1981 ZAPPA TINSELTOWN RARE UK MANUFACTURERS COPY 2 LPS

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1981 - FRANK ZAPPA - TINSELTOWN REBELLION - RARE - U.K. MANUFACTURERS - 12" VINYL RECORD LP - 2 LP DIGITALLY REMASTERED SET - - HAS THE MANUFACTURERS STICKER ON THE BACK OF THE GATEFOLD ALBUM COVER - MADE IN THE U.K. BY E.M.I. RECORDS - E-50021/2 - SEE THE PHOTOS OLD POOTERS WHO REMEMBER NOT ONLY THIER NAMES, BUT WHO FRANK ZAPPA WAS WILL STILL BE ABLE TO ENLARGE - 

SO NOW THERE YOU ARE SCRATCHING YOUR OVERSIZED RONDO HATTON BEMIS SIZE HEAD AND WONDERING: HUH? OK REV, LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY NICE PRESSING, BUT I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT WONDER WHAT, YES I MEAN WHAT, IS A MANUFACTURERS COPY? SO COME ON REV., JUST TELL MY IGNANT BEHIND WHAT THAT IS.

OK LARRY, I GUESS IT'S MY DUTY TO INFORM YEZ:

IN THE U.K. AS YEZ MIGHT ALREADY KNOW TEST PRESSINGS USUALLY CAME WITH BLANK WHITE LABELS AND THAT WAS TRUE WITH THE EMI DIGITALLY REMASTERED PRESSINGS OF FRANK'S TINSELTOWN REBELLION 2 LP SET. BUT IN THE CASE OF THESE DIGITALLY REMASTERED ZAPPA 2 LP SETS THEY ACTUALLY FIRST MADE 4 ONE SIDED TEST PRESSINGS. THOSE TEST PRESSINGS ALL HAD WHITE BLANK LABELS. SO NEXT THEY PRESSED THE ENTIRE 2 LP SET AND PRINTED THE ALBUM COVER. BUT BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY PRESSED THE STOCK COPIES THEY MADE A FEW OF THESE MANUFACTURERS COPIES TO REALLY CHECK OUT THE RECORDS TO SEE HOW THE FINISHED PRODUCT WOULD BE. NOW I DON'T KNOW IF AFTER THEY CHECKED THEM OUT THEY SENT ANY OF THEM OUT AS PROMOS. I KINDA' DOUBT IT BECAUSE FOR ONE THING THIS 2 LP SET HAD ALREADY BEEN RELEASED BEFORE BEING DIGITALLY REMASTERED. ALSO THEY PRESSED THESE COPIES ON SOME PRETTY THIN VINYL. I WOULD THINK THAT THE INTENTION OF THESE VERY FEW MANUFACTURERS COPIES WERE MORE TO BE USED TO PLAY ONCE OR TWICE AS TEST PRESSINGS THAN TO BE SENT OUT AS PROMOS. ALSO THE PROMO COPIES THAT I HAVE SEEN FROM THIS LATER ZAPPA PERIOD OF PRESSINGS FROM THE U.K. HAD GOLD PROMO STAMPS ON THE COVER AND WERE REGULAR VINYL PRESSINGS AND NOT THE DIGITALLY REMASTERED VERSIONS. BUT HEY, IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THESE WERE SENT OUT AS PROMOS TOO. HOWEVER I GOT THIS SET FROM A GUY THAT HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY EMI RECORDS AND NOT FROM SOME RECORD STORE SELLING OFF THIER PROMOS. OK LARRY?

SIDE ONE POOTS FORTH: FINE GIRL - EASY MEAT - FOR THE YOUNG SOPHISTICATE.

SIDE TWO POOTS OUT: LOVE OF MY LIFE - I AIN'T GOT NO HEART - PANTY RAP - TELL ME YOU LOVE ME - NOW YOU SEE IT -NOW YOU DON'T.

SIDE THREE REEKS OF: DANCE CONTEST - THE BLUE LIGHT - TINSEL TOWN REBELLION - PICK ME, I'M CLEAN.

SIDE FOUR FESTERS FORTH: BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE - BROWN SHOES DON'T MAKE IT - PEACHES 3. 

