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If we are to listen to what Frank Zappa said, we are not supposed to like the London Symphony Orchestra recording. But Frank’s castigation of the recording is largely based on what he describes as his less-than-enjoyable experience in working with the orchestra, an experience that tainted his perspective on orchestras in general for nearly all of the rest of his life.

To get a grasp on this, it’s worth reviewing the process, because it not only reveals all the work that goes into producing and recording symphonic music, but the composer’s ego as well, an ego just as big as the egos he criticizes.

In his autobiography, Zappa talks about how he used to get a great thrill writing music on paper, largely because as he wrote the notes on the paper, he could hear the tune in his head, which, he noted, is “a completely different sensation from the ordinary listening experience.”

It is time consuming work, particularly when i

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Discographie sélective

Pour une discographie complète se référer au site de Román García Albertos, http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/index.html(lien vérifié en juillet 2013).

Avec The Mothers of Invention

Freak Out!, 2 microsillons, 1966, Verve/MGM, V/V6-5005-2.
Uncle Meat, 2 microsillons, 1969, Bizarre/Reprise, 2MS 2024.
Burnt Weeny Sandwich, microsillon, 1970, Bizarre/Reprise, RS 6370.
Weasels Ripped My Flesh, microsillon, 1970, Bizarre/Reprise, MS 2028.
Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, direction : Elgar Howarth, 2 microsillons, 1971, Bizarre/United Artists, UAS 9956.
One Size Fits All, microsillon, 1975, DiscReet, DS 2216.

Avec The Mothers

Fillmore East - June 1971, microsillon, 1971, Bizarre/Reprise, MS 2042.
The Grand Wazoo, microsillon, 1972, Bizarre/Reprise, MS 2093.
Roxy & Elsewhere, 2 microsillons, 1974, DiscReet, 2DS 2202.

Avec The Mothers et Captain Beefheart