Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Joe's Domage

Joes Domage
'Joe's Domage' is one of a possible 15 to 20 scheduled releases for the near future, collectively called 'Joe's Corsaga'. If this CD is any indication of what is to come, this Zappa fan won't be along for the journey.

Noted as a 'lost rehearsal tape' from 1972 sessions, 'Joe's Domage' is just that - a rehearsal tape! Just Frank and his band noodling around on pieces that show up on 'Waka/Jawaka' and 'The Grand Wazoo'. If you're a Zappa fanatic/collector who wonders what it would have been like to be a fly on the wall during these sessions, you might get something out of this. At $20 to $25, I found this CD to be way overpriced and sort of a cheap way to make a buck. While I never met the man, I have a hard time believing that Frank would have approved of this release. My faith in the 'Zappa Family Trust' has taken a serious blow...

If you're interested in this CD and do not own 'Waka/Jawaka' or 'The Grand Wazoo', purchase them instead. Excellent albums in which all of the material on this collection is fully realized and sounding great!! I rated this collection with two stars instead of one only because I really like what the pieces on here later become and as a big fan, I had a hard time giving anything of Zappa's that low of rating. "Joe's Domage," a moderately interesting but overall meaningless collection of music that would only be worthy of release once the good stuff sitting in the vaults is freed from the ideological tyranny, stinginess, and greed of the FZT. Buy "Joe's Domage" used if you can--don't reward the creators of this effort. The sound is shoddy and the tunes are incomplete, fragmented jams. Evidently the FZT is going to milk Frank's music to such an absurd extent that they are putting out the poor, meaningless releases before they ever issue anything of value. They are going to ride this train as long as they can--all at the expense of the fans.

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