Esta obra única, Lumpy Gravy, é composta de performances orquestrais gravadas nos Capitol Studios em 1967. Intercalando com edição e colagens de fita magnética e diálogo editado de forma brilhante por Frank Zappa e a sua lâmina, acabou por tornar-se no título preferido de Frank e Gail Zappa em todo o seu catálogo. Prensagem 180g a partir de uma fita de segurança imaculada descoberta nos arquivos.

• LP Vinil 180 Gramas
• Corte a partir da Master Tape Safety Analógica Original
• Corte por Bernie Grundman Mastering
• Capa Gatefold
• Prensagem na Pallas da Alemanha
• Frank Zappa Records Official Release #3

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 20th century whose work is equally revered by hardcore rockers and serious musical scholars. Following-up the Mothers of Invention's Freak Out! (1966) and Absolutely Free (1967), Lumpy Gravy, released in 1968, is Zappa's solo debut and it finds the music luminary backed by a 50-piece group of session players dubbed the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra. Produced simultaneously with We're Only in It for the Money, Lumpy Gravy consists of two collaged compositions that combine orchestral music, sound manipulations and spoken word, and serves as both the birthplace of conceptual continuity and a starting point for his future work.

"Lumpy Gravy, Frank Zappa's first solo album, was released months before the Mothers of Invention's third LP (even though its back cover asked the question: "Is this phase two of We're Only in It for the Money?") and both were conceptualized and recorded at the same time. We're Only in It for the Money became a song-oriented anti-flower power album with one contemporary/musique concrète/sound collage hybrid piece by way of conclusion. Lumpy Gravy collaged bits of orchestral music, sonic manipulations, spoken words, and occasional pop ditties into two lumps of 16 minutes each. This album presents Zappa's first recordings with a decent orchestra, the 50-piece Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra. His symphonic writing was very much influenced by Stravinsky and Varèse. It still had to lose its sharp edges and find the lushness found in 200 Motels. The segments of music are loosely tied together by bits of dialogue from inside the piano. MOI members and friends were invited to talk with their head inside a grand piano with the sustain pedal depressed (the technique was immortalized in the song "Evelyn, A Modified Dog"). The reverberating space gave the voices an eerie quality, but made it very difficult to convincingly edit the material. Thus, the plot emanating from these portions remains very vague (it was clarified 25 years later in Civilization Phaze III). The song bits include "Oh No," "Theme from Lumpy Gravy" (aka "Duodenum"), "King Kong," and "Take Your Clothes off When You Dance," all in instrumental versions, all making their first appearance on record. The starting point of Zappa's "serious music," Lumpy Gravy suffers from a lack of coherence, but it remains historically important and contains many conceptual continuity clues for the fan. The opening line of part one ("The way I see it, Barry, this should be a dynamite show") became a classic reference." - François Couture, All Music

Lista de Faixas:

Lado A
1. Part One

Lado B
1. Part Two