slow in here as of late. I guess all that can be said about Frank has been said!

The Old Geezer

On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 12:05:59 -0800 (PST), The old geezer <JYOB@aol.com>
wrote:

>slow in here as of late. I guess all that can be said about Frank has been said!

I got the 40th Anniversary 5-CD version of "Zappa in New York" for
Christmas. Only had time to listen to it once so far. It's better
than I was expecting. The middle three discs that flesh out a version
of the complete set list from the concerts using previously unreleased
recordings are great. The nearly half-hour long version of Black
Napkins on disc four is fantastic. Also neat to hear the piano
interpretations of The Black Page on disc five, particularly the one
that Ruth Underwood arranged and recorded at home.

There's still stuff to talk about, it just hardly anyone checks out
USENET newsgroups any more.

-- Bob

On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:04:16 GMT, Bice wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 12:05:59 -0800 (PST), The old geezer <JYOB@aol.com>
> wrote:
>
>>slow in here as of late. I guess all that can be said about Frank has
>>been said!
>
> I got the 40th Anniversary 5-CD version of "Zappa in New York" for
> Christmas. Only had time to listen to it once so far. It's better than
> I was expecting. The middle three discs that flesh out a version of the
> complete set list from the concerts using previously unreleased
> recordings are great. The nearly half-hour long version of Black
> Napkins on disc four is fantastic. Also neat to hear the piano
> interpretations of The Black Page on disc five, particularly the one
> that Ruth Underwood arranged and recorded at home.
>
Its a pity that this is the first time I've heard of the 5 CD version, or
I'd have grabbed a set. But G&S Music has sold out of it and doesn't seem
to expect any more will become available, while even the steaming, fetid
pile known as Amazon only has the 3 CD version.

However, a question for the OP of this thread: have you got or listened
to 'Roxy By Proxy'?

IMO its the best CD by the best FZ band, and was recorded at a one-off
concert when they were at the top of their game.

On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 16:09:16 -0000 (UTC), Martin Gregorie
<martin@mydomain.invalid> wrote:

>On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:04:16 GMT, Bice wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 12:05:59 -0800 (PST), The old geezer <JYOB@aol.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>slow in here as of late. I guess all that can be said about Frank has
>>>been said!
>>
>> I got the 40th Anniversary 5-CD version of "Zappa in New York" for
>>
>Its a pity that this is the first time I've heard of the 5 CD version, or
>I'd have grabbed a set. But G&S Music has sold out of it and doesn't seem
>to expect any more will become available, while even the steaming, fetid
>pile known as Amazon only has the 3 CD version.

I'm still seeing it available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Zappa-New-York-40th-Anniversary/dp/B07KS8SBJN/

It's a bit pricey (currently $73.07), but it looks like it's still
available.

-- Bob

On Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 11:09:18 AM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:04:16 GMT, Bice wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2 Jan 2022 12:05:59 -0800 (PST), The old geezer <JY...@aol.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>slow in here as of late. I guess all that can be said about Frank has
> >>been said!
> >
>
> However, a question for the OP of this thread: have you got or listened
> to 'Roxy By Proxy'?
>
> IMO its the best CD by the best FZ band, and was recorded at a one-off
> concert when they were at the top of their game.

No, I haven't, Besides having cash flow problems as of late that MOI era is not one of my particular
favorites. Say what you will but I think Frank just became full of himself around this time. My fave era is from FO to JABFLA era
and "some" of the '88 TGBYNHIYL era. Don't get me wrong, though. I enjoy tunes such as VOTS & the reworking of TED/OCLT but tunes such as Dynamo Humm, DEYS & Cosmik Debris get real OLD real Fast! That's all!!! I have to go triple mask, hide under my bed & wait for Dr. Fraudchi sez it OK to come out now!!!

The OLD Geezer

I'm gonna go see Napoleon Murphy Brock with the Stinkfoot Orchesta tomorrow.