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Jeff SimmonsNaked Angels (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Label:Straight – STS 1056
Format:
Vinyl, LP
Country:US
Released:
Genre:Rock, Blues, Stage & Screen
Style:Soundtrack, Electric Blues, Psychedelic Rock

Tracklist

A1Naked Angels Theme4:10
A2Ride Into Vegas1:16
A3Vegas Boogie3:05
A4Vegas Pickup4:05
A5Cop Out1:12
A6First Desert Ride1:45
A7Hank2:00
B1Boinin' (Third Ride)3:32
B2Scots Breath1:40
B3Rat Grind2:05
B4Bar Dream3:36
B5Camper Scene2:25
B6Toccata For Truck3:35
B7End Theme1:12
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Credits

Notes

The first of 2 albums by Simmons on Zappa's indie label, following which, he joined 'The Mothers'.

Recorded At Mystic Studios, Hollywood, California

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout - etched): STS-1056-1 TH C O T \
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout - etched): STS-1056-2 TH T I

Other Versions (4)

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Title (Format)LabelCat#CountryYear
New Submission
Naked Angels (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP, Promo)StraightSTS 1056US1969
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Naked Angels (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP, Album, Gatefold)StraightSTS 1056Canada1969
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Naked Angels (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (LP, Reissue)World In SoundWIS-007Germany2007
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Naked Angels (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (CD, Album, Reissue)FalloutFOCD2036US2007

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Reviews

  • rootmon's avatar
    rootmon

    From AllMusic.com, these are some excerpts from the review
    by the great writer Richie Unterberger

    If rock fans are likely to know the name Jeff Simmons, it's because of his work as bassist in the Mothers of Invention; if they know anything about his obscure solo career, the only album they're likely to know is Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, issued in the early 1970s. But he did a yet more obscure album for Frank Zappa's Straight label, the soundtrack for the equally obscure biker movie Naked Angels, around the same time.
    "It's definitely one of the better ones, in fact, in this admittedly limited genre. While it's sometimes been described as something of a collection of psychedelic jamming, the mostly instrumental tracks (co-written with producer Randy Steirling) are actually fairly short and focused."
    "There's some pretty hot fuzz/distorted psychedelic guitar (particularly on the opening "Naked Angels Theme"), and unlike some biker/psychedelic soundtracks, the LP doesn't get stuck in a rut. "Ride into Vegas" glides into some pretty hip organ soul-jazz, for instance, and there's also '50s style rock & roll ("Vegas Boogie"), mildly Pink Floyd-ish folkie guitar-organ interplay ("End Theme," one of the few vocal cuts, and "Cop Out"), obviously silly psychedelicized Scottish bagpipe music ("Scots Breath"), gothic organ-piano doom ("Tuccata for Truck"), and Zappa-like sound collage ("Bar Dream"). Sure it's mostly for hardcore collectors, but as hardcore collectibles go, it's pretty enjoyable and worthwhile."

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