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Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Available in three formats: 3CD, 5LP and 2LP. The 3CD and the 5LP have identical content and the 2LP is a selection from those. The tracks highlighted in yellow below are those which are not previously released Zappa compositions. CD1:
3CD: Price: £19.00 Available now 5LP: Price: £90.00 Release date May 7th2LP: Price: £36.00 Release date May 7th |
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Halloween 81 6CD This 6CD set features three complete shows from the Halloween performances in 1981, two shows on October 31st and one on November 1st. Video footage of the first two shows was used for The Dub Room Special and The Torture Never Stops. and some of the audio from these concerts has been released on CD on You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore (1,2 and 6) and On Shot Deal but audio from the complete shows has never been released in its entirety. These recordings have been newly remixed from the original 24 track masters. The package includes a 40 page booklet with liner notes by Robert Martin, plus a Count Frankula mask and cape. A single CD of highlights from all three shows includes Strictly Genteel from the 1/11 show which is not on the 6CD set. 6CD: Price: £104.00 1CD: Price: £12.50
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The Mothers 1970 4CD The Mothers 1970 collects together more than four hours of previously unreleased performances by a lineup which lasted roughly seven months: Aynsley Dunbar (drums), George Duke (keyboards/trombone), Ian Underwood (flute/sax), Jeff Simmons (bass/vocals) and Flo & Eddie aka Howard Kaylan (vocals) and Mark Volman (vocals/percussion).Disc one was recorded at the London-based Trident Studios on June 21-22. Disc two includes the first official release of the oft bootlegged “Piknik” performance originally broadcast on Dutch radio station VRPO, and live performances from Pepperland (San Rafael CA). Disc three features concerts in Santa Monica, Calif. and Spokane, Wash. which have been edited together and presented as a hybrid concert since both shows were not fully captured. Disc four contains a selection of live highlights recorded around the U.S., interspersed with candid moments recorded in dressing rooms, motel lobbies and on stage. All recordings comprising The Mothers 1970 were sourced from their original tapes discovered in The Vault and digitally transferred and compiled by Travers in 2020. Price: £42.00
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The Hot Rats Sessions 6CD The first three and a half discs of the set are dedicated to the basic track recording sessions at T.T.G. Studios in Hollywood on July 18, 28, 29 and 30th. As well as the Hot Rats songs, there are tracks that wound up onBurnt Weeny Sandwich, Weasels Ripped My Flesh, Studio Tan and Chunga’s Revenge. The fifth and sixth discs of the set present the original Hot Rats album in Zappa’s 1987 digital re-mix along with an assortment of extras such as promotional audio ads for the album, the mono singles of “Peaches En Regalia” and “Little Umbrellas” and rare mixes of more than a dozen tracks. The booklet includes images by original Hot Rats cover photographer, Andee Nathanson, session photos taken by Bill Gubbins, liner notes by Matt Groening and essays by Ian Underwood, Andee Nathanson and Vaultmeister Joe Travers. Also included is a Zappa Land board game.
Price: £100.00
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Halloween 73 4CD Four-disc deluxe edition includes two full shows recorded in Chicago on October 31 1973 on discs 1-3. Disc four contains unreleased rehearsals recorded before the tour started. The box also contains a "FRANKen ZAPPA" mask and gloves plus a 40 page booklet with liner notes by Ruth Underwood, Ralph Humphrey and Joe Travers. There is
also a single CD version featuring 16 selected tracks from the box set.
4CD: Out of Stock 1CD: Price: £13.00 |
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Orchestral Favorites 3CD Three-disc
deluxe edition includes original album remastered from master tapes
plus recording of previously unreleased two-hour concert, extensive
liner notes and newly created cover art. Tracks 7 to 26 were all
recorded at Royce Hall on September 18 1975.
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Zappa In New York 5CD A slightly belated fortieth anniversary special edition available as a 5CD box set and 3LP set The
5-disc collection, which will be housed in a limited-edition metal tin
shaped like a NYC street manhole cover and includes a replica ticket
from one of the shows, consists of the main album in its original mix,
newly remastered by Bob Ludwig in 2018 and available for the first time
since its debut. The four additional discs are loaded with relevant
Vault nuggets and more than three hours of unreleased live performances
from the NYC Palladium concerts, representing every composition played
during the concerts and the best alternate performances of every tune
Zappa picked for the original album, all newly mixed in 2018.
