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Watch the skies,the're falling.Well,I'm glad all that legalize has been settled.....for now.

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I love the way at the end of the article it says "For more information visit : www.zappa.com" and irony is, there's more information on their site than on zappa.com.

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Ya,like a dummy I had to look and it's just the same as it ever was!

I wonder how this would effect The Grand Mothers,Pojama People,P/O,if at all.How many times can you re-release old releases as "new" anyway? I'm glad it's out there though.It was beginning to look like FZ releases were hard to find and thats not a good thing! Hopefully when I have a few extra bucks,I can start back filling my FZ on CD collection with so many titles becoming available at once.

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Nice to see confirmation, it's a pretty big deal the ZFT havin' a hand in it.
This basically means they gotta pump it out and deliver big time to pay off that bank loan.
I must admit I do not look forward to re-buying the catalog. But if they make it sound as good as the MOFO Freak Out! I will not be able to resist. 60 albums x 15.00 average = 900.00
Fuck it, my kids can eat jelly sandwiches for the next 9 months.
(take note that I will not give up quality beer or cheap ciggies. The world caters to children these days and I must do my part to reverse that, put 'em to work on daily chores).

I wonder which versions of "Money" and "Cruisin'" they're going to use. Good that it's happening on the 31st of July - it's my birthday, too!

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And similarly, will the Uncle Meat be confined to a single disc with all the original tracks or will it be just like the 1987 double with penalty track-age? Honestly, I hope that this "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta" thing will be relegated to the bonus track status on "Ship Arriving" or "Man from Utopia" where it really fits.

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No 5.1?
OMG, ZFT's goin' from unique* to antique

*take this with a

what i like the most is the title: Frank's Back! And they said It couldn't happen Here.
Doot. Doot.

to be continued...

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There goes my economies...

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Why not give them a busy week and inquire some super-serious information -- 24/7?

Ed, haven't seen you in ages. Glad you are here!

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Yes!! I'm so excited about this! I'm so happy I finally get to fill in some much-needed Zappa albums into my collection!!

This sound like good news, did you all want a new release ?

It's either the best, or the worst thing to happen to FZ music. Let's see how it turns out.

Are we going to keep a tracklist so we can tell easily which recordings are the best?
What is going to happen with Sleep Dirt, will that be re-released with or without vocals, or both?
The Hot Rats CD is almost a different album from the LP. Will the ZFT use the extra CD-space to offer both mixes?
Will they, for the love of Frank, stop issuing balloons and party hats with each recording?
Will I finally like YAWYI?

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Man, I could really use Sleep Dirt without those grating vocals!

Bonny is it the mix or what is wrong with YAWYI?

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The mix I had on the CD is terrible. A lot of people said it's the 1995 mix and the later one is OK, but I have the 1998 mix. Later I got a vinyl, but apparently that's the "German pressing" which "sounds terrible" and so I keep on needing new copies of an album I don't like. It's not the most popular stance on this forum, I can tell you, but it's just the way it is: YAWYI gives me a headache.

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Haha, BBP, and I can gues why: The early CD remix has such a plenty of high frequencies, and the Chrislu remaster that emphasized high-click bass drum sound that's ruining your nerves, right? And for a punchline: That's what I love them for... hihi!

The lyrics are good though.

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I understand now, I will give it a spin since I haven't listened to it in any format for quite some time.

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My opinion: on looking back, much of what he did in the '80s is not among his best works. For example I can't stand the '88 recordings anymore – for the arrangements, the performances and how the things are mixed. Trapped in the eighties.

Th.

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I like MAJNH, but I never liked BTHW. Some of his stupidest songs. I think His '80s output is his weakest. But I do often listen to Jazz from Hell.

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I hate how he points towards each next song. A lot of those bridges seem so forced.
Of the 80s, SATLTSADW is my favourite (it was my first non-comp FZ album), and I love TTR, but indeed: once FZ gets the UMRK he starts overproducing. In YAWYI I get intensely bothered with the Ike Willis/Ray White/FZ vocal combo. Dumb All Over and Goblin Girl are tons better on Have I Offended Someone?, Mudd Club is tons better on Thing-Fish...

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They should release "Crush All Boxes" officially; I think it also sounds better than YAWYI.

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Conehead being the worst of them all (the pointing to it AND the song in general)......the whole thing is so contrived. I don't hate the album, but I usually skip that one.

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