Roxy & Elsewhere

by The Mothers

Roxy & Elsewhere cover art

A dizzying blend of live recordings from Hollywood alongside heavy studio overdubs, this album features what many consider Frank Zappa's most devastatingly talented lineup. Highlights include staggeringly complex, multi-part instrumental workouts like 'Echidna's Arf (Of You)' that effortlessly blend tightly scripted progressive jazz-fusion with deeply sarcastic humor. The recording perfectly crystallizes the demanding, hyper-technical compositional peak of his mid-70s output.

Genres

  • Jazz-Rock
  • Jazz Fusion

Tracklist

  1. Penguin In Bondage - Live/1974
  2. Pygmy Twylyte - Live At The Roxy, Hollywood/1973
  3. Dummy Up - Live At The Roxy, Hollywood/1973
  4. Village Of The Sun - Live At The Roxy, Hollywood/1973
  5. Echidna's Arf (Of You) - Live At The Roxy, Hollywood/1973
  6. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? - Live At The Roxy, Hollywood/1973
  7. Cheepnis - Live At The Roxy, Hollywood/1973
  8. Son Of Orange County - Live/1974
  9. More Trouble Every Day - Live/1974
  10. Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church) - Live At The Roxy, Hollywood/1973