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FRANK ZAPPA - CHUNGA'S REVENGE - 1970 - BIZARRE/REPRISE MS2030 NM+ VINYL LP
Sold Date:
October 1, 2014
Start Date:
September 24, 2014
Final Price:
$16.49
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Frank Zappa Chunga's Revenge 1969 Still in shrink wrap, gatefold never opened
Bizarre/Reprise MS2030 original release. blue Bizarre label
vinyl: NM+, cover is EX to NM+ (lower left corner shrink wrap worn and very slight corner wear). sleeve: NM Please look closely at photos
spectacular top copy
record will be securely wrapped and packed in an LP specific cardboard media mailer.
marks the debut of and (among several other musicians) with , and while their schtick has not reached the graphic proportions it later would, the thematic obsessions of the period are foreshadowed on tracks like "Road Ladies" and "Would You Go All the Way?" Other vocal numbers include the hard-rocking "Tell Me You Love Me," the musicians' union satire "Rudy Wants to Buy Yez a Drink," and the doo wop-influenced "Sharleena." Meanwhile, 's strong instrumental music incorporates Eastern European influences ("Transylvania Boogie"), cocktail jazz ("Twenty Small Cigars"), and the percussion-only "The Clap." 's guitar tone is wonderfully biting and nasty throughout; provides another musical highlight by scat-singing a "drum solo."
