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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)

Boxes or Else

The Future?

Articulate - Articles, Links, and What Have You

Yes, that incredibly nested

molested tuplets thing again!



That's what we're here for.



Not to mention a "buzz" in

an unknown bootleg from

Brazil, or the discovery of a

rare cover made out of a

dead rat! Also, one day a

guy might hear a "click" in

"The Ocean Is the Ultimate

Solution" nobody ever noticed. Until Now! And the day you hear that annoying click, you really realize: What a fantastic, unbeatable and wonderful newsgroup this is, I am so lucky! Hooray!

Geir Corneliussen, alt.fan.

frank-zappa, January 1999

Zappa Patio Articles and Examinations

External Articles and Examinations

Four Stereophile Magazine articles:

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).