Bongo Fury (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and The Mothers of Invention
5CD/1BD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1LP (black): Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
1LP (galaxy): uDiscoverMusic.com / Zappa Online Store
Frank Zappa’s final album with The Mothers of Invention was also a collaboration with frenemy and fellow iconoclast Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) – a bit of a transitional live-plus-studio album in Zappa’s always fascinating and often-unusual discography. (Other contributors include George Duke, Tom and Bruce Fowler, and Napoleon Murphy Brock plus newer recruits Terry Bozzio and Denny Walley.) The 5CD/1BD box set features the original album, bonus tracks and a new remix (from 16-track tapes) of the May 20 and 21, 1975 concerts at Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, TX, from which much of the original album was sourced. (Dolby Atmos, 5.1 Surround, and high-resolution 192/24 and 96/24 stereo mixes of Bongo Fury plus three bonus cuts appear on the Blu-ray.) Walley and Vaultmeister Joe Travers provide liner notes amid rare photos, and vinyl editions (with lithographs) are also available.
