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instruments in different rooms. Zappa thought these provisional recordings turned out well, but Van Vliet became suspicious that Zappa was trying to record the album on the cheap and insisted on using a professional studio. Zappa would say of Van Vliet's approach that it was "impossible to tell him why things should be such and such a way. It seemed to me that if he was going to create a unique object, that the best thing for me to do was to keep my mouth shut as much as possible and just let him do whatever he wanted to do whether I thought it was wrong or not." "Hair Pie: Bake 1", one of the tracks recorded by Zappa and Kunc at the house, appeared on the finished album. Three other tracks on the album were recorded on a cassette recorder at the house, the a cappella poems "The Dust Blows
Forward 'n The Dust Blows Back" and "Orange Claw Hammer", and the improvised blues "China Pig" with former Magic Band member Doug Moon accompanying Van Vliet on guitar. "The Blimp" was recorded by Zappa in his studio while on the phone with Van Vliet prior to the album's sessions; Jeff Cotton was put on the phone to recite Van Vliet's latest poem, which Zappa recorded and put over a
608:"The Dust Blows Forward and the Dust Blows Back", and "Orange Claw Hammer") while one was a spontaneous improvisation ("China Pig"). "Bills Corpse" was titled for the emaciated condition that Bill Harkleroad suffered before leaving an LSD cult to join the band, and possibly to similar conditions Van Vliet created within the band's house. Van Vliet called the song "Dali's Car" a "study in dissonance". "Hobo Chang Ba" was based on Van Vliet's stories "as a young teenager in Mojave of going down and hanging with the hobos. He said they were really nice people and he got to know the regulars." French states that "Old Fart at Play" "was never intended to have these lyrics. This is the only other time I saw Zappa aggressively put on his 'producer's hat' and assert his will on Don. The original title to this song was 'My Business Is the Truth, Your Business Is a Lie'." The album's title was adapted from some lines in "Old Fart at Play": ". . . the nose of the wooden mask / Where the holes had just been uh moment ago / Was now smooth amazingly blended camouflaged in / With the very intricate rainbow trout replica."
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until he found a rhythmic or melodic pattern that he liked. John French then transcribed this pattern, typically only a measure or two long, into musical notation. After Van Vliet was finished, French would piece these fragments together into compositions, reminiscent of the splicing together of disparate source material on Marker's tape. French decided which part would be played on which instrument and taught each player his part, although Van Vliet had the final say over the ultimate shape of the product. Band member Bill
Harkleroad has remarked on "how haphazardly the individual parts were done, worked on very surgically, stuck together, and then sculpted afterwards". Once completed, each song was played in exactly the same way every time, eschewing
571:, to promulgate a number of myths which were subsequently quoted as fact. Winner's article stated, for instance, that neither Van Vliet nor the members of the Magic Band ever took drugs, but Harkleroad and French later discredited this. Van Vliet also claimed to have taught both Harkleroad and Mark Boston from scratch; in fact, the pair were already accomplished musicians before joining the band. Van Vliet also took complete credit for composition and arranging, a claim that band members strongly disputed in later years.
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and contributions from relatives, the band survived on a bare subsistence diet. French recounted living on no more than a small cup of soybeans a day for a month, and at one point, band members were arrested for shoplifting food (whereupon Zappa bailed them out). A visitor described their appearance
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at the age of fifteen: "I thought it was the worst thing I'd ever heard. I said to myself, they're not even trying! It was just a sloppy cacophony. Then I listened to it a couple more times, because I couldn't believe Frank Zappa could do this to me – and because a double album cost a lot of money.
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in 1969, hailed the album as "a total success, a brilliant, stunning enlargement and clarification of art", and said that, on "a purely verbal level", it is "an explosion of maniacal free-association incantations". Years later, he wrote that "it was not even 'ahead' of its time in 1969. Then and
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lauded the album as "stunningly imaginative", and wrote that its influence "was felt more in spirit than in direct copycatting, as a catalyst rather than a literal musical starting point. However, its inspiring reimagining of what was possible in a rock context laid the groundwork for countless
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October 1991 interview with
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as "cadaverous" and said that "they all looked in poor health". Band members were restricted from leaving the house and practiced for fourteen or more hours a day. Van Vliet once told drummer John French that he had been diagnosed with
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audio tape. He practiced by combining sections of various recordings so that they would join smoothly and maintain a consistent beat despite being from different sources. When Van Vliet heard the tape, he said excitedly,
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now, it stands outside time, trends, fads, hypes, the rise and fall of whole genres eclectic as walking
Christmas trees, constituting a genre unto itself: truly, a musical Monolith if ever there was one." Steve Huey of
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studio window. As a result, the vocals are only vaguely in sync with the instrumental backing; when asked later about synchronization, he remarked, "That's what they do before a commando raid, isn't it?"
