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^^^^^ Cheers lads, very interesting..... ^^^^^

What! No inflatable hammer & sickle, no polar-fleece beret with a tiny red star?

Just 2 cds in a jewel case like, those of us of a certain age call, the good old days.....

I'm in, but not from the Zappa web site, their freight is extortionate.....

And they've stopped updating the official discography page, which is now woefully out of date.....

Maybe their super administrator is on leave.....

wow, that makes no sense.....

Around 24 Months ago I per-ordered a pocket knife from the US,
as per usual they insisted on being paid up front, which is pretty
standard in the US knife community.....

Thankfully when I ordered the exchange rate was a lot more favorable than it is today,
at todays rate the purchase would be totally out of the question.....

The cheeky pricks included a wee note acknowledging that this was probably the deal of the century,
as their costs had sky rocketed due to Covid China and Biden, but a deal is a deal.....

^

Quote: Originally posted by ursinator2.0

A Chat With Joe Travers, Zappa Vaultmeister and Record Collector

X-mas is approaching

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Release date: December 16, 2022
A comprehensive 4-CD + Blu-ray Audio box set celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Mothers Of Invention/Hot Rats/Grand Wazoo experience from 1972. During the aftermath of being pushed off the stage at the Rainbow Theatre in London, England; FZ found himself recuperating for months in his home in Laurel Canyon. Although he was confined to a wheelchair, his work ethic could not be tamed. During this time, he managed, among other things, to assemble an ensemble that quenched his thirst and desire to work with a large “Electric Orchestra.” Ultimately, a 20-piece group was contracted, along with recording sessions and an 8-city tour. Shortly thereafter, a scaled down 10-piece configuration, now known as the “Petit Wazoo” toured for almost two months. After all was said and done, FZ finished the experiment with two albums in the can, Waka/Jawaka & The Grand Wazoo, plus two tours and an archive of show masters in his Vault. It was a monumental feat for a guy with a cast on his leg and a conductor’s baton in his hand. The Waka/Wazoo box set features a complete historical run-down of the entire project, featuring alternate takes of almost every composition recorded during the album sessions, along with Vault mix session outtakes and oddities. Also included is the full final show of the 10-piece tour, recorded at the famous Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco on December 15, 1972. The Blu-ray Audio disc features both albums with brand-new, first-time-ever Atmos and 5.1 mixes from the original multi-tracks and the 96kHz 24-bit high-resolution stereo remasters. Finally, during the album recording sessions at Paramount Studios, FZ worked with George Duke on some of Duke’s solo material. These demos were produced by Zappa, who also played guitar. Although George would go on to re-record the compositions for his own albums, the versions with FZ have never been officially issued until now.

TRACKLISTING

CD 1

Paramount Studios Recording Session Alternates and Outtakes

1. Your Mouth (Take 1)

2. Big Swifty (Alternate Take)

3. Minimal Art (Eat That Question – Version 1, Take 2)

4. Blessed Relief (Outtake Version)

5. Think It Over (The Grand Wazoo) (Outtake Version)

6. For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) (Outtake Version)

7. Waka/Jawaka (Outtake Version)

CD 2

Paramount Studios Recording Session Alternates and

Outtakes, continued

1. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus (Alternate Take)

2. Eat That Question (Version 2, Alternate Take)

3. Big Swifty (Alternate Mix)

4. For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers)

(Alternate Mix)

5. It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal (Alternate Mix)

6. Waka/Jawaka (Alternate Mix)

7. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus (Alternate Mix)

8. Eat That Question (Alternate Mix)

CD 3

George Duke Demos – The Master Versions

1. For Love (I Come Your Friend)

2. Psychosomatic Dung

3. Uncle Remus (Instrumental)

4. Love

George Duke Session Outtakes

5. For Love (I Come Your Friend) (Basic Track, Take 1)

6. Psychosomatic Dung (Basic Track, Take 2)

7. Love (Basic Track, Take 1)

The Grand Wazoo – Live

8. Approximate (Live – FZ Record Plant Mix)

10-Piece/Petite Wazoo – Live / Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA – 12-15-1972

