Mothers of Invention / Frank Zappa

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   Correction for Prog. Archives:
Many of the albums credited as "Frank Zappa" should really be credited as "The Mothers of Invention".  These include:
Freak Out!
Absolutely Free
We're Only in it For the Money
Cruising With Rueben and the Jets
Uncle Meat
Mothersmania:  The Best of the Mothers
Burnt Weany Sandwich
Fillmore East, June 1971
Just Another Band From LA
Waka/Jawaka
Over-nite Sensation
Roxy & Elsewhere
One Size Fits All
Bongo Fury (last album)
Frank Zappa released a few solo albums during the Mothers period (Lumpy Gravy, Hot Rats, Chunga's Revenge, Apostrophe) before abandoning the Mothers altogether.  Everything from Zoots Allures on is solo Frank Zappa.
Thanks.

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Flip_Stone Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 388	Topic: Mothers of Invention / Frank Zappa Posted: November 28 2005 at 13:05
	Correction for Prog. Archives: Many of the albums credited as "Frank Zappa" should really be credited as "The Mothers of Invention". These include: Freak Out! Absolutely Free We're Only in it For the Money Cruising With Rueben and the Jets Uncle Meat Mothersmania: The Best of the Mothers Burnt Weany Sandwich Fillmore East, June 1971 Just Another Band From LA Waka/Jawaka Over-nite Sensation Roxy & Elsewhere One Size Fits All Bongo Fury (last album) Frank Zappa released a few solo albums during the Mothers period (Lumpy Gravy, Hot Rats, Chunga's Revenge, Apostrophe) before abandoning the Mothers altogether. Everything from Zoots Allures on is solo Frank Zappa. Thanks.

Jimbo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 28 2005 Location: Helsinki Status: Offline Points: 2818	Posted: November 28 2005 at 18:19
	Hmm, that's true, but if I'm right, we would have to create a totally new page for The Mothers Of Invention. IMO it's probably not worth the effort, since there have been very little complaints so far. Any other opinions?


Flip_Stone Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 11 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 388	Posted: November 29 2005 at 13:25
	Most people on this site are probably not very familiar with The Mothers of Invention and Frank Zappa. So that's probably why people haven't complained about it. It's just a suggestion to avoid continued confusion as to who to created the albums. For about 20 years, the albums were completely separated by group. But in the late 80's, Zappa started to re-release everything under his own name (including these albums by The Mothers). Kinda selfish and misleading. It's like saying Selling England By the Pound is a Phil Collins album, Close to the Edge is a Chris Squire album, and Dark Side of the Moon is a David Gilmour album. Oh well, I'm not going to make a big deal out of it. I just thought that this website should strive for accuracy, since many listeners (old and new to prog.) come to this site to learn more about groups. The less accurate it is, the less useful it is... Edited by Flip_Stone

Jimbo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 28 2005 Location: Helsinki Status: Offline Points: 2818	Posted: November 29 2005 at 13:44
	^ I'll ask Max & a few others how they feel, since it's not really up to me to make these decisions.


Richardw Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: December 10 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 762	Posted: November 29 2005 at 20:15
	WAKA JAWAKA aint a Mothers album ,and some of the others are FZ and The Mothers. Why not leave them as they are.

Joren Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 07 2004 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 6667	Posted: November 30 2005 at 06:08
	We should really leave it as it is. I thought about this a while ago. Then I added (And The Magic Band) in parentheses behind Beefheart and I thought about adding (And The Mothers Of Invention) behind Zappa, but it was too long IMO. Splitting his discography would be useless. For instance, Apostrophe and Over-Nite Sensation would be in different sections, while they have much in common. Zappa was the driving force behind ALL Mothers' albums and I don't know ANY musicstore or website that files the Mothers' album apart from Zappa's "solo" work. Edited by Joren