Frank Zappa - Radio One Star Special (1980) [FLAC]

Frank Zappa - Radio One Star Special (1980) Two whole hours of Frank Zappa being an "artificial disc-jockey" on BBC Radio One Star Special. Frank plays some of his favourite music and chats about it in a very amenable way The story is..... I taped this from the live Radio One FM broadcast back in 1980 on to a BASF C120 cassette on me mum's old Ferguson Music Centre and it really didn't sound very good. So, just for fun, I decided to pull the whole thing apart in the digital domain and recreate it from scratch. I edited out all of the dialogue and remastered it, then proceeded to try and track down replacements for all of the music. I did have many of the tracks myself on CD or vinyl and found a bunch as lossless downloads. After about a year, I had everything I needed and created an audio montage in WaveLab to put it all back together as it was. Hopefully, you should not be able to tell that it is a Frankenstein creation and, believe me, it does sound a thousand times better than the original cassette. This is intended as a historical document for fans of FZ and this is as good as it is ever going to sound unless someone breaks into the BBC archive and nicks the tapes. AFAIK: This is the ONLY version of the Frank Zappa Star Special available. You may have seen it on Demonoid or elsewhere on the net in FLAC and/or MP3 but they are all just previous inferior incarnations of this project. Enjoy http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php/Star_Special Please be aware that three of the tracks included are MP3 sourced. I have tried for ages to find lossless versions but without any luck. I was unable to use the original cassette because one track was played at the end of the first hour and I had to turn the tape over and missed most of it. Also one section of the tape was too damaged. Please don't take offence at the inclusion of these lossy tracks, it is not by choice. I hope that the importance of this project as a historical document overrides this deficiency. It goes without saying that, if at any time, lossless upgrades come to light, I will revise and re-upload the amendments. The aim of this project was to try and end up with something close to studio reference quality (even higher than the original FM broadcast). I think I got damn close. Track Heritage Track 1: "I'm In The Music Business" - Jeff Simmons (Vinyl) Track 2: "Straight Lines" - New Music (CD) Track 3: "The Closer You Are" - The Channels (CD) Track 4: "Hyperprisms" - Edgard Varèse (CD) Track 5: "Jesus Just Left Chicago" - ZZ Top (Vinyl) Track 6: "Golden Birdies" - Captain Beefheart (CD) Track 7: "I Live In A Car" - UK Subs (CD) Track 8: "Soul Motion" - Don Harris (Original Tape) Track 9: "All Tomorrow's Parties" - The Velvet Underground (CD) Track 10: "Royal March" from "A Soldier's Tale" - Igor Stravinsky (CD) Track 11: "Iron Man" - Black Sabbath (CD) Track 12: "Lucky Number" - Lena Lovitch (CD) Track 13: "Eureka Springs Garbage Lady" - GTO's (CD) Track 14: "Killer Queen" - Queen (CD) Track 15: "Mannish Boy" - Muddy Waters & Johnny Winter (CD) Track 16: "Gerry and the Holograms" - Gerry and the Holograms mp3) Track 17: "Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd (CD) Track 18: "Robot" - The Plastics (mp3) Track 19: "Desiree" - The Charts (CD) Track 20: "I Am The Walrus" - The Beatles (CD) Track 21: "Soldier Soldier" - Spizz Energy (CD) Track 22: "Heaven Is In Your Mind" - Traffic (CD) Track 23: "I'm Working For The Federal Bureau Of Narcotics" - Wild Man Fischer (Vinyl) Track 24: "Paint It Black" - The Rolling Stones (CD) Track 25: "Caravan Man" - Lew Lewis (CD) Track 26: "Psycle Sluts" - John Cooper Clark (mp3) Track 27: "I Asked Her For Water And She Brought Me Gasoline" - Howlin' Wolf (CD) Track 28: "Summertime Blues" - The Flying Lizards (CD) Track 29: "My White Bicycle" - Tomorrow (CD) Track 30: "Grease" - Frankie Valli (CD) Track 31: "Watermelon In Easter Hay" - Frank Zappa (CD) Please let me know what you think of the project. It would be appreciated

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Booben (2008-07-15)

Thank you VERY much for the upload.
This will be interesting to hear.

thingf1sh (2008-07-18)

yes this i look forward to hearing this

thingf1sh (2008-07-22)

very nice thanks

Krabbe (2008-08-12)

Thanks a bundle!
Reading Zappa's biography just confirms that he he was decades ahead of of his time.
Does anyone have the interview/congratulation radio hour made by a Swedish journalist, calling FZ on his birthday? I had the tape once...

OverDriv3 (2008-08-16)

Awesome! Seeding as much as I can =)

jrewingh (2008-08-25)

Awesome! Great work, super quality! Very interesting for any Zappa-fan.

SpunkJiVE (2008-09-03)

Thanks for your time with this project - looking forward to listening

Kona_ (2008-11-20)

this must've taken a lot of work

Soular09 (2009-06-16)

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you,

bauxiet (2009-07-17)

Great project! Must have been fun working on it. Thank you very much!

veteraan1 (2011-05-04)

Enjoyed it very much. Thank you.

richard_mace (2012-06-03)

Glad I stumbled on this. I also recorded this program, Got it on a C90. Thanks for this, was planning to rip it from my original, now, don't have to bother. Great work!

mocthezuma (2012-08-08)

Please keep seeding this!