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Post #259998

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FanFiltration
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Info Wanted: zappa's '200 motels' - anyone done a DVD preservation?
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Date created
3-Dec-2006, 9:26 PM

I have the "200 Motels" LD and VHS. I have placed the movie on a CDR along with the long out of print Zappa made "True Story of 200 Motels" video documentry.
The problem with this film is the BAD SOUND. It's a sad example of how this movie was made on such a low budget, and how no care was taken by the Producers {NOT ZAPPA} to save anything of value from this production. All the master Video Tapes of the shot footage had been erased and the used tape stock sold for extra production cash.

The films soundtrack was not recorded in the same way that other Zappa albums had been, so there is a noticable lower quility to the sound of the recordings. Much of the mucic was recoorded on the film's soundstage, and not in a normal music recording studio.

I also have Uncle Meat, Video From Hell, The Amazing Mr. Bickford, and the never released "Burnt Weenie Sandwich" short Film. I have lots of other Zappa video, but what I am looking for is the The A&E Biography: Frank Zappa

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