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Hot Rats Book,The : A Fifty-Year Retrospective of Frank Zappa's Hot Rats
Frank Zappa - Book - by Bill Gubbins and Ahmet Zappa
(2019)
Hot
Rats, the second solo album by Frank Zappa, is considered by his fans
and critics alike to be a groundbreaking, important record, as well as
one of his most innovative efforts of all time. The first recording
project after the dissolution of the original Mothers of Invention,
Zappa composed, arranged, and produced all of the music on Hot Rats
while playing electric guitar on all tracks. The album contains the song
"Peaches en Regalia," widely recognized as a modern jazz-fusion
standard.
This
entire groundbreaking and historical record including using new
sixteen-multitrack recording and overdub technics for the first time
ever was captured in photos by Bill Gubbins, who shot the recording
sessions and live performances of the record immediately following its
release. Most of these images have never before been published in book
form, appearing here for the first time. The "Hot Rats" Book: A
Fifty-Year Retrospective of Frank Zappa s "Hot Rats": also contains
essays by author Bill Gubbins; Ian Underwood, who was involved in
working with Zappa on the recording sessions; Steve Vai; David Fricke;
and Matt Groening.