9. Winterland ’72 Opening And Band Introductions

10. Little Dots

CD 4

10-Piece/Petite Wazoo – Live, continued

Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA – 12-15-1972

1. America Drinks

2. Montana

3. Farther O’Blivion

4. Cosmik Debris

5. Chunga’s Revenge

BLU-RAY AUDIO

48kHz 24-bit Dolby Atmos, 48kHz 24-bit Dolby TrueHD

5.1, 96kHz 24-bit PCM Stereo

WAKA/JAWAKA

1. Big Swifty

2. Your Mouth

3. It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal

4. Waka / Jawaka

THE GRAND WAZOO

1. The Grand Wazoo

2. For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers)

3. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus

4. Eat That Question

5. Blessed Relief


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New release in december.
Release date: December 16, 2022
A comprehensive 4-CD + Blu-ray Audio box set celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Mothers Of Invention/Hot Rats/Grand Wazoo experience from 1972. During the aftermath of being pushed off the stage at the Rainbow Theatre in London, England; FZ found himself recuperating for months in his home in Laurel Canyon. Although he was confined to a wheelchair, his work ethic could not be tamed. During this time, he managed, among other things, to assemble an ensemble that quenched his thirst and desire to work with a large “Electric Orchestra.” Ultimately, a 20-piece group was contracted, along with recording sessions and an 8-city tour. Shortly thereafter, a scaled down 10-piece configuration, now known as the “Petit Wazoo” toured for almost two months. After all was said and done, FZ finished the experiment with two albums in the can, Waka/Jawaka & The Grand Wazoo, plus two tours and an archive of show masters in his Vault. It was a monumental feat for a guy with a cast on his leg and a conductor’s baton in his hand. The Waka/Wazoo box set features a complete historical run-down of the entire project, featuring alternate takes of almost every composition recorded during the album sessions, along with Vault mix session outtakes and oddities. Also included is the full final show of the 10-piece tour, recorded at the famous Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco on December 15, 1972. The Blu-ray Audio disc features both albums with brand-new, first-time-ever Atmos and 5.1 mixes from the original multi-tracks and the 96kHz 24-bit high-resolution stereo remasters. Finally, during the album recording sessions at Paramount Studios, FZ worked with George Duke on some of Duke’s solo material. These demos were produced by Zappa, who also played guitar. Although George would go on to re-record the compositions for his own albums, the versions with FZ have never been officially issued until now.

When the time comes, the currency exchange rate will play a role in this purchase.....

Quote: Originally posted by ursinator2.0

Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus (Alternate Take)

Absofrankinglutely, last Sunday we concluded our Queen Elizabeth II memorial weekend Zappadan (extended by royal degree)
Wall to wall FZ for a marvelous 29 days 10 hours and 37 minutes or thereabouts.....

The little woman has been spending some quality time amongst the music,
compiling playlists of non FZ albums that used to tickle her fancy, so far so good,
although 10cc almost got the big veto.....
Some of those albums trigger some unhappy clearacil spattered memories that I'd rather forget,
including the little b@#%h from hell.....Just when you think you're out, she drags you back in.....
Dark days indeed, tunes that can suck the easily distracted mind right back to some loud poorly lit
smoke filled red walled sticky carpeted lounge bar, where all hell's about to break loose.....I'm Mandy fly meeeee.....
Crash Bang Wallop adrenaline rush or panic attack, what's it going to be.....

No thanks.....

Waka/Wazoo Deluxe 4CD + Blu-Ray Audio

Ships 21 December 2022

According to the Zappa Store, it is already sold out.

Someone sent a flac copy to me, so if anyone feels left out, let me know.

https://store.zappa.com/products/waka-wazoo-deluxe-4cd-blu-ray-audio

Quote: Originally posted by BBP

Sounds like an amazing output - let me know what you think!

This is from the amazing Idiot Bastard Son site . http://www.idiotbastard.com/

Talk of a Hammersmith 82 release with new bass overdubs by Scott Thunes .
Also a post Hot Rats set with Don "Sugarcane"Harris .
You heared it here second!

Zappa 80 - Mudd Club/Munich

Someone sent an unsolicited flac copy to me this morning, one day prior to its official release.

