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     Name          = Tinseltown Rebellion |
 
     Name          = Tinseltown Rebellion |
 
     Released      = May 1981 |
 
     Released      = May 1981 |
     Related        = See also:<br>[[Crush All Boxes]]<br>[[Clean Cuts from Tinsel Town Rebellion]] |
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     Related        = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/Tinsel_Town_Rebellion.html}}, {{ZPLink|vinylvscds/tinsel-town_rebellion.html}}, {{KURLink|fz-discography/tinsel-town-rebellion}}<br>[[Crush All Boxes]]<br>[[Clean Cuts from Tinsel Town Rebellion]]<br>[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]] |
 
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== Release Notes ==
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==Release Notes==
== Liner Notes ==
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== Background Information ==
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==Liner Notes==
Cover art: the "[[:Category:Tinsel Town Rebellion (The List)|TTR List]]!"
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== Conceptual Continuity ==
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==Background Information==
 +
 
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The people on the cover are:
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[[wikipedia:Josephine Baker|Josephine Baker]] (3 June 1906 - 12 April 1975) was an American-born French singer, dancer, and actress.
 +
 
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[[wikipedia:Lon Chaney|Lon Chaney]] (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American film actor.  He is depicted both as Quasimodo from [[wikipedia:The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]] and from [[wikipedia:London After Midnight (film)|London After Midnight]].
 +
Chaney can also be seen on the album cover of ''[[We're Only In It For The Money]]''.
 +
 
 +
A scene from the 1932 film [[wikipedia:Freaks (1932 film)|Freaks]] which Zappa cited as one of his [[Favorite Films]].
 +
 
 +
[[wikipedia:Harold Lloyd|Harold Lloyd]] (1893-1971) was a silent-film comedian, director, and actor.
 +
 
 +
[[Wikipedia:Warner Oland|Warner Oland]] was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] film actor who became world famous for his portrayal of detective Charlie Chan in the 1930s.
 +
Zappa's quote, ''"The mind is like a parachute. It cannot function when it's not open."'', was uttered decades earlier by Oland in ''"Charlie Chan at the Circus" (1936).''
 +
 
 +
[[wikipedia:Vincent Price|Vincent Price]] (1911-1993) was a British actor, best known for acting in many horror films.
 +
 
 +
[[wikipedia:Claude Rains|Claude Rains]] (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was an English actor he can be seen in a scene from [[wikipedia:The Invisible Man (1933 film)|The Invisible Man]].
 +
 
 +
[[wikipedia:Thelma Todd|Thelma Todd]] (July 29, 1905 - December 16, 1935) American film actress.
 +
 
 +
[[wikipedia:Rudolph Valentino|Rudolph Valentino]] (1895-1926) was an Italian actor.
  
 
==Versions==
 
==Versions==
  
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
| rowspan="14" align="center" | 30
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| rowspan="21" align="center" | 30
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[Wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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| rowspan="7" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
| [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>PW2 37336
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| [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/Tinsel_PW2_37336.jpg|PW2&nbsp;37336}}
 
| 1981-05-11
 
| 1981-05-11
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
| Barking Pumpkin<br>WTX 37336
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| Barking Pumpkin<br>WTX&nbsp;37336
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
| [[CBS Records|CBS]]<br>CBS 88516
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| [[CBS Records|CBS]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1787425|S&nbsp;CBS&nbsp;88516}}
 +
| 1981-05<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1722.</ref>
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| &nbsp;
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK edition.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CS
 +
| CBS<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|397135|CBS&nbsp;40-88516}}
 +
| 1981-05<ref name="MStrong"/>
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK edition.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 2
 +
| align="center" | LP
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| CBS<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/tinseltown.JPG|CBS&nbsp;88516}}
 
| 1981
 
| 1981
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition.
 
| Japanese edition.
 
|-
 
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 1.2<br>Original<br>Stereo<br>with edit on<br>"Easy Meat"
 
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
| [[EMI Records|EMI]]<br>1C 2LP 164 26 0808 3
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| CBS<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/tinseltown_SA_CBS_88516.jpg|AGP&nbsp;103/104}}
 
| 1981?
 
| 1981?
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| South African edition.
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="4" align="center" | 1.2<br>Original<br>Stereo<br>with edit on<br>"Easy Meat"
 +
| align="center" | 2
 +
| align="center" | LP
 +
| EMI<br>1C&nbsp;2LP&nbsp;164&nbsp;26&nbsp;0808&nbsp;3
 +
| ?
 
