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	Hot Rats - Frank Zappa - Song Listings
		Aside from the experimental side project Lumpy Gravy, Hot Rats was the first album Frank Zappa recorded as a solo artist sans the Mothers, though he continued to employ previous musical collaborators, most notably multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood.
		Hot Rats' genius lies in the way it fuses the compositional sophistication of jazz with rock's down-and-dirty attitude -- there's a real looseness and grit to the three lengthy jams, and a surprising, wry elegance to the three shorter, tightly arranged numbers (particularly the sumptuous "Peaches en Regalia").
		Hot Rats still sizzles; few albums originating on the rock side of jazz-rock fusion flowed so freely between both sides of the equation, or achieved such unwavering excitement and energy.
	www.mp3.com /albums/18115/summary.html (511 words)

	Ground and Sky review - Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
		Recorded in August and September of 1969, Frank Zappa's Hot Rats is one of the most influential albums of the jazz fusion genre; in my opinion, it is a pillar that stands alongside Bitches Brew, Soft Machine's Third and a handful of others as the best and most important albums that the genre ever produced.
		Hot Rats is the first record that Zappa made after breaking up the original Mothers of Invention.
		Hot Rats is the first studio album on which Frank Zappa really showcased his guitar playing skills and, as far as I know, it is the first album of its kind.
	www.progreviews.com /reviews/display.php?rev=fz-hr (1524 words)

	Hot Rats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hot Rats is an album by Frank Zappa.
		The colourful, psychedelic aura of the late sixties is apparent in the graphic design and photography of Hot Rats.
		The one-disc vinyl album was a foldout package emphasizing the photography and also the elaborate and colorful artwork of Cal Schenkel at a time foldouts were usually reserved for double-disc albums.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hot_Rats (869 words)

	Gameblog: Rat Hot
		Rat Hot is a small two-player tile-laying game from Michael Schacht.
		In that case Rat Hot is worth a try, it should give you something new and fresh for a while.
		This entry is called Rat Hot and it was written on August 06, 2006.
	www.melankolia.net /gameblog/archives/2006/08/rat_hot.html (553 words)

	Hot Rats
		By the time Hot Rats was released in the UK, Warner/Reprise had switched their distribution from Pye to CBS.
		In New Zealand, meanwhile, cover flaps were still very much in vogue and early pressings of their non-gatefold Hot Rats (Reprise RS 6356) not only came equipped as such, but the heavily-laminated back cover was also printed in good old fl and white.
		When Hot Rats came out on CD, it was not at all identical to the vinyl original.
	www.lukpac.org /~handmade/patio/vinylvscds/hotrats.html (3808 words)

	Frank Zappa - Hot Rats Review
		The style of music on Hot Rats was very different to his previous efforts.The emphasis comes further away from rock and swings more towards jazz/rock.
		On Hot Rats, Zappa enlisted the help of George Duke and Ian Underwood among other outstanding musicians.
		This song encapsulated all that made Hot Rats such a good album it had style, tempo and consistency.
	www.geocities.com /danrose22/blank4.html (479 words)

	Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1970) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This was the first real solo album Frank did since Lumpy Gravy - the only Mothers in the Hot Rats band were Frank himself and Ian Underwood.
		Whereas the previous album, Uncle Meat, had relied largely on composed material, Hot Rats contains lots of rock and jazz jamming and soloing.
		Anyway, Hot Rats is definitely recommend to those who want to hear some beautiful instrumental music ("Willie" is the only track with vocals) in a general jazz/rock vein, with some great solos from Zappa on guitar and the others on their respective instruments.
	home.epix.net /~eichler/reviews/zappa/hotrats.htm (580 words)

	Hot Rats by Frank Zappa CD
		As such, HOT RATS was a pivotal release in Zappa's oft-misunderstood career.
		RATS also includes Captain Beefheart singing the epic 'Willie The Pimp.'..." Q (8/95, pp.150-151) - 3 Stars - Good - "Secure and melodious, this captures Zappa's art as it lost the febrile nature of the early Mothers and ossified....into easy-listening jazz-rock.
		Before he descended into increasingly self-parodic material in the seventies, Frank's 'Hot Rats' was a serious attempt to take rock into the sphere of serious progressive music and it pretty much succeeds beautifully.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1011573/a/Hot+Rats.htm (551 words)

	Drewprops.Com ::: Category : Hot Rats (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hot Rat alum Erica “Hotpants” Hornung was downed this summer by an ankle injury that she claims was incurred while “stepping off a curb”.
		All the while, the Hot Rats were working themselves into a feeding frenzy of late nights, hot days, long hours and projects that seemed to be endless.
		The “hottest” Hot Rat, Kelly Leavell, writes in to say that she is the proud Mom of a 4 year-old girl and a 6 year-old boy.
	www.drewprops.com.cob-web.org:8888 /?cat=13 (2015 words)

