Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention with Captain Beefheart - Bongo Fury

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention with Captain Beefheart — Bongo Fury

50th Anniversary Edition 5CD/Blu-ray Box Set!

Roughly 80 percent unreleased material!

Studio outtakes, live tracks, plus the two Armadillo concerts complete and remixed from the original 16-track masters

Blu-ray features Dolby Atmos, 5.1 mixes, and high-resolution stereo audio with bonus surround experiences from Zapp's Vault!

The unholy alliance reunited at last!

Bongo Fury turns 50! The classic collaboration between Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart during May 1975 resulted in a flurry of new compositions, a tour, and eventually an album. In the mid-70s, the rock world whispered of a legendary falling out between two titans of the Mojave Desert: Frank Zappa, the precision-obsessed maestro, and Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet), the surrealist blues-shaman.

Bongo Fury is the heavy-duty documentation of their 1975 reunion. Recorded primarily live at Armadillo Headquarters in Austin, Texas along with a few studio recordings from the Record Plant in Los Angeles, this is a collision of Zappa's iron-fisted discipline and Beefheart's chaotic, howling poetry.

The album is a memorable addition to the Zappa Catalog and the last to feature the band name "Mothers" before it was retired in 1976.

This new 50th Anniversary Edition box set presents five CDs of material (roughly 80% unreleased), including studio outtakes, live tracks, plus the two Armadillo concerts complete and remixed from the original 16-track masters. Also included are unseen photos and liner notes from band member, Denny Walley, plus Vaultmeister Joe Travers. Blu-Ray features new Dolby Atmos, 5.1 mixes, and high-resolution stereo audio with bonus surround experiences from Zappa's Vault.

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