FRANK ZAPPA THING FISH 3 LP LIBRETTO + ALL INSERTS MINT

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ALL OF MY LP COLLECTION THAT I STARTED IN THE LATE 1960S HAVE ARCHIVAL PROTECTIVE SLEEVES ON THE  OUTSIDE JACKETS.  

MAJORITY OF MY ALBUMS HAVE BEEN PLAYED ONE TIME OR LESS THAN A HANDFUL.  I IMMEDIATELY RECORDED A COPY OF THE ALBUM ONTO CD WHATEVER FOR CONVENIENCE AS WELL AS PRESERVATION REASONS.  THIS WAS ALL DONE ON STATE OF THE ART EQUIPMENT.

You are bidding a Boxed three album set entitled thing-fish in MINT Condition.  SKYO 74201

This is an original USA copy of Frank Zappa's Box Set 3LP entitled Thing-Fish. Original Cast recording.  It has been carefully stored and not played very much at all. It comes with the 3 original ZAPPA record sleeve liners.

The Vinyl is perfect; the box is in nearly perfect condition. The 16 page insert Libretto is perfect; there is also a Zappa BARFKO-Swill Zappa original masters product advertisement that is included which is great. 

Cover Condition: EXCELLENT WITH MINIMAL CORNER WEAR.

Vinyl Condition: Each of the 3 LPs is Mint on Barking Pumpkin Records. 

Inserts: Comes with Libretto booklet in MINT condition and an additional insert from "Summer 1985" that features other releases, and highlights Zappa's "Masters" LP. This is a gatefold color item that is really cool!

Labels:  Mint, all 3 LPs; see photos.

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Like his masterpiece JOE'S GARAGE, Zappa's THING-FISH is an epic rock opera on a grand scale. The comical narration by Ike Willis in the title role, with his own Amos-&-Andy-ish dialect, may seem like harmless buffoonery on the surface, but there is a dastardly evil undercurrent. The overall theme is the attempt by the establishment to systematically do away with certain undesirables in society. Instead, bizarre mutations called the mammy nuns are created and proceed to overtake mankind through the context of a Broadway show. Along the way, Zappa's compositional and satirical genius is in full creative overdrive as he manipulates his many strange characters (including Terry and Dale Bozzio as ignorant theater goers) through the weird libretto. Although many of the musical pieces only work in the context of the story, a dramatic reworking of the classic "The Torture Never Stops," the driving "You Are What You Is" and the gospel-sounding "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" are stand-out performances. Disc two continues with strange robotic voices in "The Crab-Grass Baby," the rocking "No Not Now" and it's backwards-running counterpart "Won Ton On" as the grand finale.

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Country: US

Released: 1984

Genre: Jazz, Rock

Style: Alternative Rock, Jazz-Rock, Avantgarde, Parody

Prologue 2:56

The Mammy Nuns 3:31

Harry & Rhonda 3:36

Galoot Up-Date 5:27

The 'Torchum' Never Stops 10:32

That Evil Prince 1:18

You Are What You Is 4:31

The Mudd Club 3:16

The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 3:14

Clowns On Velvet 1:38

Harry-As-A-Boy 2:50

He's So Gay 2:49

The Massive Improve'lence 5:08

Artificial Rhonda 3:33

The Crabb-Grass Baby 3:48

The White Boy Troubles 3:22

No Not Now 5:50

Briefcase Boogie 4:09

Brown Moses 3:02

Wistful Wit A Fist-Full 4:01

Drop Dead 7:56

Won Ton On 4:19

Companies etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) Barking Pumpkin Records

Published By Munchkin Music

(p) 1984 Barking Pumpkin Records 

Credits

Bass Arthur Barrow, Scott Thunes

Double Bass [String Bass] Jay Anderson

Drums Chad Wackerman

Guitar Steve Vai

Guitar, Vocals [Owl-gonkwin-jane Cowhoon] Ray White

Keyboards“ Tommy Mars

Percussion Ed Mann

Piano [Broadway] Chuck Wild

Vocals [Brown Moses] Johnny 'Guitar' Watson*

Vocals [Evil Prince] Napoleon Murphy Brock*

Vocals [Harry, Mammified Evil Prince] Terry Bozzio

Vocals [Harry-as-a-boy Bob Harris

Vocals [Rhonda]  Dale Bozzio

Vocals [Thing Fish, Mammified Evil Prince] Ike Willis

Written-by, Arranged By, Directed By, Conductor, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer [Synclavier]  (who else but): Frank Zappa

I work hard to accurately describe what I'm offering.  if you have questions I'll try to answer them.  

ALL OF MY LP COLLECTION THAT I STARTED IN THE LATE 1960S HAVE ARCHIVAL PROTECTIVE SLEEVES ON THE  OUTSIDE JACKETS.  

MOST HAVE BEEN ONLY PLAYED ONCE; OR LESS THAN A HANDFUL,  THEN RECORDED ON STATE OF THE ART 

 EQUIPMENT SO I WOULD HAVE A BACK UP COPY AS WELL AS PRESERVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TRULY CHERISHED & ENJOYED SO MANY TIMES THROUGH OUT THE YEARS.  THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE POWER OF MUSIC.

PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH QUESTIONS. ETC. I HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND LPS MANY JAZZ/BLUES/OLD SCHOOL CLASSICS, MOTOWN, SOUL/FUNK/ROCK/CLASSICAL,REGGAE AND OTHER VARIOUS GENRES