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SIDVD545 http://musicvid/int/catalog/auto_salessheet/salessheet_create.php?auto=1... Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention - In The 1960s Includes rare performances, obscure footage, exclusive interviews and rare photographs! DESCRIPTION This film reviews the true story of The Mothers of Invention and the music they made during the first incarnation of the band. With group members Jimmy Carl Black, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston and Art Tripp taking up the tale and revealing - often for the first time - what the real Frank Zappa was all about; and with contributions from 'scenesters 'like LA wildman Kim Fowley, biographer Billy James, Zappa academic Ben Watson, music journalist Richie Unterberger and English writer and musician Alan Clayson - acclaimed biographer of Edgar Varèse - this program is the most detailed, informative and enjoyable documentary on Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention yet to emerge. Also features rare footage of Frank and The Mothers from throughout the 1960s, archive interviews, seldom seen live performances, and a host of other features. TRACK LISTING: Who Are The Brain Police? Flower Punk Hungry Freaks Daddy Love Of My Life Trouble Every Day Dog Breath Variations Brown Shoes Don't Make It Willie The Pimp America Drinks And Goes Home and many others Are You Hung Up? BONUS MATERIALS Digital Contributor Biographies Extended interviews And more! SKU# SIDVD545 Street Date: 01/20/09 Box Lot: 23 Audio: STEREO UPC: 823564515793 Pre-Book Date: 12/16/08 Run Time: 134 min. Genre: Pop/Rock Format: DVD SRP: $19.95 # of Discs: 1 disc(s) Label: CHROME DRE Year of Production: 0 Rating: NR P 800.888.0486 F 610.650.9102 PO Box 280, Oaks, PA 19456 www.MVDb2b.com Publicity: Clint Weiler 610.650.8200 x115 [email protected] 1 of 1 11/18/2008 1:10 PM.

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