I know white labels aren’t super exciting, but I find it neat.

previous post on this subject:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Zappa/comments/1fjhxwk/would_anyone_be_interested_in_an_upload_of_the/

i hope the moderators are OK with this. since frank cut this down in his effort to find a distributor (and have a leaner product for video stores), this is indeed an official compromise cut of the movie, but its rarity might as well make it a bootleg upload.

globalia (one of my favorite exhaustive frank zappa sources) has a little blurb on it in their page on the movie, so it was definitely seen back in its days as a rental:
https://www.donlope.net/fz/videography/Baby_Snakes.html#BabySnakesShort

frank likely resented cutting this movie down and didn't want to admit it definitely needed an editor, even in the face of bad reviews. (has anyone read leonard maltin's one-star review?) what a shame it wasn't at least available as an extra on the DVD release.

i invested in a good way to rip VHS footage, so it's recording onto DVD as we speak. the tape looks like it was decently used. i got it off ebay, untested, from some guy in new hampshire who probably found it at a garage sale.

UPDATE: file now uploaded. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wew6Lj3c-GwWbgB2ro6uXzxVXbBKD12W/view?usp=drive_link

hopefully it is easily watchable sooner than later - if all else fails, try early next morning.

I just discovered these stashed in a drawer. I have 200 Motels on DVD, but no way to play the others. If I recall correctly, they’re barely worth the effort of finding an old VHS

My copy of the book is missing a page (seems to be a pretty important one) Could someone pls upload the first page of the chapter ‘insurance policy’? TIA

I'm trying to figure out which photo of zappa this is of and reverse image search isn't helping me.

Pulled it out of a “free” pile at work a while ago.

Recently came across a copy of Trout Mask Replica at a record fair and i thought id share all my zappa related finds so far.

I was having lunch at the Amish Market in West Chester, Pennsylvania and saw this. You can never know the influence of a frozen beef pie

After a Grandmothers show.

The Met Cafe, Providence, RI

1999

#BrokenHeartsAreForAssholes

What is next? Anyone have any ideas of what we will see next year?

I would really like to get more releases from of the 80s bands. We don't have enough.

Crush All Boxes would be a great official release.....

We have about 6 seconds on the over night/apostrophe dvd.

Anyone know anything about future video release of that era?

THE Z3 - Funky & Energetic ... In the spirit of Frank Zappa back at The Met in Rhode Island Friday, November 8, 2024 9:00 PM

All ages!!

https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/50125803/the-z3

Behold, the Trout Mask Replica replica.

The bestest sorta season.

A tiny part of my FZ collection, he may be gone, but he’ll always be with us…

Go ahead and roast me.