Zappa DVD on Ebay
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Topic: Zappa DVD on Ebay
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Subject: Zappa DVD on Ebay
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 12:01
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I'm just listening to/watching the DVD of Zappa's 1981 Halloween show. I noticed that the DVD is not listed in the archives, but it's really good! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6417466100&category=309&rd=1 - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=64174 66100&category=309&rd=1 Does anyone else know this DVD? I think it's much better than Does Humor belong in Music or Baby Snakes ... and it features a very young Steve Vai.
1981/10/31 early and late show compiled & edited by frank zappa frank zappa: guitar, vocals
bonus tracks (late show - from the "dub room special")
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Technically it's a bootleg, but it was filmed and recorded professionally and broadcast on U.S. TV.
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 12:03
I'm sorry, I'm quite ignorant when it comes to Frank Zappa. but tell me Mike, just how many CDs & DVDs do you have in your collection?... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 12:08
I have 506 cds ... that's counting double albums as 1. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 12:34
I'm sorry, but you've just re-inforced a dreadful stereotypical image we have of the Germans...that they would know exactly how many CDs they have..I bet they are in band order and release date order within each band too... sorry, forgive me, I'm just being naughty, but I still don't know much about Frank Zappa.. ..but I have had Vanden Plas & Eloy on this afternoon, with Everon to follow... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 13:03
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Have a look here: http://uneasy-listening.com/home/playlist/collection.html - http://uneasy-listening.com/home/playlist/collection.html It's just as you feared ... but the artist sorting is still wrong (Steve Vai filed under "S"), and many thumbnails are missing. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 13:27
| I don't think that it is an official release, but I could be wrong. I know there was a bootleg video(both shows were shown on US TV I believe) of that concert so it may have been transferred to DVD. I haven't seen it for a few years, but I remember it was a really good concert. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 13:32
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As I said, the DVD is not an authorized release (at least it is not published by Rykodisc), but the quality is quite good. I'd say that it is virtually identical to what was broadcast back then. It's not at all like the usual bootleg that is filmed with amateur cameras from the audience. There are several cameras (3, I think), and the director cleverly switches perspectives during the songs. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 13:36
Yes I remember the guitar duel on 'Stevie's Spanking' the most. Both Zappa and Vai on great form. Great stuff |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 13:47
Also great humor: Beauty Knows No Pain, Charlie's Enormous Mouth, Harder Than Your Husband, Flakes, ... and of course The Illinois Enema Bandit. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: November 10 2005 at 10:53
I saw it lying in a shop once - didn't buy it, and now it's gone 
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Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: November 10 2005 at 11:19
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^ I guess I was really lucky to buy it on Ebay ... apparently it's quite rare now. I recommend that you set up an Ebay search for "Zappa DVD Torture", that way you won't miss any auction. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/release-polls/pa" rel="nofollow - Release Polls Listened to:
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 01:47
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Here is a great place of Zappa info. http://www.united-mutations.com/z/frank_zappa.htm - http://www.united-mutations.com/z/frank_zappa.htm ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: RoyalJelly
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 05:08
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I remember when it was broascast, believe it or not, it was
the first live concert ever broadcast on MTV, with whom Zappa had a special relationship in its infancy. I made a VHS copy, which is still in OK shape. But better than Baby Snakes? NO WAY!!! My question is: when will the Roxie & Elsewhere DVD be released? It was already advertised on a Baby Snakes CD I got about 4 years ago!!! |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: February 02 2006 at 05:19
Joe Travers interviewed by Gary Titone July 2005It's sitting in the vault. Waiting for a budget to do it properly. Basically the film footage, the negatives were transferred by Frank in the '80s using '80s technology. What we want to do is go back to the original negatives and do it in High Definition and then create a 5.1 mix from the original masters so that we have surround sound as well as Frank's 2 channel stereo mix. Once we get all that together, then we need to cut the program. Edit the program together, camera angles, what shows, what we are going to include from what shows or include all the shows. I have no idea what Dweezil and Gail want to do. It's great stuff, but the process of just getting to that point is going to cost a lot of money and take a lot of time.------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |