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 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)

The Future?

Articulate - Articles, Links, and What Have You

Zappa Patio Articles and Examinations

• The Zappa Patio FAQ
• 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. Think of this as an archeological expedition into the last batch of reissues.
  
• Läther Source Codes - Zoot answers all questions about what is on Läther that is not on any other album
• 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).

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