![]() Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. For fans of Zappa's intricate material like "RDNZL," "The Black Page," or "Inca Roads," this album is a must-have. Discover Roxy & Elsewhere by Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention released in 1974. All the pieces were premiere recordings, except for "More Trouble Every Day" and "Son of Orange County," a revamped, slowed down "Orange County Lumber Truck"/"Oh No." Compared to the man's previous live recordings ( Fillmore East: June 1971, Just Another Band from L.A.), this one sounds fantastic, finally providing an accurate image of the musicians' virtuosity. Other highlights include "Penguin in Bondage" and "Cheepnis," a horror movie tribute. The sequence "Echidna's Arf (Of You)"/"Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" stands as Zappa's most difficult rock music and provides quite a showcase for Underwood. Frank Zappa Let It Be The Beatles Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention Frank Zappa Reviews Add Review from 28. ![]() The band is comprised of George Duke (keyboards), Tom Fowler (bass), Ruth Underwood (percussion), Bruce Fowler (trombone), Walt Fowler (trumpet), Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals), and Chester Thompson (drums) - drummer Ralph Humphrey, keyboardist Don Preston, and guitarist Jeff Simmons appear on the non-Roxy material. The Roxy Performances nicely complement the original album and shine a spotlight on one of the most talented rock bands ever. Here we get everything that was played, exactly as it was played, in December 1973. ![]() Only three tracks ("Dummy Up," "Son of Orange County," and "More Trouble Every Day"), taken from other concerts, are 100 percent live. Roxy & Elsewhere also used other studio overdubs on the live tracks and of course, the Elsewhere material doesn't appear here, either. Three-quarters of the album was recorded live at the Roxy in Hollywood and extensively overdubbed in the studio later. Roxy & Elsewhere Produced by Frank Zappa Release Date SeptemView All Credits 1 Dummy Up Lyrics Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals) George Duke (keyboards, synthesizer. But the temptation for more challenging material was not long to resurface and, after a transitional LP ( Apostrophe, early 1974), he unleashed a double LP (reissued on one CD) of his most complex music, creating a bridge between his comedy rock stylings and Canterbury-style progressive rock. Roxy & Elsewhere is a live album release (originally a double vinyl release) by US, California based experimental rock artist Frank Zappa (released under the. After his affair with jazz fusion ( Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo, both released in 1972), Frank Zappa came back in late 1973 with an album of simple rock songs, Over-Nite Sensation. ![]()
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