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Frank Zappa - Orchestral Favorites (1979) [VideoArts, Japan]

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Frank Zappa - Orchestral Favorites (1979) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa - Orchestral Favorites (1979)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1237 | ~ 215 or 80 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 23 Mb
Jazz-Rock, Avantgarde, Prog Rock, Symphonic Rock

The material on this album originally was intended to be part of a four-record set called Läther, prepared for release in 1977. Then Frank Zappa got into a disagreement with his record company, Warner Bros., and Läther was split up into several different releases as part of a contractual agreement. The results were dumped on the market during 1978 and 1979, while Zappa moved on to his own record label…

Frank Zappa - Strictly Commercial: The Best Of Frank Zappa (1995) [VideoArts, Japan]

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Frank Zappa - Strictly Commercial: The Best Of Frank Zappa (1995) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa - Strictly Commercial: The Best Of Frank Zappa (1995)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | 2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1261 | ~ 585 or 201 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 44 Mb
Experimental Rock, Hard Rock, Avantgarde, Parody

For all of his many attributes, one thing Frank Zappa most certainly was not is commercial. Presumably, the title of this collection is ironic. Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa is a compilation not of the composer's hits – he only broke the Top 40 on one occasion, with "Valley Girl" – but rather, a collection of his best-known material, from "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" to "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace."…

Frank Zappa - Broadway The Hard Way (1989) [VideoArts, Japan]

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Frank Zappa - Broadway The Hard Way (1989) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa - Broadway The Hard Way (1989)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1260 | ~ 474 or 168 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 11 Mb
Jazz-Rock, Pop Rock, Avantgarde, Parody

The first live album compiled from various performances on Frank Zappa's 1988 world tour (his final outing), Broadway the Hard Way is composed mostly of new, vocal-oriented material. The tone throughout is highly political, with Zappa taking potshots at such targets as Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Pat Robertson and other televangelists, Jesse Jackson, C. Everett Koop, and so on…

Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish (1984) [VideoArts, Japan]

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Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish (1984) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish (1984)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1256 | ~ 560 or 215 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 94 Mb
Alternative Rock, Dialogue, Avantgarde, Art Rock, Jazz-Rock, Parody

Of all of Frank Zappa's discography, Thing-Fish must be his most controversial, misunderstood, overlooked album. Obviously, it is not a masterpiece, but reducing it to a compilation album with a racist plot distorts the reality…

Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (1982) [VideoArts, Japan]

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Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (1982) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (1982)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1243 | ~ 247 or 81 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 14 Mb
Experimental Rock / Art Rock / Avantgarde

Released in May 1982, Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch marks Frank Zappa's entrance into the 1980s. From this point on, his rock records would focus on single, simple rock songs (the previous year's You Are What You Is had them organized in interconnecting suites) with occasionally more complex instrumental numbers…

Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Just Another Band From L.A. (1972) [VideoArts, Japan]

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Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Just Another Band From L.A. (1972) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa & The Mothers - Just Another Band From L.A. (1972)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1214 | ~ 292 or 107 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 40 Mb
Avantgarde, Experimental, Parody

Just Another Band From L.A. was recorded live at the Pauley Pavillion, UCLA (Los Angeles), on August 7, 1971. Released in early 1972, it is the last album to document the Mothers of Invention lineup that included singers Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (aka Flo & Eddie)…

Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge (1970) [VideoArts, Japan]

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Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge (1970) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge (1970)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1212 | ~ 280 or 96 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 43 Mb
Blues Rock, Avantgarde, Prog Rock

Chunga's Revenge marks the debut of Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (among several other musicians) with the Mothers, and while their schtick has not reached the graphic proportions it later would, the thematic obsessions of the 200 Motels period are foreshadowed on tracks like "Road Ladies" and "Would You Go All the Way?"…

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Uncle Meat (1969) [VideoArts, Japan]

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Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention  - Uncle Meat (1969) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Uncle Meat (1969)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1208 | ~ 751 or 285 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 87 Mb
Art Rock, Avantgarde, Experimental, Dialogue

Just three years into their recording career, the Mothers of Invention released their second double album, Uncle Meat, which began life as the largely instrumental soundtrack to an unfinished film. It's essentially a transitional work, but it's a fascinating one, showcasing Frank Zappa's ever-increasing compositional dexterity and the Mothers' emerging instrumental prowess…

Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (1967) [VideoArts, Japan]

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Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (1967) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (1967)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1205 | ~ 177 or 60 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 30 Mb
Psychedelic Rock, Avantgarde, Progressive Rock

