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darkshade 
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 Posted: January 30 2014 at 17:27 |
 Evolver wrote:
It's that time again. In a few days we should know the next supposed date for RBP release. |
It doesn't matter, because the album everyone's really been waiting for is coming out... Joe's Camouflage
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Letlive.
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Posted: January 29 2014 at 23:55 |
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Wo0o0
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Evolver
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Posted: January 29 2014 at 12:22 |
It's that time again. In a few days we should know the next supposed date for RBP release.
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Trust me. I know what I'm doing.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: January 25 2014 at 06:05 |
Guys, do you know this one ? It sounds like it fell of the head of Frank.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPrvBF1rmKw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BUaRvUZ1oU
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smartpatrol
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Posted: January 23 2014 at 13:33 |
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smartpatrol
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Posted: January 21 2014 at 21:56 |
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neat
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darkshade
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Posted: January 21 2014 at 20:56 |
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It's quite mind-expanding, and you notice little details in Zappa's music that you may have never noticed, by listening to everything in chronological order. I've commented in this thread about it.
Edited by darkshade - January 21 2014 at 20:56
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smartpatrol
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Posted: January 21 2014 at 16:53 |
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man, even with a discography as eclectic as Zappa's, I don't think I could spend so much time listening to his discography in order. Keep on truckin
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darkshade
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Posted: January 21 2014 at 16:36 |
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Maybe after I listen to this 8 hour show.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: January 20 2014 at 23:51 |
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Keep going! Don't stop fur nuttin'.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 20 2014 at 18:54 |
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Yeah, I've got the LSO in vinyl but haven't listened to it years.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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darkshade
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Posted: January 20 2014 at 10:47 |
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So I just finished up the 81-82 era of Zappa's music.
Chalk Pie
One Shot Deal
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
The Man From Utopia (vinyl mix)
The Man From Utopia (remix (UMe))
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5 (disc 2)
These are the next few Zappa albums and shows in my chronological listen:
London Symphony Orchestra
The Perfect Stranger
Francesco Zappa
1984/06/16 Berkeley
Beat The Boots III (disc 3) ("None of the Above")
I think I've hit a brick wall. LSO is a hard listen, and I really need to be in the mood to listen to it. I've probably only listened to it 4 times ever. It's one of Frank's darkest albums, and wildly dissonant. Doing this chronological run, I've realized that there is little of Zappa's classical music or chamber music recorded from 1973-1982, so it's been mostly rock/jazz-fusion. After all these albums, diving right into LSO is like making a 180 turn in Frank's canon.
The other albums are much easier to listen to, in my opinion, though I don't know the '84 classical performance that well. I've considered giving this up and just listen to whatever FZ album I want again, but I've gone so far, I would like to keep going. This has become harder than I thought (don't worry, I've had a lot of fun doing this, I'm not complaining)
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uduwudu
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Posted: January 18 2014 at 02:50 |
Mushroom Sword wrote:
I am a long time prog lover. Classic Prog, other then that mainly dream theater. And the furthest I stray from progressive rock is Zeppelin and Hendrix, which both have very progressive aspects.
Now... I've read about Frank Zappa, and loved the idea of the music he makes. Now, I want to listen to what he does. The best of what he does. I read his Bio on the main site. I read all about him on Wikipedia. But through all of this you don't learn his music. And I don't really have the interest of listening to every single song from every album. So what's his best work? What has he done, what can you recommend? What's your favorite things about this man? Stories? Affairs? Mailmen? Who is this awesome person?
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A very good question. Best one stop shop for FVZ is Lather. 3 CDs of an example of most things great and good. Probably the most representative album. He even does a bit of the Whole Lotta Love theme soling over the riff (Duck Duck Doo). But a sublime piece of music that may just (short of Watermelon In Easter Hay) be his most exquisite number is The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution. If Hot Rats made it's way into the collection that would be a good thing. But lather is the one. Might be an idea to regard his '60s era Mothers of Invention music in a different way. He joined that band and became their writer, leader and inspiration divine. Not that you'd think so from the bootlegged asides from his fellow band members that somehow found their way on to their records...