New official release #128: 3CD set out on June 21st, 2024

Setlist
First preview available on April 19

Nice, early Mothers is my favourite Mothers

More precise info on the new release (The way I see it, this should be a very dynamite show):

FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION TAKE THE SUNSET STRIP BY STORM ON LATEST VAULT TREASURE, WHISKY A GO GO, 1968


19th April 2024 0 By John Deaux

The hand-scrawled ad in the L.A. Free Press — an open invitation to Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention’s all-night affair at one of their favorite venues, L.A.’s historic Whisky a Go Go — laid things out in black and white as to what Zappa and the band’s intentions were for that soon-to-be historic evening. It read: “The Mothers of Invention cordially invite you to join them on Tuesday, July 23, 1968 when they will be taking over the Whisky a Go Go for 5 full hours of unprecedented merriment, which will be secretly recorded for an upcoming record album. Dress optional. Starting sometime in the evening. R.S.V.D.T.”

The show was billed on the Whisky marquee as “Mothers Of Invention – Recording Session,” and thus, Zappa had indeed recorded the entire evening’s aural festivities with the intention of releasing an album. That project never quite fully materialized — until now. Whisky a Go Go, 1968, the latest provocative live collection to be released from The Vault, will be released June 21 via Zappa Records/UMe. Produced by Ahmet Zappa and Joe Travers, this extensive collection, some 55-plus years in the making, compiles everything The Mothers of Invention played across their three sets that night, complete and newly remixed in 2023 from hi-res 24-bit/96kHz digital transfers of the original 1” 8-track analog tapes by Craig Parker Adams at Winslow CT Studios. A Super Deluxe Edition box set will be released on both 5LP 180-gram black vinyl or 3CD, and feature a booklet with many unseen photos from the night’s events, along with copious liner notes by Vaultmeister Joe Travers, an essay by Pamela Des Barres of the Zappa-signed group The GTO’s who played that evening, and an interview by Ahmet Zappa with the legendary Alice Cooper, whose own band made a most momentous splash at the Whisky that night as one of the featured acts.

Beginning today, fans can hear a previously unreleased version of “The Duke,” which at the time of the Whisky ’68 recording was a brand new composition. In characteristic fashion Zappa took advantage of the opportunity and treated the evening like a “Recording Session” as stated on the marquee the night of the event, and played “The Duke” in full twice. Both takes are included in this comprehensive release.

Listen to “The Duke – Take 2”and pre-order Whisky a Go Go, 1968 here: https://frankzappa.lnk.to/WhiskyAGoGo1968PR

The 5LP collection contains nine sides of music all told, while the 10th side features a silkscreen printed image, and will also include an extra special bonus — a custom turntable mat. In addition to the 5LP set, a 2LP Highlights edition will also be available, spotlighting highlights from all three sets. All vinyl was cut from a hi-res digital file by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering in 2023 and is being pressed at Optimal: Media in Germany on BioVinyl, a new environment-friendly formulation and sustainable product made from bio-based PVC (polyvinyl chloride). The petroleum previously required for PVC production is replaced by recycling used cooking oil or industrial waste gases. Through the use of renewable energies and recycled raw materials, CO2 emissions are significantly reduced. More information about BioVinyl is available here: https://www.optimal-media.com/en/news/biovinyl/

Finally, a standalone, complete digital edition of Whisky a Go Go 1968 will be made available on all major hi-res streaming services.

Early on during the Whisky proceedings — right after the quite gnarly eight-minute “Tiny Sick Tears Jam” — Zappa told the eclectic gathering of freaks and hippie-cum-hipster music geeks alike, “The purpose of this evening is supposedly to make some recordings of The Mothers live, in person.” Zappa’s core intention of live invention that night was to capture an entire Mothers performance on multi-track tape. The only other time this had occurred was two months earlier at the Miami Pop Festival on May 18, 1968, when Eddie Kramer had documented The Mothers’ set on 1” 8-track tape. For the Whisky engagement, Zappa had hired the Wally Heider remote truck, which itself had been outfitted with a 1” 8-track recorder that would be helmed by recording engineer Dick Kunc.

