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I second that.

I don't understand why this wasn't released years ago.

yo feets, you posted something about waiting for a remastered Zen Arcade awhile back, was this never released on CD or something?

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"Once you go black, you never go back."
--Thomas Jefferson

It was and is on CD, but I've stuck with my original vinyl (or the 1 disc that's left), figuring that this is a "classic album" and is probably due for a "deluxe" reissue. I've also found that some of the first round of the SST CD releases have not had great sound quality, and I'm really looking forward to hearing Zen Arcade in a nice loud, clear mix. This happened with the Meat Puppets - their entire catalogue got reissued on Ryko with great packaging and superb sound. I'm just hoping the Huskers will get the same treatment.

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^gotcha. I was the same way with Black Flag's Damaged, but I have never been able to find a "deluxe" edition so i went ahead and bought the "regular" version. My dad's old copy of the SST's original version is weird, it has some random EP from later in their carreer on the disk as well. Odd.

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"Once you go black, you never go back."
--Thomas Jefferson

Yeah, I know what you mean. I still haven't upgraded my Black Flag collection either for the same reason. I think I remember that Damaged CD - it had the Six Pack and/or Louie Louie singles as bonus tracks. I figure, the vinyl's great (and I've actually burned a lot of it to CD anyway, for convenience sake), so I don't need the CD unless they do something fantastic to it.

I do miss Sides One and Two of Zen Arcade though.. I'll probably find that record in my collection when I'm 80 years old and have nothing better to do than search through all my album sleeves.

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Dance me this

I've never heard this album, but after what you said I'm getting curious. what's it like? All I know is it's a concept album and one song is a fourteen minute instrumental...that makes me very nervous...

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"Once you go black, you never go back."
--Thomas Jefferson

Don't get too sucked in by the hype - it's not THAT great. If you want GREAT, get The Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime, also released on SST in the same year. Zen Arcade is quite good though. It's loud, raucous, furious, and extremely melodic somehow through all the din. The concept is pretty vague, but the songs deal a lot with troubled youths and problems at home. There are a few filler experimental tracks which are fun but insubstantial, and the 14 minute instrumental jam is actually pretty ok. But the true value of the album lies in its individual moments of absolute greatness. "I Will Never Forget You", "Turn on the News", and "Pride", among a few others, are intensely amazing songs that give me chills.

One problem I've always had with Husker Du is the way their music is presented. You usually just end up hearing a bunch of loud fuzz for the guitars, the bass and vocals are buried, and the drums are crisp and right up front. It's almost hard to find the melodies behind the noise, but once you do, watch out. They came a bit closer to clarity on their later albums, but with those they also lost a lot of power. The best balance of power and clarity came with what I consider their best album, Flip Your Wig, also their last for SST before they went to Warner Brothers.

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Yeah I've got that one. My father told me when it first came out, there was a rumor that that album was supposed to be a single but the Minutemen made it a double to compete with Husker Du.

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"Once you go black, you never go back."
--Thomas Jefferson

I know it's getting like a scratched record, but where the hell is Dance Me This? Since I've been on this forum I don't recall any reasons being mentioned as to why it hasn't been released. Is there something I've missed, does anyone have any idea why it hasn't been released?

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

nope. gail has been very quiet about dance me this.

apart from this old answer in the FAQ-section, which must be four or five years old now...

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"bit of nostalgia for the old folks."

Neil Young - Time Fades Away (never released on CD, album between Harvest & Tonight's The Night, apparently Neil hates it and refuses to re-release it)

a re-release for currently unavailbale Lick My Decals Off Baby by Captain Beefheart.

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''minimart - it's basically a scaled-down supermarket, fits inside a petrol station. sells pies, antifreeze..''

I have that sucker on CD, the Rhino version . That reminds me, we need the proper release of Bat Chain Puller. Too bad it's sitting in the Zappa vaults and isn't going to be put out anytime soon .

FZ: CPIII

Zoot Horn Rollo - I Saw A Bozo Under The Sea

All of Mike Keneally's albums

DVD-Audio surround remix of all Zappa's albums from the analog tapes

DVD-Audio vinyl rip of Rubens

also a rip of Grand Wazoo from a mint Australian pressing

(I used to demo Hi-fi with that one so I know it's got WAY more dynamics than the CD...which depresses me)

also wanna see more remastering as per Lather
(without the chintzy digital reverb)
where's Black Page 2 ?
would've preferred that to the 'Zeppelin jam'....

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"Wanna buy some pencils?...."

another example of ripoff cd pricing in OZ
(not to mention $43.95 for Money/Gravy)




Fred, is this the same graphics as the Rhino version?

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"Wanna buy some pencils?...."

arthur barrows two most recent releases

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As of this moment, date and time...

FZ - Dub Room Special
Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
Kush - Snow White & The Eight Straights (classic and criminally underrated/unknown Aussie jazz-rock from 1974 - probably appeal to some folks here)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 100 Days (or whatever it's called)
Bo Diddley - Chess Masters 1955-58 (finally, a decent compilation!)

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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."

Old Masters Box 2

The Sound & the Fury
ween - La Cucuracha (out Oct. 23)
Flaming Lips - Soft Bulliten and At War With the Mystics 5.1 surround DVDA.
Quadiofiliac and Halloween DVDAs
More albums to be released in 5.1 (now that I finally have a descent 5.1 system)

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"Ya like horses?"

More posthumous archival releases of Lenny Bruce and/or Bill Hicks.

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

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ZAPPA WAZOO!!!

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