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Ahead of Their Time
Ahead of Their Time
Live album by The Mothers of Invention
Released	March 23, 1993
Recorded	October 25, 1968
Genre	Jazz fusion; progressive rock; art rock; experimental rock;
Length	67:39
Label	Barking Pumpkin
Producer	Frank Zappa
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Ahead of Their Time is a live album by The Mothers of Invention. It was recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London, England, on October 25, 1968, and released in 1993 on CD by Barking Pumpkin. It was reissued on Rykodisc in 1995.

Performances

The first part of the set is a one-off performance of a musical play retrospectively entitled Progress?, and featuring members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Portions of this performance originally found their way on to the second Mystery Disc (released in 1986 as part of the box set The Old Masters Box Two and issued as an individual album in 1998) and the Honker Home Video release of Uncle Meat (1989). Much of the humour and storyline of the play is lost to the casual listener due to primitive recording techniques and the visual nature of some of the performance, necessitating extensive liner notes by Zappa.

According to Zappa's liner notes, the remainder of the set is "A fair – not outstanding – 1968 Mothers of Invention rock concert performance". Different edits of snatches from the second part of the performance ("The Orange County Lumber Truck" and "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask") were originally released on Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970).

Track listing

All tracks written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa.

*"**Progress?**"*
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prologue"	3:07
2.	"Progress?"	4:44
3.	"Like It or Not"	2:21
4.	"The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson"	2:01
5.	"Holding The Group Back"	2:00
6.	"Holiday in Berlin"	0:56
7.	"The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves the Stage"	2:55
8.	"Undaunted, the Band Plays On"	4:34
9.	"Agency Man"	3:17
10.	"Epilogue"	1:52

1968 performance
No.	Title	Original album	Length
11.	"King Kong"	Uncle Meat	8:13
12.	"Help, I'm a Rock"	Freak Out!	1:38
13.	"Transylvania Boogie"	Chunga's Revenge	3:07
14.	"Pound for a Brown"	Uncle Meat	6:50
15.	"Sleeping in a Jar"	Uncle Meat	2:24
16.	"Let's Make the Water Turn Black"	We're Only in It for the Money	1:51
17.	"Harry, You're a Beast"	We're Only in It for the Money	0:53
18.	"The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I)"	Weasels Ripped My Flesh	0:46
19.	"Oh No"	Lumpy Gravy	3:22
20.	"The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)"	Weasels Ripped My Flesh	10:36

Personnel

Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals
Ian Underwood – alto saxophone, piano
Bunk Gardner – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood – baritone saxophone, tambourine
Don Preston – electric piano, odd noises (homemade oscillation boxes)
Roy Estrada – bass guitar, vocals
Jimmy Carl Black – drums, vocals
Arthur Dyer Tripp III – drums, percussion
Members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra

References

^ Allmusic review

External links

[1] Allmusic review

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+'''''Ahead of Their Time''''' is a live album by [[The Mothers of Invention]]. It was recorded at the [[Royal Festival Hall]], [[London]], [[England]], on October 25, 1968, and released in 1993 on CD by [[Barking Pumpkin]]. It was reissued on [[Rykodisc]] in 1995.
+==Performances==
-The first part of the set is a one-off performance of a musical play retrospectively entitled ''Progress?'', and featuring members of the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]]. Portions of this performance originally found their way on to the ''[[Mystery Disc]]'' contained on the second box of ''[[The Old Masters]]'' and the Honker Home Video release of ''[[Uncle Meat]]''. Much of the humor and storyline of the play is lost to the casual listener due to primitive recording techniques and the visual nature of some of the performance, necessitating extensive liner notes by Zappa. The remainder of the set is "A fair – not outstanding – 1968 Mothers of Invention [[Rock and roll|rock]] concert performance" (Frank Zappa – ''Ahead of Their Time'' liner notes). Different edits of snatches from the second part of the performance ("The Orange County Lumber Truck" and "Prelude To The Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask") were originally released on ''[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]''.
+The first part of the set is a one-off performance of a musical play retrospectively entitled ''Progress?'', and featuring members of the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]]. Portions of this performance originally found their way on to the second ''[[Mystery Disc]]'' (released in 1986 as part of the box set ''[[Old Masters (box set)|The Old Masters]] Box Two'' and issued as an individual album in 1998) and the Honker Home Video release of ''[[Uncle Meat (film)|Uncle Meat]]'' (1989). Much of the humour and storyline of the play is lost to the casual listener due to primitive recording techniques and the visual nature of some of the performance, necessitating extensive liner notes by Zappa.
+According to Zappa's liner notes, the remainder of the set is "A fair – not outstanding – 1968 Mothers of Invention [[Rock and roll|rock]] concert performance". Different edits of snatches from the second part of the performance ("The Orange County Lumber Truck" and "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask") were originally released on ''[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]'' (1970).
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+| extra12      = [[Freak Out!]]
+| title13      = Transylvania Boogie
+| length13     = 3:07
+| extra13      = [[Chunga's Revenge]]
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+| extra16      = [[We're Only in It for the Money]]
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+| extra18      = [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]
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+| extra20      = Weasels Ripped My Flesh
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 == Personnel ==
-* [[Frank Zappa]]
+* [[Frank Zappa]] – [[guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]]
-* [[Ian Underwood]]
+* [[Ian Underwood]] – [[alto saxophone]], [[piano]]
-* [[Bunk Gardner]]
+* [[Bunk Gardner]] – [[tenor saxophone]], [[clarinet]]
+* [[Euclid James Sherwood|Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood]] – [[baritone saxophone]], [[tambourine]]
-* [[Roy Estrada]]
+* [[Don Preston]] – [[electric piano]], odd noises (homemade oscillation boxes)
-* [[Euclid James Sherwood|Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood]]
+* [[Roy Estrada]] – [[bass guitar]], vocals
-* [[Don Preston]]
+* [[Jimmy Carl Black]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], vocals
-* [[Art Tripp|Arthur Dyer Tripp III]]
+* [[Art Tripp|Arthur Dyer Tripp III]] – drums, [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
-* [[Jimmy Carl Black]]
 * Members of the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]]
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