The choice of venue was no accident either. The Whisky had been very good to The Mothers over their formative years, and this showcase event was a way to give back to the place where manager Herb Cohen had persuaded producer Tom Wilson to witness Zappa and The Mothers perform in late 1965. That ultimately resulted in the band securing a record contract with MGM, not to mention planting the seeds of the fruitful relationship that developed between Zappa and Wilson. By the time The Mothers came back to the Whisky in July 1968, they had quite well established themselves as leaders of the underground.

Led by Zappa on guitar and vocals, The Mothers’ formidable lineup for this extravaganza included Ray Collins (vocals, percussion), Ian Underwood (alto sax), Bunk Gardner (tenor sax, flute), Don Preston (keyboards, gong), Motorhead Sherwood (baritone sax, percussion), Roy Estrada (bass, vocals), Art Tripp (drum set, percussion), and Jimmy Carl Black (drum set, percussion).

Along with the three individual sets The Mothers played that night, there were also performances by Alice Cooper, Wild Man Fischer, The GTO’s, and a still-mysterious guitar player from New Jersey named Joe Piresanti. The ensuing mayhem during these performances — “from time to time, there’ll be interesting events taking place here in the arena, to keep you occupied,” as Zappa put it — was duly captured on film as well. Vito, Szou, Carl and The Freaks writhed and contorted themselves in an orgy-like state on the floor in front of the stage, while The GTO’s danced, twirled, and screamed along for the entire evening, hands down the most raucous and most verbally reassuring cheerleading section in the house. Besides all their gyrating, whooping, and hollering, The GTO’s also performed a pair of carefully hand-selected numbers onstage during “King Kong – Part 2.” Other notable scenesters in attendance that evening were The BTO’s, Kim Fowley (whom, at FZ’s insistence, joins in vocally early on in the set, a la his accompaniment on Freak Out!), The Turtles, John Mayall, Elliot Ingber (a former Mother now part of The Fraternity Of Man), and members of The Rolling Stones.

What attendees and participants alike witnessed that night at the Whisky — keeping in mind that some audience members had to be swapped in and out from set to set, since people were lined up around the block to get in (Thank you teenagers, one and all). Linchpin songs like “Memories of El Monte” and “Help, I’m A Rock” were there, and well known from the beginning days of The Mothers’ L.A. gigs. Improvisation was critical — “Just start playing something nice, in G minor. Make it up,” Zappa implores before The Mothers dive into “Improvisation: Episode II” — plus, there were doo-wop chops for days (“Valerie,” the soaring falsetto from Roy Estrada in “Oh, In The Sky”). As for Zappa himself, not only did he commence the first set by utilizing his trademark hand signals to direct the band in real time, he also got to deploy his then newly acquired Les Paul Gold Top guitar before the Bigsby tailpiece and other experimental modifications on the instrument had been implemented.

For his part, Alice Cooper remains thankful to this day for not only what Zappa saw in his fledgling group, but for giving them a cherished slot on that fateful Whisky night. “Nobody would touch us except Frank. He was the only one that even gave us the time of day,” as Cooper related to Ahmet Zappa in the liners. “He saw something specific in us that was pretty insane. All the record companies wanted the next Buffalo Springfield, and we were not that.” No, they were decidedly not that — and Alice Cooper collectively lit the Whisky ablaze with an incendiary performance of their own that set the table for a career that’s still in full swing.

“It truly was a night of nights,” as Travers oh-so-succinctly put it in the liners. “The Mothers performance wasn’t perfect, but very good. Frank was in good spirits, the band played well, and the sequence of songs did capture the group’s live repertoire of the time.” The Mothers were already poised for greater pastures and pastimes ahead by virtue of the music they would soon enough be creating for their next studio album, one that would arrive before the tail end of 1968 — the doo-wop-inspired concept piece, Cruising With Ruben & The Jets. But for five glorious hours on a hot mid-1968 summer night in L.A., the Whisky a Go Go was the most happening place to be. To best absorb the contents of Whisky a Go Go 1968, we should all follow the advice given by GTO’s royalty Miss Pamela Des Barres, who implores us to “listen to all of this album in its entirety and try to envision the Whisky a Go Go that long ago night. It happened in a space and time that will never come again, so buckle up, baby, close your eyes, let your imagination soar, and set your freak free.”

