The new Mothers 1971 set has me revisiting one of the most contentious of Zappa’s bands. What do you think of the Flo & Eddie years—great, or gimmicky and tiresome? For myself, it’s far from Zappa’s best band and not a starting point I’d pick for anyone. But for a fan (and your girl here is a serious fan) these years are indispensable, even though I swear if I hear one more groupie in-joke I’ll throw Howard Kalyan through a sliding glass door. 200 Motels and Fillmore East are both a bit impenetrable (though good once you’ve cracked them), so the way in is to listen to side 2 of Chunga’s Revenge then side 2 of Just Another Band From LA. To me that’s The Best of Flo & Eddie. The new Live at the Rainbow set sounds fantastic too… you can actually HEAR Zappa get pushed off the stage! One wail of feedback and his whole career changes trajectory. Almost too good to be true. I want it on vinyl, but not enough to put that big a chunk of my music budget toward it… #frankzappa #zappa #floandeddie #vinyl #vinyladay #lp #vinyloftheday #vinyligclub #vinyljunkie #vinylcommunity #vinylcollective #instavinyl #vinylgram #recordcollector #nowspinning https://www.instagram.com/p/CbV6mSYuRuC/?utm_medium=tumblr
