Frank Zappa - LATHER original limited edition 4 record

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Frank Zappa ~ Lather

Limited Edition Deluxe 4 Record Set

Yes, this is the original 4 record set that came out in the very early '80s that represents the recordings the way FZ intended them to be heard.

Side 1
1. Re-gyptian Strut
2. Naval Aviation In Art
3. A Little Green Rosetta
4. Duck Duck Goose
5. Down In De Dew
6. For The Young Sophisticate

Side 2
1. Tryin To Grow A Chin
2. Broken Hearts Are For As@@oles
3. The Legend Of Illinois Enema Bandit

Side 3
1. Lemme Take You To The Beach
2. Revised Music For Guitar And Low Budget Orchestra
3. RDNZL

Side 4
1. Honey Dont You Want A Man Like Me
2. The Black Page # 1
3. Big Leg Emma
4. Punkys Whips

Side 5
1. Flambe
2. The Purple Lagoon

Side 6
1. Perdros Dowry
2. Lather
3. Spider Of Destiny
4. Duke Of Orchestral Prunes

Side 7
1. Filthy Habits
2. Titties n Beer
3. The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution

Side 8
1. The Adventures Of Greggory Peccory

Produced by Zappa in 1977, LÄTHER (pronounced leather) features unreleased tracks, unreleased versions of familiar tunes and alternate mixes and edits of tracks that appeared on four separate albums in 1978 and 1979 (ZAPPA IN NEW YORK, STUDIO TAN, SLEEP DIRT and ORCHESTRAL FAVORITES).

Legal hassles with Warner Bros., Zappa's record company at the time, prevented the original release of LÄTHER. Stories vary, but according to Gail Zappa, Zappa conceived LÄTHER as a four-album box set which Warner Bros. declined to release. The label then thwarted Zappa's attempts to release it elsewhere by threatening legal action. It was then that Zappa reluctantly reformatted some of LÄTHER's material into separate albums, and delivered them to the record company in an effort to fulfill his contractual obligations. Zappa alleged that Warner Bros. refused to pay him for the material, so he declared them in breach and the lawsuits began.

Zappa took matters into his own hands in December 1977 by playing the entire work on Pasadena's KROQ radio station and instructing listeners to tape it. He said, "This is Frank Zappa as your bogus temporary disc jockey making it possible for you to run your little cassette machine and tape an album which is perhaps never going to be available to the public at large."

Condition:

All 4 records are in near perfect condition and have only been played on premier phono equipment, stored in anti-static sleeves.

Box is in excellent condition, but has small seam splits on top two corners of box.  Picture in excellent condition.

Winning bidder pays $6 for priority mail shipping in the US; $16 to the UK/EU via airmail.