E bine că la comemorarea din fiecare zi de 4 decembrie sunt răspândite tot mai mult prin rețelele de socializare citate din Frank Zappa (”Father of Invention”, cum îl numea cineva) cu vorbe de duh atât de inspirate și valabile și azi, unele intrate în cultura americană și ajunse și dincolo de ea, până la rang de proverbe (ex.: ”Elvis just has left the building”)...dar n-am întâlnit comentat/recenzat mai nimic în media de limbă română, nici cu această ocazie, nici tot anul curent despre noile apariții discografice, indiferent formatul...și n-au fost puține în 2016. Iată cele despre care eu am cunoștință:
* Frank Zappa: ”Little Dots” -live, 1972- (Zappa Records/UMe, 2016), urmare a albumului ”Imaginary Diseases”, 2005.
* Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: ”The New Maternity -VPRO Radio Piknik” (Netherlands), 1970- (2015)...înregistrat la un post de radio olandez.
* Frank Zappa: ”Road Tapes, Venue #3” -2 CD live in Minneapolis,1970- (2016). #103
* Frank Zappa: ”The Crux Of The Biscuit” (ZFT, 2016)...."the making of ”Apostrophe” (‘)", albumul din 1974 cu cel mai mare succes comercial în Statele Unite. #104
* Frank Zappa: ”Frank Zappa For President” (ZFT, 2016). #105
* Frank Zappa: ”ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks” (2016)...de fapt un ”Best Of/Greatest Hits" (în sens ironic, vizavi de industria muzicală) cu preferințele fiului Ahmet. #106
** DVD: Frank Zappa: ”Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words” (2016)
* Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: ”The New Maternity -VPRO Radio Piknik” (Netherlands), 1970- (2015)...înregistrat la un post de radio olandez.
* Frank Zappa: ”Road Tapes, Venue #3” -2 CD live in Minneapolis,1970- (2016). #103
* Frank Zappa: ”The Crux Of The Biscuit” (ZFT, 2016)...."the making of ”Apostrophe” (‘)", albumul din 1974 cu cel mai mare succes comercial în Statele Unite. #104
* Frank Zappa: ”Frank Zappa For President” (ZFT, 2016). #105
* Frank Zappa: ”ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks” (2016)...de fapt un ”Best Of/Greatest Hits" (în sens ironic, vizavi de industria muzicală) cu preferințele fiului Ahmet. #106
** DVD: Frank Zappa: ”Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words” (2016)
* Zappa/Mothers: ”Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary” -3 CD- (Zappa Records/UMe, 2016)
...Păi din aceste 7 albume și un DVD să ne oprim numai la ultimul titlu, acest triplu-set ce continuă reeditarea primei perioade din carieră, respectiv ”The Lumpy Money Project/Object” -3 CD- (Zappa Family Trust, 2008). Încă un 3 CD așadar care, numerotat cu #5 în seria ”Anniversary FZ Audio Documentaries” și cu #107 la general în discografia oficială, aduce nu doar aproape triplarea duratei 2 LP-ului original ”Uncle Meat” din 1969 (circa 75 min.) cu o mulțime de piese noi sau versiuni diferite interesante...dar pentru prima dată pentru apariția pe format CDs au fost folosite benzile ”master” (cele pentru seria scoasă anterior de casa Rykodisk fuseseră alterate de Zappa), rezultând o calitate superioară a sunetului neatinsă înainte! Ăsta ar fi fost de unul singur un motiv suficient pentru achiziție, cel puțin pentru cei mai fideli fani...dar noul set oferă mult mai mult de-atât: un alt ”unreleased” ”Uncle Meat”, o consistentă secțiune de circa 90 min. -CD 2 și o parte din CD 3- numită “Uncle Meat: Original Sequence.” Detalii apar în recenzia extinsă de la AMG/All Music Guide, plecând de la faptul că, prin contractul semnat în 2012 de Zapa Family Trust cu gigantul Universal Music Enterprises/Group (UMe), se doresc reeditate superior calitativ și distribuite la scară globală, printre altele, albumele dinainte de 1982 la care doar la puține se folosiseră benzile ”master” originale.
...Păi din aceste 7 albume și un DVD să ne oprim numai la ultimul titlu, acest triplu-set ce continuă reeditarea primei perioade din carieră, respectiv ”The Lumpy Money Project/Object” -3 CD- (Zappa Family Trust, 2008). Încă un 3 CD așadar care, numerotat cu #5 în seria ”Anniversary FZ Audio Documentaries” și cu #107 la general în discografia oficială, aduce nu doar aproape triplarea duratei 2 LP-ului original ”Uncle Meat” din 1969 (circa 75 min.) cu o mulțime de piese noi sau versiuni diferite interesante...dar pentru prima dată pentru apariția pe format CDs au fost folosite benzile ”master” (cele pentru seria scoasă anterior de casa Rykodisk fuseseră alterate de Zappa), rezultând o calitate superioară a sunetului neatinsă înainte! Ăsta ar fi fost de unul singur un motiv suficient pentru achiziție, cel puțin pentru cei mai fideli fani...dar noul set oferă mult mai mult de-atât: un alt ”unreleased” ”Uncle Meat”, o consistentă secțiune de circa 90 min. -CD 2 și o parte din CD 3- numită “Uncle Meat: Original Sequence.” Detalii apar în recenzia extinsă de la AMG/All Music Guide, plecând de la faptul că, prin contractul semnat în 2012 de Zapa Family Trust cu gigantul Universal Music Enterprises/Group (UMe), se doresc reeditate superior calitativ și distribuite la scară globală, printre altele, albumele dinainte de 1982 la care doar la puține se folosiseră benzile ”master” originale.
