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

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  Frank Zappa - Radio One Star Special (1980)<br /> <br /> Two whole hours of Frank Zappa being an &quot;artificial disc-jockey&quot; on BBC Radio One Star Special. Frank plays some of his favourite music and chats about it in a very amenable way<br /> <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> This is intended as a historical document for fans of FZ and this is as good as it is ever going to sound unless someone breaks into the BBC archive and nicks the tapes.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> Enjoy <br /> <br /> <br /> http://wiki.killuglyradio.com/index.php/Star_Special <br /> <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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 I hope that the importance of this project as a historical document overrides this deficiency.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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> <br /> Track Heritage<br /> <br /> Track 1: &quot;I'm In The Music Business&quot; - Jeff Simmons (Vinyl)<br /> Track 2: &quot;Straight Lines&quot; - New Music (CD)<br /> Track 3: &quot;The Closer You Are&quot; - The Channels (CD)<br /> Track 4: &quot;Hyperprisms&quot; - Edgard Var&egrave;se (CD) <br /> Track 5: &quot;Jesus Just Left Chicago&quot; - ZZ Top (Vinyl)<br /> Track 6: &quot;Golden Birdies&quot; - Captain Beefheart (CD)<br /> Track 7: &quot;I Live In A Car&quot; - UK Subs (CD)<br /> Track 8: &quot;Soul Motion&quot; - Don Harris (Original Tape)<br /> Track 9: &quot;All Tomorrow's Parties&quot; - The Velvet Underground (CD)<br /> Track 10: &quot;Royal March&quot; from &quot;A Soldier's Tale&quot; - Igor Stravinsky (CD)<br /> Track 11: &quot;Iron Man&quot; - Black Sabbath (CD) <br /> Track 12: &quot;Lucky Number&quot; - Lena Lovitch (CD)<br /> Track 13: &quot;Eureka Springs Garbage Lady&quot; - GTO's (CD)<br /> Track 14: &quot;Killer Queen&quot; - Queen (CD)<br /> Track 15: &quot;Mannish Boy&quot; - Muddy Waters &amp; Johnny Winter (CD)<br /> Track 16: &quot;Gerry and the Holograms&quot; - Gerry and the Holograms mp3)<br /> Track 17: &quot;Sweet Home Alabama&quot; - Lynyrd Skynyrd (CD) <br /> Track 18: &quot;Robot&quot; - The Plastics (mp3)<br /> Track 19: &quot;Desiree&quot; - The Charts (CD)<br /> Track 20: &quot;I Am The Walrus&quot; - The Beatles (CD) <br /> Track 21: &quot;Soldier Soldier&quot; - Spizz Energy (CD)<br /> Track 22: &quot;Heaven Is In Your Mind&quot; - Traffic (CD) <br /> Track 23: &quot;I'm Working For The Federal Bureau Of Narcotics&quot; - Wild Man Fischer (Vinyl)<br /> Track 24: &quot;Paint It Black&quot; - The Rolling Stones (CD) <br /> Track 25: &quot;Caravan Man&quot; - Lew Lewis (CD)<br /> Track 26: &quot;Psycle Sluts&quot; - John Cooper Clark (mp3)<br /> Track 27: &quot;I Asked Her For Water And She Brought Me Gasoline&quot; - Howlin' Wolf (CD)<br /> Track 28: &quot;Summertime Blues&quot; - The Flying Lizards (CD) <br /> Track 29: &quot;My White Bicycle&quot; - Tomorrow (CD) <br /> Track 30: &quot;Grease&quot; - Frankie Valli (CD) <br /> Track 31: &quot;Watermelon In Easter Hay&quot; - Frank Zappa (CD)<br /> <br /> <br /> Please let me know what you think of the project. It would be appreciated<br />
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Files

File	Size
CD1/01 - Intro.flac	1.3 MB
CD1/02 - I'm in the Music Business.flac	24 MB
CD1/03 - Straight Lines.flac	34 MB
CD1/04 - The Closer You Are.flac	14 MB
CD1/05 - Hyperprisms.flac	23 MB
CD1/06 - Jesus Just Left Chicago.flac	18 MB
CD1/07 - Those Little Golden Birdies.flac	11 MB
CD1/08 - I Live In A Car.flac	8.9 MB
CD1/09 - Soul Motion.flac	12 MB
CD1/10 - All Tomorrow's Parties.flac	31 MB
CD1/11 - Royal March.flac	12 MB
CD1/12 - Iron Man.flac	36 MB
CD1/13 - Lucky Number.flac	19 MB
CD1/14 - The Eureka Springs Garbage Lady.flac	21 MB
CD1/15 - Killer Queen.flac	17 MB
CD1/16 - Mannish Boy.flac	30 MB
CD1/17 - Gerry and the Holograms.flac	22 MB
CD1/Radio One - Star Special (Disc 1).cue	2.5 KB
CD2/01 - Sweet Home Alabama.flac	29 MB
CD2/02 - Robot.flac	25 MB
CD2/03 - Deserie.flac	16 MB
CD2/04 - I am the Walrus.flac	29 MB
CD2/05 - Soldier, Soldier.flac	23 MB
CD2/06 - Heaven is in Your Mind.flac	19 MB
CD2/07 - I'm Working for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.flac	9.4 MB
CD2/08 - Paint it Black.flac	23 MB
CD2/09 - Caravan Man.flac	23 MB
CD2/10 - Psycle Sluts.flac	29 MB
CD2/11 - I Asked for Water (and She Brought Me Gasoline).flac	10 MB
CD2/12 - Summertime Blues.flac	14 MB
CD2/13 - My White Bicycle.flac	21 MB
CD2/14 - Grease.flac	20 MB
CD2/15 - Watermelon in Easter Hay.flac	47 MB
CD2/Radio One - Star Special (Disc 2).cue	2.3 KB
Info.txt	4 KB

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