Lumpy Gravy, Frank Zappa's first solo album, was released months before the Mothers of Invention's third LP (even though its back cover asked the question: "Is this phase two of We're Only in It for the Money?") and both were conceptualized and recorded at the same time. We're Only in It for the Money became a song-oriented anti-flower power album with one contemporary/musique concrète/sound collage hybrid piece by way of conclusion. Lumpy Gravy collaged bits of orchestral music, sonic manipulations, spoken words, and occasional pop ditties into two lumps of 16 minutes each…

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) [VideoArts, Japan]

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Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1204 | ~ 267 or 83 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 24 Mb
Psychedelic Rock, Avantgarde, Progressive Rock

Frank Zappa's liner notes for Freak Out! name-checked an enormous breadth of musical and intellectual influences, and he seemingly attempts to cover them all on the second Mothers of Invention album, Absolutely Free. Leaping from style to style without warning, the album has a freewheeling, almost schizophrenic quality, encompassing everything from complex mutations of "Louie, Louie" to jazz improvisations and quotes from Stravinsky's Petrushka…

The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat (1968) [2013, 3CD, 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition]

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The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat (1968) [2013, 3CD, 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition]

The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat (1968)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
3CD | Universal Music Japan, UICY-75343 | ~ 924 or 443 Mb | Scans(png) -> 838 Mb
Rock / Art Rock / Experimental Rock / Avantgarde

The world of pop music was hardly ready for the Velvet Underground's first album when it appeared in the spring of 1967, but while The Velvet Underground and Nico sounded like an open challenge to conventional notions of what rock music could sound like (or what it could discuss), 1968's White Light/White Heat was a no-holds-barred frontal assault on cultural and aesthetic propriety…

The Velvet Underground - Complete Matrix Tapes (2015) [4CD Box Set] Re-up

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The Velvet Underground - Complete Matrix Tapes (2015) [4CD Box Set] Re-up

The Velvet Underground - Complete Matrix Tapes (2015)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
Universal Music, 00602547549013 | ~ 1562 or 648 Mb | Scans(png) -> 245 Mb
Psychedelic Rock / Art Rock

The Velvet Underground are arguably the most important American band of the second half of the '60s, but few seemed to think so at the time. The Velvets flew under the radar of public recognition through most of their career, and no one bothered to professionally record their live shows between 1966 and 1970…

George Harrison - Wonderwall Music (1968)

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George Harrison - Wonderwall Music (1968)

George Harrison - Wonderwall Music (1968)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
1992 | EMI, CDP 7 987062 | ~ 278 or 120 Mb | Scans
Psychedelic Rock / Avantgarde / Experimental / Soundtrack

The first Beatle solo album – as well as the first Apple album – was a minor eruption of the pent-up energies of George Harrison, who was busy composing this offbeat score to the film Wonderwall as Magical Mystery Tour raced up the charts…

King Crimson - The Elements: 2015 Tour Box (2015)

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King Crimson - The Elements: 2015 Tour Box (2015)

King Crimson - The Elements: 2015 Tour Box (2015)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2CD | Discipline Global Mobile, KCTB15 | ~ 838 or 332 Mb | Artwork -> 324 Mb
Progressive Rock, Avantgarde

The Elements of King Crimson is a box set series by King Crimson. Originally created to promote the band's 2014 tour of the same name, it is sold exclusively through the band's merchandise booth on the tour and from the Discipline Global Mobile online stores…

The Velvet Underground & Nico: 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (2012) Re-up

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The Velvet Underground & Nico: 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (2012) Re-up

The Velvet Underground & Nico: 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (2012)
EAC Rip | 6 x SHM-CD | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2012 | Polydor Records / Universal Music Japan | UICY-75343 | ~ 1583 or 826 Mb
Scans(Png, 300dpi) -> 2604 Mb
Rock / Art Rock / Experimental Rock / Avantgarde

Forty-fifth anniversary box set release from The Velvet Underground & Nico featuring the latest remastering. Set consists of 6 discs includes 29 unreleased tracks in a 92-page hardcover book packaging with a sticker of banana. Japanese edition features the high-fidelity SHM-CD format (compatible with standard CD player). The set includes both stereo and mono versions of the album "The Velvet Underground & Nico" (Disc 1-2), as well as Nico's 1967 solo debut CD "Chelsea Girl" (Disc 3), a studio session at Scepter Studio recorded to acetate, and unreleased recording footage from rehearsal at Andy Warhol's Factory in January 1966 (Disc 4), and a live show from Columbus, Ohio (Disc 5-6).