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Zappa Family Trust re-released remastered early Zappa albums this year (twelve were released till last summer and there are some more re-released now):

01. Freak Out! (1966)

02. Absolutely Free (1967)

03. Lumpy Gravy (1968)

04. We're Only In It For The Money (1968)

05. Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (1968)

06. Uncle Meat (1969)

07. Hot Rats (1969)

08. Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970)

09. Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)

10. Chunga's Revenge (1970)

11. Fillmore East, June 1971 (1971)

12. Just Another Band From L.A. (1972)


I listened some of them and almost in all cases sound mix/quality is excellent!
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I'd really like to get into FZ more, so far I've heard bits of Freak Out! and Hot Rats. I was quite impressed.
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^ Now is the time. Everything is available (or soon will be available) and fairly cheaply.
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Well, I love him. He's an innovator, but I think sometimes, his songs are filled with too much moments. He's a proto-math rock, jazz-fusion, comedy rock icon. He's a lyrical and a musical icon.
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The Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar series is so friggin good. Though not strictly jazz-fusion, there is an element to it that I can't describe, but it's such a warm, calming experience, and I would put it up there with his other fusion albums like Sleep Dirt, Hot Rats, and Grand Wazoo. They're better enjoyed in their individual album formats, but all 3 are outstanding. I never appreciated the album before, but now I do, and I'm happy I do.


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OK, I'm going for my Top 10 Zappa albums, but in no particuler order (well the top ones aremore or less my top) 
 
 
(no live or bootleg, BTW.... juuuuusssst studio stuff)  
 
Hot Rats
Jaka Jawaka
Grand Wazoo
Sleep Dirt (instrumental vinyl version)
Sleep Dirt (Cd version with vocals)
Läther
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
One Size Fits All
Chunga's Revenge
 
 
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones....

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^ Haveyou picked up any of the 2012 reissues? Many have been sourced from original analog (Sleep Dirt is the original instrumental vinyl version, but on CD).
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I've always liked "One Size Fits All", that one has a lot of Funkadelic and EW&F to it. Johnny Guitar Watson is a genius.
I also like "Lumpy Gravy". A lot of the guitar work on that one is actually Tommy Tedesco.


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Originally posted by darkshade darkshade wrote:

^ Haveyou picked up any of the 2012 reissues? Many have been sourced from original analog (Sleep Dirt is the original instrumental vinyl version, but on CD).
I'll definitely be on the lookout for the Sleep Dirt '12 CD reissue, then!! Thanks a lot!! ClapWink
 
(My vinyl is long left/disppeared in Canada, but I still have it taped upon an old XLII-S tape)
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones....

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Originally posted by js js wrote:

I've always liked "One Size Fits All", that one has a lot of Funkadelic and EW&F to it. Johnny Guitar Watson is a genius.
I've only got two words for OSFA:
 
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Edited by Sean Trane - 07 Mar 2013 at 8:06am
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones....

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