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Frank Zappa
Hot Rats
On Bizzarre Records RS 6356

Condition: Cover is G, the bottom seam is fully split and the top seam is 3/4 split. Record is VG+
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Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, composer, recording engineer, record producer, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, , orchestral and works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band and as a solo artist. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for 20th-century classical composers such as , , and along with 1950s music. He began writing classical music in high school, while at the same time playing drums in rhythm and blues bands; he later switched to electric guitar.

Zappa was a self-taught composer and performer, and his diverse musical influences led him to create music that was often difficult to categorize. His 1966 debut album with The Mothers of Invention, , combined songs in conventional rock and roll format with collective improvisations and studio-generated sound collages. His later albums shared this eclectic and experimental approach, irrespective of whether the fundamental format was rock, jazz or classical. His lyrics—often humorously—reflected his view of established social and political processes, structures and movements. He was a strident critic of mainstream education and , and a forthright and passionate advocate for , , political participation and the abolition of censorship.

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