Frank Zappa - Entire Catalogue Remastered and Reissued (part3)

One question: Is this the Ryko Hot Rats CD: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hot-Rats-Frank-Zappa/dp/B0000009S3/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1353226789&sr=8-2 ???

 

Going by the release date, I would say yes.

 

Yes but release date is 2006 and not 1995.

 

Confirmed: the 1990 Zappa Records of SUAPYG has the "bad batch" audio programs. What in the world was Zappa thinking?

Enjoy this clip from the beginning of "Why Johnny..." Thrill to the beginning cymbal crash and think "someone approved this!"

http://www.sendspace.com/file/q3y87r

 

Not so much what he was thinking but, What was he hearing???

 

"I WANT THOSE F***ING EMI DISCS OFF THE SHELVES!"

Just a guess.

 

Anybody got idea of when Läther and Finer Moments are pre-ordable from Amazon.co.uk?
Release dates should be dec. 18.

I got the other last titles already on preorder but would like these all the be in same order.

 

Possibly. It doesn't look like it's the 2012 version.

Remember that all previous versions of Hot Rats are exactly the same, so you can easily try to find a cheaper, used copy.

 

I'm now vaguely concerned, given the Uncle Meat/JABFLA/SUAPYG revelations contained in this thread and its predecessors, that some of the other Zappa Records discs that have no business being different may indeed be so. Some of these differences are clearly due to Zappa's tampering, such as the inexplicable extra reverb on the UK Uncle Meat. Others may be due to pressing-plant shenanigans. But I'd definitely want to confirm now that discs we all assumed were identical actually are so. Needless to say, I have access to precious few Zappa Records discs.

 

I've got the Zappa records CDs of Weasels and Roxy.

 

I stopped by a Best Buy this afternoon to see which titles they had gotten in. There were only the CDs from the previous batches in the bin, but on my way out, I noticed a cart with all of the new stuff on it. There were three copies of Mothermania, but nothing else. I inquired with the young lady who was stocking, and she said that those were the only Zappa discs that they had gotten in today.

That's a shame, because I was really hoping to pick up the last four volumes of YCDTOSA, but instead I ended up walking out with the Led Zeppelin and Graham Parker CDs.

 

I have:

Burnt Weeny Sandwich (CD ZAP 35)
Roxy & Elsewhere (CD ZAP 39)
In New York (CDD ZAP 37)
Studio Tan (CD ZAP 44)
Sleep Dirt (CD ZAP 43)
Orchestral Favorites (CD ZAP 45)
Ship Arriving... (CD ZAP 42)
Man From Utopia (CD ZAP 53)
Perfect Stranger (CD ZAP 49)
Francesco Zappa (CD ZAP 48)
YCDTOSA Vol. 1 (CDD ZAP 8)
YCDTOSA Vol. 3 (CDD ZAP 17)
Best Band... (CDD ZAP 38)
YCDTOSA Vol. 4 (CDD ZAP 40)
Make A Jazz... (CDD ZAP 41)
YCDTOSA Vol. 5 (CDD ZAP 46)
YCDTOSA Vol. 6 (CDD ZAP 47)
Playground... (CDD ZAP 55)
CP III (CDD ZAP 56)

Let me know what you need and when.

Do we need a new thread for these comparisons?

 

I can offer up ZAPPA UK first pressings of...

Freak Out (ZAP01)
Hot Rats (ZAP02)
Uncle Meat (ZAP03)
Cruising with Ruben & The Jets (ZAP04)
YCDTOSA Volume 1 (ZAP08)
YCDTOSA Volume 2 (ZAP09)
One Size Fits All (ZAP11)
Absolutely Free (ZAP12)
We're Only in it for The Money/Lumpy Gravy (ZAP13)
Broadway the Hard Way (ZAP14)
Bongo Fury (ZAP15)
YCDTOSA Volume 3 (ZAP17)
The Best Band... (ZAP38) - first pressing with Bolero and photo on cover.
Roxy & Elsewhere (ZAP39)
YCDTOSA volume 4 (ZAP40)
Make a Jazz Noise Here (ZAP41)
Sleep Dirt (ZAP43)
YCDTOSA Volume 5 (ZAP46)
YCDTOSA Volume 6 (ZAP47)
Ahead of Their Time (ZAP51)
Playground Psychotics (ZAP55)
Civilization Phase 3 (ZAP56)

And a few other non Ryko pressings...

Baby Snakes (EMI)
Does Humour Belong in Music (EMI)
Jazz from Hell / Mothers of Prevention (EMI)
Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar (EMI)
Thing Fish (Original RYKO Japan for USA)
We're Only in it for The Money (MOFI)

Let's get down to the nitty gritty.

 

Ok, so have to wait for further closer to release-date and see if the Läther, Finer Moments etc upcoming will surface to Amazon-stores in EU.
I guess they should be available atleast in Amazon.co.uk.

 

Mothermania is showing 'back ordered' at Best Buy.com, since yesterday.

 

I got a back order email saying I should expect it between 12/5-12/10.

 

Mine shipped yesterday, but I pre-ordered it from Best Buy on 10/3.

 

I will do my duty and check out Thing-Fish.

 

On to the next thing to worry about...

I compared the new Mystery Disc liner notes with the Ryko version. Oh boy. The new ones are severely truncated. Many of the blurbs are shortened and some are missing entirely. The ENTIRE first page is also absent, as well as the entire last page ("Fetish Dept").

Now I really wish I hadn't sold my Lost Episodes and Yellow Shark Ryko discs so quickly. Who knows how much material they will truncate from those releases! Maybe Playground Psychotics too?

UGH!!!

 

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Frank Zappa - Entire Catalogue Remastered and Reissued (part4)