Illegal, Immoral and Fattening
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Illegal, Immoral and Fattening is a 1975 comedy rock
album recorded by Howard Kaylan
("Eddie") and Mark Volman
("Flo"). A majority of the album comes from live recordings, including two songs that first appeared in the 1974 film Down and Dirty Duck. Illegal, Immoral and Fattening and Moving Targets
were reissued on a single compact disc
in 2007 by Acadia Records.
'The Sanzini Brothers' is a reference to the days with Frank Zappa
: see Playground Psychotics
.
"Eddie Are You Kidding?" is a cover of a song they did with Frank Zappa
: see 'Just Another Band from L.A.
'.
Comedy rock
Comedy rock is rock music mixed with comedy, often satire and parody.-History:Early USA examples include Stan Freberg, who lampooned artists such as Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte and The Platters, and Sheb Wooley whose "Purple People Eater" reached No...
album recorded by Howard Kaylan
Howard Kaylan
Howard Kaylan is an American rock and roll musician, best known as a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s band, The Turtles, and "Eddie" of 1970's rock band Flo & Eddie.-Early days:...
("Eddie") and Mark Volman
Mark Volman
Mark Volman is an American rock and roll singer, best known as a founding member of the 1960s band The Turtles. At times during his career he has used the pseudonym "The Phlorescent Leech"...
("Flo"). A majority of the album comes from live recordings, including two songs that first appeared in the 1974 film Down and Dirty Duck. Illegal, Immoral and Fattening and Moving Targets
Moving Targets (album)
Moving Targets is the fourth album from Flo & Eddie . Illegal, Immoral and Fattening and Moving Targets were reissued on a single compact disc in 2007 by Acadia Records....
were reissued on a single compact disc
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
in 2007 by Acadia Records.
Side one
- "Illegal, Immoral And Fattening" — 3:11 (Kaylan/Volman)
- "Rebecca" — 2:41 (Hammond/Hazlewood)
- "Kama SutraKama SutraThe Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by Vātsyāyana. A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sexual intercourse. It is largely in prose, with many inserted anustubh poetry verses...
Time" — 6:40 (Kaylan/Volman/PonsJim PonsJim Pons was a bass guitarist and singer for several 1960s rock bands, including The Leaves, The Turtles, and The Mothers of Invention....
) - "The Sanzini Brothers Return (With The Tibetan Memory TrickAnnouncer's testAn announcer's test is a test sometimes given to those wanting to be a radio or television announcer. The tests usually involve retention, memory, repetition, enunciation, diction, and using every letter in the alphabet a variety of times...
)" — 2:50 (Kaylan/Volman/UnderwoodIan UnderwoodIan Robertson Underwood is a woodwind and keyboards player. He began his career by playing San Francisco Bay Area coffeehouses and bars with his improvisational group the Jazz Mice in the mid 1960s before he became a member of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in 1967 for their third studio...
) - "Livin' in The Jungle" — 3:40 (Kaylan/Volman)
'The Sanzini Brothers' is a reference to the days with Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
: see Playground Psychotics
Playground Psychotics
Playground Psychotics is a two-CD live album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. It was originally released in 1992 through his mail order label, Barking Pumpkin, and was re-released in 1995 through Rykodisc. The album features recordings of Zappa and his band, the Mothers of Invention...
.
Side two
- "Cheap" — 2:40 (Kaylan/Volman)
- "The Kung Fu Killer" — 3:00 (Kaylan/Volman)
- "Eddie Are You Kidding?" — 2:22 (Volman/Kaylan/ZappaFrank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
/Seiter) - "The Pop Star Massage Unit" — 4:56 (Kaylan/Volman)
- "Let Me Make Love To You" — 2:20 (Kaylan/Volman)
- "There's No Business Like Show Business" — 3:40 (Irving BerlinIrving BerlinIrving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
)
"Eddie Are You Kidding?" is a cover of a song they did with Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
: see 'Just Another Band from L.A.
Just Another Band from L.A.
Just Another Band from L.A. is a live album by The Mothers, released in 1972 . It was recorded live on August 7, 1971 in Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles. A notable inclusion on this album is Billy the Mountain, Zappa's long, narrative parody of rock operas, which were gaining...
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