Hot Rats - best remaster(s)

[Wes]

There are several remasters of this fabulous Zappa album.

Any ideas on which is best?

 

[Blake Klondike]

There are several remasters of this fabulous Zappa album.

Any ideas on which is best?

There are sites that track all the changes from reissue to reissue. I know the 90s Rhino reissue had different solo edits, outros and different overdubs, like ratchet on "Willie The Pimp". FZ made a lot of changes to the early records when he reissued them in the late 80s-early 90s on CD.

 

[threni]

There are several remasters of this fabulous Zappa album.

Any ideas on which is best?

In general you want the 2012 releases of everything as they revert to the original vinyl mixes before Zappa swathed everything in reverb, rerecorded the bass/drums etc. The recent 6 cd set of the original sessions is also a lot of fun!

 

[threni]

There are sites that track all the changes from reissue to reissue

Yep, this is probably the best:
http://www.lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/vinylvscds/2012hotpoop.html

 

[Wes]

Thanks Folks!

 

[geronimo1958]

The 6CD Hot Rats Sessions will include the 1987 digital remix version.