I PURCHASED THIS 2 LP SET FROM A GUY IN THE U.K. AND I DOUBT THAT THESE RECORDS HAVE BEEN PLAYED MORE THAN MAYBE TWICE. ONCE AT EMI RECORDS AND ONCE BY ME. IN ANY CASE BOTH RECORDS PLAY GREAT AND VISUALLY AFTER MOVING ALL SIDES OF THESE RECORD 'ROUND N' 'ROUND LIKE AN IDIOT UNDER A PAIR OF 100 WATT LIGHT BULBS ALL I COULD FIND WAS ONE ULTRA LIGHT SURFACE MARK ON SIDE ONE, AND EVEN THOUGH BOTH RECORDS CAME IN THE ORIGINAL BRITISH PAPER SLEEVES I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY PAPER SCUFFS EITHER. BOTH RECORDS ARE REALLY CLEAN AND SHINY. HOWEVER AS I MENTIONED THESE KINDS OF RECORDS WERE PRESSED ON SOME THIN VINYL. THAT DOESN'T MEAN MUCH EXCEPT THAT I'D SUGGEST THAT IF YOU HAVE A STATIC MAT ON YOUR TURNTABLE TO REMOVE IT BEFORE YOU PLAY EM'. THERE'S NO STATIC OR SURFACE NOISE ON THEM ANYWAY BUT SINCE THEY DON'T WEIGH MUCH IT'S BETTER IN MY OPINION TO GET A SOLID CONTACT CONTACT WITH THE RECORD TO THE TURNTABLE THE LESS A RECORD WEIGHS FOR BETTER TRACKING. I GUESS IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT MUCH BUT I WANT YOUR BEHIND TO GET THE FULL EFFECT OF THE SOUND QUALITY THE ALBUM ALSO COMES WITH A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE WHICH WILL PROTECT YOUR ALBUMS FROM RANCID CRUDWEISER SPEWAGE DURING YOUR NEXT BONGO PARTY OR WEENY ROAST.

PAYMENT BY PAYPAL ONLY.

JUST PAY FOR THE ITEM IF YOU'RE THE LUCKY WIENER OR PURCHASER. THIS BUSINESS OF IDIOTS SNIPING THEN WAITING FOR ME TO FILE A NON PAYMENT COMPLAINT NEEDS TO END. I ONLY ACCEPT PAYPAL. IT TAKES LESS THAN 30 SECONDS TO PAY WITH PAYPAL. OF COURSE IF YOU PLACE A BID A WEEK BEFORE THE ITEM ENDS I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT MIGHT TAKE YOU A WHILE TO FIND OUT YOU'VE WON AND PAY, BUT NOT WHEN YOU BID IN THE LAST FEW SECONDS. ALL OF THE SHIPPING FEES ARE ENTERED AND IN FACT YOU COULDN'T PAY WITH THE INCORRECT SHIPPING FEE. IF YOU WANT AN INVOICE I'LL SEND YEZ ONE. HOWEVER I'M NOT ONE OF THOSE WEASELS WHO TELLS CUSTOMERS TO WAIT FOR AN INVOICE BEFORE PAYING THEN ADDS SOME OUTRAGEOUS HANDLING FEE. SO ACTUALLY IN ALL CASES IT'S MUCH BETTER FOR YEZ TO PAY RIGHT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE THE BUYER TO AVOID ANY POSSIBLE WEASEL FEES. A WORD OF ADVICE FROM REV. A. WEST, THE GREATEST LIVING ZAPPA SELLER KNOWN TO MANKIND.

$4.00 FOR MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING IN THE USA.

$8.00 FOR PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING IN THE U.S.A.

$9.00 FOR AIR MAIL SHIPPING TO CANADA.

$18.00 FOR AIR MAIL SHIPPING TO ANY OTHER LOCATION IN THE WORLD.

SEND AN E-MAIL WITH THE USUAL TIME WASTING QUESTIONS , AND CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART PLUS MORE FRANK ZAPPA RELATED ARTISTS THAN YOU CAN SHAKE YOUR STICK AT IN MY CRUDDY LITTLE E-BAY STORE. 

ARE YOU OR SOME OTHER OAF TO BE NAMED LATER, CONSTANTLY THE SUBJECT OF RIDICULE AND LAUGHTER BY YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, NEIGHBORS, AND / OR CO-WORKERS AT OSAMA'S BARBECUE BARN DUE TO THE SIZE OF YOUR ZAPPA COLLECTION NOT BEING MONSTROUS ENOUGH? WELL I'M SURE THAT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON THATYOU GET LAUGHED ABOUT. WELL, I CAN'T HELP YOU ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOUR HEAD LOOKS LIKE A PING-PONG BALL, BUT I JUST MIGHT BE ABLE TO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE SIZE OF YOUR OTHERWISE MEDIOCRE ZAPPA COLLECTION. SIMPLY ROLL RIGHT ON UP TO THE TOP OF THIS PAGE, AND ATTEMPT TO SQUEEZE YOUR CAVERNOUS BEHIND INSIDE OF MY E-BAY STORE: SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY. PLENTY OF RARE AND EXCITING FRANK ZAPPA AND RELATED STUFF IN THERE. THE ADMISSION REMAINS ABSOLUTELY FREE. SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?