Waka/Wazoo UMC
Five-disc set documenting Zappa’s jazz-rock experiments.
It’s astonishing to think that just four months after being pushed from the stage of London’s Rainbow theatre in December 1971 and left with head injuries, a broken rib, a fractured leg and a paralysed and , both released in 1972, a period sometimes referred to as ‘big band Frank’ due to the extended brass arrangements showcased on both records.
