Who Are The Brain Police? - Zappa/Mothers Of Invention

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[90-percent]

1. question

who's the kazoo player?

-90% jimmy

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3. I don't hear any kazoo.. Lot's distorted bass guitar and guitar. What sounds like kazoo at the end

to me is probably distorted sax by Don Preston b/c the sound is too percussive for a kazoo to make.

I do hear harmonica low in the mix during the crazy middle part.

My older brother received Freak Out as a b-day gift from a cousin when it had just came out. So I was very exposed to it when I was 10 or 11 yrs. Yah!


Thanks

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5. kazoo

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Who_Are_the_Brain_Police%3F

Song structure

The song's structure was described in detail by AllMusic:

Simply put, it is weird and creepy. A chorus of living-dead voices supports a slow and sloppy waltz beat. Lyrics make numerous references to melting plastic and chromium and repeatedly ask the question found in the song's title (answered by the brainless chorus). Halfway through, the song breaks into a fast-paced bridge; the same happens in the coda, which includes a kazoo solo.

-90%

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6. Interesting! I just took a pic of the actual LP in my hands:::

For instance, Jim Sherwood is listed at Wiki as a sax player on Freak Out and other Mothers', but not listed in the liner notes.. Hence my confusion. So I got into my record collection.


At Discogs: Similar to LP liner notes.

Arranged By, Orchestrated By, Leader, Music Director [Musical Director] – Frank Zappa
Bass, Guitarrón, Soprano Vocals [Boy Soprano] – Roy Estrada
Design [Cover] – Jack Anesh
Drums, Vocals [Also Sings In Some Foreign Language] – Jim Black*
Engineer – Ami*, Tom*
Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin
Guitar, Vocals, Leader – Frank Zappa
Instruments [Hypophone] – Kim Fowley
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar [Clear White Light] – Elliot Ingber
Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Tambourine, Finger Cymbals, Other [Bobby Pin, Tweezers] – Ray Collins
Performer [The Mothers' Auxiliary] – Arthur Maebe*, Benjamin Barrett, Carl Franzoni, Carol Kaye, David Wells*, David Anderle, Edwin V. Beach, Emmet Sargeant, Eugene De Novi*, Gene Estes, George Price, John Rotella, John Johnson*, Joseph Saxon, Kenneth Watson*, Kurt Reher, Neil Le Vang*, Paul Bergstrom, Plas Johnson, Raymond Kelley*, Roy Caton, Virgil Evans, Vito*
Photography By [Cover] – Ray Leong
Producer – Tom Wilson (2)
Written-By – Zappa* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to D1.2)

Could be a kazoo, all kinds of noises going on.


Jim Sherwood (sax) at Wiki:

Discography
With the Mothers of Invention

Freak Out! (Verve, 1966) (guest musician)
We're Only in It for the Money (Verve, 1968)
Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (Verve, 1968)
Uncle Meat (Bizarre, 1969)
Burnt Weeny Sandwich (Bizarre, 1970)
Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Bizarre, 1970)
Ahead of Their Time (Rykodisc, 1993)

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4. Sorry, Bunk Gardner OR Jim Sherwood were reed players.. n/t

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2. Thank you so much - may I go home now ??