Zappa's Legendary 1971 Fillmore East Run, and Shocking Final Rainbow Theatre Gig Commemorated with Definitive Eight-Disc Boxed Set There will be an 8CD box, 3LP Fillmore East and 3Lp Final Rainbow Theater Gig! This is my favorite Zappa era.
FRANK ZAPPA'S LEGENDARY 1971 FILLMORE EAST RUN IN NYC AND SHOCKING FINAL RAINBOW THEATRE GIG IN LONDON WITH THE MOTHERS GETS PROPER 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION WITH DEFINITIVE EIGHT-DISC BOXED SET, 'THE MOTHERS 1971' (prnewswire.com) from Frank Zappa on Facebook https://fb.watch/avXsB9xNH3/
I dig the fins Maybe I'll get the actual CDs this time. For some reason the sprawling Zappa sets don't get listened to a lot when I download them, too easy to forget they are there I guess...
Woah!The ZFT come up trumps again! A true "must buy" if ever there was one which hopefully will mean the original Fillmore album and "Playground Psychotics" can finally enjoy retirement. Be fascinating to hear how the Rainbow show has been tackled given the audience tape of it proved there were many technical gremlins plaguing the first half of that show as well as finally reveal when/where FZ's tape ran out. I really dig the 1971 MOI!
While I’m excited about the set the fact that the vinyl version of Fillmore East includes “vintage, period-perfect Zappa mixes, some of which are not included in the CD box set and can’t be found anywhere else” irks me. Of course they know their audience and myself and others will drop the extra coin to get those mixes.
Zappa's Legendary 1971 Fillmore East Run, and Shocking Final Rainbow Theatre Gig Commemorated with Definitive Eight-Disc Boxed Set I'm a third of the way through writing notes on the 200 Motels set, sync comparing stuff four times over for performance differences will make it slow, and suddenly an official email drops announcing an 8CD Mothers 1971 live boxset (in CD sleeves) featuring newly mixed Fillmore shows, Pennsylvania snippets, the Rainbow Theatre show, and bonuses, alongside a 3LP Fillmore album, and a new 3LP Rainbow Theatre album, plus Hi-res on the way, for March 18th. This is an amazing time to be a Flo & Eddie Mothers fan. Thank you Joe & Co.
The exclusive vinyl tracks are an immediate bummer on this otherwise great announcement. I hope they release the 3LP set as a digital download, at least.
I'm sure it's necessary because they know many people will stream the CD set and they will not earn much coin from that.
Boy, gotta think hard about this one. Over the years, I've really tired of the high school humor of FE and the soundboards that circulate from that period. FE was also my Frank intro in 10th grade, now I only turn to it for the instrumentals and Happy Together. Aynsley is so fantastic on the opening Little House. edit: wow, a live Chunga and the Beatle cover. I had no idea this band every did Sick Tears
That’s a lot of Billy The Mountain!!! What a wealth of Stuff this is. What exactly is the material that is unique to the vinyl? I’ve read through the blurbs and it looks like everything on the cd set is also on the vinyl but maybe I’ve missed something …
I would have preferred the complete '72 UCLA show, I think this Fillmore run is a bit overrated, but I'm glad they keep on releasing archival material.
from the promo: Interesting note in the official promo, for completists: also also Should be very interesting! I'm certainly excited.
If the tapes for that exist, the complete Divan suite and Motels finale would be fun to hear patched, no mention of that show here, so you never know!