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Ahead Of Their Time

Frank Zappa

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Released: Mar 1993
Label: Universal Music
The first disc documents Progress?, a one-off play performed at Royal Festival Hall in 1968. Featuring musicians from the BBC Symphony Orchestra, it contains some quality hipster satire (i.e. "here in London, you're not going to get any p*ssy unless you look like a pop star"). The second disc, in contrast, captures a typical Mothers performance from the same era. Sound fidelity isn't the best, but there's some killer jams to be explored. "The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)" might be the best of the bunch: pure greaser groove and longhair riff-riding like early Alice Cooper and UFO.
- Justin Farrar
Frank Zappa - Ahead Of Their Time 2012-04-23
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    Prologue
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    Progress?
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    Like It Or Not
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    The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson
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    Holding The Group Back
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    Holiday In Berlin
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    The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage
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    Undaunted, The Band Plays On
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    King Kong
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    Help, I'm A Rock
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    Transylvania Boogie
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    Pound For A Brown
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    Sleeping In A Jar
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    Let's Make The Water Turn Black
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    Harry, You're A Beast
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    The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I)
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    Oh No
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    The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)
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℗ 2012 Zappa Family Trust Under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.