| 5099926080833
 
| 5099926080833
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
 
| EMI<br>CDP 7&nbsp;90077&nbsp;2
 
| EMI<br>CDP 7&nbsp;90077&nbsp;2
| 1987-04
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| 1988-04<ref name="MStrong"/>
 
| 0077779007721
 
| 0077779007721
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| UK edition. "UK: CD EN 5002" also printed on the CD & cover. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]] CDP 7 90077 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
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| UK edition. "UK: CD&nbsp;EN&nbsp;5002" also printed on the CD & cover. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]] CDP&nbsp;7&nbsp;90077&nbsp;2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
 +
| align="center" | LP
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| [[EMI Records|EMI]]<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/tinseltown_UK_emi.jpg|EN&nbsp;5002}}
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| 1986-02<ref name="MStrong"/>
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| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
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| UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
 +
| align="center" | CS
 +
| EMI<br>TCEN&nbsp;5002
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| 1986-02<ref name="MStrong"/>
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| &nbsp;
 +
| &nbsp;
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| UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.
 
|-
 
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center" | 1.3<br>[[Wikipedia:Crossfading|Crossfading]]<br>Between<br>Tracks,<br>Sound<br>Quality<br>Issues
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| rowspan="6" align="center" | 1.3<br>[[wikipedia:Crossfading|Crossfading]]<br>Between<br>Tracks,<br>Sound<br>Quality<br>Issues
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD 40166
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| [[Rykodisc]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1380308|RCD&nbsp;40166}}
 
| 1990-05
 
| 1990-05
| 0014431016622
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| 0014431016622<br>(not printed)
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| US edition.
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| US edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS_code|AAD]].
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>CDZAP 26
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| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1344305|CDZAP&nbsp;26}}
 
| 1990
 
| 1990
 
| 5016583602628
 
| 5016583602628
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| UK edition.
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| UK edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS_code|AAD]].
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK 5041
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| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK&nbsp;5041
 
| 1994-11-25
 
| 1994-11-25
 
| 4988112405820
 
| 4988112405820
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| Rykodisc<br>RCD 10532<sup>[[#Note1|[1]]]</sup>
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| Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1003321|RCD&nbsp;10532}}<ref name="Patio">According to [[External Links#Tour/Trading Related|Zappa Patio]], the only way to distinguish the 1995 and 1998 Ryko RCD 10532 is to listen to the discs.</ref>
 
| 1995-05-02
 
| 1995-05-02
 
| 0014431053221
 
| 0014431053221
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| VideoArts<br>VACK 5129
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5129
 
| 1995-10-25
 
| 1995-10-25
 
| 4988112407886
 
| 4988112407886
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| VideoArts<br>VACK 5264
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5264
 
| 1996-05-30
 
| 1996-05-30
 
| 4988112408647
 
| 4988112408647
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| Rykodisc<br>RCD 10532<sup>[[#Note1|[1]]]</sup>
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| Rykodisc<br>RCD&nbsp;10532<ref name="Patio"/>
 
| 1998
 
| 1998
 
| 0014431053221
 
| 0014431053221
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8724 DISCTRONICS RCD 10532 01
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| US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8724 DISCTRONICS RCD&nbsp;10532 01
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| VideoArts<br>VACK 1241
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;1241
 
| 2002-05-29
 
| 2002-05-29
 
| 4988112413269
 
| 4988112413269
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
 
| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
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|-
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| rowspan="2" align="center" | 1.1a<br>'''2012 Remaster<br>Original [[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|3940795|ZR&nbsp;3862}}
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| 2012-09-25
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| 0824302386224
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe<ref name="ZFTEmail">Email announcement by the [[ZFT]] on July 31<sup>st</sup>, 2012.</ref>.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Group|UMG&nbsp;Intl]]<br>0238622
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| 2012-09-25
 +
| 0824302386224
 +
| &nbsp;
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| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3862, manufactured in Germany.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
#<div id="Note1">According to [[External Links#Tour/Trading Related|Zappa Patio]], the only way to distinguish the 1995 and 1998 Ryko RCD 10532 is to listen to the discs.</div>
 
  
== See Also ==
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<references/>
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==See Also==
 +
 
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*[[Crush All Boxes]]
 
*[[Clean Cuts from Tinsel Town Rebellion]]
 
*[[Clean Cuts from Tinsel Town Rebellion]]
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*[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]]
  
 
[[Category:Discography]]
 
[[Category:Discography]]
 
[[Category:Original Albums]]
 
[[Category:Original Albums]]
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[[Category:1981]]

Revision as of 03:10, 28 November 2020

Album History
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Tinseltown Rebellion
Released May 1981
See also:
IINK, Patio, KUR
Crush All Boxes
Clean Cuts from Tinsel Town Rebellion
Specialized Digital Audio Gratification

