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What is the best first album to own......?????

you mean you don't own any albums whatsoever...?

or any first albums...?

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"bit of nostalgia for the old folks."

If it's anyone's first album, I'd start with Elvis Costello's My Aim Is True.

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"Why do people say "Grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive! If you really wanna get tough, grow a vagina! Those things take a pounding"! -- Betty White

and if it's frank zappa's best first album, I would say freak out!

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"bit of nostalgia for the old folks."

Great first albums off the top of my head:

Television: Marquee Moon
Fiery Furnaces: Gallowsbird Bark
Phish - Junta
Saccharine Trust - Pagan Icons
Pink Floyd - Piper at the Gates of Dawn

And so on.... mmm-kaay

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Let's hear it again for the London Philharmonic Orchestra!

Thanks for all the replys!!


Was going for the first Zappa album though.

Broadway the hard way and work your way backward.

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Yeah, that definately was not clear.

Apostrophe
Over-Nite Sensation

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"Why do people say "Grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive! If you really wanna get tough, grow a vagina! Those things take a pounding"! -- Betty White

for the uninitiated to franks music i would go apostrophe/overnite sensation based on the fact that its very approachable.

"Shut up and play yer guitar".............good for virgin Zappa ears.....

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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

My first Zappa album was The Grand Wazoo. If I just started out now I'd get Lather first or the You Can't Do That Onstage Anymore series.

My first Zappa album was One Size Fits All. I still recommend that one to the uninitiated.

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"The mind has exactly the same power as the hands; not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.”
--Colin Wilson

I agree
One Size Fits All probably has the best variety and production for a first pick

Over-nite Sensation maybe has more good guitar solo's...& straight- ahead tunes

Grand Wazoo if you lean towards jazz


My first was Absolutely Free...great album..
but probably the worst sounding studio album

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"Wanna buy some pencils?...."

My first one I bought was Ship Arriving Too Late, but I'd heard Hot Rats because my dad had it. For a novice, I'd recommend YCDTOSA Volume 1 or 6 - those 2 have the best variety of different eras out of the YCDTOSA series.

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Let's hear it again for the London Philharmonic Orchestra!

Hey guys I think that Chunga's Revenge is worthy of a great BIG mention here as it has it all. Jazz-fusion, comedy, guitar virtuosity and overall Frank-ness

Just MHO

Deep Purple : In Rock.

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