Tracklists

3CD – SUPER DELUXE

CD 1

1. Whisky Improvisation: Episode I

2. America Drinks & Goes Home

3. Help, I’m A Rock / Transylvania Boogie

4. My Boyfriend’s Back

5. Bust His Head

6. Tiny Sick Tears Jam

7. “The Purpose Of This Evening…”

8. Whisky Improvisation: Episode II

9. Status Back Baby

10. Memories Of El Monte

11. Oh, In The Sky

12. Valerie

CD 2

1. “Fun & Merriment”

2. Hungry Freaks, Daddy

3. King Kong – Part 1

4. King Kong – Part 2

5. Octandre

6. Whisky Improvisation: Episode III

7. Meow

8. God Bless America

9. Presentation Of Wings

10. Plastic People

11. Della’s Preamble

12. The Duke – Take 1

13. The Duke – Take 2

14. Khaki Sack

CD 3

1. The Whip

2. Whisky Chouflée

3. Brown Shoes Don’t Make It

4. Brown Shoes Shuffle

Bonus Vintage Mixes

5. The Whip (FZ Mix)

6. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (FZ Mono Mix)



5LP – SUPER DELUXE

Side 1

1. Whisky Improvisation: Episode I

2. America Drinks & Goes Home

3. Help, I’m A Rock / Transylvania Boogie

Side 2

1. My Boyfriend’s Back

2. Bust His Head

3. Tiny Sick Tears Jam

4. “The Purpose Of This Evening…”

5. Whisky Improvisation: Episode II (Part 1)

Side 3

1. Whisky Improvisation: Episode II (Part 2)

2. Status Back Baby

3. Memories Of El Monte

4. Oh, In The Sky

5. Valerie

Side 4

1. “Fun & Merriment”

2. Hungry Freaks, Daddy

3. King Kong – Part 1

Side 5

1. King Kong – Part 2

2. Octandre

3. Whisky Improvisation: Episode III

4. Meow

5. God Bless America

6. Presentation Of Wings

7. Plastic People

Side 6

1. Della’s Preamble

2. The Duke – Take 1

3. The Duke – Take 2

4. Khaki Sack

Side 7

1. The Whip

2. Whisky Chouflée

Side 8

1. Brown Shoes Don’t Make It

2. Brown Shoes Shuffle

Side 9 – Bonus Vintage Mixes

1. The Whip (FZ Mix)

2. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (FZ Mono Mix)

Side 10

No Music – “Mothers” Silkscreen Image

​

2LP – WHISKY A GO GO 1968 HIGHLIGHTS

Side 1

1. Help, I’m A Rock / Transylvania Boogie

2. My Boyfriend’s Back

3. Bust His Head

4. Tiny Sick Tears Jam

​

Side 2

1. “Fun & Merriment”

2. Hungry Freaks, Daddy

3. King Kong

​

Side 3

1. “The Purpose Of This Evening…”

2. The Duke – Take 2

3. Khaki Sack

​

Side 4

1. The Whip (FZ Mix)

2. Brown Shoes Don’t Make It

Frank Zappa - Whisky a Go Go Series (Episode 1: That One Night in 1968) 2:44 feat. Joe Travers and Pamela des Barres

America Drinks & Goes Home (Live At Whisky a Go Go/1968)

Frank Zappa - Whisky a Go Go Series (Episode 2: The Vault Film)

Hungry Freaks, Daddy (FZ Mono Mix) (Live At Whisky a Go Go/1968)

Next video is announced to premiere in two days:

Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968 (Vault Footage)

Video and album are out now, i already found the album yesterday on my favourite stealmusicsite and gave it a first listen. The audioquality is not perfect (not entirely free from distortion here and there) but in general surprisingly enjoyable, i am sure fans will like it.
I'm actually no massive fan of original mothers live programs (for often being a little bit lengthy and noodlish) but really liked this for most part. Imho it can be highly recommended.
The video consists of the silent super8 footage that the vaultmeister mentionend in a former video, of course synced with the audio from the event. It works quite good as a free sample for for what to expect from buying the entire album.

