Description
Offered for sale is an original Japanese white label promotional pressing of the live album Bongo Fury, by Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and the Mothers of Invention, including the original obi.
About this copy: This copy of Bongo Fury is a 1975 Japanese pressing on the Discreet label.
The cover is VG+ with slight edge and corner wear, mostly at the top edge. There is a sticker on the front cover that says “SAMPLE” in Japanese and English.
The obi is VG+ with slight wear at the top and bottom edge and a couple of wrinkles on the “hojyuhyo” (reorder tag), which is still attached.
The white label promo disc is M- with one or two spindle marks on the labels, but no marks on the vinyl. Clean disc!
A nice copy of a rare Zappa LP, as his albums sold poorly in Japan.
Background: Released in 1975, Bongo Fury was the twenty first album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.
The album reached #66 on the U.S. album chart.
Allmusic.com gave Bongo Fury a 3 1/2 star review:
Bongo Fury captures Captain Beefheart aka Don Van Vliet with Frank Zappa during their brief reunion for a series of shows in the spring of 1975. This album is a pastiche of both live performances — taken from two evenings at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, TX — and studio recordings that were almost a year-and-a-half old. This is the last album to feature the highly technical jazz fusion of Mothers of Invention, whose roots can be traced back to 1973 circa Over-Nite Sensation. The live portions are highlighted by the latest addition to the band — frenetic percussionist extraordinaire Terry “Ted” Bozzio, who would stay with Zappa for a majority of the ’70s. Most Zappa enthusiasts either love or hate Bongo Fury. Much of the disparity has to do with the lack of the extended fusion-based instrumentals that had graced their predecessors One Size Fits All and Roxy & Elsewhere as much as it does with the inclusion of Captain Beefheart. Conversely, those consumers whose passions tend toward both Zappa and Captain Beefheart consider this disc as a mutual zenith.
| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Size: | 12″ |
| Record Label: | Discreet |
| Catalog Number: |
P-10093D |
| Year of Release: | 1975 |
| Format: | Stereo |
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