Description
Offered for sale is a UK pressing of Lumpy Gravy by Frank Zappa.
About this copy: This copy of Lumpy Gravy is a 1972 UK pressing on the Verve label of an album that was originally released in 1968.
The cover is VG with moderate ring wear and slight edge and corner wear.
The disc is VG+ with a few light sleeve scuffs and a few hairlines. It’s a fairly clean disc that has had little play. This is an original copy with stamped matrix numbers.
A nice copy of a scarce Frank Zappa LP.
Background: Released in 1968, Lumpy Gravy was the first solo album by Frank Zappa.
The album reached #159 on the U.S. album chart.
Allmusic.com gave Lumpy Gravy a 4 star review:
Lumpy Gravy, Frank Zappa’s first solo album, was released months before the Mothers of Invention’s third LP (even though its back cover asked the question: “Is this phase two of We’re Only in It for the Money?”) and both were conceptualized and recorded at the same time. We’re Only in It for the Money became a song-oriented anti-flower power album with one contemporary/musique concrète/sound collage hybrid piece by way of conclusion. Lumpy Gravy collaged bits of orchestral music, sonic manipulations, spoken words, and occasional pop ditties into two lumps of 16 minutes each. … Lumpy Gravy suffers from a lack of coherence, but it remains historically important and contains many conceptual continuity clues for the fan. The opening line of part one (“The way I see it, Barry, this should be a dynamite show”) became a classic reference.
| Country of origin: | UK |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Verve |
| Catalog Number: |
2317 046 |
| Year of Release: | 1972 |
| Format: | Stereo |
| Share: |       |
