mystery disc
– all compositions by frank zappa
1987 | lp | nl | gus records gus 1200/1 1987 |
bleeding romeo
yamaha hurricane
r.t.c.
produced by guus veldhuis
additional info from guus veldhuis:
a lot of years ago, i produced a zappa tribute album under the name mystery
disc. it was a free gift attached
to the entrance tickit of a zappa day in eindhoven.
here is the story behind the album.
for years and years i organized zappa convention days in eindhoven and later in
europe. when i started this in 1983 it was as a protest because you hardly could
hear zappa music on the radio and even less in concerts or in bars. the fist
time i called the 12 hour show "let's drink some beer and hear..
....fz" and more then 400
people showed up. great start and the following years it became bigger and
bigger and more difficult to find interesting stuff, good bands or video's. also
there came only few reactions for help to run the show or material to show in
the shows and the people became only interested in the market. the last thing
that happened and made me stop doing the shows was the fact that the fans became
older and boring and many of them lost their r & r soul. in every show i
added new elements and beside the normal performances, slideshows and video's, i
tried different musicians and other experiments in the zappa field.
ok, now the album. i made 1200 pieces and 800 were enclosed with the entrance
ticket for the show. 200 for the press and 200 for the people who played and
helped with it. i paid the album with putting advertisement on the back and some
money from the entrance ticket which was about 6 dollars.
info from patrick neve:
to get the full story from the source itself, and also to hear the album in
realaudio format, you really must visit:
http://www.dse.nl/guus/zappa/mystery/mystery.html