“Whiskey Wah” și “The Whip” conțin solouri de chitară ”previously unreleased”. “King Kong” nu închide setul ca pe albumul original și nu include partea provenită de la Miami Pop Festival. “Cops & Buns” apăruse pe ”The Lost Episodes”, dar întro formă scurtată. “Mr. Green Genes” are pasaje în plus de orgă și vocal, “Dog Breath” renunță la voci dar adaugă chitară și saxofon. “The String Quartet” e un ”medley” care acum sună de studio, nu ”live”. “Electric Aunt Jemima” are un mixaj diferit, mai modern în timp ce “Exercise 4” e o versiune mai elaborată a lui “Uncle Meat Variations”. “Mr. Green Genes (alternate mix)” aduce un vocal diferit mixat cu clape adăugate...ca și circa 1 min. și jumătate în plus de chitară la final de “Prelude to Uncle Meat”. De remarcat și cum sună papa Zappa la chitară acustică, destul de rar auzit per total carieră la acest instrument, dar consistent prezent aici deși diferit față de cum se știa în mod normal. Versiunea ”live” la ”Uncle Meat” sună bine și ea, cea instrumentală la “Dog Breath” e mai rafinată și nu atât de răgușită ca pe discul single....până la solo-ul de chitară! ”Un set pe care fanii-l așteaptă de ani buni. Sunetul e mult îmbunătățit și tot materialul adițional excelent” - conchide cronica de pe All Music Guide-. ”Uncle Meat” este argumentat cel mai avangardist, mai dens, mai larg stilistic...dar și unul dintre cele mai dificile albume pentru unii. Este, deasemenea, unul dintre cele mai valoroase, iar noul ”Meat Light...” face într-adevăr dreptate aceastei capodopere.”
Ideea este că Frank Zappa a gândit ”We're Only in It for the Money”, ”Lumpy Gravy”, ”Cruising with Ruben & the Jets” și ”Uncle Meat” drept albume organic legate într-un concept unitar, ”No Commercial Potential”, astfel încât, cum zicea maestrul, ”dacă am toate benzile, iau o lamă și le tai în bucăți mici, oricum le-aș lipi apoi în ordine diferit-aleatoare, chiar și de 20 de ori, să iasă o piesă care să aibă sens, pe care s-o poți asculta. O lucrare, acest întreg ciclul, dintro ”campanie” pe care o duc zilele astea menită să-i ”scuture”, să-i provoace pe fani ca să-i scoată din complezență și ignoranță și să-i facă să-și pună întrebări”. 
Cele 28 + 19 + 32 titluri de pe cele 3 CD intitulate și fiecare separat, le găsiți pe Wikipedia (care ne mai spune și despre un "nou" album "live in Chicago '78"), aici:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Light
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_Light
Dacă mi-a scăpat ceva, iată în limba engleză cronica AMG:
”If you were paying close attention to the UMG- released Zappa titles, you may have noticed that Uncle Meat was one of the few pre-1982 albums that wasn’t reissued using the original master tapes for the first time (all the Ryko masters were altered by Zappa). Meat Light remedies that by finally releasing the Uncle Meat original vinyl mix, remastered from the original master tapes for the very first time on CD. The results are stunning.
The album literally sounds better than it ever has, with a crisp clarity to all the instruments, even on the most dense tracks. This alone would justify purchase for most Zappa fanatics…but wait! There’s more! Who knew there was ANOTHER Uncle Meat?!? Yes, disc two and part of disc three present “Uncle Meat: Original Sequence.”
Many of the tracks are exactly the same, but with different sequencing and some completely unreleased material, all segued together with some additional contributions from the Apostolic Vlorch Injector (responsible for the blasts of noise on Uncle Meat and We’re Only in It for the Money).
