Frank Zappa’s Surrealistic Documentary And Soundtrack ‘200 Motels’ Celebrates Golden Anniversary
Written by Johnson Stephen on September 27, 2021
Released in October 1971, Frank Zappa’s “200 Motels” was a miraculous feat, a cinematic collision of the venerated musician and composer’s kaleidoscopic musical and visual worlds that brought together Zappa and his band, The Mothers and an incredible assortment of characters (both on screen and off) for a “surrealistic documentary” about the bizarre life of a touring musician.
In celebration of “200 Motels” golden anniversary, Zappa Records, UMe and MGM have assembled a definitive Super Deluxe six-disc box set of the beloved, yet hard to find, soundtrack for release on November 19th 2021.
Fully authorized by the Zappa Trust and produced by Ahmet Zappa and Zappa Vaultmeister Joe Travers, the monstrous ‘200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition’ brings together the original soundtrack, newly remastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, along with a staggering amount of unreleased and rare material unearthed from FZ’s Vault, including original demos, studio outtakes, work mixes, interviews and movie ads, along with newly discovered dialog reels, revealing an early audio edit of the film. Also included is a wealth of never-before-heard audio documentary material surrounding the project.
The remastered ‘200 Motels’ soundtrack will be reissued on vinyl as a 2LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl and limited edition red vinyl pressing on 180-gram vinyl, which will only be available exclusively via the following links:
https://store.zappa.com/200-motels.html
https://frankzappa.lnk.to/200MotelsPR/soundofvinyl
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