Son Of Suzy Creamcheese/Big Leg Emma
1967Verve Records 58 516 France
From RJ:
“The “mini pop” logo on the Big leg emma French single. It’s just this, a logo, nothing else. Not the name of a magazine or tv show. It has a meaning similar to the Psychedelia67 logo on the back. “mini” is just to say that it’s not an lp. For the French of that time it’s like saying: “Little record of pop music” or “pop music single” or “pop music mini record” etc…”
ABSOLUTELY FREE. Coming straight from Los Angeles, Frank Zappa – Composer, arranger, director, guitarist – Ray Collins, vocals, Bunk Gardner, piccolo flute, clarinet, alto and tenor saxophone, Jim Black, total percussion and “rain-dance” – (he’s an original Sioux-Indian) – Don Preston, piano and organ, Roy Estrada, bass guitar, Billi Mundi, drums, form the most extraordinary band coming from the West-coast from the United States since many years. The music of the MOTHERS OF INVENTION, is it Rock ? Dodecaphonic (twelve-tone) music ? Free jazz ? A social satire ? Can we define it exactly ? That is not possible. The musical universe of Frank Zappa and his disciples also as well contains black Rock-n-Roll as the music of Albert Ayler, Pousseur and Edgar Varese.
In 1930, the music of the latter was described as: ”succession of dissonant tones, a cacophonic tumult, a crazy musical abortion”…. It is possible that these mentioned thoughts attack the minds of the non-prepared after their first visual and auditive contact with the MOTHERS OF INVENTION. Their stage performance is shocking. But the experienced listeners immediately appreciate the exceptional musical capabilities of this band of which we present you two satiric pieces.
RAINBOW, public relations
Thanks to Eelco Janzen for translation.
Label and both Picture Sleeves: ZappaFrenzy (Bjørn)
