Freak Out Hot Spots!: Hurry! This map has no consumer potential!"
by ZAPPA, Frank
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
[Los Angeles],: Freak Out Productions,, 1966.. 585 by 737mm. (23 by 29 inches).. Chromolithograph map, with image and text to verso. Frank Zappa's guide map to Los Angeles' fledgling Freak Scene, listing places for freaks to eat, drink, dance, and shop. An advertisement for the present map appeared inside the gatefold album cover of early US pressings of 'Freak Out', The Mothers of Invention's 1966 debut studio album. It states that fans interested in procuring a copy of "the special map we have prepared" should send $1.00 to MGM studios in New York City. The ad is addressed to people who are planning on visiting L.A. that summer, and it promises that the map will tell you how to get to certain 'Freak-Out Hotspots,' such as Canter's Deli and Whisky a Go Go, as well as to warn you about places "where the heat has been busting frequently, with tips on safety in police-terror situations." Given the map's great rarity, it is apparent that few people actually sent in a dollar for the map. This lack of interest can, in part, be explained by the fact that 'Freak Out' was neither a commercial nor critical success in the US when first released. However, the album soon developed a major and lasting cult following, and it is often cited as one of rock's earliest concept albums and as Zappa's breakthrough as a musician. The freak scene, begun in California in the mid 1960's and closely associated with the Hippie Movement, was defined by a rejection of mainstream post-war American culture in favour of new and broadly defined forms of liberalism and counterculture. As Zappa writes inside 'Freak Out's album cover, "On a personal level, Freaking Out is a process whereby an individual casts off out-moded and restricting standards of thinking, dress, and social etiquette in order to express CREATIVELY his relationship to his immediate environment and the social structure as a whole." 'Freak out' as an album embodies Zappa's definition of the movement, both as an avant-garde musical experiment, and in it's concept, where each song forms part of a larger satire of the frivolous and media-obsessed mainstream American consumer culture. Rare. OCLC records no institutional examples.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14562
- Title
- Freak Out Hot Spots!
- Author
- ZAPPA, Frank
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Freak Out Productions,
- Place of Publication
- [Los Angeles],
- Date Published
- 1966.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Hollywood, Frank Zappa, Freak Out, pictorial
- Product_type
- Maps
- Size
- 585 by 737mm. (23 by 29 inches).
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About the Seller
Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2018
London
About Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd
Daniel Crouch Rare Books is specialist dealer in antique atlases, maps, plans, sea charts and voyages dating from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Our carefully selected stock also includes a number of fine prints and globes, and a selection of cartographic reference books.Our particular passions include rare atlases, wall maps, and separately published maps and charts. We strive to acquire unusual and quirky maps that are in fine condition. We are members of the following trade associations: The Antiquarian Bookseller's Association (ABA); The British Antique Dealers' Association (BADA); Confédération Internationale des Négociantes en Oeuvres d'Art (CINOA); The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Society of London Art Dealers (SLAD); and The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF). Daniel and Nick are also both members of The Company of Art Scholars, Dealers, and Collectors.