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Jakeobs
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Hi folks, my name's Jake and I'm a brand new Zappa fan and message board poster. I'm attempting to listen to every single Zappa CD before I die both because I'm extremely curious about the man and his incredibly varied career and also as a way to get my mind off of the '08 Presidential election, which I firmly believe that neither Hillary nor Obama can win. So far, I've listened to 3 (Freak Out!, WOIIFTM and Baby Snakes), which I've quite enjoyed, and I've got 3 more (Hot Rats, Apostrophe' and You Are What You Is) on order. Any suggestions for where I should go from here? I was thinking about going through all of the '60s and early '70s albums first but I'm also very curious about Frank's classical work as well.
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If you're planning on getting them all, just go in order. That's my advice.

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It's impossible to guess with anyone but "Uncle Meat", "Roxy & Elsewhere" and "Läther" are three good bets.

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One Size Fits All, Overnight Sensation are "classics" of the mid-70's. Since you like Baby Snakes, Sheik Yerbouti. The You Can't That on Stage Anymore Series is great too.
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calvin2hikers wrote:
If you're planning on getting them all, just go in order. That's my advice.


I agree that's the ideal way to go. I wish I could have done that.

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Jakeobs
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Thanks for all of your advice. Going in order is exactly what I'll do.
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[quote="Jakeobs"]Hi folks, my name's Jake and I'm a brand new Zappa fan and message board poster. I'm attempting to listen to every single Zappa CD before I die both because I'm extremely curious about the man and his incredibly varied career

Tremendrus simply Tremendrus

A determined individual on a self modification project!!!

Welcome to the 1st Church of Appliantology

May you never be the same. :wink:

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Absolutely Free, Lumpy Gravy and Cruising with Ruben & The Jets are on order as of today.
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calvin2hikers wrote:
If you're planning on getting them all, just go in order. That's my advice.

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*wins*

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*rides on the coattails of calvin's success*

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just plain doug
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I decided to skip ahead a little (okay, a bit more than a little) and tackle Läther next.
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Jakeobs wrote:
I decided to skip ahead a little (okay, a bit more than a little) and tackle Läther next.


While I'm impressed with your taste, I am appalled by your lack of discipline. :wink:

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just plain doug
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I am appalled by your lack of discipline. :wink:

You trying to sneak King Crimson into this thread? Image

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After Lather and Sheik Yerbouti, I'll return to listening in chronological order the week of 3/3 - 3/7 with Uncle Meat.


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Welcome to the 1st Church of Appliantology


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Jakeobs
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EDIT: due to budgetary constraints, I had to cancel the Burnt Weeny Sandwich order.
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I'm new to the forum, too.
If you can find it, 'We're Only in it For the Money' is a much better listen on
vinyl than on CD. Whoever remastered it for CD totally messed it up,
sounds NOTHING like it does on vinyl.
'Absolutely Free' has my favorite rendition of "Call Any Vegetable", and
'Just Another Band From L.A.' has my favorite rendition of 'Dog Breath".
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Jakeobs
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In case anyone cares, here's a list of all the Zappa CDs that I've listened to in the past month.

Freak Out!
Absolutely Free
We're Only in It for the Money
Lumpy Gravy
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
Hot Rats
Apostrophe (')
Sheik Yerbouti
You Are What You Is
Baby Snakes
Läther
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Congratulations!!
would you now ever listen to them again?

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Jakeobs
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Already did (some of 'em 3-4 times each).
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Oh! So you might like some of it!
Whadd'ya like?

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All of it except Ruben.
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