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smartpatrol
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Posted: January 14 2014 at 19:06 |
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no scratches or anything, just a couple of loud pops. Spine's is rough shape but cover and selves are vg+. Booklet's included and in nm condition
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smartpatrol
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Posted: January 14 2014 at 19:02 |
darkshade wrote:
^ Nice. The Real Frank Zappa Book is a great read.
An original vinyl print of Uncle Meat?
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yeah!
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HolyMoly
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Posted: January 14 2014 at 17:56 |
I did see that, and I assumed as much. Wishful thinking, but I like your optimism! 
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My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
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darkshade
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Posted: January 14 2014 at 17:49 |
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Also, you may or may not have noticed Roxy By Proxy on my list, well, I forgot to take it off, as I made the list up months ago, thinking it would have been release by the time I started this chronological marathon...
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darkshade
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Posted: January 14 2014 at 17:47 |
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I definitely thought I wasn't going to keep it up after Joe's Garage and that '79 show, but taking a week off before picking right back up at Tinseltown Rebellion was a very good idea.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: January 14 2014 at 17:44 |
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Wow.
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My other avatar is a Porsche
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darkshade
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Posted: January 14 2014 at 17:20 |
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Still doing the Zappa marathon. I'm up to You Are What You Is. Once I finished the 70s, I took about a week off, and I'm slowly getting back into it.
If anyone cares, these are the FZ albums and shows I've listened to for the past month:
Beat The Boots III (disc 3) (World's Greatest Sinner, one of Frank's earliest compositions)
Cucamonga
Joe's XMASage
Steve Allen Show
1963/05/19 Mount St. Mary's College - Los Angeles, CA
Joe's Corsage
Mystery Disc
Freak Out! (MOFO)
MOFO
Absolutely Free
Lumpy Money (Lumpy Gravy original mix)
Lumpy Gravy
We're Only In It For the Money
Lumpy Money
Cruising with Ruben and the Jets (Greasy Love Songs)
Mothermania
Freak Out! (RYKO)
Uncle Meat
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Ahead Of Their Time
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5 (disc 1)
Road Tapes Vol. 1
Electric Aunt Jemima
1969/07/08 The Ark, Boston
Weasels Ripped My Flesh (RYKO)
Hot Rats
King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Play The Music of Frank Zappa
Hot Rats (remix)
Chungas's Revenge
Disconnected Synapses
200 Motels
Fillmore East, 1971
Just Another Band from LA
Finer Moments
Carnegie Hall
Swiss Cheese/Fire!
Playground Psychotics
Joe's Domage
Waka/Jawaka
The Grand Wazoo
Wazoo
Imaginary Diseases
Over-Nite Sensation
1973/06/25 Sydney, Australia
1973/08/21 Stockholm, Sweden
Road Tapes, Vol. 2
Apostrophe (')
Roxy and Elsewhere
Roxy By Proxy
1973/10/26 Austin, TX
1973/11/18 Waterloo, Canada
Apostrophe (') (remix)
One Size Fits All
The Dub-Room Special
A Token Of His Extreme
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2
1974/11/29 Naperville, IL
Bongo Fury
1975/05/23 El Paso, TX
Orchestral Favorites
Zoot Allures
Joe's Menage
FZ:OZ
Studio Tan
Sleep Dirt
Philly '76
Zappa In New York
Saturday Night Live '76
Lather
Shiek Yerbouti
Baby Snakes
Baby Snakes: The Movie
Hammersmith Odeon
QuAUDIOPHILIAc
Saarbrucken 1978
Saturday Night Live '78
Halloween
Joe's Garage Act I, II, & III
1979/02/12 Manchester, UK
Tinsel-Town Rebellion
Buffalo
Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar
You Are What You Is
Edited by darkshade - January 14 2014 at 17:21
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