Happy Birthday to Frank Zappa!

We are very pleased to present to you now two tracks from the Vault but even more exciting is an Omentous Film/Video (who knows what to call these things anymore in the current business of music) excerpt. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I did say Excerpt! And can I just say how thrilled we are to be able to make available to you a lovely and very seasonally delicious performance/recording by 3NSAMBL3 from over the border and into our hearts.

We wish you an Amazing 2014 Winter Solstice, it being the longest Night of the Year, it is more than possible to Dream and Dream and Dream. May all your dreams be blessed and fulfilled.

Thank you from all of us here in the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen. Thanks for stoking the flames of our desires.

Check What’s New!

xxx,

the barfies


Links:
What’s New!
2014 Anything Anytime Anywhere For No Reason At All Frank Zappa Birthday Bundle


01. Down In De Dew - Alternate Mix

Produced by Frank Zappa
Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, NYC 1972, & Paramount Studios 1973
Engineer, Kerry McNab
FZ, Guitars, Bass
Jim Gordon, Drums

Transferred by Joe Travers, UMRK 2014
from 1/4” Stereo Analog Tape
Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering 2014
Released in 2014 as the B-Side to the Record Store Day 7” single “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow”

02. Freak Chouflee’

Live Recording from the Vault
Circa 1966
Previously Unreleased
Band:
FZ, Guitar
Del Casher, Guitar
Don Preston, Keys
Roy Estrada, Bass
Billy Mundi, Drums
Jimmy Carl Black, Drums

Transferred & edited by Joe Travers
from 1/4” Stereo Analog Tape
Mastered by Steve Hall 2003, Future Disc

03. Uncle Meat/Uncle Meat Variations

3NSAMBL3
Fernando Mariña, Guillermo González Phillips & Jesús Serrano
Mexico

04. RDNZL Palermo, 1982 (Video Omen)

Frank Zappa
Band:
Ray White
Tommy Mars
Chad Wackerman
Scott Thunes
Ed Mann
Bobby Martin
Steve Vai

Mix, FZ with Bob Stone
Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering 2014
Camera, Thomas Nordegg

I generally like these things, but I'd prefer to have Frank performances, not the other stuff. Something like the 3NSAMBL3 track I'd listen to once, maybe twice, then probably never again. I haven't looked to see if this is on iTunes or not - in the past, I've avoided downloading the other artists' tracks. On the plus side, they are doing FLAC this year.

But the really interesting thing is the typically (and somewhat annoyingly) cryptic reference to the video content. When I first read the e-mail, I thought it might be the mythical Bigf...uh, Roxy movie. But this is something else. I'm curious.

RDNZL Palermo, 1982 (Video Omen) is indeed video