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BBP
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Still need to get the vinyl somehow... getiing it under E 20 seems to be impossible. I rarely listen to the CD, apart from Cheap Thrills I couldn't
bear to listen to the cymbals.
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punknaynowned
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Somebody gave me a vinyl copy this spring. The cover a bit bowed, the spine cracked and worn thru but the record plays good.
But I listen to the re-done version. Go figure!
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scallopino
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WHAT? 
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Jakeobs
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Of the 28 FZ albums I've listened to so far, this is the only one that I can honestly say I did NOT like. An entire album of doo wop songs just isn't
my thing. However, I do like all the doo wop songs on the other FZ albums though (even the songs that are also on Ruben). Go figure.
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Batchain
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Here's yet, still, even another reason I have to say, "Thank You, Frank!": Without Ruben I'd probably never have heard Doo-Wop in my life
and, least of all, the way FZ did it.
But of all the FZ vinyl I have Ruben took the worst punishment and is barely playable. Shit! Even other vinyls I bought at that time remain
within the listenability line (Uncle Meat, Burnt Weenie Sandwich, 200 Motels, June '71 Filmore East) but Ruben somehow suffered the
worst ravages of time and really sounds like shit, nearly unplayable.
But the worst thing is the '80s overdubbed version that completely destroys all the subtlety and original dynamics of Ruben. That's just
sloppy crap and I can't imagine FZ giving it his "OK" except that it was legally out of his hands once he signed the original Ryko deal.
And it sounds like shit! I still want an original Ruben And The Jets even if it's in digital format but faithful to the analog recording.
Otherwise it's just doo-slop. Yuck!
--Bat 
[Edited on 22-8-08 by Batchain]
[Edited on 22-8-08 by Batchain]
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BBP
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I'm still looking for a proper record... but I'll get it digital as soon as I can! I never listened much to my Zappa vinyls. I taped Sheik Yerbouti
which I did play many times.
If I get one Bat, you can have a copy on me.
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punknaynowned
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I am working on that vinyl to digital transfer
one copy for Massachusetts, one to Holland?
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BBP
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You could upload it and link to us...
or with http://www.toldacuccot.hu/en you can send huge e-mails to people!
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scallopino
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| Quote: | Originally posted by punknaynowned
I am working on that vinyl to digital transfer
one copy for Massachusetts, one to Holland? |
And one to Mel Bourne of Melbourne, Australia.
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punknaynowned
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I am SO 20th century!
I had sugarplum visions of mixtapes handwound by a #2, 3cm pencil, packaged in foil and garish ribbon, hand-delivered by a muleteer, driving a mule
eating only wheatgrass extract drawn thru a special distiller, but sanctioned by Barack Obama for the new world-reduction of earth-borne gases . .
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but delivered in time for xmas, of course.
Melbourne?
Of course.
I let ya know when I get it to flac
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scallopino
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 I do appreciate it! Perhaps you should consider some kind of sea-going
vessel, propelled only by the winds and a sense of wonder, because the mule and the muleteer might not handle the salt.
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