Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - One Size Fits All
| Artists: | Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention |
| Rating: | |
| Genres: | Jazz-Rock, Progressive Rock Avant-Prog, Experimental Rock, Satire |
| Released: | 1975 |
| Type: | Album |
| Label: | DiscReet |
| Link: | Spotify |
One Size Fits All is a rock album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, released in June 1975. It is the tenth and last studio album of the band. A special four-channel quadraphonic version of the album was advertised but not released....
The album features the summer/fall 1974 lineup of the Mothers of Invention, with George Duke, Chester Thompson, Ruth Underwood, Tom Fowler and Napoleon Murphy Brock. One track features bassist James "Birdlegs" Youman, who stood in for Fowler when the bassist broke his hand while on tour.
The album features one of Zappa's most complex tracks, "Inca Roads". One of Zappa's heroes, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, guests on two tracks ("flambé" vocals on the out-choruses of "San Ber'dino" and "Andy"). Captain Beefheart also appears under a pseudonym.
Zappa stated in the liner notes that the album was recorded simultaneously with their next album, but this "next album" would be replaced by Bongo Fury, consisting mostly of live recordings with Beefheart from May 1975. From comments Zappa made in radio interviews in April 1975, it seems likely that the unreleased next album would have included "Greggery Peccary," which first appeared three years later on Studio Tan.
The album features the summer/fall 1974 lineup of the Mothers of Invention, with George Duke, Chester Thompson, Ruth Underwood, Tom Fowler and Napoleon Murphy Brock. One track features bassist James "Birdlegs" Youman, who stood in for Fowler when the bassist broke his hand while on tour.
The album features one of Zappa's most complex tracks, "Inca Roads". One of Zappa's heroes, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, guests on two tracks ("flambé" vocals on the out-choruses of "San Ber'dino" and "Andy"). Captain Beefheart also appears under a pseudonym.
Zappa stated in the liner notes that the album was recorded simultaneously with their next album, but this "next album" would be replaced by Bongo Fury, consisting mostly of live recordings with Beefheart from May 1975. From comments Zappa made in radio interviews in April 1975, it seems likely that the unreleased next album would have included "Greggery Peccary," which first appeared three years later on Studio Tan.
Editions:
1975
Original Release
DiscReet
| DS 2216
| Vinyl, LP
| Side A: | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1. | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | ‐ | Inca Roads | (8:45) | |
| A2. | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | ‐ | Can't Afford No Shoes | (2:37) | |
| A3. | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | ‐ | Sofa No. 1 | (2:38) | |
| A4. | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | ‐ | Po-Jama People | (7:38) | |
| Side B: | |||||
| B1. | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | ‐ | Florentine Pogen | (5:23) | |
| B2. | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | ‐ | Evelyn, A Modified Dog | (1:05) | |
| B3. | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | ‐ | San Ber'dino | (5:51) | |
| B4. | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | ‐ | Andy | (6:03) | |
| B5. | Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention | ‐ | Sofa No. 2 | (2:38) | |