Zappa - Overnite Sensation 50th (New Atmos & 5.1 mixes, plus Quad mix on Blu-Ray!)

[sjcorne]

Zappa News

www.zappanews.co.uk

Expect a formal announcement shortly regarding a 50th anniversary Over-Nite Sensation set, including studio outtakes plus material from the Cobo Hall, Detroit, 12 May 1973 concert (the band with Jean-Luc Ponty and Sal Marquez). The first preview track is (aptly) Fifty-Fifty (basic tracks, take 7).

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Zappa News

www.zappanews.co.uk

Also some news by Dweezil through that link, mentioning anniversary dates for his Dad's music, and Immersive audio work

 

[cbmmm3]

damn !!!!! Dinah Moe Hum

 

[jimfisheye]

So... they're going to finally reissue the original quad and make a big deal of this and maybe a 7.1.4 remix along with it? Yes? Right? That would be just absolutely perfect!

 

[edisonbaggins]

Immersive remix, plus lossless original Quad of this gem would be VERY exciting.

 

[rtbluray]

Fuck yes!!!

Over-Nite Sensation (50th Anniversary) 4CD + Blu-ray Audio Super Deluxe Edition

Over-Nite Sensation turns 50 years old. To celebrate this iconic album, we present a 4CD + 1 Blu-ray Audio Super Deluxe showcasing 88 total tracks with 57 unreleased tracks & mixes. Featuring the 2012 remaster of the original album by Bob Ludwig along with additional masters, highlights and mix...

store.zappa.com

Over-Nite Sensation turns 50 years old. To celebrate this iconic album, we present a 4CD + 1 Blu-ray Audio Super Deluxe showcasing 88 total tracks with 57 unreleased tracks & mixes. Featuring the 2012 remaster of the original album by Bob Ludwig along with additional masters, highlights and mix outtakes from the original 1973 sessions mastered by John Polito. Also included are live recordings from 1973 showcasing the same band that recorded the album, one from the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and the other recorded at Cobo Hall in Detroit. The Blu-ray contains the album newly re-mixed in Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround by Karma Auger and Erich Gobel at Studio1LA, Zappa’s original 4-channel Quadraphonic mix (available for the first time since 1973), and the Hi-Res stereo 2012 remaster at 192K24B and 96K24B. The package features unseen photos from the album cover shoot along with liner notes and essays by Mark Smotroff and Vaultmeister Joe Travers.

BLU-RAY AUDIO: Over-Nite Sensation - The Album Dolby Atmos* / Dolby TrueHD 5.1* / Dolby TrueHD 1973 Quadraphonic / 192K24B Stereo / 96K24B Stereo 1. Camarillo Brillo 2. I’m The Slime 3. Dirty Love 4. Fifty-Fifty 5. Zomby Woof 6. Dinah-Moe Humm 7. Montana * Previously unreleased

 

[privateuniverse]

And $65 for 4 CD's and a blu-ray is not unreasonable. Plus I am sure the price will be even lower when places like Bull Moose and importcds begin to list it.

5 Steven Wilson mixes next month. 4 quadios plus Zappa in October. 2023 is a great year for surround!

 

[WBP]

Excellent news! just had the email from Universal regarding this , release date in the UK is 3/11. also coming out on 2LP
The 2LP 180-gram black audiophile vinyl reissue features the album cut at 45 rpm for the first time ever from the original analog tape by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering in 2023 and a bonus 24” x 12” poster of the complete cover art.

 

[Marplot]

well hot damn!

 

[ngv99]

Reasonable price for a special edition of one of my favorite albums. Just a little disappointed that it won't come with a Mexican poncho or a Sears poncho.

 

[jimfisheye]

Huh. Had to pinch myself a couple times now.

Too funny. My initial reaction to the Waka Jawaka album and Grand Wazoo album getting remixed and released in 7.1.4 was along the lines of "Who is remixing these who is not Frank Zappa and where are the original quads of Apostrophie and Overnight Sensation that were mixed by Frank Zappa, please and thank you?!"

And then they turn out to be hands down the most accomplished 7.1.4 mixes I've heard so far! (And it's not even close.) I was thinking out loud a couple weeks ago that maybe that was a precursor to the quad releases and maybe these would get a similarly accomplished 7.1.4 remix as well.

So, mind kind of blown that the quads are finally actually coming back and then we also get these extremely accomplished niche 7.1.4 mixes along with them!

 

[haikubass]

Burning Shed pre-order:

https://burningshed.com/frank-zappa_over-nite-sensation-50th-anniversary_boxset

 

[mrcond]

I'm not complaining, this is great news and an instant buy for me, but I would have loved to see this packaged with Apostrophe, like a 2-fer CD I have from a long time ago. (I thought maybe because they packaged The Grand Wazoo and Waka/Jawaka together that this might be a possibility.)

 

[jimfisheye]

I'm not complaining, this is great news and an instant buy for me, but I would have loved to see this packaged with Apostrophe, like a 2-fer CD I have from a long time ago. (I thought maybe because they packaged The Grand Wazoo and Waka/Jawaka together that this might be a possibility.)

I don't want to jinx anything with even more of what feels like wishful thinking but Apostrophe is the more "popular" one of these 2. I could easily see them saving it for last. So we'll get more extras this way in the long run!

 

[ctoelle]

Surround release of the year right here


"Moving to Quadtana soon..."

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Brian Auger’s son steps off the kit in a big way!

Don’t forget the next Zappa album’s 50th in 2024 should follow this one

 

[JonUrban]

This is awesome news. I hope Bob Romano gets this info, he'd probably stand in line to get this one!

 

[stoopid]

I'm definitely in, but will wait to see where it ends up being listed. The Zappa releases are being made in the plenty, so no concerns about having to jump on the first listings for the set. Price is ...fine.

 

[bookofsaturdays]

I figured they’d couple this with Apostrophe as well but I’m just glad we’re also getting the Quad! Instant buy for me.

If they were ever to do one of these box sets for Sheik Yerbouti, a quad mix of that is rumoured to exist. Seems palpable considering there is a quad mix of “Wild Love” on the Quaudiophiliac DVD-A.

And of course One Size Fits All was given a quad catalog number but never released. Anyone know if it was actually mixed? Inca Roads mixed in Quad by FZ himself is a wet dream

 

[sjcorne]

And of course One Size Fits All was given a quad catalog number but never released. Anyone know if it was actually mixed?

Joe Travers posts on the Steve Hoffman Forum and a member there asked him about this last year - apparently One Size Fits All was never mixed in quad, but Roxy & Elsewhere was.