๐ŸŽง Band: The Mothers of Invention
๐Ÿ’ฟ Album: Burnt Weeny Sandwich
๐Ÿ“… Date: 1970
๐ŸŒ Country: Germany
๐Ÿท Label: Reprise Records
๐ŸŽ› Original

Right... I give up on writing a review for each individual record!
It will take me years to post just my Zappa collection, so I'd better keep things simple and post the essentials.
Like this will be easy to post more records regularly. ;)

Questions and comments are always welcome!

#frankzappa #Zappa #zappanale #mothers #MothersOfInvention #myrecordcollection #recordcollector #vinyl #VinylCommunity #vinylrecords #musiccommunity #vinylcollector #music #follow #vinylfed #record #album
๐ŸŽง Band: The Mothers of Invention
๐Ÿ’ฟ Album: Uncle Meat
๐Ÿ“… Date: 1969
๐ŸŽถ Features: German Pressing, Reprise Records, gatefold.
๐ŸŽ› Reissue, Stereo 1976

Firstly, I want to tell a true story about this album and the following one, "Burnt Weeny Sandwich". Both of these records have a very sentimental meaning to me, not only for the music but also for the way they came into my collection.

I got these two records from my friend, whose brother was killed some years ago. The family kept his room as he had left it before he died.
His brother was a Zappa fan, and one day, my friend came to visit me and brought me these two records that he had left behind.
He told me he knew I would take good care of them, and he was happy to offer them to me as he knew his brother was a Zappa freak like me.
He knows for a fact that his brother's records couldn't be in better hands!
So there you go... a sentimental story attached to those two records.

Let's go to the specifics...
Uncle Meat is one of the most ambitious and experimental releases from Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. Originally conceived as part of a film project that never came out, this double album goes beyond traditional rock, blending jazz, orchestral arrangements, spoken word, and avant-garde sound collage into a complex and unpredictable listening experience.
A completely new era starts here!

Released in 1969, it captures the band at a turning point, shifting towards Zappaโ€™s more into composition approach. Tracks like โ€œKing Kongโ€ and โ€œDog Breath, in the Year of the Plagueโ€ highlight the albumโ€™s mix of very tight musicianship.

This is not an easy listen, but thatโ€™s exactly what makes it stand out.
Uncle Meat remains a key piece in the Zappa catalogue and a landmark of late 60s innovation.

#vinyl #musicchannel #vinylfed #MothersOfInvention #Zappa #FrankZappa #follow #music #vinylcollector #progrock #progrockmusic #avantgarde #record #recordcollector #unclemeat

๐ŸŽง Band: The Smashing Pumpkins
๐Ÿ’ฟ Album: Rock The Riviera (Double Album)
๐Ÿ“… Published: 1995

Performance at Chicago's Riviera Theatre, October 23, 1995

This concert marked the release of their iconic "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" album.
๐ŸŽถ
#vinyl #vinylcommunity #VinylFed #vinylcollector #recordcollector #follow #music #smashingpumpkins #livecoding
๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽถ ๐ŸŽง ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽถ
https://www.festival-trade.com/product/the-smashing-pumpkins-rock-the-riviera

Transhuman - #U96 #WolfgangFluer #OnMyTurntable #NowSpinning #33rpm #VinylFed #LimitedEdition #Rot #Red #RedVinyl #ColoredWax #ColoredVinyl #ElectronicMusic #ElektronischeMusik

If you hat to escape to a desert island and there is only one #album you could take with you, which one would it be?
Man Up #IceCube #OnMyTurntable #NowSpinning #NowPlaying #33rpm #VinylFed #HipHop

If you had to escape to a desert island and there is only one #album you could take with you, what would it be?
Man Down #IceCube #OnMyTurntable #NowSpinning #NowPlaying #33rpm #VinylFed #HipHop #ColoredVinyl #BlueMarled #Blau

If you had to escape to a desert island and there is only one #album you could take with you, what would it be?
Zeitreise - #Schiller #OnMyTurntable #NowSpinning #33rpm #VinylFed #LimitedEdition #LimitedNumberedEdition #ColoredWax #ColoredVinyl #Weiss #CremeWeiss #White #WhiteVinyl #LimitedArtworkEdition 1353/1000

If you hat to escape to a desert island and there is only one #album you could take with you, which one would it be?
Zeitreise LIVE - #Schiller #OnMyTurntable #NowSpinning #33rpm #VinylFed #LimitedEdition #LimitedNumberedEdition #ColoredWax #ColoredVinyl #Blau #Blue #BlueVinyl #LimitedArtworkEdition 0148/1000

If you hat to escape to a desert island and there is only one #album you could take with you, which one would it be?
Starting over - #ChrisStapleton #OnMyTurntable #NowSpinning #NowPlaying #33rpm #VinylFed #Country

If you had to escape to a desert island and there is only one #album you could take with you, what would it be?
Britpop - #RobbieWilliams #OnMyTurntable #NowSpinning #33rpm #VinylFed #ExclusiveEdition #Weiss #WhiteVinyl #ColoredWax #ColoredVinyl #Pop #Britpop

If you hat to escape to a desert island and there is only one #album you could take with you, which one would it be?