It even ends with a 12-minute “unfinished ballet”, a portent of things to come… Ray Collins (vocals): “We were initially an R’n’B covers ... last album credited to ‘Frank Zappa ...

You might well conclude that in 1969 the mere presence of Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart could turn the trees purple ... Rats (his first proper solo album) was made with a tighter ...