![]() For fans of Zappa's intricate material like "RDNZL," "The Black Page," or "Inca Roads," this album is a must-have. All the pieces were premiere recordings, except for "More Trouble Every Day" and "Son of Orange County," a revamped, slowed down "Orange County Lumber Truck"/"Oh No." Compared to the man's previous live recordings ( Fillmore East: June 1971, Just Another Band from L.A.), this one sounds fantastic, finally providing an accurate image of the musicians' virtuosity. When announced, fans could pay a vast sum for the license to make and distribute their own copies of this album. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic. Now, 40 years later, the Frank Zappa estate has released a curious item: Roxy by Proxy, a CD with a little more than an hour of unreleased material from these shows. Other highlights include "Penguin in Bondage" and "Cheepnis," a horror movie tribute. Discover Roxy & Elsewhere by Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention released in 1974. Now, 40 years later, the Frank Zappa estate has released a curious item: Roxy by Proxy, a CD with a little more than an hour of unreleased material from these shows. The sequence "Echidna's Arf (Of You)"/"Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" stands as Zappa's most difficult rock music and provides quite a showcase for Underwood. The band is comprised of George Duke (keyboards), Tom Fowler (bass), Ruth Underwood (percussion), Bruce Fowler (trombone), Walt Fowler (trumpet), Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals), and Chester Thompson (drums) - drummer Ralph Humphrey, keyboardist Don Preston, and guitarist Jeff Simmons appear on the non-Roxy material. Only three tracks ("Dummy Up," "Son of Orange County," and "More Trouble Every Day"), taken from other concerts, are 100 percent live. ![]() Three-quarters of the album was recorded live at the Roxy in Hollywood and extensively overdubbed in the studio later. But the temptation for more challenging material was not long to resurface and, after a transitional LP ( Apostrophe, early 1974), he unleashed a double LP (reissued on one CD) of his most complex music, creating a bridge between his comedy rock stylings and Canterbury-style progressive rock. ![]() After his affair with jazz fusion ( Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo, both released in 1972), Frank Zappa came back in late 1973 with an album of simple rock songs, Over-Nite Sensation. When Zappa tries (which is rare) he is one fine guitarist, and the rest of the Mothers could doubtless run rings around anyone else in the jazz-rock field if they ever considered it worth their. Roxy & Elsewhere 2012 UMG Recordings, Inc. ![]()
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