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The Roxy Performances 7CD Essentially
everything played during the Roxy Theatre during the Roxy Theatre
invasion on Sunset Strip, West Hollywood from Saturday December 8th
through Monday December 10th 1973. Four public shows on the 9th and
10th, preceded by an invitation-only performance/sound check/film shoot
on December 8th. These are brand new 2016 mixes from brand new digital
transfers of the multi-track masters, with minimal production, effects
or processing. Out of stock and now deleted |
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Halloween 77 BOX SET All six
shows from the Halloween 1977 Palladium concert series. These are new
mixes in 24-bit WAV audio (CD quality) supplied on a USB stick. Plus
you get a big box containing a Zappa mask and costume. Now out of stock and unavailable |
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Halloween 77 3CD The
complete concert from October 31st 1977 at the Palladium NY, plus a
bonus four from the previous evening's show (tracks 8-11 on disc 3). Price: £24.25 |
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Meat Light Being
The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary. Disc One is the
original 1969 vinyl mix. Disc two and the first part of disc three
contain the original Uncle Meat sequence. The main differences are the
addition of the 6 tracks highlighted below and a rather different
version of King Kong. The second half of disc three is outtakes,
alternate versions and other relevant material taken from the vault. Price: £15.00 |
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Little Dots A second
album of Petit Wazoo recordings compiled from master tapes that Zappa
had worked on, including the initial versions of Cosmik Debris and
Rollo Out of stock and now deleted |
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Zappatite Another
Zappa compilation, compiled by Ahmet and Joe Travers. All tracks are
the standard CD versions except Don't Eat The Yellow Snow which is the
Single version. Price: £12.00 |
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The Crux Of The Biscuit Another
Project/Object release, this time for Apostrophe. What we get is an
alternative sequencing of side 1 of the album (the first four tracks);
three early versions of Apostrophe/Down In De Dew (Energy Frontier) and
a full version of the Yellow Snow Suite recorded in Sidney (the day
before Australian Yellow Snow on One Shot Deal). Official Release #102 (so it says on the sleeve but it should be 104!). Musicians: Frank Zappa - Guitar, Vocals . Ruth Underwood -
Percussion . George Duke - Keyboards . Bruce Fowler - Trombone . Sal
Marquez - Trumpet . Tom Fowler - Bass . Ralph Humphrey - Drums . Tina,
Debbie & Lynn - Background Vocals . Alex Dmochowski - Bass .
Aynsley Dunbar - Drums . Jim Gordon - Drums . Tony Duran - Rhythm
Guitar . Jack Bruce - Bass . Jean Luc Ponty - Violin . John Guerin -
Drums . Dave Parlato - Acoustic Bass Price: £9.00 |
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Frank Zappa For President A miscellany for US presidential year, all previously unreleased except for America The Beautiful. Official
Release #103 (so it says on the sleeve but it should be 105!). Price: £12.00 |
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FRANK ZAPPA Official
Release #100. Dance Me
This is a synclavier album designed to be used by modern dance groups.
It was completed in 1993. (The guitar is only on Track 1 Tracklist: Musicians: Frank Zappa - Guitar . Anatoli Kuular - Vocals . Kaigl-ool Khovalyg - Vocals . Kongar-ool Ondar - Vocals Price: £12.00 |
