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matty3198 
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 Posted: September 20 2014 at 13:30 |
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I tried to collect everything Frank has done but stopped at his early 80's output. I think after then decent stuf is furter and farther between.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: September 20 2014 at 18:15 |
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If you had to even ask this question, you will never understand...
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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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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 23 2014 at 17:07 |
This one sounds very good. I didn't know it.. Frank Zappa Hammersmith Odeon 3-CD Set
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eNDeeGzUFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScvFWPCFqD4
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darkshade
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Posted: September 23 2014 at 17:09 |
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^ That's a good one. Lots of good versions.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: September 23 2014 at 17:16 |
My next order, for sure 
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: October 31 2014 at 14:36 |
Heard this one on amazon. Sounds good. Any opinion ?
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PrognosticMind
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Posted: November 01 2014 at 06:43 |
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My favorite artist and guitar player atm, that's who!
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"A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous. Got me?"
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Evolver
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Posted: June 23 2015 at 18:44 |
I received "Dance Me This" in the mail this morning. I've already listened to it 3 times. It's beautiful. The first track contains what is probably his last guitar performance. It gives me chills. All the tracks are Synclavier pieces, mostly using a technique FZ and his Synclavier assistant Todd Yvega called "phasing" - taking short loops of different lengths, and playing them until they all join back together. It's eerie and beautiful. The vocals (on only a few tracks) are from 3 Tuvan throat singers, invited to the UMRK by master Frank. As it is the last album he created before his untimely demise, this makes a compelling exclamation point on his career.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 23 2015 at 19:04 |
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^ sh*t!
I didn't relize it was shipping already.
Looks like I'll be ordering it with much haste.
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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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Evolver
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Posted: June 24 2015 at 09:13 |
A little correction: the phasing is only apparent to me in a few of the tracks. The "Wolf Hollow" tracks are obviously inspired by Zappa's well known admiration of Edgard Varese, and are beautiful and mesmerizing. I think you will like it.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: June 24 2015 at 11:03 |
Great.  Thanks
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Evolver
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Posted: June 24 2015 at 11:07 |
That's a better image of the cover. I updated the one on the album page to use it.
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PrognosticMind
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Posted: June 26 2015 at 11:39 |
 hellogoodbye wrote:
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It's beautiful! Must acquire!
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"A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous. Got me?"
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Rednight
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Posted: June 26 2015 at 13:13 |
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I'll surely come off as an outsider here, but Zappa is best represented by Apostrophe and Studio Tan. I've encountered sheer hatred for the latter by more than one Zappa fan, while the former has been generally touted as the commercial breakthrough the artist needed to help sustain all else. I'd like to see a Prog Archive Top Ten thread of Mr. Zappa's work (I sense it may have already been done).
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"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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AZF
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Posted: June 26 2015 at 13:59 |
I did see that "Dance Me This" was due out this month, but I haven't seen it anywhere in the shops. But I'm interested!
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darkshade
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Posted: June 28 2015 at 11:27 |
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I thought CPIII was the last album as it was worked on til the end. DMT was finished in 1993, no?
I haven't ordered it yet, (waiting for more funds so I can order a bunch of FZ albums from zappa.com to save on shipping) but I have, er.. acquired it, will hopefully give it a listen soon.
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Evolver
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Posted: June 28 2015 at 12:35 |
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According to the liner notes, this was finished last. Much of it may have been recorded earlier, but it explicitly notes that the guitar solo is thought to be the very last time he played.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: June 28 2015 at 12:44 |
First listen and a very good impression. The first two tracks are short but excellent. Then the serious stuff begins with Wolf Harbor and its six dark parts where the percussion is the most melodic instrument. Varese forever  ! The four last tracks are between 2 and 7 minutes. On Goat Polo (8) and Calculus (11), you can hear a Tibetan voice. Rikoniki (9) will sound familiar to those who know the Frank's Syn clavier work. Piano (10), the longest track is fantastic, but it is cut before the end. I don't know, maybe the downloading. Hope it will not happen with the CD.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: June 28 2015 at 12:52 |
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A precision : some of this tracks are excerpts. So the duration is different.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: June 28 2015 at 21:39 |
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I've ordered and am eagerly awaiting.
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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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