Zappa's guitar albums
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Topic: Zappa's guitar albums
Posted By: Syzygy
Subject: Zappa's guitar albums
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 13:12
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2 collections of FZ guitar solos, the first covering the mid to late 70s and the second the late 70s to mid 80s. If you know both, which do you prefer and why? ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 13:17
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Hmmmm... I think I'll go with Guitar; the compositions are stronger and I always viewed that as his ultimate "guitar" album. Though the Shut Up series of albums was quite good as well. ------------- 
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 13:18
| Out of his guitar albums, I prefer Trance-Fusion since it features the 1988 band. Plus, it comes in at a manageable sixty one minutes. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 13:21
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Shut Up And Play Your Guitar.
Guitar is pretty lengthy and is honestly a bit difficult to sit through. Some nice tunes on that one though. Also, the SUAPYG series feels less like a collection of guitar solos, if that makes sense. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Zombywoof
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 13:27
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I really wish I had "Guitar". It would complete my FZ collection! ------------- Continue the prog discussion here: http://zombyprog.proboards.com/index.cgi ... |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 13:30
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Guitar is wonderful through and through.
The Shut Up series has some very strong material, but not as consistent as Guitar.
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 13:31
I agree on the second account about Shut Up being less like a collection of guitar solos. Still, I prefer Guitar
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Man With Hat wrote:Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 14:31
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I think these albums also show some of the strengths of his backing musicians - Vinnie Colaiuta and Warrren Cucurullo are both on fire on Shut Up... , while Guitar extensively features the Chad Wackerman/Scott Thunes rhythm section - although on both albums there is some crossover in terms of featured musicians. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
Posted By: himtroy
Date Posted: February 21 2010 at 15:35
| While irrelevant to this topic, I've always felt Chunga's Revenge showcased some very good guitar work. |
Posted By: PJayBe
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 03:00
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Of the 2 listed, deffo Guitar, more concise solos than Shut Up...., but if it was there I'd vote for Trance Fusion myslef.
Philip
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: February 23 2010 at 06:42
The one that has "guitar" in the title because it has guitar in the title. 
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