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FRANK ZAPPA Official
Release #99. Recorded at The Roxy, Los Angeles on December 9 and 10
1973. These are "never-before-released Frank Zappa master recordings".
Comprehensive liner notes by Ruth Underwood. Tracklist: Band: Frank Zappa - Guitar, Vocals . Napoleon Murphy Brock - Tenor Sax, Flute, Vocals . George Duke - Keyboards, Vocals . Bruce Fowler - Trombone . Ruth Underwood - Percussion . Tom Fowler - Bass . Ralph Humphrey - Drums . Chester Thompson - Drums Price: £10.00 |
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FRANK ZAPPA That's right, it's the soundtrack to the DVD of the KCET TV show on August 27 1974. You've got the DVD so why do you need this? One reason is that it's Official Release #97. Another reason is that several tracks are considerably longer than on the DVD. Yet another reason is that this is an entirely different mix to the Dub Room Special CD which is taken from the same performance. Tracklist: Band: Frank Zappa(Vocals, Guitar), Tom Fowler (Bass), Chester Thompson (Drums), Ruth Underwood (Percussion), George Duke (Keyboards, Vocals), Napoleon Murphy Brock (Tenor Sax, Vocals). Price: £12.50 |
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FRANK ZAPPA Official release #90 is an album of Frank's synclavier music recorded in 1986. The first three tracks were originally intended as a vinyl release. Tracks 4 and 5 have been added by the ZFT for this CD release. Much shorter versions of Buffalo Voice and Secular Humanism later appeared on Civilization Phaze III and part of Worms From Hell was used in the opening credit sequence of Video From Hell. 1.
Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison 20:12 Liner notes by Todd Yvega Price: £17.00 |
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FRANK ZAPPA Official
release #88 starts with Frank's Statement to Congress at the hearings
on record-stickering in 1985 (excerpts from which appeared in Porn
Wars), followed by Frank's testimony to the Maryland State Senate on
pornography law in 1986. The remaining tracks (titled after the 10
Commandments) are Frank talking on the issue of censorship. All these
are interspersed with snatches of synclavier and burps. The CD ends
with a different version of Reagan At Bitburg. The 32 page booklet includes a foreword by Larry Stein, the complete text of Frank's Statement to Congress, Frank's Letter to President Reagan and other relevant material. Price: £8.00 |
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FRANK ZAPPA The
anniversary edition of Cruising With Ruben & The Jets is a
single CD, featuring the original 1968 vinyl stereo mix of Ruben plus
these additional tracks: The sleeve notes include all the lyrics, Cheech Marin's recollection of his 1968 audition for Zappa and the instructions for combing a jellyroll - essential! Price: £12.00 |
FRANK ZAPPA
Lumpy
Money The fortieth anniversary series continues with this 3 CD set. You get two complete versions each of Lumpy Gravy and We're Only In It For The Money on discs 1 and 2. Disc 3 contains alternative/instrumental takes from both albums, session excerpts, interview segments and the rather wonderful How Did That Get In Here? This a an FZ construction from the Lumpy Gravy Capitol session and only small excerpts from this were used in the released version. All niftily packaged in a foldout digipack with a 30 page illustrated booklet. Now reissued by Universal with the same masters and same packaging at a much better price! |
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LUMPY MONEY - Disc One 61:52 Price: £23.00 |
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FRANK ZAPPA A
new compilation of all live material mostly from the 70s, all mixed by FZ
but selected by the ZFT. Total playing time:- 51:55 Price: £9.00 |
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FRANK ZAPPA The
soundtrack to the DVD, or most of it, and without the sound effects.
Compiled and mixed for vinyl by Frank himself in 1982 and sequenced for
CD by Dweezil. There's just two tracks from the Halloween 81 show, the
rest are from the KCET 74 show including one new track not on the DVD. Price: £10.00 |
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FRANK ZAPPA This
is the deluxe 4 CD set of the 40th anniversary edition of Freak Out. It
comes in a special fold-out package with a 60 page booklet. Out of stock |
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FRANK ZAPPA This
is the 2 CD version. It comes in a standard jewel case with a 30 page
booklet. The tracks in red on disc 2 also appear on the 4 CD set. The
titles in quotes are dialogue. Price: £15.00 |
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FRANK ZAPPA The
album formerly known as Guitar II. Sixteen guitar solos compiled and
mixed by Frank himself in 1993. Mostly taken from the 88 and 84 tours,
with a couple of late 70s solos. Dweezil plays on the first and last
tracks. Currently out of stock |
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FRANK ZAPPA A
set of recordings from the short-lived Petit Wazoo band
(November/December 1972). All these tracks were recorded live with no
overdubs and were selected and mixed by FZ between 1972 and 1977.
Despite FZ’s vocals credit, this is an instrumental album -
with lots of guitar solos. Price: £9.00 |
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