I've come to realize that most of the RYKO issues of Frank's albums are either bad or off in some way.

The UMe Apostrophe is the QUAD mix, meaning it is the same sound that the 70s vinyl had, but on CD. It is different than the RYKO version (though not as extreme as the difference in the RYKO and UMe mixes of Hot Rats) so it is good to have both versions, as I will need to get the RYKO version soon.

Over-nite Sensation is mixed using the original analog tapes, meaning the sound is 1000 times better than the RYKO versions.

More info here: http://lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/vinylvscds/2012hotpoop.html

I haven't been on as much of a Zappa kick as I had been for the past 4 1/2 months, partially because I didn't want to get burnt out, but also because I've gotten a lot of new albums by other bands and artists. However, I've only listened to the most recent Zappa purchase a couple times or so, and they're all 2012 reissues. I plan on getting some more albums from the Zappa.com store, probably gonna get Civilization Phaze III and Feeding The Monkies... (and Buffalo if they restock it soon).

I'm starting to think that doing a Zappa chronological "marathon" is not going to happen until the summer at the earliest since I still have a few albums to still get, and I have to at least get to know them and any recent ones I wasn't already familiar with. BUT IT WILL HAPPEN!

hellogoodbye wrote: Yeah. Who is Frank Zappa ?

See, it all comes back around

I came back to the music of Zappa by listening the two Roberto Colombo's album. Maybe someone will appreciate ...

Nice video!

Videos like that make me wonder why Zappa is not the household name he used to be, at least with people who are 30 and younger. If you say Jimi Hendrix, everyone knows who that is, but if you mention Frank Zappa, I guarantee a random person under the age of 30 will be like "who?"

Frank Zappa on the Steve Allen Show playing a bicycle in 1963.  Frank Zappa is the father of all things progressive in rock!

^ The way Zappa is telling everyone to calmly head for the exit is kinda funny. Sounds like something that should have been on one of his albums, kinda like "the white zone is for loading......". Good set anyway, I listened to some of it, I do like the Flo n Eddie band so I enjoyed it.

The Lumpy Money Project/Object sounds great but it's very expensive.  Maybe a next 2013 reissue ?

As everyone says, there is such a range of music that comes under the Zappa or Mothers (or various combinations of) it's almost impossible to pin it down.