FRANK ZAPPA & MOTHERS OF INVENTION - One Size Fits All ( Gatefold Cover ) 12" Vinyl LP Album

Collector's Info: this the Genuine (original) German first pressing with the "(Z)" on the record'ls label.

This album "One Size Fits All" is the 1975 rock album by Frank Zappa The album features the final version of The Mothers of Invention, with George Duke, Chester Thompson, Ruth Underwood, Tom Fowler and Napoleon Murphy Brock.

 

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Essential Album Information For: FRANK ZAPPA & MOTHERS OF INVENTION - One Size Fits All ( Gatefold Cover )

Music Genre:

Jazz Fusion, Prog Rock

Label & Catalognr:

DiscReet Records DIS 59207 (Z)

Media Format:

Record Format: 12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record
Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 230 gram  

Year & Country:

1975 Germany

FRANK ZAPPA & MOTHERS OF INVENTION - One Size Fits All ( Gatefold Cover ) Production & Recording Information

Album Packaging

This 12" LP vinyl music record comes comes in a Fold Open Cover (FOC), which is also also known as a Gatefold cover. The inner pages of this album cover contains photos, artwork.

Producers:

Frank Zappa - Producer

Frank Zappa (Full-name: Frank Vincent Zappa 1940-1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. He was a pioneer of avant-garde rock and fusion music, known for his innovative and eclectic musical style. Zappa produced over 60 albums and worked with many notable musicians, including the Mothers of Invention, a band he formed in the 1960s. He was also a political activist and spoke out against censorship, making him a controversial figure in his time. Zappa died in 1993 from prostate cancer.

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Frank Vincent Zappa Jr was born in Baltimore City, Maryland, United States on 21/12/1940. He was the first child of Francis Vincent Zappa 07/05/1906 and Rose Marie Colimore 07/06/1912. He had two brothers: Charles Robert “Bobby” Zappa 28/08/1943, Carl Lewis Zappa 10/09/1947.

When he was 32 years old, his father Francis Vincent Zappa died (07/04/1973).

He married Kay Sherman in 1960. On 21/09/1967, he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman 01/01/1945 in New York City, New York, United States. He was 19 years old when he married Kay Sherman. He was 26 years old when he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, who was 22 years old at that time. He got divorced from Kay Sherman in 1964.

On 06/04/1950, he lived in Bush, Harford, Maryland, United States. On 04/12/1993, he lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

On 04/12/1993, he died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States when he was 52 years old. In 1993, he was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. His wife Adelaide Gail Sloatman died on 07/10/2015, 22 years after him.

Sound & Recording Engineers:

Kerry McNab - Sound Engineer

Recording Location:

This album "One SIze Fits All" was recorded at: The Record Plant, LA, Caribou

Musicians on: FRANK ZAPPA & MOTHERS OF INVENTION - One Size Fits All ( Gatefold Cover )

Musicians:

Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar

George Duke – keyboards, vocals, backing vocals, synthesizer

Ruth Underwood – marimba, vibraphone, percussion

Johnny "Guitar" Watson – vocals

James "Bird Legs" Youman – bass guitar

Chester Thompson – drums, sound effects, voices

Tom Fowler – bass guitar

Captain Beefheart (credited as 'Bloodshot Rollin' Red') – harmonica

Napoleon Murphy Brock – tenor saxophone, vocals, backing vocals, flute

Track-listing of: FRANK ZAPPA & MOTHERS OF INVENTION - One Size Fits All ( Gatefold Cover )

Tracklisting Side One:
  1. "Inca Roads" 8:45
  2. "Can't Afford No Shoes" 2:38
  3. "Sofa No. 1" 2:39
  4. "Po-Jama People" 7:
Tracklisting Side Two:
  1. "Florentine Pogen" 5:27
  2. "Evelyn, a Modified Dog" 1:04
  3. "San Ber'dino" 5:57
  4. "Andy" 6:04
  5. "Sofa No. 2" 2:42

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Yellow Colour DISCREET DIS 59 207 ( 31,874) Record Label Details: GEMA ℗ Made in Germany

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