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The price of meat has just gone up.........

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Originally posted by Nemesio
It's a Sears Poncho.

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Originally posted by Varg
Yes, but he recorder a lot of material which is sitting in the vaults at the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, waiting to be miced and mastered.
The Yellow Shark was the first posthumous release, I believe.
Was that any good?

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Originally posted by hopscotch
Was that any good?
I only heard bits of it on a documentary, never bought it. But it was the documentary which mentioned how much stuff he had already recorded.
Actually, I've just checked and it was released shortly before he died.

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Originally posted by royalchicken
The price of meat has just gone up.........
...and your old lady has just gone down."

I got the Strictly Commercial Best of Frank Zappa a while back and was, frankly gobsmacked. Since then, I have been meaning to get hold of more, but have so far only got Apostrophe.
So, what do you think I should get next? Much to choose from I know, but just some suggestions of some of the 'best of the best' albums would be good.

Cheers.

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Originally posted by hopscotch
See XanthosNZ's profile for further information on package deals.
I've had some very non-savory inquiries since I changed my profile to that. Thanks hopscotch.

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Originally posted by Varg
I only heard bits of it on a documentary, never bought it. But it was the documentary which mentioned how much stuff he had already recorded.
Actually, I've just checked and it was released shortly before he died.
Am I the only one who tends to get a little glazed over the ears whenever I hear that someone has found some new material by a dead artist and they sloppily put together a remastered cd for the desperate consumer? I've never heard anything that has been released posthumously that was nearly as good as the stuff the artist though fit to release while he/she was alive.
Anyone disagree?

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Originally posted by jimmyb270
...and your old lady has just gone down."

I got the Strictly Commercial Best of Frank Zappa a while back and was, frankly gobsmacked. Since then, I have been meaning to get hold of more, but have so far only got Apostrophe.
So, what do you think I should get next? Much to choose from I know, but just some suggestions of some of the 'best of the best' albums would be good.

Cheers.
You're going to get a bunch of titles from these guys telling you to buy this and buy that.

Before I give you any advice, tell us which songs on Strictly Commercial you thought were a cut above.

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Originally posted by hopscotch
Am I the only one who tends to get a little glazed over the ears whenever I hear that someone has found some new material by a dead artist and they sloppily put together a remastered cd for the desperate consumer? I've never heard anything that has been released posthumously that was nearly as good as the stuff the artist though fit to release while he/she was alive.
Anyone disagree?
I tend to agree.
However, FZ knew he was dying for quite a time, and already had lots of stuff recorded.
He was trying to get it into such a form that his engineer could put it together quite easily after his death.
As far as I know, the reason this hasn't happened is that the Zappa Family Trust (i.e. his wife) are not too keen on the idea. Or something.

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In November, I shall be going to see Dweezil, Ahmet and band perform only their dad's work at the National Theatre in London. I am tremblin gwith both fear and anticipation, it could be so very wrong, but it might just work... I shall report back later in the year.

'Sometimes there just isn't a chord ugly enough to say what you want, so instead, you have to use a giraffe filled with whipped cream.' - FZ

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Originally posted by hopscotch
You're going to get a bunch of titles from these guys telling you to buy this and buy that.

Before I give you any advice, tell us which songs on Strictly Commercial you thought were a cut above.
Hmm, a hard pick I'd have to say. I'm The Slime and Trouble Every Day were fantastic for the truth of their lyrics. Bobby Brown, Disco Boy and Don't Eat The Yellow Snow for the silliness of their lyrics. Muffin Man for the guitar solo.
Forgot to mention that I have The Lost Episodes too. That's quite different, still good - but not so much.

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Originally posted by jimmyb270
Hmm, a hard pick I'd have to say. [b]I'm The Slime and Trouble Every Day were fantastic for the truth of their lyrics. Bobby Brown, Disco Boy and Don't Eat The Yellow Snow for the silliness of their lyrics. Muffin Man for the guitar solo.
Forgot to mention that I have The Lost Episodes too. That's quite different, still good - but not so much.[/b]
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Just get on the buss.
Hey I'll buy you a pizza!

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One of my friends informed me last night that Zappa's sons, Dweezil and t'other one are going to be playing a concert of Zappa music at the Royal Albert Hall in London on (I think) November 2nd, complete with full orchestra. I'm not a big fan of his records apart from One Size Fits All, but I think the music will be much better live. I went to the Prom when they played some Zappa from The Yellow Shark, that was very good.

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