The Frank Zappa Album Versions Guide - Index
Welcome to the Frank Zappa Album Versions guide, aka the vinyl-vs-CD FAQ! Here, we sort out the many differences between the various versions of Zappa's albums. Please read the FAQ ('twill be updated shortly with new questions nobody really asks) if you haven't already, or if you are new to the site.
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The Core Catalog (sorted by original US release date)
Twilight of the Final Tour (Posthumous Releases)
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The Lost Episodes (1996) |
Everything Is Healing Nicely (1999) |
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FZ:OZ (2002) |
Halloween [DVD-A] (2003) |
Joe's Corsage (2004) |
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QuAUDIOPHILIAC [DVD-A] (2004) |
Joe's Domage (2004) |
Joe's XMASage (2005) |
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Imaginary Diseases (2006) |
Trance-Fusion (2006) |
Buffalo (2007) |
A Flurry of Compilations
(for additional compilations, see the weirdo discography)|
Mothermania (1969) |
Strictly Commercial (1996) |
Have I Offended Someone? (1997) |
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Strictly Genteel (1997)* |
Cheap Thrills (1998)* |
Mystery Disc (1998) |
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Son of Cheep Thrills (1999)* |
X-Mas in Japan [series] (1999)* |
Zappa Picks [series] (2002)* |
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The Best of Frank Zappa (2004)* |
*=no new material |
Boxes or Else
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The Old Masters [all three & samplers] |
Beat the Boots [and individual titles] |
Threesome [both of 'em] |
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MoFo [both versions] |
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The Future?
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Dance Me
This [external link] |
The Rage & the Fury [external link] |
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Lost Episodes Vol. II |
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Articulate - Articles, Links, and What Have You
| Yes, that incredibly nested molested tuplets thing again! That's what we're here for. Not to mention a "buzz" in an unknown bootleg from Brazil, or the discovery of a rare cover made out of a dead rat! Also, one day a guy might hear a "click" in "The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution" nobody ever noticed. Until Now! And the day you hear that annoying click, you really realize: What a fantastic, unbeatable and wonderful newsgroup this is, I am so lucky! Hooray! |
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| Geir Corneliussen, alt.fan. frank-zappa, January 1999 |
Zappa Patio Articles and Examinations
- The Zappa Patio FAQ (will be updated shortly)
- Quadraphonic Over-Nite Sensation & Apostrophe ('): An Inquiry & Exploration, here-for exclusive by the Duke of Prunes
- The Hot Poop on the Frank Zappa Catalog Revisited - straight from the horse, Ryko's own statement on the 1995 CDs
- Läther Source Codes - Zoot answers all questions about what is on Läther that is not on any other album
- Completist's Guide - A bit out of date.
- The flexi-disc postcards page - these weird creations seem to be mainly from Poland, and they may or may not be bootlegs
- Way Beyond Just Drums & Bass - an article reproduced from the booklet that came with the Cheekbone Crush Records bootleg CD of (the vinyl mix of) Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
External Articles and Examinations
Four Stereophile Magazine articles:
- Frank Zappa on CD & LP
- The Old Masters
- The Present-Day Composer Refuses to Die
- Recording
of the Month: The Yellow Shark
- Biffy's Läther hypothesis. A great read (and pretty convincing).
- Remote link to a South-American Zappa discography of sorts, on Marcelo Gasió's Zappa page
- Collecting Frank Zappa in Australia - Part 1: The Early Years - an article from it - the Australian Record Collectors Magazine, containing a complete (in 1995) Australian discography
- The World's Greatest Sinner's Homepage with pictures of the Japanese versions of many albums
- Harry de Swart's label & cover scans
- The first record price guide on the internet: www.recordmaster.com
Originally created by
Vladimir Sovetov, and
maintained for many loving years by Bossk(R).
Special credits, thanks and acknowledgements: Vladimir Sovetov, who devised,
created, masterminded and did most of the work on this project, back when the
Internet consisted of nothing more elaborate than usenet newsgroups; Michael Gray, who
researched release dates and catalogue numbers like crazy for his book Mother!; Leslie Watson, who
researched release dates
and catalogue numbers even crazier, Ben Watson and Leslie Cheung (RIP) 
;
Rykodisc, for their
never-ending stream of...well, at least they try; Mikael Agardsson, cdbanzai.com, Heikki Poroila & Heikki Karjalainen
and their Zappa äänitteillä-esittelevä diskografia
1961-1995, Juha Sarkkinen, Román García Albertos, JWB, Patrick Neve, Biffy the
Elephant Shrew, Killuglyradio.com, Zappateers, Dimeadozen, my
Easter Island Statue, and, of course, everyone else whose name appears on any of these pages.
Special thanks to NOBBI (THE FIRST STEP OF
ZAPPOLOGY).
