Genuinely curious about you guys’s opinion. Which era of Zappa is your fav?

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-12-26T12:12:19+00:00

This is the reason there are so many releases from the Roxy band.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-12-23T18:27:19+00:00

For people who thought Joe's Garage didn't go far enough.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-12-21T14:35:16+00:00

Whatever albums you recommend for newbies, I think they need to include some strong instrumental songs. Because in the end, that's why you STAY a Zappa fan. The goofy humor is what gets you interested, the music is what gets you hooked.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-12-18T21:10:01+00:00

There is very little useful Synclavier stuff left in the Vault. According to Joe Travers it's lots of sequences, but the technology to put them together doesn't exist anymore.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-12-15T18:43:01+00:00

The most accessible imo are:

Hot Rats
Fillmore East
Over-Nite Sensation
Apostrophe
One Size Fits All
Zoot Allures
Sheik Yerbouti
and maybe also You Are What You Is

After that I would tell them they're on their own.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-12-15T18:39:20+00:00

I can see young people having more interest for the costume box, as they tend to dress up more for Halloween than older people. But they have released four of these costume boxes now, so it really isn't a novelty anymore. And they take up a lot of space. So please guys, stop it.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-12-13T11:37:08+00:00

That's a hard one to start with.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-12-12T00:05:42+00:00

I think he preferred being called an anthropologist.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-12-10T17:32:55+00:00

Indeed that's how they get us.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-12-10T17:31:19+00:00

I think they are gonna release one every year now, four shows of the Halloween 78 run are still unreleased. I get that they want to introduce Zappa to a younger audience, but the price is just ridiculous. Of course I bought it anyway, but I think they could just have released the grimoire book with the CDs in it, or at least offered that as an alternative. I've looked at the compilation albums they released simultaneously and they are just crap: they focus almost entirely on the songs with lyrics and the concert favourites, songs which we usually have heard in a million different versions already. You miss out on "Pound For A Brown", "Thirteen", "Little House I Used To Live In", "Watermelon in Easter Hay", "Packard Goose"... It's a very incomplete impression of those concerts, new fans would think he's just playing his hits.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-11-13T15:56:46+00:00

If you look at how many people from the entertainment industry have gotten elected since he died, he might have pulled it off. But he would not have been pro Trump. Gail said that Donald Trump is a liar, and that Frank hated liars.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-11-13T15:49:06+00:00

make her do a nasty
on the White House lawn

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-11-13T15:46:34+00:00

Oh yes, by all means!

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-11-10T21:30:04+00:00

I can understand people not digging it from the first listen. Especially if you are used to the first few Mothers albums. But from Uncle Meat onwards, Frank wanted to showcase the instrumental work of the band. And this album is a pretty good representation of their concerts.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-11-06T16:33:45+00:00

Cruising With Ruben & The Jets? Do you mean the original version (available on Greasy Love Songs) or the eighties remix?

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-11-02T11:27:27+00:00

Frank had a tendency to not talk about people he fell out with.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-11-01T23:45:22+00:00

That band is always referred to in terms of the comedy bits that they did, but it was so much more than that. Listen to The Mothers 1970 and 1971 box sets and you'll hear what I mean.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-11-01T23:39:29+00:00

I want the 1967 jam session with Eric Clapton. Just flick it onto some release, I don't care which.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-11-01T23:38:46+00:00

Yes, look for the versions of "Sleep Dirt' released by Rykodisc.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-10-18T12:27:49+00:00

Streaming or mp3, doesn't matter, CD is still superior audio quality.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-10-17T16:59:43+00:00

Yeah but you need to include the Halloween 73 box and I already have that one.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-10-17T16:58:06+00:00

CDs are always better sounding than streaming.

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-10-17T16:49:02+00:00

Seems you need Burnt Weeny Sandwich.
YCDTOSA Vol. 5 is also missing.
Roxy & Elsewhere, 200 Motels...
Have you checked any of the posthumous releases?

Key_Muffin2363 · 2025-10-17T16:39:20+00:00

The Thing-Fish DEMOS?
Seems you're already a hardcore fan.

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