Frank Zappa: the worst boss in music history? He realised that he could save himself a whole lot of money if he just fired the rest of the founding members of the band and hired players (including members of said band) when he needed them for albums or touring.
The album is almost entirely instrumental... in fact as Zappa himself put it: "The very idea! An all-instrumental album, except for one vocal cut — and that had to feature Captain Beefheart! He's no singer! Why are you wasting America's precious time with this, you asshole!"
It is funky fusion with a thick slice of blues. Like I've said before, I'm not the biggest fan of long (quarter-hour) tracks, but some of these hold up well with exploratory, imaginative guitar solos from Frank.
...and so ends the 1960s. Thanks Frank.
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