FRANK ZAPPA HOT RATS RARE ORIG UNREMIXED & UN-RE-RECORDED ‘69 BIZARRE LP EX

$

75

FRANK ZAPPA (with a brief cameo appearance by Captain Beefheart) - HOT RATS - ORIGINAL 1969 BIZARRE RECORDS

ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

ORIGINAL LP MIX OF THE ALBUM, NOT THE '80s FRANK ZAPPA REMIX / RE-RECORDING OF THE ALBUM

FEATURES CAMEO APPEARANCE BY LEGENDARY CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND A STELLAR GUITAR WORK BY ZAPPA, SOME OF THE BEST FRETWORK OF THE ROCK ERA!!!

ORIGINAL TURQUOISE (AQUA BLUE) BIZARRE LABEL

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

THICK CARDBOARD GATEFOLD COVER, AMERICAN STYLE.

CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

VERY NICE AND SHINY VINYL WITH JUST A FEW MINOR IMPERFECTIONS. THERE IS LIGHT NOISE WHEN THE NEEDLE FIRST HITS THE GROOVE, BUT OTHERWISE PLAYS VERY LOUD AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT. WOW I HAVE NEVER LISTENED TO THIS ALBUM BEFORE. VERY NICE.

THE COVER IS VG FOR GENERAL WEAR AND RING WEAR (PHOTOS). NO SEAM SPLITS. NO TEARS. THE SPINE IS STILL VERY NICE (PHOTO).

***RARE COPY WITH THE “ZAPPED” PROMOTION FOR ZAPPA’S ‘TASTER’ RELEASE. NOT ALL COPIES CAME WITH THIS OFFER. *** (THIS ONE WAS FILLED OUT BUT NEVER SENT IN!)

***in the late 80`s Zappa personally “reconstructed” this, and a few other early Mothers albums, by digitally remixing, remastering and RE-RECORDING major portions of the album, under the pretext that (a) original master tapes have deteriorated beyond usefulness and (b) he did not like the drum parts. His meddling with the original recording had a negative affect from his fans and detractors alike (and for good reason). Then, just before he passed away, Zappa approved another series of reissues, this time from the original master tapes and containing original, un-mixed versions of the albums. Unfortunately, this album was NOT included in that final series, and the original version of this album, to our best knowledge, remains unavailable on compact disc or in any other form. (Big differences between the original vinyl and CD versions. The CD is a remix with additional tracks (mixer channel, no new songs) and contains material you've never heard of before. The 1995 Ryko CD has some additional cover / booklet artwork but is otherwise the same as the old disc (including the gold CD). The 2012 CD release finally restores the original vinyl mix.

International shipping is through the Global Shipping Program.