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''Tinsel Town Rebellion'' is a double live album released by Frank Zappa in 1981. The album was conceived by Zappa after he scrapped the planned albums ''Warts and All'' and ''Crush All Boxes'', and it contains tracks that were intended for those albums. The lyrical themes varyingly focus on human sexuality, popular culture and other topics. The title track is a satire of the punk rock scene, describing a band that adopts the punk style to get a record deal. The album also contains reworked recordings of older Zappa songs, including "Love of My Life," "I Ain't Got No Heart," "Tell Me You Love Me," "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" and the third release of "Peaches en Regalia", appropriately titled "Peaches III". This is Official Release #30. == Production == ''Tinsel Town Rebellion'' was formed out of two albums - ''Warts and All'' and ''Crush All Boxes'' - that Zappa originally planned to release following the establishment of his home studio, the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen. ''Warts and All'' was intended to be a triple live album, while ''Crush All Boxes'' would have consisted largely of studio recordings.〔 As ''Warts and All'' reached completion, Zappa found the project to be "unwieldy" due to its length, and scrapped it, later conceiving ''Crush All Boxes''. During the final stages of ''Crush All Boxes'', Zappa decided to salvage the scrapped ''Warts and All'' album by releasing a series of albums which used the planned material to emphasize his various talents: ''You Are What You Is'', ''Tinsel Town Rebellion'' and two series of live albums, ''Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar'' and ''You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore''. The opening track, "Fine Girl" is a studio recording originally intended for the unreleased album ''Crush All Boxes'', along with an early mix of the live track "Easy Meat".〔 The ''Tinsel Town Rebellion'' version of "Easy Meat" featured much heavier studio overdubs than the version prepared for ''Crush All Boxes''. The front cover art for ''Tinsel Town Rebellion'' retains the ''Crush All Boxes'' title, with the new album title spray painted over it. The sleeve and interior was designed by Cal Schenkel, and contains still images from the film ''Freaks'', directed by Tod Browning. The majority of ''Tinsel Town Rebellion'' consists of overdub-free live recordings from the 1979 and late 1980 concert tours. This album marks the first appearance by guitarist Steve Vai. The album also introduces drummer David Logeman, who played drums from March through July on the 1980 tour, on the tracks "Fine Girl" and "Easy Meat". He would also be the sole drummer on the album ''You Are What You Is''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tinsel Town Rebellion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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