Burnt Weeny Sandwich - THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION**

WPLJ/Igor's Boogie Phase One/Overture To A Holiday In Berlin/Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich/Igor's Boogie Phase Two/Holiday In Berlin Full Blown/Aybe Sea/Little House I Used To Live In/Valarie

Burnt Weeny Sandwich was a compilation of previously unreleased Mothers Of Invention recordings both live and in the studio. It has been edited to appear as an original album. (US:94 UK:17)

"Posthumous Mothers of Invention album combines doo-wop songs, excellent neoclassical pieces played by the band, superb and truly funny sax playing by Ian Underwood, and great extended blues jams. If it fails to do anything different from Uncle Meat, it does maintain the high quality."

"This album seems like yet another example of a Zappa release which I find mediocre all around, except for the track with the longest duration. The Little House I Used To Live In is an underrated and relatively little-known Zappa epic, hodge-podgey in its composition but pleasantly so, it's fun to listen to and doesn't feel too goofy, unlike similar, like-minded Zappa tracks. The rest of the album isn't special though, some doo-wop parodies, short Stravinsky tributes and generic Zappa all around."

"Worth it for Little House I Used To Live In, his best instrumental (that I've heard thus far). The other stuff is okay. Most of the other instrumentals are kind of meandering, but a decent atmospheric listen. Not crazy about the opening/closing songs, the only ones with vocals."

"This album is in fact a collection of out-takes which Zappa put together after breaking up the Mothers. Styles range from classical to jazz to doo-wop. It includes the mammoth Little House I Used To Live In, clocking in at almost 19 minutes, compiling various sessions and concerts. There are only two vocal songs on this album, WPLJ and Valeri, both 50s doo-wop covers."

"You'll have to sit through WPLJ and Valerie, two short satirical bits of ersatz pop fluff. These numbers are intended to be funny but get lost on the way, something that happens rather a lot in the wonderland of Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention. Rest of the material varies between jazz fusion, experimental rock and some very orchestral stuff."

"Overall, this is most comparable to the previous year's Hot Rats but is a little more relaxed and doesn't come out of the gates swinging as much."