Hot Rats consolidou Frank Zappa como uma força musical a ter em conta. Gravado num protótipo de 16 pistas, o disco soa tão fresco como na sua primeira edição de 1969 e ainda melhor nesta edição audiófila analógica prensada em vinil 180gr. Um conjunto de músicos de topo misturando estilos de Rock e Jazz num disco que abriu a porta da "Música de Fusão" e colocou Zappa no mapa dos guitarristas.

• Vinil 180 Gramas
• Prensagem na Pallas da Alemanha
• Corte a partir da tape 1/4" Analog Stereo Edit Master original de 1969
• Corte por Bernie Grundman
• Capa Gatefold
• Frank Zappa Records Official Release #8

Shattering conventions – musical, social, political – was the life's work of Frank Zappa, the iconoclastic musical genius, rock legend and intellectual firebrand of the late twentieth century whose work is equally revered by hardcore rockers and serious musical scholars.

By 1969, after releasing a 'mother lode' of Mothers of Invention classics, Frank was ready to breakthrough other musical barriers that were still holding popular music in a conservative headlock. Being one if not the first album to be recorded using 16 tracks (twice the number being used at the time on both sides of the Atlantic), Hot Rats became a leading edge in both modern recording technology and the evolution of jazz/rock-fusion. Mostly instrumental, it features six original compositions, three of which are loose jam pieces, the remainder being tight ensemble arrangements.

Some of the finest players around come together in varying combinations, all the while simultaneously showcasing Zappa's guitar virtuosity. Among others, Lowell George of Little Feat lends guitar; jazz violinists Don 'Sugarcane' Harris and Jean-Luc Ponty and fellow Mother Ian Underwood contribute keyboard and woodwind work; and the legendary Captain Beefheart brings his unique pipes to "Willie The Pimp." Also here is the concert staple and fan favorite "Peaches En Regalia," a modern jazz standard, and eventually covered by the likes of Phish and The Dixie Dregs.

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A
1. Peaches En Regalia
2. Willie The Pimp
3. Son of Mr. Green Genes

Lado B
4. Little Umbrellas
5. The Gumbo Variations
6. It Must Be A Camel

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