Ep194: 50 years of Hot Rats w/ Ahmet Zappa & Joe 'Vaultmeister' Travers
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Frank Zappa's masterpiece 'Hot Rats' is 50 years old and today we explore the history and legacy of this pivotal LP with Ahmet Zappa and Joe 'Vaultmeister' Travers, as well as discuss the Hot Rats Sessions Box Set, Frank's vinyl and lots more Zappa talk. FZ fans rejoice!
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hey everyone, it's Nate. Thanks for tuning into this episode of The Vinyl Guide. |
| 0:04.3 | Today, we are sharing a recording of a recent Vinyl Guide live event where our special guests were Amit Zappa and Joe Volkmeister Travers. |
| 0:14.8 | Now, this is recorded in front of a live audience, November 23rd, 2019 at Cream Tangerine Records in Costa Mesa, California. |
| 0:22.9 | Now, Amet, Joe, and I discuss at length Frank Zappa's masterpiece Hot Rats, |
| 0:27.9 | which is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary with a vinyl re-release, a new book, |
| 0:33.8 | a super extended six-cidi box set, and a super collectible record store day Black Friday 10-inch |
| 0:39.7 | picture disc featuring rare monomixes of peaches and regalia, little umbrellas, and more. |
| 0:45.3 | Now, I strongly urge each of you to snatch up one of these 10-inch Zappa picture discs |
| 0:49.9 | on record store day Black Friday as they are in limited numbers, and also go over to |
| 0:55.0 | Zappa.com and sign up for one of these Hot Rats vinyl bundles or box sets. I've seen them |
| 1:01.2 | with my own eyes. I've held them in my hot little hands. These Hot Rats bundles are marvelously |
| 1:06.3 | brilliant and a great gift for Zappa fans around the world. Now today, Amet and Joe discussed the making of Hot Rats. |
| 1:14.4 | What was happening in Frank's life at the time? |
| 1:16.9 | His separation from the mothers, his production of other artists. |
| 1:20.5 | Why Hot Rats is so unique, we discuss the influence of Edgar Verrice on Frank's work, |
| 1:25.2 | and we go deep into a variety of Zappa-related projects, |
| 1:29.0 | and Amit and Joe are extremely talkative, and charming as always. And plus, if you want to hear more, |
| 1:34.1 | don't forget we had both Amit and Joe on the show before. Episode 163 of the Vinyl Guide, |
| 1:39.9 | where Amit and Joe spoke at length about the vault, the tapes, the Holy Grails they believe are yet to be on earth, and heaps more. |
| 1:47.1 | That's episode 163 of The Vinyl Guide. |
| 1:51.9 | And of course, we here on The Vinyl Guide constantly celebrate the music of Frank Zappa with many other Zappa-related episodes you can enjoy, |
| 2:00.3 | including De Weasel Zappa, who was on the show episode number 94 of the vinyl guide. |
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