ZAPPA IN NEW YORK 2 LPS RARE YUGOSLAVIA SUZY RECS PROD

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1977 - FRANK ZAPPA - ZAPPA IN NEW YORK - 2 LP VINYL RECORDS - MANUFACTURED IN ZAGREB, YUGOSLAVIA BY SUZY RECORDS PRODUCTION [ PRINTED ON ALL LABELS AND WITH THE SUZY RECORDS PRODUCTION LOGO PRINTED ON THE BACK COVER ] PRESSED ON THE WARNER BROS. TREE LABEL - WB-69204.

NOW HERE IS A ZAPPA RECORD FOR SOME ZAPPA COLLECTOR THAT THINKS HE'S SEEN IT ALL. NOT ONLY IS IT AMAZING THAT IN 1977 IN A COUNTRY RUN BY A VILE DICTATOR, MARSHALL TITO, THAT THERE WERE EVEN ANY ZAPPA RECORDS AT ALL MADE THERE BUT ALSO AFTER THE IRON CURTAIN FELL, IT'S AMAZING THAT ANYTHING COULD SURVIVE 4 YEARS OF NATO FORCES BOMBING. OF COURSE I HAD THIS RECORD BEFORE ALL OF THE BOMBING STARTED AND THERE PROBABLY ISN'T MANY ZAPPA OR ANY OTHER RECORDS FOR THAT MATTER THAT SURVIVED IF YOU'RE EVER LOOKING FOR ANOTHER COPY. THE STRANGE PART OF COURSE IS THAT THEY MADE THIS ZAPPA RECORD THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, IN RUSSIA IF THEY CAUGHT YOU LISTENING TO ZAPPA THEY'D SEND YOU TO SIBERIA. INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH WHEN THEY FINALLY CAUGHT UP TO TITO,THEY CUT OFF HIS BALLS, HUNG HIM AND SHOT HIM TOO OR SOMETHING, HEY, HE MIGHT HAVE MURDERED YOUR BROTHER AND RAPED YOUR SISTER BUT AT LEAST HE'D LET YOU LISTEN TO SOME ZAPPA, SO HE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ALL THAT BAD, YOUR SISTER WAS KIND OF UGLY ANYWAY. HEY CHECK IT OUT, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL TODAY FROM SOMEBODY IN EUROPE TELLING ME THAT ACTUALLY MARSHALL TITO WASN'T THAT BAD OR AT LEAST BETTER THAN SOME DICTATORS, SUCH AS CHOWCHESKU OF ROMANIA.

THE GATEFOLD CARDBOARD COVER IS VERY INTERESTING TOO, THERE'S A WARNER BROS. LOGO IN A CIRCLE PRINTED NEAR THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER WITH SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PRINTED AROUND THE CIRCLE SCRATCHED OUT. REMEMBER. THIS IS PRINTED ON THE COVER AND NO ACTUAL SCRATCHES IS ON THIS LOGO. BEING A ZAPPA COLLECTOR FOR OVER 30 YEARS I KNOW THAT THIS WAS A WARNER BROS, PROMO GOLD STAMP ON THE ORIGINAL COVER WHICH THEY CROSSED OUT AND THEN COPIED TO MAKE THEIR COVERS. THE ONLY COPY OF THE COVER THAT THEY HAD TO MAKE THEIR OWN COPIES MUST HAVE BEEN A GOLD STAMP PROMO. LIGHT RECORD INDENTATION ON THE FRONT AND SOME THIN RING WEAR THAT RESULTED FROM THE RECORD INDENTATION ON THE BACK COVER. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A SCRATCH GOING DOWN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK COVER, BUT UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A THIN LINE OF GLUE OR SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S RAISED FROM THE COVER. YES, THERE'S A SUZY RECORDS PRODUCTION LOGO PRINTED ON THE BACK COVER. INSIDE OF THE GATEFOLD THERE'S MUCH LIGHTER RECORD INDENTATIONS WITH THE LYRICS TO THE SONGS PRINTED ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. IN ANY CASE THE SIDES ARE REVERSED INSIDE OF THE ATEFOLD FROM ALL OF THE NORMAL PRESSINGS RELEASED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD.

BOTH OF THE RECORDS ARE PRESSED ON HEAVY VINYL. [ APPARENTLY NO OIL SHORTAGE IN YUGOSLAVIA IN 1977 ] A VERY SMALL AND LIGHT SURFACE MARK ON SIDE 3, AS INCREDIBLE AS IT MAY SOUND FOR A FOREIGN PRESSING THAT'S THIS OLD HAT MARK WAS THE ONLY OBVIOUS THING THAT YOU COULD SEE WITHOUT REALLY LOOKING CLOSE AT THE OTHER SIDES UNDER A PAIR OF 100 WATT LIGHT BULBS. YEAH, THERE'S SOME ULTRA LIGHT SURFACE MARKS, SCUFFS ON SOME OF THE OTHER SIDES, BUT NOTHING INCLUDING THE SURFACE MARK ON SIDE 3 ARE EVEN CLOSE TO SERIOUS. HEY, A CONSERVATIVE VG+ OVERALL. THE LABELS ALL HAVE SUZY RECORDS PRODUCTION PRINTED ON THEM AND OF COURSE INSTEAD OF THE NORMAL DISCREET RECORDS LABEL, HEY WERE PRESSED ON WHAT COLLECTORS CALL THE WARNER BROS. TREE LABEL. BOTH RECORDS COME WITH A COLLECTORS TYPE OF INNER SLEEVES AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE OF COURSE OVER THE COVER.

PAYMENT BY PAYPAL OR MONEY ORDER IN US DOLLARS.

PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF AUCTION END. PRESENT OR FORMER DICTATORS, WHO TORTURE AND RAPE THEIR CITIZENS CAN STILL BID ON THIS ITEM JUST AS LONG AS THEY HAVE NEVER INITIATED LAWS THAT PROHIBIT PEOPLE IN THEIR COUNTRIES FROM LISTENING TO ZAPPA MUSIC. OK?

SEND AN E-MAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS, AND CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, JETHRO TULL, PINK FLOYD, JIMI HENDRIX, ROLLING STONES, ALICE COOPER AND VARIOUS OTHE ARTISTS THAT ARE FOR SALE IN MY E-BAY STORE.

ARE YOU JUST SOME OLD BUNGHOLE THAT'S LOOKING FOR A LITTLE ZAPPA BEFORE YOU BITE THE BIG ONE? WELL MY SON, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO GO TO THE TOP OF THIS PAGE AND CLICK ON SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY. YEAH, THAT'S MY E-BAY STORE AND YOU'LL FIND MORE RARE ZAPPA IN THERE THAN WRINKLES ON YOUR BIG BEHIND. SO JUST GWINE ON IN THERE N' GET A LITTLE ONYA, BEFORE YOU CROAK AND JUST IN CASE, DON'T FORGET TO PAY. YOU WOULDN'T WANT ME TO WRITE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ON YOUR TOMBSTONE, WOULD YOU? SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?