last video out to promote the whisky a go go disc set: Frank Zappa - Whisky a Go Go Series (Episode 4: Their First Show at The Whisky)

and but also: Apostrophe multi disc sets announced (though not to be found on the official website yet):
facebook link
Due on September 13, 2024:
5CD + 1 Blu-Ray box set and 2LP + 1 single

Disc 1 – Original 1974 Album – 2024 Remaster

01. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow
02. Nanook Rubs It
03. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast
04. Father O’Blivion
05. Cosmik Debris
06. Excentrifugal Forz
07. Apostrophe
08. Uncle Remus
09. Stink-Foot
Remastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2024
Source: Original 1/4” 1974 2-track Dolby-encoded analog master tape
192K24B WAV transfer by Joe Travers, 2023

Album Session Bonus Tracks

10. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow (Basic Tracks/Alternate Take)
11. Nanook Rubs It (Basic Tracks/Outtake)
12. Nanook Rubs It (Session Outtake)
13. Cosmik Debris (Basic Tracks – Take 3)
14. Excentrifugal Forz (Mix Outtake)
15. Apostrophe (Mix Outtake)
16. Uncle Remus (Mix Outtake)
17. Apostrophe (Unedited Master/2024 Mix)
18. Uncle Remus (Piano and Vocal Mix 2024)

Disc 2 – Bonus Concert #1 Colorado Springs, Colorado – 21 March, 1974

01. Show start/Band Intros
02. Village Of The Sun
03. Echidna’s Arf (Of You)
04. Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?
05. Babbette
06. Approximate
07. Cosmik Debris
08. Pygmy Twylyte
09. The Idiot Bastard Son
10. Cheepnis
11. Montana
12. Dupree’s Paradise Intro

Disc 3 – Colorado Springs, Colorado – 21 March, 1974 Continued…

01. Dupree’s Paradise
02. Is There Anything Good Inside Of You?
03. Florentine Pogen
04. Kung Fu
05. Penguin In Bondage
06. T’Mershi Duween
07. The Dog Breath Variations
08. Uncle Meat
09. RDNZL
10. Medley: King Kong/Chunga’s Revenge/Son Of Mr. Green Genes

Disc 4 – Early 1974 Bonus Live Track + Bonus Concert #2 – Dayton, Ohio, Hara Arena 20 November, 1974

01. Inca Roads – Salt Lake City, Utah – 3-18-74 – Terrace Ballroom
02. Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme)
03. Stink-Foot
04. RDNZL
05. Village Of The Sun
06. Echidna’s Arf (Of You)
07. Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing?
08.Penguin In Bondage
09. T’Mershi Duween
10. The Dog Breath Variations
11. Uncle Meat
12. Building A Girl

Disc 5 – Dayton, OH continued

01. Dinah-Moe Humm
02. Camarillo Brillo
03. Pygmy Twylyte
04. Room Service
05. Tush Tush Tush (End Vamp)
06. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow
07. Nanook Rubs It
08. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast
09. Father O’Blivion

+ more Bonus Swill

10. Apostrophe TV Ad
11. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow- Single Edit
12. Goteborg GTR
13. Approximate
14. …the poodle bites…

BLU-RAY AUDIO: Apostrophe (‘) – The Album

Dolby Atmos* / Dolby TrueHD 5.1* / Dolby TrueHD 1974 Quadraphonic / 192K24B Stereo / 96K24B Stereo

1. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow
2. Nanook Rubs It
3. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast
4. Father O’Blivion
5. Cosmik Debris
6. Excentrifugal Forz
7. Apostrophe
8. Uncle Remus
9. Stink-Foot

2-LP + 7-inch expanded “Yellow Snow” color vinyl version featuring the original album newly remastered by Bernie Grundman, session outtakes from the Vault, highlights of the bonus tracks and a “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” single reissue.

