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In Reply to: Oooh, oooh! Which Zappa album? posted by madcow1515 on August 2, 2005 at 08:45:14:
Tis here http://view.exacttarget.com/?ffcc17-fe8f15757663007b73-fe3615727d64007f771575
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It is just a MFSL gold CD. I emailed MFSL on this one a while back, and they told me they couldn't get permission from Capitol to do an SACD.
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I'm really curious how it's going to sound. The current Ryko CD leaves a lot to be desired, and I'm really surprised that Gail Zappa would let them have access to the master tapes, as she's really protective of Frank's music. Oh well, I'm willing to take a $30 gamble. If nothing else, it'll make a neat little collector's item.
...But I am a bit lost on that topic...
...The Ryko reissues were tinkered with, some more than others, by FZ when they were first released. Zappa was unhappy with the sound of some of them ans added and deleted various elements 9check out "Hot Rats," for instance - a very different album). On others, the tapes (Ampex) had allegedly deteriorated to the point that the low end was unusuable, so he rerecorded the bass and drums. Perhaps the Ryko masters were what Gail sold, while retaining the real original masters of the stuff.Does Capitol really have a say in this? The control of his stuff has gone through so many hands, it's hard to tell. I know they briefly distributed Barking Pumpkin, but I was under the (quite possibly mistaken) impression that, if anyone held some kind of rights to these early albums, it would be Universal, through Verve (which originally released them). Frankly (no pun intended), I don't think anyone but the family trust can give thumbs up or down at this point - unlike so many others, FZ was able to retain or regain the rights to almost all of his work.
You might be right there. I think she sold the rights all of his original albums, but I think she still owns the physical tapes. Who knows.
I haven't talked to you in ages. Did I ever tell you that I switched tonearms on one of my Thorens?
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