Necessity is. . .THE EARLY YEARS OF Frank Zappa & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION.

UK,slim 8vo wraps,softback original,1st edn.[Paperback original denotes the first format and its first appearance in print of the book/ title.Paperbacks usually follow on from the HB edn,but can be published at the same time as the HB edn,but p/back originals are published prior to any other format,and can sometimes,be the only format too.] FINE+.No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj,card wraps - as issued - s/back original 1st edn.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,subject/ group's b/w photographic illustrated upper wrap with red+black lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present,and no reading creases to spine/backstrip. Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned - as usual/normal - but generally clean; contents bright,tight,solid and sound,clean and virtually pristine - appears an unread example.UK,slim 8vo wraps,s/b original,1st edn, 6-160pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements, author's note,a foreword by Don Preston,an imaginary play (Pt 1) also by Don Preston,7 chapters,8pp contemporary,b/w biographical photographs in one block,between pp96/7; a where are they now? section,appendices (5) includes: material sources,websites, M of I 'live' repetoire,group+ individual group/band members discographies,M o I tour dates,1964- 72,publisher's adverts to rear,and notes on the author at rear.
Uncommon,particularly in as good a grade as this.
The early Mothers of Invention was a band of anarchic,free-spirited, musically telepathic mavericks headed by the unparalleled musical genius of Frank Zappa.Featured on such classic LPs as 'Freak Out', 'Absolutely Free' and 'We're Only In It For The Money',the band let rip over Zappa's satirical yet complex compositions.Using the band's on-the-road antics as a backdrop,a live performance was often akin to a free-form rock 'n' roll revue.
Disbanded in 1970,Zappa would sometimes reassemble the Mothers of Invention in a number of different guises,but rarely found another group that collectively distilled his offbeat musical vision so perfectly. Billy James recaptures those early years as remembered by those who were there; Jimmy Carl Black,Roy Estrada,Bunk Gardner,Buzz Gardner and Don Preston.Completing the picture with anecdotes about other ex-members like Ray Collins,Lowell George,Art Tripp and Motorhead Sherwood,the book investigates the oddball humour that surrounded the Zappa entourage from 1864-1970.
Fully illustrated,'Necessity Is. . .' presents a fitting tribute to a time when musical barriers were there to be broken.
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