Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') / Over-Nite Sensation
Matthew Longfellow
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“This is where you go to find every aspect of Frank’s music squeezed into two perfectly formed records.” Dweezil Zappa. This new addition to Eagle Vision’s acclaimed Classic Albums series focuses on Frank Zappa’s early seventies albums “Over-nite Sensation” (1973) and “Apostrophe(‘)” (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa’s extraordinary musical diversity and were also the two most commercially successful albums that he released in his prolific career. This Classic Albums release uses interviews, musical demonstrations, rare archive and home movie footage plus live performances to tell the story behind the conception and recording of these groundbreaking albums. There are contributions from Frank’s wife Gail; his children Dweezil, Moon, and Ahmet; and friends and colleagues including Billy Bob Thornton, Alice Cooper, Steve Vai, and Warren Cucurullo; plus new performances of some of the classic tracks from these albums by Zappa plays Zappa.
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The Crux of the Biscuit.
The crux of the biscuit is that this is a great! Documentary! I am so glad to see some Zappa out in the digital world here, and available for watching! DIG IT!!!
Worth it
The content of the movie is great, especially archival footage from Apostrophe / Overnite Sensation sessions in the studio as well as live performances. Most of the interviews are great too, except Billy Bob Thorton's - first off his presence alone brings the quality of the film down one star in my opinion. Why is his interview the first? And why does he look so bored?! Everyone else in the movie has some connection - either they played with him, engineered him, transcribed his music, etc. Aside from the bizarre decision to include his interview in the film, the editing in general is quite poor. Yet still, its worth it if you dig Zappa.
PURE GENIUS
For anyone that is interested in Frank, this is a must watch video. Not only showing the creative genius that was Zappa, but it shows you the time and in depth look at his music. Highly recommended!
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- $9.99
- Genre: Music Documentaries
- Released: 2007
- © 2007 Her Majesty, the Scarlet Pimpernal