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Roxy & Elsewhere [Original recording remastered]

Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa & the Mothers | Format: Audio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (2 Oct 2006)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: ADA Global
  • ASIN: B0000009SK
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 80,312 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Woof 7 Mar 2005
By tabitha
Format:Audio CD
All I can really say is that the way Echidna's Arf (Of You) and Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? melt into each other is really worth buying this CD for. How a band can be so spectacularly tight while playing such complex, techincal music (Echidna's Arf has so many timing changes in three minutes it's unreal) is just impossible to comprehend. Make sure to be seated for this one for your own safety (if the urge to dance in a manic fashion takes over, then make sure there is a responsible adult present to clear up the mess).
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing 30 Dec 2003
By Psi Powers
Format:Audio CD
This is the only easily available recording of what is generally referred to as 'the Roxy group'

The mind bendingly proficient band resond to Zappa's every twitch and provide a truly blistering performance. The mix is excellent and one can really feel the thrill of this superlative live event.

No wonder then that the forthcoming DVD is awaited with such bated breath.

George Duke rightly regards this as one of Zappa's finest live documents and listening now can hardly believe he was actually there and contributing to such a massive, complex and beautiful sound.

All Zappa fans must own this object of beauty.

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The best zappa album money can buy - buy it now 29 Dec 1999
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
This is Zappa at it's best. This album has a precise and acurate quality which is not only rare on a live album, but when you consider it was recorded in 1972, it's a miracle. This was the first Zappa I ever came across and still my favourite. It mixes jazz, be bop, tango, penguins in bondage and loads of audience participation. Rude, funny and interesting. I'm lost for words to summarise the greatness of this fine creation.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous live recording of band and audience having fun!
Wonderful. Great to hear Zappa's rapport with the audience, his playful introductions to some of the songs, but most of all the brilliant playing and singing throughout. Read more
Published 4 months ago by pastewort
5.0 out of 5 stars transports me back to the 70s
love this cd, used to have it on cassette when it first came out, played it so much it started to warp, then got chewed up by my machine, been looking for a copy for 30 odd years.
Published 6 months ago by shakey
4.0 out of 5 stars They don't do that on stage any more
Okay, FZ was not above some creative post-production editing of live material, but - damn! - this shiitake is tight! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Earnest Mann
4.0 out of 5 stars Zappa Roxy and Elsewhere
This is very much of its time but for a live album the musicianship is extraordinary. If you have not indulged in Zappa music before I suggest you try two tracks in particular... Read more
Published on 24 Nov 2010 by Mr. W. Allbrook
4.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't it annoy you...
....when, on a 'live' album they use 'fade outs' on certain numbers.....it happens twice here and destroys the 'live' feel.... Read more
Published on 9 July 2010 by Mr. Simon Cade
5.0 out of 5 stars One of his very best
Zappa and Mothers are doing their very best in this live album. It's very funny and contains some of Frank Zappas best guitar playing. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2009 by Soren Persson
5.0 out of 5 stars Mothers' Finest
Excellent! This is a musically challenging combination of both vocal and instrumental tracks with elements of both jazz. rock and more popular music. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2009 by Ulrik Jungersen Walther
5.0 out of 5 stars Virtuosity Gone Mad
As a statement of Frank Zappa's commitment to perfection this album is hard to beat. It's known that Zappa would rehearse his musicians for eight hour a day for three months before... Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2009 by Vitamino
5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Live Album Ever Told
I hate live albums, they never seem to deliver the goods in terms of studio versions of the content. In this case (along with Live Dead), I shall make an exception. Read more
Published on 18 Jun 2008 by Glen1975
5.0 out of 5 stars is it very good for other things out there now?!!
Desert island zappa!-complex (listen -you need to hear his stuff more than once!)but beautifully melodic spoof jazz /blues rock orchestrations,that will have you laughing and... Read more
Published on 10 April 2008 by Mr. S. M. Mitchell
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