LP1 – Side One

Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow
Nanook Rubs It
St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast
Father O’Blivion
Cosmik Debris

LP1 – Side Two

Excentrifugal Forz
Apostrophe
Uncle Remus
Stink-Foot

LP2 – Side Three

Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow (Basic Tracks/Alternate Take)
Nanook Rubs It (Session Outtake)
Excentrifugal Forz (Mix Outtake)
Apostrophe’ (Unedited Master/2024 Mix)
Uncle Remus (Piano and Vocal Mix 2024)
…the poodle bites…

LP2 – Side Four

Cosmik Debris (Live in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 3-21-74)
Approximate – Bale (Live in Basel, Switzerland, 10-1-74)
Goteborg Gtr (Live in Gothenburg, Sweden, 9-25-74)
Apostrophe TV Ad

Wow! I am going to need a lot of Yellow Snow Cones for that tour deforce...

facebook finding (obviously time has come to finally afford a blue ray player):
Next official release due on March 28, 2025
The Discreet TV special/Premore shoot, filmed and recorded on June 21, 1974, in three versions:
– The “Super Deluxe” version which will contain the concert in Blu-ray video (Dolby Atmos), as well as on two CDs, three LPs + a booklet with unpublished photos;
– The three LP version + a booklet with unpublished photos;
– The two CD + Blu-ray version will contain the concert in Blu-ray video (Dolby Atmos) and on two CDs + a booklet with unpublished photos.
Tracklist:
1. Intro / Cheepnis - Percussion / “Cheaper Than Cheep”
2. Cosmik Debris
3. Band Introductions
4. RDNZL
5. Village Of The Sun
6. Montana
7. Duke Goes Out
8. A Visit To The Art Studio
9. Inca Roads
10. « Get Down Simmons »
11. Penguin In Bondage
12. T’Mershi Duween
13. The Dog Breath Variations
14. Uncle Meat
15. How Could I Be Such A Fool
16. I’m Not Satisfied
17. Wowie Zowie
18. I Don’t Even Care
19. Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
20. Dupree’s Paradise Introduction
21. Dupree’s Paradise
22. Oh No
23. Son Of Orange County
24. More Trouble Every Day
25. Apostrophe’
26. Camarillo Brillo
27. Time Is Money (excerpt) (Bonus)
28. Echidna’s Arf (Of You) – Incomplete (Bonus)
29. Art Studio Outtakes (Bonus)

for those who manage to make this photo visible some way, it shows the one-size-fits-all band plus Jeff Simmons:
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Jesus, what release No# is this one........??

The next edition of the Big note will be a Whooper!

'Cheaper Than Cheep' Series: Episode 1 (The History with Joe Travers)

'Cheaper Than Cheep' Series: Episode 2 (Unboxing the Super Deluxe with Joe Travers)

Facebook finding: Some easy teenage Halloween release seems to wait in the pipeline:

Universal Music had kept the release of a 5CD box set of the Halloween 1978 concerts at the NYC Palladium under wraps.
Tracklist below, more info coming in the next few hours.
Disc 1: October 31st
1. Show Start
2. Ancient Armaments
3. "Happy Halloween Everybody"
4. Dancin' Fool
5. Easy Meat
6. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
7. Keep It Greasy
8. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
9. City Of Tiny Lites
10. Pound For A Brown
11. Thirteen
12. The Story Of Ms. X
13. Nancy
Disc 2: October 31st
1. Dinah-Moe Humm
2. Go Cry On Somebody's Else Shoulder
3. Little Rubber Girl
4. The Idiot Bastard Son
5. Bobby Brown Goes Down
6. Conehead
7. Suicide Chump
8. Little House I Used To Live In
9. Watermelon In Easter Hay
10. Stink-Foot
Disc 3: October 31st
1. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
2. Peaches En Regalia
3. Strictly Genteel
4. Sofa #2
5. Packard Goose
6. Magic Fingers
7. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
8. Nanook Rubs It
9. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
10. Father O'Blivion
11. Rollo
12. Camarillo Brillo
13 Muffin Man
14. Black Napkins/The Deathless Horsie
Disc 4: October 27, Show 1
1. Opening
2. Dancin' Fool
3. Easy Meat
4. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
5. Keep It Greasy
6. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
7. City Of Tiny Lites
8. Pound For A Brown
9. Bobby Brown Goes Down
10. Conehead
11. Dance Contest
Disc 5: October 27, Show 1
1. The Black Page #2
2. Dance Contest Aftermath
3. Little House I Used To Live In
4. Magic Fingers
5. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
6. Nanook Rubs It
7. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
8. Father O'Blivion
9. Rollo
10. "Let Me Explain This To You..."
11. Dinah-Moe Humm
12. Camarillo Brillo
13. Muffin Man
14. Peaches En Regalia
Frank Zappa – lead guitar, vocals
Denny Walley – slide guitar, vocals
Tommy Mars – keyboards, vocals
Peter Wolf – keyboards
Arthur Barrow – bass
Patrick O'Hearn – bass
Ed Mann – percussion
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
Special guests:
L. Shankar - violin
Warren Cuccurullo - narration (Ms. X)
Nancy (a girl from the audience)

