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| Yardbirds - Yardbirds
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(Columbia SCX-6063 UK-76 VG+ 275:-)
The only UK studio album released by the band, "Yardbirds", known semi-officially as "Roger the Engineer", is the only Yardbirds album containing all original material and the only album to feature lead guitarist Jeff Beck on all tracks.
1976 UK re-issue on the two EMI boxed logo label.
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| Yes - The Affirmery
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(Amazing Kornyfone TAKRL-1981 [bootleg] VG+ 375:-)
Yes founded the Church of Prog. Their services consisted of mostly instrumental, hour-long songs chock full of synth solos, endless guitar noodlings, medieval themes, and formulaic changes.
This set was broadcast over the King Biscuit Flower Hour from Boston Garden, December 11, 1974 and is one of the most popular recordings of Yes in circulation.
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| Young, Neil - Forever Young
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(Not On Label [none] EX 500:-)
Neil Young has never been one to eschew change, and this 1982 concert certainly found him in a transitional mode. Recently signed to Geffen Records, he had released TRANS, an album that, with its computerized tracks and electronically altered vocals, remains one of the oddest (and more underrated) in his entire catalog.
He was also touring with a band drawn from virtually all phases of his career, with bassist Bruce Palmer (from the Buffalo Springfield), drummer Ralph Molina (from Crazy Horse), guitarist Nils Lofgren, steel guitarist/keyboardist Ben Keith and others.
2LP set recorded live in Göteborg, Sweden, October 8, 1982. Limited Edition of 1000 [#604].
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| Z Z Top - Eliminator
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(WEA W3774P UK-85 EX 275:-)
In the more than thirty years that they have been together, ZZ Top have mutated from a hard rocking boogie band into pop culture icons. Some might say, that they are also forward thinking musical geniuses whose appropriation of MTV and melding of Hard Rock to Dance rhythms put them so far ahead of the curve that -- for a while in the mid-1980s -- they seemed poised to take over the world.
"Eliminator", with its churning guitars and synthesizer hooks, was on the album charts for over a year. The album and its accompanying videos were ubiquitous in 1983, on television ZZ Top was seen on MTV, St. Elsewhere, even on the Tonight Show.
UK PICDISC in clear PVC sleeve.
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| Z Z Top - Tejas
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(London LDU-1 UK-76 VG+ 275:-)
ZZ Top at the height of their powers – proudly stating their Texas roots on the cover, but also transforming them strongly with their music too! The trio's completely on fire – Dusty Hill on vocals and bass, Frank Beard on drums, and the legendary Billy Gibbons on vocals, guitar, harmonica, and even a bit of fiddle!
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| Zappa, Frank - 200 Motels
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(United Artists UDF-50003 UK-71 EX 300:-)
200 MOTELS is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's wacky 1971 motion picture of the same name, which starred Ringo Starr and Keith Moon, among others. Although it enjoyed success as a "midnight movie" in the '70s/early '80s, 200 MOTELS is a difficult movie to comprehend, since the storyline is very abstract (some have hinted that it was made up on the spot!). But even when his music is difficult to understand, Zappa includes many interesting twists and turns, and the soundtrack for 200 MOTELS is no different.
Original UK 2LP set; comes with a superb 16-page full colour booklet packed with stills from the film (the poster though, is missing). The sleeve has shows minor wear; the vinyls are graded EX.
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| Zappa, Frank - Absolutely Free
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(Verve 710.006 Ger-67 VG+ 500:-)
One of the most mindblowing pop culture pastiches of the 60s – a record that's as absolutely mad as it is absolutely free – and proof that a whole new generation of musicians like Zappa were using the studio like an instrument itself! This is work that could have never existed away from record – as the mix of sounds, moods, and music comes together with a maddening frenzy – hardly the languid speed you'd expect from the early years of hippiedom – and instead, an inspirational stream of styles and ideas delivered with trademark Zappa dexterity and wit!
Label reads "MGM Records - A Division of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc".
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| Zappa, Frank - Apostrophe (')
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(Discreet K-59201 UK-74 VG+ 375:-)
Frank Zappa's music has always been fascinating, confusing and unpredictable. Bringing together every single musical genre, instrument and sensibility, Zappa's vast output is a legacy of some of the most complex and brilliant music of this century.
Thanks to the surprise radio airplay of "Don't Eat that Yellow Snow
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| Zappa, Frank - Freak Out!
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(Verve 710.003 Ger-67 VG+ 500:-)
A fabulous furry freakout from Zappa – and a record that is still as mindblowing now as it was all those many years back!
There's a deadpan quality to the vocals that's unlike anything other groups were trying for at the time – a snotty aspect that's often forgotten amidst all the celebrations of Zappa's hippiedom, but which really makes the record stand out from the pack – giving it a kind of darkness that's a wonderful change from some of the too-earnest psych or folk rock elements of the period. Music is great too – and a lot more simple than in later years – a really tight blend of garage and psych that furthers the almost punky quality of the record.
Label reads "MGM Records - A Division of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc".
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| Zappa, Frank - Guitar
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(Zappa ZAPPA-6 UK-88 EX 275:-)
Frank Zappa's music has always been fascinating, confusing and unpredictable. Bringing together every single musical genre, instrument and sensibility, Zappa's vast output is a legacy of some of the most complex and brilliant music of this century.
Zappa's "Guitar" is an instrumental work. Like the preceding "Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar" suite (released as a box set in 1982), Zappa had initially considered this as part of a set.
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| Zappa, Frank - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
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(CBS 66368 Hol-81 VG+ 400:-)
Frank Zappa's music has always been fascinating, confusing and unpredictable. Bringing together every single musical genre, instrument and sensibility, Zappa's vast output is a legacy of some of the most complex and brilliant music of this century.
This 3LP Box contains instrumentals, recorded between 1977 and 1980. Until the release of this album, only a few people realized what the hard-core Zappa fanatics had known all along... that FZ can play the guitar!
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| Zappa, Frank - Weasels Ripped my Flesh
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(Reprise RS-2028 Ger-70 VG+ 375:-)
Frank Zappa's music has always been fascinating, confusing and unpredictable. Bringing together every single musical genre, instrument and sensibility, Zappa's vast output is a legacy of some of the most complex and brilliant music of this century.
"Weasels Ripped My Flesh" is one of his best-loved albums with The Mothers Of Invention, being a frenzied blend-up of edited live recordings that refers to all sorts of experimental music modes in typically playful Zappa style.
Unique German "mouse trap" cover variant, allegedly never sanctioned by Frank Zappa and soon replaced by the regular US cover artwork. Fully laminated sleeve.
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