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Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Acts 1, 2, & 3 Vinyl LP

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Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Acts 1, 2, & 3 Vinyl LP

A musical story as only could be told by Frank Zappa

Price $45.00
Format 3xLP
Label Zappa Records
UPC 824302386118
Color Black
Year 2016 (originally 1979 & 1987)
Condition
Media condition
New/Mint
Sleeve condition
New/Mint

Album Facts

A musical story as only could be told by Frank Zappa

Price $45.00
Format 3xLP
Label Zappa Records
UPC 824302386118
Color Black
Year 2016 (originally 1979 & 1987)
Condition
Media condition
New/Mint
Sleeve condition
New/Mint
Triple vinyl LP repressing. Joe's Garage is a 1979 rock opera by Frank Zappa. Zappa self-deprecatingly described the album as a "stupid little story about how the government is going to do away with music." Originally released as two separate studio albums on Zappa Records, the project was later remastered and reissued as a triple album box set, Joe's Garage, Acts I, II & III, in 1987. The story is told by a character identified as the Central Scrutinizer narrating the story of Joe, an average adolescent male, who forms a garage rock band, has unsatisfying relationships with women, gives all of his money to a government assisted and insincere religion, explores sexual activities with appliances, and is imprisoned. After being released from prison into a dystopian society in which music itself has been criminalized, he lapses into insanity. The album encompasses a large spectrum of musical styles, while it's lyrics often feature satirical or humorous commentary on American society and politics. It addresses themes of individualism, free will, censorship, the music industry and human sexuality, while criticizing government and religion, and satirizing Catholicism and Scientology. Joe's Garage is noted for it's use of xenochrony, a recording technique that takes guitar solos from older live recordings and overdubs them onto new studio recordings.

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