Frank Zappa Läther Box Set EDISON ORIG MINT

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Here is a great find; a  beautiful copy of  Frank Zappa's "Läther," a very rare four-LP box set in its original pressing (not the remastered version released by Ryko in 1996). All LPs  are a beautiful M-; outer box is VG+ with light surface wear. "Hinge" of box is fragile, but not separated. "LAST" vinyl preservative treatment has been used on these LPs. REALLY NICE, and very hard to find. Do not pass this up! A must for Zappa fanatics, and they don't come much nicer than this!

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Wikipedia entry for this box:

Läther (pronounced "Leather") is an album by Frank Zappa. Produced by Zappa in 1977, the recordings contained in Läther were made between 1972 and 1976. The majority of the tracks were first issued on 4 different individual albums and released on Zappa's Warner Bros. distributed DiscReet Records label in 1978 and 1979. The individual albums are Zappa in New York (1978), Studio Tan (1978), Sleep Dirt (1979) and Orchestral Favorites (1979.) A few smaller parts also appeared in edited form on Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981).

History

Before the official Läther release on CD in 1996, the album had been considered one of rock music's great lost albums, considered "the Smile of the Freak Out set."[1][dead link]

There is still a great deal of confusion surrounding Zappa's original artistic intentions for material on the Läther album. Many Zappa fans believe that his original intention was to release the material on 4 individual albums (a total of 5 full-length LP's) as he had delivered the material to Warner Bros. in this form in 1976. The official story given by Gail Zappa when the CD version of Läther was released in 1996 seems to contradict much of the evidence from Zappa interviews and magazine articles from the 1976-1979 period. When the material was first released on CD while Zappa was alive he chose to issue the 4 individual album configuration. Each individual album in the collection had a cohesive and unique style of its own. However, in the Läther configuration the styles were mixed up in a seemingly random way and linked with bits of dialogue and sound effects.[2]

The official story according to Gail Zappa is as follows: the album (Läther) was originally conceived as a four-record box set in 1977. When Frank delivered the album to Warner Bros. Records, the label refused to release it. Zappa asked for a re-assignment of his contract (from DiscReet to Warner Bros.) in order to advance the possibility of being able to do special projects. Warner Bros. briefly agreed before telling him that he owed them four more albums. Zappa reedited the material into the individual albums Zappa in New York, Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt and Orchestral Favorites. After releasing Zappa in New York, Warner refused to pay him or to release the rest of the albums.[3]

However Gail Zappa was apparently unaware that all the material on Läther was already completed and delivered to Warner in 1976, a year before Läther was created. There are many holes in the official story. There is no proof that the 4 LP Läther box was ever delivered to Warner, nor would a single 4 LP box have fulfilled the terms of the contract because it would have counted as as one release. In actuality it was the fact that Warner failed to release the 3 remaining individual albums which caused Zappa to conclude that Warner was in violation of their contract. This led Zappa to re-compile recordings from all 4 separate albums (5 full length LP's) into a new 4 LP box set called Läther and begin negotiations to release the package with another record company (Capitol/EMI.) Warner then interfered with these negotiations and threatened a lawsuit.

The next step was that Zappa then took matters into his own hands in December 1977 by playing the entire Läther work on Pasadena's KROQ radio station and instructing listeners to record it.[3] At this point none of the material had been officially released to the public. When Zappa attempted to get a distribution deal with yet another new record company Mercury/Phonogram to release the Läther album, Warner Bros. decided to release the individual albums he had delivered to them in 1976.[3] Until the CD was released, on Rykodisc, Läther was only available on bootlegs which had been sourced either from tapes of the radio broadcast or from copies of the test pressing.[4]

Edison

Cat# SRZ-4-1500

Vinyl: M-

Box: VG+

Tracklisting:

DISC 1

Side 1-
1. Re-Gyptian Strut
2. Naval Aviation in Art?
3. A Little Green Rosetta
4. Duck Duck Goose
5. Down in de Dew
6. For the Young Sophisticate

Side 2-
1. Tryin' to Grow a Chin
2. Broken Hearts Are for A$$holes
3. The Legend of the Illinois Enema Bandit

DISC 2

Side 3-
1. Lemme Take You to the Beach
2. Revised Music for Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra
3. RDNZL

Side 4-
1. Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?
2. The Black Page #1
3. Big Leg Emma
4. Punky's Whips

DISC 3

Side 5-
1. Flambay
2. Purple Lagoon

Side 6-
1. Pedros Dowry
2. Lather
3. Spider of Destiny
4. Duke of Orchestral Prunes

DISC 4

Side 7-
1. Filthy Habits
2. Titties N Beer
3. The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution

Side8-
1. The Adventures of Greggery Peccary

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