Kill Ugly Radio: Frank Zappa & Elsewhere

Joe Travers’ letter, on the audio-tracks of the new DVD - found on the Usenet group alt.fan.frank-zappa:

I’m sorry Mark, but it’s Dolby Digital. We originally were going to with PCM audio but we decided that we would go Dolby since we did not treat the audio in any way, nor remix. We went for picture quality instead. But when we switched the audio, the print work had already been completed.
That’s the story. We are planning on a special edition-type release with (hopefully) the full shows & all remixed in surround. The Nina Blackwood stuff should be on that.

Enjoy & thanks!!!
Joe

Khm.

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Well, apparently today is Zappa-news day. A new DVD, hot off the press at Barfko Swill: FZ: The Torture Never Stops. As per the blurb:

• $21.98
• Halloween, New York City, 1981 - Live at The Palladium
• edited, performed & music composed & conducted by FZ
• with Ray White, Steve Vai, Bobby Martin, Tommy Mars,Ed Mann, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman
• 2 hours with xtras - ratta tat too!
• DVD 9 Dual Layer, NTSC, American English, Dolby Digital 2.0

This appears to be a fully captured version of the Halloween ‘81 show, perhaps most famous for this rendition of “Stevie’s Spanking”, as previously featured in the Dub Room Special DVD. (See Also)

Visuals? Yup:

Have to admit I for one didn’t see that one coming. Whatever happened to frost on pumpkins and such?

Update:

• More info regarding the “unofficial videotape” in circulation
• Zappa.com’s TTNS page (flash)

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