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It is suppoped to be a joke...

Laugh now...

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true Art and Science. - Albert Einstein

Ah, okay... You got me.

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Let's hear it again for the London Philharmonic Orchestra!

How could i be such a fool....

was 'freak out!' groundbreaking and influential? of course it was! anyone with a bit of knowledge about the music scene around the mid-to-late 60s would agree. I would put 'freak out' in the top three albums of 1966, together with dylan's 'blonde on blonde' and 'revolver' by the beatles.

and, if you listen to what fz has to say on the mofo 4-cd box, you just might get a hint of how groundbreaking and influential 'freak out' really was:

Interviewer: Well, have you heard the Beatles new, uh...

FZ: I have the new Sgt. Pepper album.

FZ: I'd like to thank them very much for doing a wonderful take-off on Freak Out! during the song about Rita the meter maid. I thought that it was very clever to have people wheezing, huffing and panting in the background with the music still going on.

FZ: Uh, they do know that we exist in Europe. The album sells well in Sweden and, um, in Holland. Not, it doesn't sell as well in, uh, England, but that's mainly the fault of the record company, because when they released it there, they just pressed it and put it on the stand without any concurrent publicity, and you have to have a certain amount of, uh, machinery to get the ball rolling. But it has been what you might call an underground success because, um, my sources inform me that most of the groups over there have a copy and listen to it regularly, faithfully. Eric Burdon from the Animals liked it very well, he performs, uh, several of the songs from the first album with his group. And The Who were interested in "Who Are the Brain Police?" for a single, I was told.

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"bit of nostalgia for the old folks."

Would have been fun to know what the people in sweden thought when they bought the album here in 66...: )...

well, my brother bought it in 1968, and we loved it. and, since it apparently sold well (according to fz), a lot of other swedes liked it too.

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"bit of nostalgia for the old folks."

avundsjuk....

Is there anywhere I can get the 4 disc version of MOFO? BESIDES the one thats $70 from Barfko Swill?

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"If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mother, your Dad, your priest, to some guy on television, to any of the people telling you how to do your shit, then you DESERVE it."

http://www.gandsmusic.com/UMRK.htm but don't expect a lower price.
Prepare to wait for months or even years on eBay or Amazon if you want to pay less.
Maybe it will be available in the stores someday.

OK, sticking to the subject at hand, is it possible that a 40th Anniversary Double-disc set for Absolutely Free is actually pending?? Something including outtakes, alternate mixes, alternate takes, demos (like stuff off Mothermania), etc, etc...??

I wouldn't expect as lavish a package as MOFO (SUCH a beautiful, unique, and bitchin' presentation, I gotta say!), but I would absolutely LOVE a Double-disc set with all of the above included.

What Zappaphile wouldn't??

C'mon, whaddayasay Gail, ZFT ... is this still a possibility?? In the works??

Looking forward, thanks for listening.

Maybe an Absolutely Free DVD-A but I don't think there's so much interesting stuff from that album.
But 2009 ... Hot Rats ... Hot Rats Box ....

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TB -

Well, Hot Rats -- That would be a sweet one, for sure -- ANY outtakes, or alternate versions or mixes, would contribute to an excellent package for that one! If you compare the original album (I got the OM version, as well as an original Bizarre release -- which both seem to be identical mixes) to the RYKO CD, the mixes are clearly different, on at least 5 of the 6 tracks.

Anyway, I agree, TM -- Hot Rats deserves the Deluxe Edition treatment, when the time is right.

MEANwhile, how about a double-disc AF...

I hope they're able to do something with 200 Motels at long last by its 40th anniversary.

Goddam MGM.

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Confinement loaf sounds good.

If they decide to give all albums this treatment then I can't wait for Uncle Meat!

The amusement factor (for me) is in reading the reactions to the last line of the "press release" and the reactions to the folks reacting vehemently.
The original http://tinyurl.com/384h9d in news:alt.fan.frank-zappa and the reaction in the zappa forum http://tinyurl.com/ytsq3v (scroll down to the 2004 posts).

On a serious note - perhaps it's true that there isn't enough material for a 4-disc MOAF, but wouldn't a 2 disc version with a Garrick show as the bonus, be good enough?

I understand the motivation behind MOFO because it was the first. Quite frankly, from here on in I'd rather that remixes and archival material were released separately.

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

the mix on freak out CD is amazing. I think few of his albums sound at their best on cd. current technology could give us a clearer look into the space between the notes.

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WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ALL THE FUN IN THE WORLD?

OK ?

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There WILL come a time when everybody in the world they will be free to sing and dance and love : )

I agree with Poly...Frank himself said there wasn't any material from the Garrick, the whole deal about the Wally Heider truck that Verve nixed. But there has to be unedited pieces from AF, WOIIFTM and LG that could go on one multi-disc set.

I hate to be such a follower, but Crudblud has my vote on the next expanded release for which UMRK should have additional material in the can, UM. The original tapes that were sped up in Dog Breath, rehearsals of the harpsichord pieces, more outtakes from the London shows or the King Kong sections, all would be great to examine in detail.

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If we're dumb . . .
Then God is dumb . . .
(An' maybe even a little bit ugly on the side)

Does anyone know something of a john peel session they did in 67 ?

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There WILL come a time when everybody in the world they will be free to sing and dance and love : )

uncle bernie and i after bogus pomp show in tampa last weekend (zappaween) @ 2am on some church steps in downtown tampa...i like this beer!

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"gonna git a cuppa coffee..."

Damn I wish I could have made it to that show too!! If I could have driven there you know I would have made it.
Our Zappa related event schedule has been really hectic this year, hasn't it? Did you get your package in the mail yet Xyqa...I mean Doochess?

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"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible"- Frank Zappa

YESYESYES!!
i got my pkg...at first it wouldn't play on my mac so i was convinced i'd never view it on my regular dvd...i put it in and voila!
i was mesmerized from the moment the zappateers logo appeared across the screen!
the fact that part 3 was entirely your footage from the stage still blows me away!
the fact that we spent the finale on stage still blows me away...like unruly schoolchildren andre' called us...
thanks for spending the time to get it and send it to me...i love it and it was like being there all over again ...well almost

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"gonna git a cuppa coffee..."