Joe’s XMASage
December 15 2005
Tracklist:
- Mormon Xmas Dance Report
- Prelude To “The Purse”
- Mr. Clean (Alternate Mix)
- Why Don’tcha Do Me Right?
- The Muthers/Power Trio
- The Purse
- The Moon Will Never Be The Same
- GTR Trio
- Suckit Rockit
- Mousie’s First Xmas
- The Uncle Frankie Show
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(22 votes, average: 4 out of 10) 
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January 6th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
This compilation, while interesting from a historical point of view, really sort of sucks.Rehearsal tapes and idle studio chatter are just plain boring. Does ZTF not have anything of value in their vaults? This is the kind of shit that Frank would have used a 30 second snippet from to link cool tracks together like on compilations like “The Lost Episodes”. Does ZFT think Zappa fans are dumb enough to buy any piece of shit they put out? I guess we are (at least I am, I bought this turd pile.) Well, I guess it’s not as bad as shit I’ve heard on some of the bootlegs and it does have anthropological value. I hope “Imaginary Diseases” is better. Doesn’t ZFT have any unreleased concerts in the vaults? We can only dream (imaginary guitar solos.)
January 7th, 2006 at 12:33 am
#1 the ZFT has to realize 80 minutes can fit on a cd.
#2 this one is 55 minutes and half of them consist of dialog!!!
#3 I, myself, can’t believe there is much in the vault after all.
#4 $19.72 for 16 or so cool minutes of music…
we’ve been had
#5 Of The top 20 new Zappa product in 2005, 16 came from this site ( Resolver is #1) and 4 came from TheBigNote.com. (and ZFT has vault access…LOL)
January 7th, 2006 at 4:31 pm
EIGHTY minutes on ONE CD?? WOW!! I did not know that. Wait ’til Gail hears this!
January 7th, 2006 at 11:26 pm
The LOst Episodes was far better. There is really no “genius” on this compilation as heard on almost every other Zappa release………..
January 8th, 2006 at 4:18 pm
Just a question: how is this version of “Why Dont’cha Do Me Right”?
January 19th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
I’d like to amend my above review. The previous version was meant to refer primarily to “Joe’s Domage”. I think the musicial selections on “Joe’s Xmasage” are really pretty cool, being mostly Studio Z era demos, except for a couple of short electronic pieces. The Spoken sections run on too long and get boring after awhile. I wouldn’t recommend this disc except to the hardcores and it is rather short. This feels like an out-take reel from the “Lost Episodes.”
April 8th, 2006 at 8:47 am
ok, it’s not full of brilliant music. But i think it’s not the meaning of this serie. Here we can take a look in the real zappa kitchen. I think it’s pretty interesting and it’s greet to listen to in on a dark evening.
And that the way to listen to it.
January 12th, 2008 at 4:17 am
It’s not very good on its own (I recommend it as a companion piece with the Cucamonga singles boot), a lot of anthropologic value though. As Patrick mentioned, it’s a dark evening listen… think of the drawbacks of “Playground Psychotics”. The music’s good, it’s just that the dialogue’s only worth a once or twice over.
The music is intriguing, as is this whole period of Frank’s life and work but you get this feeling when you finish, ‘is that it?’- Also the linear notes are very irritating because they dont really shed too much information on the music- perhaps, as they suggested, there isnt much information to go on…
So if you’re gonna buy it, I feel you have a moral right to download that Cucamonga singles compilation on some torrent site, just because it’s a boot anyhow and without it, this album’s just a rip off anyhow.