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Originally Posted by Chives
Ohhhhhh, I never realized we had a Wild Man Fischer thread and I never bothered to look it up. Great thread bump, crazed!
I've always wanted to listen to his later albums to see if they portray him in a more positive light, but at the very least the debut is an interesting documentary of an interesting man. A shame the Zappa estate has let the album fall out of print...I guess there was bad blood between the Zappa family and Fischer so it's not surprising but still a shame. He definitely doesn't come off as an outsider music genius or anything to me but the album is very different and well put together, and that alone makes it worth a listen every now and again. I'd love to find a copy while record digging, but fat chance of that ever happening!
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The bad blood between Zappa and Fisher was very deep by the A Evening With... went nowhere. The saddest part of the story involved Fisher throwing a jar at Moon Unit (a child then), but there was also accusations that Zappa ripped him off thinking that the album sold a lot while the reality of the situation saw it sell very little - possibly as much as The GTO's album. Even an appearance on Laugh In could not generate interest. I have the DVD From Straight to Bizarre which told the story with a nice amount of detail along with other stories revolving around the Zappa-related labels.
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I think a lot of the interest in his music is more with the connections he's made through the years - Zappa, the early days of Rhino Records, Bill Mumy, and a couple of others. Of course that's the interest in "Outsider Music" as well.