	Rat Hot
		Rat Hot is a two-player game developed from Michael Schacht's Dschunke: Das Legespiel on his own label Spiel aus Timbuktu, which in turn was developed from his game Dschunke, also published by Queen.
		Rat Hot differs significantly from Dschunke: das Legespiel such that you'll need the new rules for Rat Hot and shouldn't play Rat Hot with the Dschunke: das Legespiel rules.
		Rat Hot is a quick, fun game and is a good addition to Queen's line of small 2-player games.
	www.boardgamegeek.com /game/16497 (800 words)

	FRANK ZAPPA Hot Rats reviews and MP3
		"Hot Rats" is a good starting place for anyone interested in Frank's work, and will serve as a much better intro than his more experimental or political stuff (I started with "We're Only In it For the Money" and it almost completely sacred me off from his work).
		Quite everything on Hot Rats is great: from the soft and harmonic melody on "Peaches En Regalia" to the wild and intriguous foggy-jazz atmosphere on "Little Umbrellas" or the frenetic guitar on "The Gumbo Variations" and the vocals on "Willie The Pimp"!
		Hot Rats kicks off into perhaps an unmatched start in the music world, but Zappa isn't satisfied and follows it up with a slew of classics.
	www.progarchives.com /Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=5330 (9418 words)

	Frank Zappa's Hot Rats
		Standing in the middle of his avant-garde Mother of Invention work, Hot Rats was a shock, if nothing else, for his fans.
		Hot Rats opens with one of Zappa's more popular tracks, “Peaches En Regalia,” featuring him playing an Octave Bass while Underwood lays out the melody with multi-layered horns and piano.
		And above and beyond its conceptual innovations, Hot Rats remains a true masterpiece from one of the greatest geniuses of modern music.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=239 (698 words)

	Amazon.com: Hot Rats: Music: Frank Zappa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Frank Zappa's first solo album, Hot Rats is a far-cry from the da-da adventures and audio collages of the original Mothers of Invention.
		That's right, I listen to this cd, and think "That's nice, where is Hot Rats?" This is because for ages I listened to the original vinyl version of this album, making cassettes for my car and just enjoying the heck out of it.
		In the high brow student world of 1970, if you didn't have the Hot Rats poster in your bed sit, you were considered very square.
	www.amazon.com /Hot-Rats-Frank-Zappa/dp/B0000009S3 (1968 words)

	HOT RATS HIGHLIGHTS
		This was the first ever Hot Rats gig and it was as a support to Doug Hudson's stage show.
		One of the famous Hot Rats barn dances but with guest drummer Dave Mattacks giving both the band and the audience a thrill.
		Staying in luxury at the Cechie Hotel, the Hot Rats feasted on good Czech beer and food and benefitted from some good sound work by George.
	website.lineone.net /~doug.hudson/highlights.html (1531 words)

	70w
		I have two separate '69 recordings of this piece, which is more or less complete on the Hot Rats recording.
		That having been said, they may still have been performed together during this concert, as the Hot Rats were wont to run together tunes in medleys, and Zappa mentions the Hot Rats band knowing "three tunes, maybe five" at the beginning of this concert."]
		So, I guess if I had to really make a SWAG here, April was spent rehearsing for the May 1970 New York, Philly and Chicago mini-tour with time-out forone power quartet gig billed as the Hot Rats on 4/19 in Berkeley.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/turtlestew/70w.htm (2791 words)

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		This album would be worth buying for any one of the songs on it.
		"Hot Rats" featuring Don Van Vliet(aka Captain Beefheart) on lyrics takes the listener into one of the greatest guitar solos ever recorded.
		I also think (and I'm not alone) "Peaches En Regalia" is probably the best song ever.
	members.tripod.com /RATNUT/hotrats.html (92 words)

	The Captain Beefheart Radar Station - Hot Rats
		This is an all-instrumental album, with the notable exception of "Willie The Pimp", whuch has vocals from Captain Beefheart.
		This is the Frank Zappa album that even non-Zappa fans like, and it is a corker.
		Hot Rats is probably his easiest and most accessible album, and Willie The Pimp with its Beefheart vocal is one of many highlights.
	www.beefheart.com /datharp/albums/official/hotrats.htm (341 words)

