Frank Zappa

6CD plus poster: Zappa.com
6CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada

Zappa Records and UMe are continuing their series of Frank Zappa boxes with Zappa/Erie.  The 6-CD, 71-track box (also available digitally) features three 1974-1976 shows from the Erie, Pennsylvania area (including Edinboro, some eighteen miles outside of Erie) plus a handful of bonus tracks from other locales including Toledo, Ohio; South Bend, Indiana; and most far-flung, Montreal, Canada.  The set boasts over seven hours of music, of which only 10 minutes has ever been officially released.  The audio for the set was professionally recorded on four-track tape by Zappa's team of engineers Bill Hennigh, Brian Krokus, Davey Moire, and Claus Weideman, and newly mixed from the original tapes by Craig Parker Adams and mastered by John Polito at Audio Mechanics.