Apostrophe (‘) (5cd + Bluray Box)
Arguably the most popular album in the Frank Zappa catalog, apostrophe (‘) has consistently been a best-seller. It was Zappa’s first Gold Record Award in the U.S., peaking at #10 on the Billboard 200 chart.
The “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow” single also made the Billboard Top 100 Hits chart, peaking at #87. The success of apostrophe(‘) brought along a new awareness for Zappa and through the years, the album has been a go-to for most when discovering his music.
For the 50th Anniversary, Zappa Records and UMe have compiled a 5-CD + Blu-ray Audio set featuring the original album newly remastered by Bernie Grundman, session outtakes from the Vault and two bonus concerts spanning the year of 1974. The Blu-ray contains the new remaster in hi-res formats, brand-new Dolby Atmos remixes by Karma Auger and Erich Gobel and FZ’s 1974 Quadraphonic mix, back in print for the first time in 50 years. The package features new historical essays by Simon Prentis & Vaultmeister Joe Travers, along with never-before-seen images from the archive of Sam Emerson, who shot the now iconic front cover photo.
93 total tracks – 67 unreleased tracks
CD1 – Apostrophe (‘) remastered + 7 studio outtakes originally released on 40th anniversary edition, The Crux of the Biscuit, and 2 unreleased studio outtakes
CD2 & CD3 – Unreleased Colorado Springs concert March 21, 1974
CD4 & CD5 – Unreleased Ohio concert November 20, 1974 + 4 unreleased bonus tracks and single edit of “Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow”
Blu-Ray Audio – first ever Atmos mix + 5.1 mix of the album with 192/24 and 96/24 high-res stereo of the album, and Zappa’s quad mix of the album
