Next up: A tape where the “Reel No.” box is filled in with a big Z, and the title is “Zappa & Mothers.” It’s also recorded at 7.5 IPS, instead of 3.75 — says so on the box — which is why I decided to tackle it next.<\/p>\n
It starts off with “Over-Nite Sensation,” which I already had, and the quality isn’t noticeably better than the LP, even though the LP wasn’t exactly pristine, so I’ll ignore that.<\/p>\n
But then there are two jazz fusion albums. I think<\/i> the first one is “Hot Rats,” though I’ll want to double-check that, and the other is definitely “The Grand Wazoo.”…<\/p>\n
Oh, wait! There’s a note scribbled upside-down on the back of the box. It is<\/i> “Hot Rats,” and, it says here, Side 1 of “The Grand Wazoo.”<\/p>\n
It’s not exactly Side 1, as it cuts off in the middle when the tape ran out, but I’m not sure whether that was near the end of Side 1 or somewhere on Side 2. I think I also missed a bit of “Hot Rats” at the end of Side 1 of the tape.<\/p>\n
Yeah, I missed 10-15 seconds of “Son of Mr. Green Genes,” and the last three minutes of “The Grand Wazoo.” Oh, well.<\/p>\n
Y’know, there’s another tape further down the stack that says it’s got “Over-Nite Sensation” on it, as well (along with stuff I recorded live). I’m not sure why I recorded it multiple times. It’s a good album, but not that<\/i> good.<\/p>\n
As for “Hot Rats” and “The Grand Wazoo,” I recognize the virtuosity that went into them, but I still don’t much care for them. I simply don’t like (most) jazz from the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s. Not even the fusion stuff.<\/p>\n
But they’re here, so I edited ’em in.<\/p>\n
All done. Twenty-five left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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