Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage - Acts I, II, & III (1979) [2CD Reissue 1995]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 760 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 271 MB | Covers - 652 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Avant-Prog | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Rykodisc RCD (10530/31)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 760 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 271 MB | Covers - 652 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Avant-Prog | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Rykodisc RCD (10530/31)
Joe's Garage was originally released in 1979 in two separate parts; Act I came first, followed by a two-record set containing Acts II & III. Joe's Garage is generally regarded as one of Zappa's finest post-'60s conceptual works, a sprawling, satirical rock opera about a totalitarian future in which music is outlawed to control the population. The narrative is long, winding, and occasionally loses focus; it was improvised in a weekend, some of it around previously existing songs, but Zappa manages to make most of it hang together. Acts II & III give off much the same feel, as Zappa relies heavily on what he termed "xenochrony" - previously recorded guitar solos transferred onto new, rhythmically different backing tracks to produce random musical coincidences…