We'll get the source poop on these titles ASAP. It highlights what a fine touring group Zappa had back then, though there were some studio overdubs (guess what? Most "live" rock recordings are either partially or totally overdubbed!). Roxy and Elsewhere, a double live set was pulled from three 1973 evenings at the Sunset Strip's famed Roxy and 1974 dates at Edinborough State College in Pennsylvania and Chicago's Auditorium Theater. Most of the songs were recorded on December 8, 9 at The Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, California. and is different from material released on Roxy & Elsewhere in 1974. Uncle Meat, first released in 1969 ranks among the most creative and musically enjoyable Mothers albums and even made the Billboard charts, peaking at #43. Roxy & Elsewhere is a double live album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers, released on September 10, 1974. Roxy by Proxy is a live album by Frank Zappa, recorded in December 1973 at The Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, California and released posthumously in March 2014 by The Zappa Family Trust on Zappa Records. The Over-Niteā¦ reissue sounded arguably better than the original as I recall the listening session. My side 1, with a "RE-4" in the inner groove area sounded murky and plain lousy compared to the digital remaster and to the earlier version he also brought along. Frank and the Mothers played three nights on December 8th, 9th & 10th and these shows formed the basis of the Roxy & Elsewhere album that was released in 1974. The digitally remastered Freak Out sounded better than my AAA version on side one, while the rest was close enough to render a "buy" verdict. Frank Zappas concerts at the Roxy Theatre in Holywood in December 1973 are legendary. Meanwhile thanks to an Analogplanet reader I got to hear the digitally sourced vinyl reissue of Freak Out and the analog sourced reissue of Over-Nite Sensation. 2013." U.M.R.K standing for "Utility Muffin Research Kitchen", Frank Zappa's recording studio. So it is, he says a "high res digitally restored master from U.M.R.K. Unfortunately the original 1968 edited Uncle Meat master is "damaged in parts", so he transferred the tape at 96k/24 bit along with a second set of analog safety masters that were in "excellent shape" and produced from those two elements and new cutting master. Zappa Family Trust "vaultmeister" Joe Travers says Roxy & Elswhere was cut from original 1/4" analog tape masters. The press release says "Joe Travers, Zappa Family Trust Vaultmeister worked with Chris Bellman of Bernie Grundman Mastering on these vinyl projects". The Zappa Family Trust recently announced remastered vinyl reissues of these two significant double LP Frank Zappa records. Roxy & Elsewhere is a double live album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers, released on September 10, 1974.
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