RE: [Zappa-List] New To Group with Questions-

[Jim L]

I’ll let others comment on the rest. Vines are a way of sharing recordings of live shows. Many if not all of FZ’s shows were recorded by not only audience members. Well mixed and engineered sound board recordings exist as well. While most are kept in a vault by the Zappa family, many have been leaked out over the years. A fair sized trickle in just the last few years. Never to be sold they are shared freely among the fans. The term vine refers to one method where the original disk is passed around and copied. You can get exact details of how we do it here in the faq http://tinyurl.com/gpp8e   Jim L From: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sharpdressedmaniac2005 Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:32 PM To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Zappa-List] New To Group with Questions-   Hey folks, have been a fan since the seventh grade (1969)when I traded John Lennon's Life With The Lions for FZ's Absolutely Free. Have been a hard core fan since. Only got to see Frank live five times (six, if you count the two back to back shows on one night) when I came of age in Austin,Texas. Regretfully, never saw him with Ian Underwood. I am finally buying Zappa on CD and am dividing my purchases between classics and the flood of posthumous work coming from Ryko etc. Here's my 1st question- I bought the Lather box set. When playing it on my PC, often the titles appearing are not actually those playing. Is this an FZ joke from the grave? I remember when first obtaining Absolutely Free on vinyl, experiencing my frustration in that the grooves that usually separated the tracks were offset making it impossible to start a compostion on cue- later on I would laugh thinking this was FZ's way of fucking with the DJs and making you listen to his work by the side/concept rather than by the single. Question 2- Anybody know of any interesting sources for Ian Underwood or Don Preston? I have been to Don's site, emailing himn from there has provoked no response. I would like to order some of his and Bunk Gardners CDs but do not want to send money if the operation is defunct. Question 3- what is a vine? Question 4- any Varese fan's out there? I see on Overstock.com that there will be a Varese biography available there soon. For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. SPONSORED LINKS Personals Fun family vacation Fun ride Family fun Fun christmas gift Fun apron YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "Zappa-List" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.