| Just Another Band from L.A. | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | The Mothers of Invention |
| Cover: | Just_Another_Band_From_LA.jpg |
| Released: | March 26, 1972 |
| Recorded: | August 7, 1971 |
| Venue: | Pauley Pavilion at UCLA (Los Angeles, CA) |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 45:18 |
| Label: | Bizarre/Reprise |
| Producer: | Frank Zappa |
| Chronology: | Frank Zappa |
| Prev Title: | 200 Motels |
| Prev Year: | 1971 |
| Next Title: | Waka/Jawaka |
| Next Year: | 1972 |
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", Frank Zappa's long, narrative parody of rock operas, which were gaining popularity at that time.
Originally planned for release as a double LP with solos from "Studebaker Hoch" and "The Subcutaneous Peril" taking up most of the second LP in addition to parts of "Billy the Mountain" itself,[1] and often overlooked by reviewers, this album marks an important period in the band's career which was soon ended by Zappa's severe injuries after being pushed off a stage. The song "Eddie, Are You Kidding?" refers to Edward Nalbandian, while "The Subcutaneous Peril", which ultimately became an outtake from the album, would later appear, in an edited form, on Finer Moments (2012) instead.[1]
The album was reissued on CD with badly flawed mastering and no composition credits by Rykodisc in 1990 and repackaged with the same audio but with the composition credits restored in 1995. In 2012 Universal/UMe issued a properly remastered edition on CD.[1]
The album's lyrics are notable for their early usage of the word twerk on the song ' Magdalena'.
there was a man, a little old man who lived in Montreal/with a wife and a kid a car and a house and a teenage daughter with a see-thru blouse who loved to twerk and ball.
All songs written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa except where noted.
| Chart (1972) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] | 41 | |
| Billboard 200[3] | 85 |