene Di Novi – piano
Neil Levang – guitar
John Rotella – clarinet, bass saxophone
Carol Kaye – 12-string guitar
Kurt Reher – cello
Raymond Kelley – cello
Paul Bergstrom – cello
Emmet Sargeant – cello
Joseph Saxon – cello
Edwin V. Beach – cello
Arthur Maebe – French horn
George Price – French horn
Roy Caton – trumpet
Virgil Evans – trumpet
David Wells – trombone
Motorhead Sherwood – noises
Kim Fowley – hypophone
Mac Rebennack – piano
Paul Butterfield – vocals
Les McCann – piano
Jeannie Vassoir – voice of Suzy Creamcheese

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