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Zappa's First Recordings Set For Release - A Top Story of 2007


12/17/2007
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(antiMusic) For the rest of the year we are going to be looking back at the most read articles from the past year. Today we feature the biggest story from June. It was rather busy month for stories including Claymates battling one another, a Bon Jovi member going into rehab, Led Zeppelin reunion rumors and more, but the story that had the most readers was about the legendary Frank Zappa! Here is the story:

Crossfire Publications, is in the process of releasing a series of recordings from the pre- and post-Mothers of Invention eras, with many unreleased tracks featured. The Pal Recording Studios recordings are of enormous historical value, as they were Frank Zappa's very first studio tracks. The symbiotic relationship Zappa had with Paul Buff and Pal formed the core of his later output.
Paul Buff and Frank Zappa pioneered many of the recording techniques and musical styles that continue on today by using the studio itself as a dynamic music instrument, rather than a static capture environment. At Pal, the classic divide between engineer and musician was non-existent.

As the most anticipated releases in Crossfire's release schedule, the Pal Recording Studios CD series was developed by Crossfire's owner Greg Russo along with Paul Buff , owner of the Cucamonga, California-based studio from 1957-1964. This exclusive series will feature many highly prized rarities and unreleased tracks drawn from Paul Buff's mixdown tapes and reference discs.[interesting enough, it looks like this CD series will finally be released in early 2008 according to - crossfirepublications.com]

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