Author: Frank Zappa
Title: Läther
Category: Jazz, Rock, Classical
Style: Jazz-Rock, Avantgarde, Prog Rock, Post-Modern
Year: 1977
Notes: Official Release #65

In the late 1970s Zappa was pressurized by Warners to fulfill his contract in providing albums. Much acrimony followed, with him providing 4 works that he had envisaged as a set. A severance with the label followed, resulting in the albums being Date of released individually and with art also commissioned by them. The first was "Zappa In New York" issued in 1977 but then withdrawn, censored & reissued in 1978. The following three were "Studio Tan", "Sleep Dirt", & "Orchestral Favorites".

Subsequently, under Zappa's control, the project was Date of released in 1996 as "Läther" - a typically Zappa-esque play on the phonetics of creamy 'lather' and the Germanic 'leather', following the 'leather' conceptual continuity. Four additional tracks were added to the 1996 issues, but these are deleted on the 2012 reissue. Rating: 3.9
Format: AC3 APE AUD MP4 XM RA ASF FLAC MP3
MP3 album RAR size: 1676 mb | FLAC album RAR size: 1841 mb

Tracklist

Re-Gyptian Strut	4:36
Naval Aviation In Art?	1:32
A Little Green Rosetta	2:48
Duck Duck Goose	3:01
Down In De Dew	2:57
For The Young Sophisticate	3:14
Tryin' To Grow A Chin	3:26
Broken Hearts Are For Assholes	4:40
The Legend Of The Illinois Enema Bandit	12:41
Lemme Take You To The Beach	2:46
Revised Music For Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra	7:36
RDNZL	8:14
Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?	4:56
The Black Page #1	1:57
Big Leg Emma	2:11
Punky's Whips	11:06
Flambé	2:05
The Purple Lagoon	16:20
Pedro's Dowry	7:45
Läther	3:50
Spider Of Destiny	2:40
Duke Of Orchestral Prunes	4:21
Filthy Habits	7:12
Titties 'N Beer	5:23
The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution	8:31
The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary	20:56
Bonus Tracks
Regyptian Strut	4:42
Leather Goods	6:01
Revenge Of The Knick Knack People	2:25
Time Is Money	3:04

Versions Find Your Version

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RCD 10574/76	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album)	Rykodisc	RCD 10574/76	Europe	1996
X-1500	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(4xLP, Album, TP)	Mercury	X-1500	US	1977
SRZ-4-1500	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(4xLP, Unofficial)	Edison Records	SRZ-4-1500	US	1978
RCD 10574/76	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album)	Rykodisc	RCD 10574/76	Europe	1996
RCD 10574/76	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album)	Rykodisc	RCD 10574/76	1996
RCD 10574/76	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album)	Rykodisc	RCD 10574/76	US	1996
968057	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album)	Eldorado, Rykodisc	968057	Brazil	1996
RCD 10574/76	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album, Club)	Rykodisc	RCD 10574/76	US	1996
000085/86/87	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album, Ltd, Unofficial)	G. & P. Essential Music	000085/86/87	Russia	1996
VACK 5342/4, RCD 10574/76	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album, Promo)	Rykodisc, Rykodisc	VACK 5342/4, RCD 10574/76	Japan	1996
RCD 10574/76 ADV	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album, Promo)	Rykodisc	RCD 10574/76 ADV	US	1996
VAJK-0001/5	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(4xLP, Album + LP, S/Sided + Box, Ltd)	Rykodisc	VAJK-0001/5	Japan	1996
RCD 10574/76, VACK-9003	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album)	Rykodisc, Videoarts Music	RCD 10574/76, VACK-9003	Japan	2004
ZR 3893	Zappa*	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album, RE, RM)	Zappa Records, UMe	ZR 3893	US	2012
0238932	Zappa*	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album, RE, RM, Dig)	Zappa Records	0238932	UK & Europe	2012
0238932	Zappa*	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album, RE, RM)	Zappa Records, Universal Music Group International, Barking Pumpkin Records	0238932	UK & Europe	2016
RCD 10574/76	Frank Zappa	Läther ‎(3xCD, Album, RE)	Rykodisc	RCD 10574/76	US	Unknown
FZ 001/002/003/004	Frank Zappa	Läther-Box ‎(Box, Unofficial + 4xCD)	Mundkin Music	FZ 001/002/003/004	Germany	Unknown

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