meanwhile: Inside Zappa Halloween: Joe Travers' Deep Dive Into the Box Sets
and but also: Ancient Armaments (Live At The Palladium, NYC - 10/31/78)

Peaches En Regalia (Live At The Palladium, NYC - 10/31/78)
and but also: https://www.zappa.com/halloween-78-digital-booklet/#/

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Release date: March 20, 2026
The classic collaboration between Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart during May 1975 resulted in a flurry of new compositions, a tour, and eventually an album. Bongo Fury is made up of mostly live recordings from the Armadillo Headquarters in Austin, TX, along with a few studio recordings from The Record Plant in Los Angeles. The album is a memorable addition to the Zappa Catalog and the last to feature the band name “Mothers” before it was retired in 1976. This new 50th Anniversary Edition presents 5 CDs of material (roughly 80% unreleased) including studio outtakes and live tracks plus the two Armadillo concerts complete and remixed from the original 16-Track Masters. Also includes unseen photos and liner notes from band member, Denny Walley, plus Vaultmeister Joe Travers. Blu-Ray features new Dolby Atmos, 5.1 mixes, and high-resolution stereo audio with bonus surround experiences from Zappa’s Vault.

Disc 1: Bongo Fury - The Album + Bonus Fury
Debra Kadabra
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
200 Years Old
Cucamonga
Advance Romance
Man With The Woman Head
Muffin Man
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy (Long Version)
Man With The Woman Head (Isolated Vocal)
Muffin Man / A Little Green Rosetta (Alternate Take)
200 Years Old (Long Version)
Born To Suck (Vocal Session Snoop)
Born To Suck

Disc 2: Armadillo World Headquarters – Live in Austin, TX, 5/20/1975
5-20-75 Show Start
“Put A Shirt On Man”
Apostrophe’
Stink-Foot
I’m Not Satisfied
Debra Kadabra
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
The Velvet Sunrise
Pound For A Brown – Part I
Pound For A Brown – Part II
Sleeping In A Jar

Disc 3: Armadillo World Headquarters – Live in Austin, TX, 5/20/1975 cont’d
“Enjoy The Steambath”
The Torture Never Stops (Original Version)
Camarillo Brillo
Muffin Man
Advance Romance
Montana
Duke’s Things
Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
Echidna’s Arf (Of You) / Terry’s Solo
The Ampeg Mini-Moog Controller Guitar Experiment
Willie The Pimp

Disc 4: Armadillo World Headquarters – Live in Austin, TX, 5/21/1975
“Good Evening, Ladies And Gentlemen”
Apostrophe’
Stink-Foot
I’m Not Satisfied
Debra Kadabra
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
The Velvet Sunrise
Pound For A Brown – Part I
“We’ve Had A Bomb Threat”
Pound For A Brown – Part II

Disc 5: Armadillo World Headquarters – Live in Austin, TX, 5/21/1975 cont’d
Advance Romance
Florentine Pogen
Montana
Camarillo Brillo
Muffin Man
Willie The Pimp
Claremont Rehearsal
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
Portuguese Lunar Landing

Disc 6: BLU-RAY
(ATMOS, 5.1 surround + HRA 192k/24b & 96k/24b)
Debra Kadabra
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
200 Years Old
Cucamonga
Advance Romance
Man With The Woman Head
Muffin Man
The Torture Never Stops (Original Version)
Debra Kadabra (1993 UMRK 6-Channel Mix)
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (1993 UMRK 6-Channel Mix)