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hi guys.
what if you could custom-make your very own zappa album collection box set!!?
sounds a little coo-coo coo-coo, right?
hey, no one said we COULDN'T wish up on a star here.

so let's do just that! deal?



i apologize if this topic has been covered. i didn't do too much of a search.
i just got this idea and had to whip it out. (LOL - anyone catch that!?)

so yeah, what's yours?

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I'm going to add this to the Frank Zappa Box Set forum with your permission. Perhaps MP3 collections can make everyone's dream a reality.

welllllllllll, i can't say that i am 100% comfortable with this.
perhaps i should just craft a new and differently worded thread.

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Suit yourself. For this fan, a collection like this is equal to a box set but the only trouble with releasing MP3's even ligitimately is that the rate of being able to copy them all over the place increases 10 fold. I guess there's not a lot stopping people from copying the CD's and MP3ing those as well but perhaps actual physical box sets satisfy both parties in the long run, whereas MP3's on there own are wonderful, so long as you don't loose your hard drive etc. With an actual Vinyl or CD or even tape collection you have a permanent collection so long as it's not physically stolen etc.

On this note, there are some great CD copy protection methods available now to prevent this but I think Frank would want his music to be heard most of all. That said if it's not supported properly, new releases will dry up due to becoming not commercially viable or worth while etc. No serious fan wants that.

So to conclude an actual real album box set with bonus tracks etc equates to serious sales, while online MP3 sales equates to a few serious fans purchasing the sets, while the rest of the world just grabs a copy. What supports the artist and people of the artists trust more, I guess is the ultimate question?

so... you guys don't have any ideas?

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Why don't you go first since you started the thread, ok? (then I'll go).

SO TRUE!
but...



i aaaaaaasked you first -----------------> (look down)

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“The power of pop music to corrupt and putrify the minds of world youth are virtually limitless."

okay, I've got 10 minutes until lunch.


disc 1
Zappa Plays Player



1. Baby Come Back (xenocrony version) [guitar solo taken from Osaka '76 Black Napkins] (4:19)
2.This Time I'm In It For Love (13:45)
3. Tryin' To Write A Hit Song (3:00)
4. Love In The Danger Zone [Bobby Martin - spoons] (5:43)
5. The Player Variations (36:27)
6. Baby Come (on my) Back [reprise] (1:12)

disc 2
FZ Plays Yer Favorite Hits From The 70's!!



1. Rikki Don't Lose That Number [with marimba arrangement] (11:56)
2. Hotel California [in d flat] {in 7/4} (6:32)
3. Disco Lady [Adrian Belew - vocals] (7:32)
4. Afternoon Delight [violin/guitar duet] {with Shankar} (3:40)
5. I Shot The Sheriff [Jack Bruce - Vocals ](4:52)
6. Squeeze Box (:26)
7. You Light Up My Life [Terry Bozzio - vocals and background vocals, Debbie Boone - drums, percussion] (6:66)
8. Bunghole In the Jungle (9:24)
9. Thank You Faletinme Be Mice Elf Agin [bass- Larry Graham, vocals- George Duke] (16:39)

dicks three
Synclavier Mishaps, phase one


1. String Orchestra Disasters Suite (28:03)
2. Attempting Night School [parts 1-6] (14:14)
3. Night School Failure (4:50)
4. Night School Dropout (4:48)
5. Night School Girls (:69)
6. Random Randomosity (12:76)
7. Synful Rat Tomago (:42)

I'm in. I think I would include the Bozzio version of Baby Come Back though.

Punky come back,
Any kind of drool is free,
When it's on my dong,
You know I just can't pout without you.

^^ Ha!
I agree. That is essential. Bonus picture disc?

Maps??? Your turn.

uh... downer...
i have already answered this question in WAIT...
is there another thread on this very topic?

let me guess, now people are aping my contributions?

what i SHOULD do is fill a burlap bag with... you know what... fuck it, i won't stoop to that level.



i am deleting my account in 3 hours and 45 minutes.

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aaaaaand...

DONE!

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thread closed until death announcement

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Gene should just release the Van Halen session, Bob Dylan etc... on a $20, 2 disc version. But, this could be the most elaborate box idea ever. If you have the $$....and are crazy about Gene. I'd guess that he hasn't sold too many since the 2017 announcement.

Gene Simmons Vault is a box set of 10 CDs, 150 songs selected from demos made by Kiss vocalist and bass player Gene Simmons during his entire career (1966-2016). It is packaged in a specially designed road case and includes in addition to the discs also bonus material - a Gene Simmons action figure, a book and a medallion.[1] It has been announced that the three unreleased demos Gene Simmons made with Alex and Edward Van Halen of multiplatinum rockers Van Halen in the 1970s will be part of this box set.

The initial run is a limited edition that will be personally delivered by Simmons to the purchaser, and the meeting can be arranged in three different formats.

- The standard Vault experience, a meeting in a specified location with a group of fans who have purchased the box set and booked this event - offered at $2000.

- "the Gene Simmons Vault Home Experience." – Simmons will personally make the delivery to your home - offered at $50,000

- the "Producer Experience," in which purchasing fans are given exclusive studio time with Simmons in addition to access to more unreleased recordings. - offered at $25,000



http://www.genesimmonsvault.com/home

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