200 Motels

[gramps5299]

I finally found a CD of this, but the version I have appears to be a promotional copy given out before the release of the CD in '97. It has an orange cover with a white area in the middle where it says, in black letters, "Sneak Preview" and "Frank Zappa's", and, in orange, "200 Motels." On the inside is an insert with a black-and-white copy of the original cover art, and on the back of it is an advertisement for the release of the remastered CD in '97.

Just a few questions:
has anyone here ever seen/heard this? Is there any difference between it and the version released in '97 in sound quality?

Sidenote: have there been any comments made by the ZFT or anybody else to get the rights to this and put it back into print?

[gramps5299]

Nobody has an answer? really?
Damn, guess I'll never find this out unless I find a remastered version.

[Lonesome Cowboy Squirt]

Sorry, gramps.  Seems to me you've got a rarity there.  I have NEVER seen 200 Motels as a CD, let alone a promotional pressing.  The only copy I could ever get my grubby hands on was an old, somewhat worn LP.

[guacamole]

Yeah it does sound like a rarity Gramps.
The CD version I've got is from the Rykodisc MGM Sountrack Series catalogue number RCD 10513/14.

[Bobo]

I do know about a 200 Motels promo but in red (RCD 10513/14 ADV)

Check out his page: http://www.kompaktkiste.de/zappa_p.htm#half.

I don't know if they were made in different colors.

[gramps5299]

Wow, and I thought I wa sjust unlucky.
Bob-yes, that has an identical cover to the copy I have, just mine is a little duller orange.

[Bálint]

In the final official CD there's a thick booklet with tons of infos. Do you have it in yours? If don't, get one or just read a friends, interesting, with lot of pictures.