{"id":2233338,"date":"2026-09-29T06:50:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/?p=2233338"},"modified":"2026-09-29T06:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:50:43","slug":"frank-zappa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wioe.com\/site\/2026\/09\/frank-zappa\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Zappa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of <em>Freak Out!<\/em>, <strong>Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention<\/strong> have released a newly expanded edition via Zappa Records\/UMe in a variety of formats, including a six-disc (5CD\/1Blu-ray Audio) Super Deluxe Edition that features 105 tracks, many of which have never been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Produced by Zappa Vaultmeister Joe Travers, this expanded collection titled &#8216;<em>Freak Out!: 60th Anniversary Edition<\/em>&#8216; contains Travers&#8217; 24-bit\/192kHz digital transfers and John Polito&#8217;s 2026 mastering of the core album&#8217;s 15 tracks, along with the rediscovered 1966 pre-master mix, the retrieved and restored 1966 mono mix, Fillmore Auditorium tapes mainly culled from a trio of live 1966 dates, original Mothers 1966 rehearsals, original Mothers demos, mono vocal reference mixes, and a three-track Freak Out! late-night jam session outtake collage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Blu-ray contains the core album newly remixed in 24-bit\/48kHz Dolby Atmos and 24-bit\/48kHz Dolby TrueHD5.1 surround sound by Karma Auger and Erich Gobel at Studio1LA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Super Deluxe Edition box comes with a litho print and a 26-page booklet with unseen photos from the archives of Ray Leong plus little-seen session photos by David Anderle, as well as liner notes and new historical essays by Leong, music journalist Jason Pettigrew, and The Vaultmeister, Joe Travers. The booklet also includes a replication of the original, double-sided fold-out Freak Out! Hot Spots Map created and designed by Zappa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the Super Deluxe Edition box set, there are two vinyl releases: a 180-gram 5LP box set featuring the pre-master mix on 2LPs, the mono master on 2LPs, and 1LP of additional highlights (demos, live tracks, and collage cuts) and a 180-gram 2LP pressing of the original album on multi-color vinyl. Both versions include the Freak Out Hot Spots Map. The multi-color 2LP edition is available exclusively at Zappa.com while all other editions can be found at Zappa.com, uDiscover Music, and Sound of Vinyl.  As <strong>Frank Zappa<\/strong> wrote in the album&#8217;s original liner notes, &#8220;Freaking Out is a process whereby an individual casts off outmoded and restricting standards of thinking\u2026 in order to express creatively his relationship to his immediate environment and the social structure as a whole.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Freak Out!, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention have released a newly expanded edition via Zappa Records\/UMe in a variety of formats, including a six-disc (5CD\/1Blu-ray Audio) Super Deluxe Edition that features 105 tracks, many of which have never been released. 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