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{{Infobox Album
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| name = Ahead of Their Time
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| type = [[Live album]]
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| Name = Ahead of Their Time
| Type = [[Live album]]
| artist = [[The Mothers of Invention]]
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| cover = Frank Zappa, Ahead of Their Time.jpg
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| Artist = [[The Mothers of Invention]]
| alt =
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| Cover = Frank Zappa, Ahead of Their Time.jpg
| Released = March 23, 1993
| released = March 23, 1993
| Recorded = October 25, 1968
| recorded = October 25, 1968
| venue =
| Genre = [[Jazz fusion]], [[progressive rock]], [[art rock]], [[experimental rock]]
| Length = 67:39
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
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| Label = [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]
* [[Jazz fusion]]
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| Producer = [[Frank Zappa]]
* [[progressive rock]]
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| Chronology = [[Frank Zappa]]
* [[art rock]]
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| Last album = ''[[Playground Psychotics]]''<br />(1992)
* [[experimental rock]]
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| This album = '''''Ahead of Their Time'''''<br />(1993)
|}}
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| Next album = ''[[The Yellow Shark]]''<br />(1993)
| length = 67:39
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| label = [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]
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| producer = [[Frank Zappa]]
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| chronology = [[Frank Zappa]]
| prev_title = [[Playground Psychotics]]
| prev_year = 1992
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| next_title = [[The Yellow Shark]]
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{Extra chronology
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| artist = [[The Mothers of Invention]]
| type = live
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| prev_title = [[Playground Psychotics]]
| prev_year = 1992
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| title = Ahead of Their Time
| year = 1993
| next_title = [[Carnegie Hall (Frank Zappa album)|Carnegie Hall]]
| next_year = 2011
}}
}}
}}
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|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r169214/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
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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 (although the notes say 28),<ref>[http://members.shaw.ca/fz-pomd/giglist/ Frank Zappa Gig List<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and released in 1993 on CD by [[Barking Pumpkin]]. It was subsequently reissued on [[Rykodisc]] in 1995.
'''''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==
==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 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.


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]]"''.
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).


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
All tracks written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa.
All tracks written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa.
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = '''''"Progress?"'''''
| headline =
''"'''Progress?'''"''
| title1 = Prologue
| title1 = Prologue
| length1 = 3:07
| length1 = 3:07
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{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = 1968 performance
| headline = 1968 performance
| extra_column = Original album
| title11 = King Kong
| title11 = King Kong
| length11 = 8:13
| length11 = 8:13
| extra11 = [[Uncle Meat]]
| title12 = Help, I'm a Rock
| title12 = Help, I'm a Rock
| length12 = 1:38
| length12 = 1:38
| extra12 = [[Freak Out!]]
| title13 = Transylvania Boogie
| title13 = Transylvania Boogie
| length13 = 3:07
| length13 = 3:07
| extra13 = [[Chunga's Revenge]]
| title14 = Pound for a Brown
| title14 = Pound for a Brown
| length14 = 6:50
| length14 = 6:50
| extra14 = Uncle Meat
| title15 = Sleeping in a Jar
| title15 = Sleeping in a Jar
| length15 = 2:24
| length15 = 2:24
| title16 = Let's Make the Water Turn Black
| extra15 = Uncle Meat
| title16 = [[Let's Make the Water Turn Black]]
| length16 = 1:51
| length16 = 1:51
| extra16 = [[We're Only in It for the Money]]
| title17 = Harry, You're a Beast
| title17 = Harry, You're a Beast
| length17 = 0:53
| length17 = 0:53
| extra17 = We're Only in It for the Money
| title18 = The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I)
| title18 = The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I)
| length18 = 0:46
| length18 = 0:46
| extra18 = [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]
| title19 = Oh No
| title19 = Oh No
| length19 = 3:22
| length19 = 3:22
| extra19 = [[Lumpy Gravy]]
| title20 = The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)
| title20 = The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)
| length20 = 10:36
| length20 = 10:36
| extra20 = Weasels Ripped My Flesh
}}
}}


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
* [[Frank Zappa]] - guitar, vocals
* [[Frank Zappa]] – [[guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]]
* [[Ian Underwood]] - alto sax, piano
* [[Ian Underwood]] – [[alto saxophone]], [[piano]]
* [[Bunk Gardner]] - tenor sax, clarinet
* [[Bunk Gardner]] – [[tenor saxophone]], [[clarinet]]
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* [[Euclid James Sherwood|Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood]] – [[baritone saxophone]], [[tambourine]]
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* [[Roy Estrada]] - bass guitar, vocals
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* [[Don Preston]] – [[electric piano]], odd noises (homemade oscillation boxes)
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* [[Euclid James Sherwood|Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood]] - baritone sax, tambourine
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* [[Roy Estrada]] – [[bass guitar]], vocals
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* [[Don Preston]] - electric piano, odd noises (home made oscillation boxes)
* [[Art Tripp|Arthur Dyer Tripp III]] - drums, percussion
* [[Jimmy Carl Black]] – [[Drum kit|drums]], vocals
* [[Art Tripp|Arthur Dyer Tripp III]] – drums, [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
* [[Jimmy Carl Black]] - drums, vocals
* Members of the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]]
* Members of the [[BBC Symphony Orchestra]]


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Latest revision as of 19:25, 8 May 2024

Ahead of Their Time
Live album by
The Mothers of Invention
ReleasedMarch 23, 1993
RecordedOctober 25, 1968
Genre
Length67:39
LabelBarking Pumpkin
ProducerFrank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Playground Psychotics
(1992) 		Ahead of Their Time
(1993) 		The Yellow Shark
(1993)
The Mothers of Invention chronology
Playground Psychotics
(1992) 		Ahead of Their Time
(1993) 		Carnegie Hall
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

All tracks written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa.

"Progress?"
No.TitleLength
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.TitleOriginal albumLength
11."King Kong"Uncle Meat8:13
12."Help, I'm a Rock"Freak Out!1:38
13."Transylvania Boogie"Chunga's Revenge3:07
14."Pound for a Brown"Uncle Meat6:50
15."Sleeping in a Jar"Uncle Meat2:24
16."Let's Make the Water Turn Black"We're Only in It for the Money1:51
17."Harry, You're a Beast"We're Only in It for the Money0:53
18."The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I)"Weasels Ripped My Flesh0:46
19."Oh No"Lumpy Gravy3:22
20."The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)"Weasels Ripped My Flesh10:36

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
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