{"product_id":"frank-zappa-the-man-from-utopia","title":"THE MAN FROM UTOPIA","description":"Personnel: Frank Zappa (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, drum programming); Ray White (vocals, guitar); Bobby Martin (vocals, saxophone, keyboards); Roy Estrada, Bob Harris, Ike Willis (vocals); Arthur \"Tink\" Barrow (guitar, keyboards, bass); Steve Vai (guitar); Dick Fegy (mandolin); Craig \"Twister\" Steward (harmonica); Marty Krystall (saxophone); Tommy Mars (keyboards); Scott Thunes (bass); Chad Wackerman, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Ed Mann (percussion).\nEngineers: Bob Stone, Mark Pinske, Dave Jerdan.\nBy the '80s, Frank Zappa became known as a genius who hid a social conscience behind a biting sense of humor. No matter how crude the lyrics were, he was always making a point. Occasionally, however, he did like to just make a silly record, and THE MAN FROM UTOPIA is mighty silly. On \"The Radio Is Broken,\" he roasts those really bad sci-fi movies that inhabit late night TV. \"The Jazz Discharge Party Hats\" tells what we can only hope is a fictional groupie story over free-jazz backing. Zappa could even write a funny instrumental, picking a baritone sax to handle the melody on \"We Are Not Alone.\" UTOPIA also features an up-and-coming Steve Vai who had the unenviable task of transcribing and then doubling Zappa's vocal part on \"The Dangerous Kitchen\" and \"The Jazz Discharge Party Hats.\"","brand":"Frank Zappa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44563915079913,"sku":"38KRI5-1C3I-00","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/Frank-Zappa-THE-MAN-FROM-UTOPIA_rCrWm.jpg?v=1742360762","url":"https:\/\/www.vibinvinyl.com\/products\/frank-zappa-the-man-from-utopia","provider":"Vibin' Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}