In the liner notes to the 1996 release however gail zappa states that as originally conceived by frank läther was always a 4 record box set.
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First planned in 1977 but not released until 1996.
After releasing zappa in new york warner refused to pay him or to release the rest of the albums.
Frank zappa once said in an interview that mastering engineer spencer chrislu was a vinyl guy at home.
When the material was first released on cd while zappa was alive he chose to issue the 4 individual album configuration.
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Some material on läther overlaps with albums like zappa in new york studio tan sleep dirt or orchestral favorites which sort of came out instead of läther but other material is unique and some of the overlapping versions are slightly different.
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.
Zappa re edited and reconfigured some of the läther material into the individual albums zappa in new york studio tan sleep dirt and orchestral favorites.
The official version of läther was released posthumously in september 1996.
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When the material was first released on cd while zappa was alive he chose to issue the 4 individual album configuration.
The ryko läther i have not heard the 2012 remaster has a nice vinyl quality to its sonic presentation don t ask me for details please which is beyond me.
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It just sounds like the original vinyl albums to my ear.
It remains debated whether zappa had conceived the material as a four lp set from the beginning or only when approaching phonogram.
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.
The album was sort of released but spread over 4 albums namely studio tan sleep dirt orchestral favourites and live in new york with other songs appearing in.
The läther album was originally conceived as a 4 lp box set of 8 sides 27 songs for release in 1977 but warner brothers refused to release 2 hours worth of music.