“Whiskey Wah” and “The Whip” are previously unreleased guitar solos. “King Kong” doesn’t end the set; it’s the end of “Side 2” (of four), and it doesn’t include the part that was recorded on a flatbed diesel at a Miami Pop Festival. “Cops & Buns” was included on The Lost Episodes, but in an edited form. Some of the other spoken bits (“Our Bizarre Relationship,” “If We’d Been Living in California…”) have just a little bit of extra material on them, providing a bit of further insight. “Mr. Green Genes” has a slightly different mix with some additional organ and vocals. The “Original Sequence” closes with “Cruisin’ for Burgers”…but that’s not the end of Meat Light! “A Bunch of Stuff” seems to be a spoken intro to the film Uncle Meat. Tracks like “Tango” and “More Beer” are just short cues. The single version of “Dog Breath” is a gas: no main vocals/lyrics — just prominent (and awesome!) backing vocals with extra guitar and saxophone mixed in. “The String Quartet” is a medley of Uncle Meat tunes that was often performed live by the Mothers, but this sounds like a studio version. “Electric Aunt Jemima” is a different, more modern-sounding mix, while “Exercise 4” is an unused further elaboration of the “Uncle Meat Variations.” The alternate mix of “Mr. Green Genes” has a different vocal mix and cool keyboards added. “Echo Pie” takes Jimmy Carl Black’s displeasure in “If We’d Been Living in California” and kicks it up a notch or five. “1/4 Tone Unit” is a short, pretty chamber ensemble piece, “Sakuji’s March” is a short percussion piece, and “No. 4” is a scored piece with some amazing double piano followed by double marimba. The extended version of “Prelude to Uncle Meat” adds about a minute and a half to the standard version, along with some interesting extra guitar at the end. “My Guitar (Proto 1)” is a ripping instrumental with FZ jamming on the “My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama” riff. Hearing the guitar from “Nine Types of Industrial Pollution” played at the original speed is extremely interesting. You can hear Frank playing acoustic guitar over a faint, slowed-down drum track. It’s rare to hear Zappa play acoustic guitar at all, and his playing here is quite different than what he’s normally known for. The live version of “Uncle Meat” sounds great. The instrumental version of “Dog Breath” is a bit more refined and not quite as raucous as the single version…until the guitar solo! Meat Light closes with an alternate mix of “The Dog Breath Variations.”
This is a set fans have been waiting for for years. The sound is a huge improvement over all previous Uncle Meat CDs and the additional material is all excellent. Uncle Meat is arguably Zappa’s most avant-garde, most dense, most wide-ranging, and one of his most difficult albums for some. It’s also one of his very best and Meat Light really does justice to this masterpiece.” — (All Music Guide)
The album literally sounds better than it ever has, with a crisp clarity to all the instruments, even on the most dense tracks. This alone would justify purchase for most Zappa fanatics…but wait! There’s more! Who knew there was ANOTHER Uncle Meat?!? Yes, disc two and part of disc three present “Uncle Meat: Original Sequence.”
Many of the tracks are exactly the same, but with different sequencing and some completely unreleased material, all segued together with some additional contributions from the Apostolic Vlorch Injector (responsible for the blasts of noise on Uncle Meat and We’re Only in It for the Money).
“Whiskey Wah” and “The Whip” are previously unreleased guitar solos. “King Kong” doesn’t end the set; it’s the end of “Side 2” (of four), and it doesn’t include the part that was recorded on a flatbed diesel at a Miami Pop Festival. “Cops & Buns” was included on The Lost Episodes, but in an edited form. Some of the other spoken bits (“Our Bizarre Relationship,” “If We’d Been Living in California…”) have just a little bit of extra material on them, providing a bit of further insight. “Mr. Green Genes” has a slightly different mix with some additional organ and vocals. The “Original Sequence” closes with “Cruisin’ for Burgers”…but that’s not the end of Meat Light! “A Bunch of Stuff” seems to be a spoken intro to the film Uncle Meat. Tracks like “Tango” and “More Beer” are just short cues. The single version of “Dog Breath” is a gas: no main vocals/lyrics — just prominent (and awesome!) backing vocals with extra guitar and saxophone mixed in. “The String Quartet” is a medley of Uncle Meat tunes that was often performed live by the Mothers, but this sounds like a studio version. “Electric Aunt Jemima” is a different, more modern-sounding mix, while “Exercise 4” is an unused further elaboration of the “Uncle Meat Variations.” The alternate mix of “Mr. Green Genes” has a different vocal mix and cool keyboards added. “Echo Pie” takes Jimmy Carl Black’s displeasure in “If We’d Been Living in California” and kicks it up a notch or five. “1/4 Tone Unit” is a short, pretty chamber ensemble piece, “Sakuji’s March” is a short percussion piece, and “No. 4” is a scored piece with some amazing double piano followed by double marimba. The extended version of “Prelude to Uncle Meat” adds about a minute and a half to the standard version, along with some interesting extra guitar at the end. “My Guitar (Proto 1)” is a ripping instrumental with FZ jamming on the “My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama” riff. Hearing the guitar from “Nine Types of Industrial Pollution” played at the original speed is extremely interesting. You can hear Frank playing acoustic guitar over a faint, slowed-down drum track. It’s rare to hear Zappa play acoustic guitar at all, and his playing here is quite different than what he’s normally known for. The live version of “Uncle Meat” sounds great. The instrumental version of “Dog Breath” is a bit more refined and not quite as raucous as the single version…until the guitar solo! Meat Light closes with an alternate mix of “The Dog Breath Variations.”
This is a set fans have been waiting for for years. The sound is a huge improvement over all previous Uncle Meat CDs and the additional material is all excellent. Uncle Meat is arguably Zappa’s most avant-garde, most dense, most wide-ranging, and one of his most difficult albums for some. It’s also one of his very best and Meat Light really does justice to this masterpiece.” — (All Music Guide)
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