Players

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Fine Girl (3:30)
  2. Easy Meat (9:17)
  3. For The Young Sophisticate (3:13)

Side Two

  1. Love Of My Life (2:15)
  2. I Ain't Got No Heart (2:00)
  3. Panty Rap (4:36)
  4. Tell Me You Love Me (2:06)
  5. Now You See It - Now You Don't (5:03)

Side Three

  1. Dance Contest (3:01)
  2. The Blue Light (5:26)
  3. Tinsel Town Rebellion (4:36)
  4. Pick Me, I'm Clean (5:37)

Side Four

  1. Bamboozled By Love (5:46)
  2. Brown Shoes Don't Make It (7:14)
  3. Peaches III (4:56)
Current CD
  1. Fine Girl (3:31)
  2. Easy Meat (9:19)
  3. For The Young Sophisticate (2:49)
  4. Love Of My Life (2:15)
  5. I Ain't Got No Heart (1:59)
  6. Panty Rap (4:36)
  7. Tell Me You Love Me (2:07)
  8. Now You See It - Now You Don't (4:45)
  9. Dance Contest (2:59)
  10. The Blue Light (5:27)
  11. Tinsel Town Rebellion (4:36)
  12. Pick Me, I'm Clean (5:08)
  13. Bamboozled By Love (5:47)
  14. Brown Shoes Don't Make It (7:15)
  15. Peaches III (5:03)

Release Notes

Liner Notes

Background Information

The people on the cover are:

Josephine Baker (3 June 1906 - 12 April 1975) was an American-born French singer, dancer, and actress.

Lon Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American film actor. He is depicted both as Quasimodo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame and from London After Midnight. Chaney can also be seen on the album cover of We're Only In It For The Money.

A scene from the 1932 film Freaks which Zappa cited as one of his Favorite Films.

Harold Lloyd (1893-1971) was a silent-film comedian, director, and actor.

Warner Oland was a Swedish film actor who became world famous for his portrayal of detective Charlie Chan in the 1930s. Zappa's quote, "The mind is like a parachute. It cannot function when it's not open.", was uttered decades earlier by Oland in "Charlie Chan at the Circus" (1936).

Vincent Price (1911-1993) was a British actor, best known for acting in many horror films.

Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was an English actor he can be seen in a scene from The Invisible Man.

Thelma Todd (July 29, 1905 - December 16, 1935) American film actress.

Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) was an Italian actor.

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD)
Barcode
(EAN-13)
Artwork Comment
30 1.1
Original
Stereo
2 LP Barking Pumpkin
PW2 37336
1981-05-11     US edition.
1 CS Barking Pumpkin
WTX 37336
      US edition.
2 LP CBS
S CBS 88516
1981-05[1]     UK edition.
1 CS CBS
CBS 40-88516
1981-05[1]     UK edition.
2 LP CBS
CBS 88516
1981     Dutch edition.
2 LP CBS/Sony
40AP-2082~3
      Japanese edition.
2 LP CBS
AGP 103/104
1981?     South African edition.
1.2
Original
Stereo
with edit on
"Easy Meat"
2 LP EMI
1C 2LP 164 26 0808 3
? 5099926080833   Dutch edition. Digitally remastered.
1 CD EMI
CDP 7 90077 2
1988-04[1] 0077779007721   UK edition. "UK: CD EN 5002" also printed on the CD & cover. Matrix # CDP 7 90077 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
2 LP EMI
EN 5002
1986-02[1]     UK 2nd edition.
2 CS EMI
TCEN 5002
1986-02[1]     UK 2nd edition.
1.3
Crossfading
Between
Tracks,
Sound
Quality
Issues
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 40166
1990-05 0014431016622
(not printed)
  US edition, AAD.
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 26
1990 5016583602628   UK edition, AAD.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5041
1994-11-25 4988112405820   Japanese edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10532[2]
1995-05-02 0014431053221   US edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5129
1995-10-25 4988112407886   Japanese edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5264
1996-05-30 4988112408647   Japanese edition.
1.4
Crossfading
Between
Tracks,
Best
Sound
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10532[2]
1998 0014431053221   US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8724 DISCTRONICS RCD 10532 01
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1241
2002-05-29 4988112413269   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
1.1a
2012 Remaster
Original Stereo
1 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3862
2012-09-25 0824302386224   US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[3].
1 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238622
2012-09-25 0824302386224   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3862, manufactured in Germany.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1722.
  2. 2.0 2.1 According to Zappa Patio, the only way to distinguish the 1995 and 1998 Ryko RCD 10532 is to listen to the discs.
  3. Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.

See Also