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put the album at number 28 on their "The 100 Greatest Albums Ever Made" list and at number 51 on their list of "The 100 Records That
Changed the World". The album was also included in the book
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2708:Henry, John (August 22, 1969).
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239:"Pachuco Cadaver" / "Wild Life"
3775:Albums produced by Frank Zappa
3550:The Legendary A&M Sessions
3512:Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller)
3170:
2542:Barnes, Mike (February 1999).
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1461:"She's Too Much for My Mirror"
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3600:Grow Fins: Rarities 1965–1982
2349:Encyclopedia of Popular Music
1069:everything." Guitar virtuoso
999:The Alternative Music Almanac
881:, in his original review for
804:The Rolling Stone Album Guide
716:Encyclopedia of Popular Music
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346:Mark "Rockette Morton" Boston
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480:in a small rented house in
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3498:Unconditionally Guaranteed
3383:The Magic Band (2003–2017)
3130:Gore, Joe (October 1991).
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3171:Courrier, Kevin (2007).
2834:"60) Trout Mask Replica"
2805:All Time Top 1000 Albums
2774:"58) Trout Mask Replica"
1494:"Steal Softly thru Snow"
1288:"My Human Gets Me Blues"
986:All Time Top 1000 Albums
285:. Combining elements of
206:Lick My Decals Off, Baby
66:August 1968 – March 1969
3800:Straight Records albums
2748:"Mission: unlistenable"
2496:The Rough Guide to Rock
2493:Buckley, Peter (2003).
2156:Courier, Kevin (2007).
1373:"When Big Joan Sets Up"
3795:Reprise Records albums
918:tells of listening to
587:, was learning how to
511:Sunset Sound Recorders
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3327:Winged Eel Fingerling
3180:French, John (2010).
3162:Barnes, Mike (2004).
2971:. Library of Congress
2938:. December 19, 2010.
2861:. Rocklistmusic.co.uk
2465:(December 11, 1969).
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1713:Explanatory footnotes
1596:Antennae Jimmy Semens
1516:"Veteran's Day Poppy"
1086:Red Hot Chili Peppers
634:Concierto de Aranjuez
468:) at the house where
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3664:Moonlight on Vermont
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2812:. 2000. p. 58.
2710:"Kick Out the Doors"
2601:"Trout Mask Replica"
2578:faroutmagazine.co.uk
2554:on November 20, 2011
2467:"Consumer Guide (5)"
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2062:on December 13, 2007
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1910:Entertainment Weekly
1629:Additional personnel
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1336:"Hair Pie: Bake 2" (
1198:Moonlight on Vermont
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655:Reception and legacy
581:Moonlight on Vermont
543:Mothers of Invention
330:Glendale, California
319:20th century musical
283:John "Drumbo" French
3299:Gary 'Magic' Marker
2932:"Captain Beefheart"
2784:on February 6, 2010
2689:on October 14, 2009
2289:French, pp. 805–806
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2111:(Documentary). BBC.
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3156:General references
3001:. January 12, 2012
2733:Omaha World-Herald
2655:Petridis, Alexis.
