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The Mothers 1971


Reviews (4)


Spectrum culture

d. 23. Mar. 2022

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Will Pinfold

d. 23. Mar. 2022

"Over the space of 10 hours and 100 songs, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention make a strong case for 1971, despite its disasters and drama, being the pinnacle of their career together".


Louder

d. 1. Apr. 2022

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David Stubbs

d. 1. Apr. 2022

"The Mothers 1971 will test the patience of Zappa completists, but there are highlights".


At the barrier

d. 3. Apr. 2022

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John Barlass

d. 3. Apr. 2022

"... this is, indeed, a rich collection that documents a key and highly productive period in the career of music's most outlandish of mavericks".


Uncut

2022 May

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Terry Staunton

2022 May

"Thematic live outing, expanded and remastered: In its original, considerably humbler incarnation, 'Fillmore East - June 1971' was a live concept album on which Zappa and his Mothers scratched several idiosyncratic intches that didn't make the cut for the same year's more celebrated and iconic '200 Motels' ... Perhaps too scattergun for its own good, it's nonetheless a prime example of Zappa's innate talent for zeitgeist-tapping pastiche ... The deluxe 8CD edition adds tracks left off the original release (including the six-song encore with guests John Lennon and Yoko Ono), an entire second show at the same venue, plus selections from two further US gigs and the Rainbow Theatre, London, in December '71".