	Mark Allen » Hot Rats, Flaming Pigeons
		With a mortar and pestle place the 1-1/2 cups of dried red chili peppers, and begin to mash until a red paste is achieved.
		Place rats in a grate, and lightly cook over an open flame on both sides until medium cooked.
		Finely chop rats on a wood chopping block over and over until makes a smooth ground meat texture.
	www.markallencam.com /?p=57 (562 words)

	ARF: Bibliography: Hot Rats
		I did the "Hot Rats" book, and as Craig says in his post, the "keyboard ensemble part" was transcribed that way because I believe it was improvised and not written.
		Of course, major sections of three-part horn arrangements are transcribed in the book (arranged for guitar, no less) so I think the complaining should be kept to a minimum.
		By the way, I get paid more than $25 a page to transcribe books--that fee just covers single guitar or bass parts for instruction purposes, not whole arrangements, and what gets transcribed and how is up to my discretion.
	www.arf.ru /Biblio/hotrats.html (400 words)

	HOT RATS
		I’ve spent some two-cent words and a coupla ten-dollar ones trying to sell folks on Frank Zappa’s music, but Hot Rats sells itself.
		If no other work from Zappa should survive (and somewhere in a conservative cabal sick with the smell of cigars, the possibility is probably being discussed right now), Hot Rats alone would keep the flame alive through the ages.
		Stepping back from myself a bit, I’m sure that jazz/classical hybrids like “Little Umbrellas” could trace themselves back to Duke Ellington or some other modern composer without a trail of bread crumbs, but I don’t listen to a lot of that stuff, so for me Zappa’s the gateway to this new musical world.
	www.connollyco.com /discography/frank_zappa/hotrats.html (381 words)

	Hot Rats - Jacob Weisberg - Slate Magazine
		Hot Rats - Jacob Weisberg - Slate Magazine
		The first, from the front page of this morning's New York Times, alleged that the Republican National Committee burned a subliminal message ("RATS") into one of its anti-Gore ads.
		Fox News reported the "Rats" story on Special Report With Brit Hume Aug. 28, after a producer noticed the split-second image while watching the commercial.
	www.slate.com /id/1006044 (1238 words)

	Rykodisc Catalog - Hot Rats - Frank Zappa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Rykodisc Catalog - Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
		This is probably the first FZ album that Most-Folks-Who-Don't-Even-Like-Frank Zappa ever bought, and the one that began to establish him as a virtuoso musician and composer.
		Of special interest: "The Gumbo Variations" originally had to be edited to fit on a vinyl record; and is now restored to its 17-minute entirety.
	www.rykodisc.com /Catalog/dump/rykoalbums_541.asp (130 words)

	Hot Rats
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		My reward for sitting through that exhausting Uncle Meat is Hot Rats, a fantastic album by all accounts.
		If you ask me to tell you which of the albums I like the best, I'll choose Hot Rats without a moment's hesitation.
	donignacio.com /zappafrank/hotrats.html (1032 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Hot Rats - Frank Zappa at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Hot Rats - Frank Zappa at Epinions.com
		This is really true of every song on this record, but "Green Genes" is the strongest example.
		You should confirm all information before relying on it.
	www.epinions.com /content_82038066820 (796 words)

	Zappa vs. Beefheart (Part One): Hot Rats and Trout Masks
		Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart, not content with being friends, provided the music world of the late sixties with two of the most distinct personalities ever committed to vinyl.
		The decade ended on a high note for both artists: Zappa`s "Hot Rats" and Beefheart`s "Trout Mask Replica" (both 1969).
		The difficult thing now was living up to the reputation that these albums established.
	70smusic.suite101.com /article.cfm/zappa_vs__beefheart__part_one_ (432 words)

	Marketplace Blog: Hot Rats
		After getting in touch with our China-based producer to translate with the technicians here at the hotel, it was discovered that sometime overnight, our ISDN lines had actually been severed.
		The technicians went around the building, and back into the phone closet, and discovered that in fact rats had chewed through the cabling.
		Thankfully after a short while, the hotel engineering staff was able to get our connectivity restored and the broadcast was saved again!
	www.publicradio.org /columns/marketplace/mpblog/2006/01/hot_rats.html (283 words)

	Guitar Sheet Music - Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (Recorded Versions For Guitar - Guitar)
		Willie The Pimp - Performed by: Frank Zappa - Composed by: Frank Zappa - From: Album "Hot Rats" - ©1969
		The Gumbo Variations - Performed by: Frank Zappa - Composed by: Frank Zappa - From: Album "Hot Rats" - ©1969
		It Must Be A Camel - Performed by: Frank Zappa - Composed by: Frank Zappa - From: Album "Hot Rats" - ©1969
	www.encoremusic.com /1300804.html (478 words)

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