2546:Trout Mask Replica
2415:on January 2, 2013
2257:French pp. 356–387
2188:Zappa: A Biography
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3256:Captain Beefheart
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2580:. August 30, 2021
2472:The Village Voice
2463:Christgau, Robert
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1100:Track listing
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1771:
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1700:Cal Schenkel
1685:Buzz Gardner
1675:Bunk Gardner
1628:
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1600:slide guitar
1586:(uncredited)
1580:jingle bells
1576:hunting horn
1541:
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1301:instrumental
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315:polytonality
271:double album
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39:Studio album
15:
3765:1969 albums
3705:Frank Zappa
3695:Discography
3642:Other songs
3625:Electricity
3560:Live albums
3434:Craig Bunch
3422:Wait For Me
3410:Eric Klerks
3377:Wait For Me
3220:Audio story
3143:February 7,
3061:January 24,
2666:January 14,
2558:December 9,
2419:February 5,
2122:French 2010
2066:December 9,
1691:Frank Zappa
1659:Don Preston
1647:Roy Estrada
1572:simran horn
1552:spoken word
1450:"Wild Life"
1277:"China Pig"
1170:"Ella Guru"
1137:"Frownland"
1111:John French
1060:has called
1058:David Lynch
1051:John French
1025:avant-garde
966:Delta blues
867:disc jockey
859:magnum opus
629:Miles Davis
621:Steve Reich
575:Composition
531:Mark Boston
527:Gary Marker
523:John French
521:on guitar,
519:Jeff Cotton
486:John French
447:Frank Zappa
344:on guitar,
334:Los Angeles
326:Frank Zappa
303:avant-garde
291:garage rock
164:Frank Zappa
116:avant-garde
3759:Categories
3657:Muffin Man
3568:Bongo Fury
3491:Clear Spot
3477:Mirror Man
3427:Gary Lucas
3372:Gary Lucas
3362:Indian Ink
3342:Ed Marimba
3089:October 6,
2995:Studio 360
2949:October 6,
2714:The Signal
2478:October 5,
1706:Ed Caraeff
1315:Side three
1066:John Lydon
1056:Filmmaker
1047:Studio 360
1003:Alan Cross
926:The Signal
648:Rainy Taxi
613:Gene Autry
547:Trout Mask
478:communally
442:Mirror Man
413:Bo Diddley
403:Background
311:polyrhythm
177:chronology
3307:Ry Cooder
3294:Doug Moon
3285:Gary Jaye
3115:March 11,
3083:Pitchfork
3005:March 11,
2944:0307-1235
2916:August 9,
2843:August 7,
2387:April 28,
2382:Pitchfork
2018:August 8,
1773:Stereogum
1733:Citations
1635:Doug Moon
1542:Musicians
1537:Personnel
1418:Side four
1071:Steve Vai
974:PJ Harvey
970:Tom Waits
870:John Peel
754:Pitchfork
505:Recording
299:free jazz
3743:Category
3035:June 16,
2754:. London
2584:June 14,
2527:June 21,
2444:July 10,
2346:(2011).
2328:July 10,
2323:AllMusic
2207:(2000).
2186:(2005).
1969:AllMusic
1584:engineer
1212:Side two
1116:Side one
899:new wave
890:AllMusic
679:AllMusic
625:Come Out
455:Straight
321:canon.
159:Producer
152:Straight
121:art rock
85:Glendale
63:Recorded
55:Released
41: by
3717:Mallard
3610:Singles
2975:June 7,
2969:LOC.gov
2865:June 7,
2758:May 26,
2693:June 7,
2233:Zig Zag
2134:teejo.
2040:June 7,
1974:May 16,
1943:June 7,
1888:July 8,
1816:May 17,
1568:musette
494:welfare
451:Bizarre
395:by the
358:musette
287:R&B
224:Singles
210:(1970)
201:(1969)
192:(1968)
3390:Drumbo
3352:Oréjon
3312:Drumbo
3188:
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2088:
1807:
1590:Drumbo
1431:Length
1362:"Well"
1351:"Pena"
1328:Length
1225:Length
1129:Length
930:'s
901:era."
673:Rating
670:Source
594:That's
589:splice
490:Manson
360:, and
293:, and
130:Length
71:Studio
3013:.org.
2231:From
1610:flute
1529:78:51
1428:Title
1325:Title
1222:Title
1126:Title
759:10/10
550:'
385:'
297:with
295:blues
226:from
147:Label
111:blues
98:Genre
3186:ISBN
3145:2016
3117:2020
3091:2018
3063:2020
3037:2024
3011:WNYC
3007:2020
2977:2011
2951:2018
2940:ISSN
2918:2020
2886:ISBN
2867:2011
2845:2012
2814:ISBN
2790:2010
2760:2010
2695:2011
2668:2023
2636:ISBN
2615:2015
2586:2022
2560:2007
2529:2024
2501:ISBN
2480:2020
2446:2013
2421:2018
2389:2018
2358:ISBN
2330:2013
2213:ISBN
2164:ISBN
2143:2016
2086:ISBN
2068:2007
2042:2011
2020:2017
1976:2016
1945:2011
1922:2016
1890:2017
1859:2022
1818:2018
1805:ISBN
1781:2022
1519:4:31
1508:1:51
1497:2:18
1486:2:04
1475:2:02
1464:1:40
1453:3:09
1442:3:34
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1398:2:30
1387:2:08
1376:5:18
1365:2:07
1354:2:33
1343:2:23
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