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I think that my question has already been answered with the 180gm Hot Rats release but are plans still in place to continue with the remastered vinyl releases?
I wrote to Gail quite a few years back and she said YES! so I'm hoping that is still the case.
There are quite a few holes in my collection from the early Mothers of Invention years.
Thanks,
Steve Ford

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My condolences to the Zappa family, your mother struck me as someone you couldn't help but like.

Gail said it, and it remains true. Stay tuned to Zappa.com for upcoming releases.

Thanks for your kind words.

5 Frank Zappa Albums To Be Reissued On Vinyl

Nov 22, 2016•7:35 am PST

By Andy Kahn

The Zappa Family Trust and UMe have announced the upcoming re-release of five Frank Zappa albums on vinyl. Each of the LPs will be reissued on 180-gram vinyl on December 9.

The five records given the reissue treatment are 1967’s Lumpy Gravy, 1968’s We’re Only In It For The Money with The Mothers Of Invention and Cruising With Ruben & The Jets, 1970’s Weasels Ripped My Flesh (also with The Mothers Of Invention) and 1979’s Joe’s Garage. The reissue of Zappa’s first solo LP, Lumpy Gravy was pressed from a 1968 analog safety tape found in the ZFT vault. The 3-LP reissue of Joe’s Garage is an all-analog remastered version by Bernie Grundman using the 1979 quarter-inch safety master tapes from the vault.

Lumpy Gravy Tracklist
1.Part One
2.Part Two

We’re Only In It For The Money Tracklist
1.Are You Hung Up?
2.Who Needs The Peace Corps?
3.Concentration Moon
4.Mom & Dad
5.Telephone Conversation
6.Bow Tie Daddy
7.Harry, You’re A Beast
8.What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
9.Absolutely Free
10.Flower Punk
11.Hot Poop
12.Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
13.Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
14.The Idiot Bastard Son
15.Lonely Little Girl
16.Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
17.What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
18.Mother People
19.The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny

Cruising With Ruben & The Jets Tracklist
1.Cheap Thrills
2.Love Of My Life
3.How Could I Be Such A Fool
4.Deseri
5.I’m Not Satisfied
6.Jelly Roll Gum Drop
7.Anything
8.Later That Night
9.You Didn’t Try To Call Me
10.Fountain Of Love
11.No. No. No.
12.Anyway The Wind Blows
13.Stuff Up The Cracks

Weasels Ripped My Flesh Tracklist
1.Didja Get Any Onya?
2.Directly From My Heart To You
3.Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask
4.Toads Of The Short Forest
5.Get A Little
6.The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue
7.Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula
8.My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
9.Oh No
10.The Orange County Lumber Truck
11.Weasles Ripped My Flesh

Joe’s Garage Tracklist
1.The Central Scrutinizer
2.Joe’s Garage
3.Catholic Girls
4.Crew Slut
5.Wet T-Shirt Nite
6.Toad-O Line
7.Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
8.Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
9.A Token Of My Extreme
10.Stick It Out
11.SyBorg
12.Dong Work For Yuda
13.Keep It Greasy
14.Outside Now
15.He Used To Cut The Grass
16.Packard Goose
17.Watermelon In Easter Hay
18.A Little Green Rosetta


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Apparently Joe's Garage is getting the vinyl treatment in a 3 disc gatefold. Joe Travers said that this will be the definitive (best?) version with much better low end.

-heard on the zappa podcast #30

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Great, keep 'em coming!

I'm about to give We're Only In It For The Money a spin.
This is a real treat, thank you.

Nice, I've got original pressing of all of these but would love to get my hands on the reissues to put the oldies in safe keepin

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I am REALLY looking forward to getting Absolutely Free.
Thank you so much for keeping these vinyl reissues going, every one has been great.

can't wait to get Absolutely Free on vinyl, I am wondering what LP #2 will contain, I can't wait to hear it. I have this record on preorder, I love the Zappa vinyl reissues, I have them all so far, and plan to order all the future ones as well that I hope come out. I wish they'd release Bongo Fury next, that one has some serious guitar greatness on it, and then maybe Shut Up and Play Your Guitar in a 3 disc set, that one shows Zappa eating the guitar alive it's great.

It will be a one-sided disc with an etched portrait of Zappa on the blank side. It will contain "Big Leg Emma," "Why Don't You Do Me Right," two radio ads, something called "Glutton for Punishment" which I suspect will be an interview snippet or other spoken word item, and remixes of "America Drinks," "Brown Shoes Don't Make It," and "America Drinks and Goes Home."

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it will be a one-sided disc with an etched portrait of Zappa on the blank side. It will contain "Big Leg Emma," "Why Don't You Do Me Right," two radio ads, something called "Glutton for Punishment" which I suspect will be an interview snippet or other spoken word item, and remixes of "America Drinks," "Brown Shoes Don't Make It," and "America Drinks and Goes Home."[/quote]

Thanks for the information, I have heard a couple of those songs, but not all, I have not heard a lot of Frank Zappa's music, but I am trying to get all his albums that are available, on vinyl or CD, I prefer vinyl, but CD is okay, I like that lots of Zappa's live concerts were recorded and some are being released as well.

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Got 'em all. Not one has been a disappointment, they all sound great.

I hope they get around to The Grand Wazoo and Waka Jawaka soon along with the Flo & Eddie era.

Awaiting Waka as well.
I think eventually they will do all of them.
What I'm really looking forward to is when they'll start making Lp versions of albums that hasn't appeared on Lp ever. Such as Civilization Phaze III, Trance-fusion, Dance me this, Playground psychotics, Make a jazz noise here (!), or finally an official a re-creation of the original 4-Lp boxset LÄTHER !
(just like they did with Finer moments and Feeding the monkies).