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Frank Zappa - Lather (1996) [3CD] {2012 UMe Remaster ZR3893}
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© 2012 Zappa Records / UMe | ZR3893
Rock / Experimental Rock

Official Release #65. LATHER (pronounced "leather") was recorded in the 1970s and originally intended as a 4-LP box set. It was, however, never released that way; instead, the material from the project dribbled out over the course of 1978 and 1979 on the albums ZAPPA IN NEW YORK, SLEEP DIRT, STUDIO TAN, ORCHESTRAL FAVORITES and SHEIK YERBOUTI. This 1996 release is the first issue of the full LATHER, and it features four previously-unreleased songs, along with previously-unreleased versions or mixes of many of the tracks. Recorded between 1973 and 1977.

Frank Zappa - Apocrypha: Thirty Years of Frank Zappa (1994) {4CD Set Great Dane Records GDR 9405/ABCD}
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© 1994 Great Dane Records | GDR 9405/ABCD
Rock / Experimental Rock / Jazz Rock / Modern Composition

The box contains a 40 page color booklet which includes the Interview by Bob Marshall. Liner notes appear on the far right on every right-hand page - in the style of the YCDTOSA series. This is a very popular bootleg box with luxurious packaging: a book-style box with a leather appearance (although not at all made of leather). The front has a photo of Zappa's moustache, and says "APOCRYPHA", "FZ" and "Thirty Years Of Frank Zappa". The back cover shows Zappa walking down the street with his UHER portable tape recorder, wearing a bulbous derby (from the same session as the inside photo in the Strictly Commercial package).