Francesco Zappa

No differences at all have been reported between the CD and the vinyl, but the 1995 CDfixes some audio errors from previous CDs. (It must be stressed that Francesco Zappa was aREAL composer, not something Frank made up, and that the music on thisalbum was really written by Francesco.)

ESSENTIAL VERSIONS FOR COMPLETISTS: The1995 CD has superiorsound quality, although it's not a different mix or anything. [completist'sguide]

Issues

• Original vinyl (Barking Pumpkin ST74202 in the US, November 1984; EMI EJ2702561 in the UK)
• Canadian vinyl (Capitol ST6518)
• German vinyl (EMI 270561)
• Original CD (Barking Pumpkin D2 74202 in the US, Zappa Records CDZAP 48 in the UK, April 1992; VACK 5092 in Japan)
• Japanese MSI CD (Music Scene Inc. MSI-0050)
• Zappa Records cassette (TZAPPA48)
• 1995 CD (Ryko RCD 10546, May 2 1995; VACK 5092 inJapan, renumbered 5227 in 1998)

Artwork

The LP package had credits for the artwork, that were omitted from the CD:

• cover painting by Donald Roller Wilson
• collage by Gabrielle Raumberger
• graphics by New Age Art

John Seifert elaborates a little bit on the Canadian LP's artwork (which may hold true for a few other editions):

...there were 2 different color schemes. One had Francesco Zappa with green text, the other had it in orange. The green text one had the doggie's dress and sunglasses in orange and the orange text version had the doggie in green and green frames on the sunglasses.

1995 CD

Official Ryko statement: "New master. New timing sheet. Dropouts and clicksfixed." [full statement] (It must again bestressed that Francesco Zappa was areal composer, not something Frankmade up, and that the music on this album was really written by Francesco.)

Questions

• Any tape details?
• It seems there had been both a VACK and an MSI CD in Japan prior to 1995. How come?
• What's the Cat. No of the Canadian LP?

Remember

Francesco Zappa was a real composer, not something Frank made up, and that the music onthis album was really written by Francesco.

Additional Informants

• Lewis Saul

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