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Re: hot rats

Added: August 25th, 2012 in Questions

On Aug 24, 2012, at 9:12 AM, jerome wrote:

hi gail

is that you on the hot rats cover?

love ya.
jerome

No not now and not then either. It is none other than Miss Christine of the GTOs (Girls Together Otrageously). Thanks for asking!

gz
“Music is the Best!”~fz…

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Re: “Music is the BEST!”

Added: August 25th, 2012 in Questions

On Aug 23, 2012, at 6:04 PM, Brian E. Boldt wrote:

Dear Gail,

Is there an advantage to ordering the “Frank Zappa – 56 Original Masters by The Maestro in Chronological order – 1966 – 1993″ complete from Barfko-Swill, as opposed to bit by bit elsewhere? Meaning, is there a special box, or something else collectable, etc.? The re

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re: “Music Is The Best”

Added: August 25th, 2012 in Questions

On Aug 23, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Bill Hunter wrote:

Can you say something more specific regarding the (re-)mastering of these? As I have purchased and re-purchased most of the titles a few times now on CD, to say nothing of the vinyl, I would like to know what I might be getting / getting into here?

Exactly how tweezed are they? I read where,
“The UME deal is for th

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Re: you guys RULE……

Added: August 25th, 2012 in Questions

On Aug 23, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Bernhard Drax wrote:

and needless to say I will be spending a lot of money this year…for a good cause: keep FZ’s music alive! btw: my 8-year old and I sing “Man from Utopia” in the car driving to and fro from his violin lessons every Thursday, new tradition I guess…AWESOME :)
all best

bd

Bernard,

New tra…

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Re: thanx & 1 more ROXY question

Added: August 23rd, 2012 in Questions

On Aug 23, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Rob wrote:

Dear Gail,
Thanks very much for the reissues! Hot Rats & Burnt Weenie Sandwich sound amazing & I’m sure I’ll be buying more. I’m still awaiting the ROXY announcement/plan you mentioned recently, and would love to see and/or hear more from that great line-up (and I’m pretty sure I̵

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Re: itunes

Added: August 23rd, 2012 in Questions

On Aug 23, 2012, at 3:50 PM, J Maggio wrote:

Hi, are the titles on itunes the same as the 2012 reissues?

All the new ones – yes! By the end of the year there will be more titles up on iTunes that are not re-issues too – and more issues that are not reissues or on iTunes. Not to be confusing but rather, informative.

gz…

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Re: Album

Added: August 23rd, 2012 in Questions

On Aug 23, 2012, at 3:38 PM, David Obremski wrote:

Hey,
I´m glad to hear about the rereleases of Franks Albums!
My question is: As I know, the track “Bolero” on “the best band you never heard in your life” wasn’t on the latest versions of that Album due to copyright issues. Will the Re-release contain that track or will it be mis

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Re: Rereleases

Added: August 5th, 2012 in Questions

On Aug 5, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Mike Keener wrote:

Hi.

Just curious to know when the re-releases go to iTunes – anxious to buy.

Thanks!

Mike Keener

You won’t be waiting long and they will all be available simultaneously. Don’t hurt yourself!

gz
“Music is the Best!”~fz…

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I weep as Greenland melts.

Added: August 3rd, 2012 in A Musing or Not

War is an act of Murder and Mayhem between persons, peoples and nations.  How can anyone be interested in war against any other person or state when we are all of us on Earth are at war with our Planet? Even as we murder whole species and ecosystems and commit brutal acts of mayhem against her she murders us all trying to survive in the midst of our actions and inac…

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Re: Le remasters.

Added: August 1st, 2012 in Questions

On Aug 1, 2012, at 2:53 PM, rob hague wrote:

Hey GZ,

I don’t really have a question, but just wanted to say what an amazing job you folks are doing with the re-releases.

So far, I’ve plumped for Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Hot Rats, and they just sound amazing. Hot Rats in particular sounds so much clearer than the previous cd release and uh, more in my fac

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