Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
29	30	1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31	1	2

Frank Zappa - The Man From Utopia (1983) [VideoArts, Japan]

Posted By: v3122

Date: 5 Apr 2022 03:38:21

Frank Zappa - The Man From Utopia (1983) [VideoArts, Japan]

Frank Zappa - The Man From Utopia (1983)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2002 | VideoArts, VACK-1244 | ~ 275 or 96 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 27 Mb
Fusion, Hard Rock, Avantgarde, Classic Rock

This album presents a mix of studio tracks and altered live recordings from Frank Zappa's hard rock period. The tone is definitely less rock-oriented than on Them or Us, only "Stick Together" and "Cocaine Decisions" qualifying as such. The most noticeable trend here is the half-spoken half-sung free-form numbers "The Radio Is Broken," "The Dangerous Kitchen," and "The Jazz Discharge Party Hats." They all feature Zappa performing a written text or improvising one on the spot, speech-singing while the band wallops around, reacting to his words. A few instrumental tunes round out the set, including the superb "Moggio" and "Tink Walks Amok," with Arthur Barrow playing multiple bass parts. The album's title comes from a '50s song, included ("The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou [Medley]"), while the cover artwork alludes to an infamous Italian tour in 1982 plagued by mosquitoes and riots. There exists two different CD versions of this album. All reissues of the original 1983 LP in digital format before 1992 present a slightly remixed version. Post-1992 CDs feature an extensive remix, the track list has been modified, a bonus track added ("Luigi & The Wise Guys"), and different drum tracks recorded in the mid-'80s by Chad Wackerman have replaced the original live ones in "The Dangerous Kitchen" and "The Jazz Discharge Party Hats." Despite of these changes, The Man From Utopia retains the cold digital sound of Zappa's albums around this time but is more varied and engaging than Them or Us.

by François Couture, allmusic

Frank Zappa - The Man From Utopia (1983):

Tracklist:

01. Cocaine Decisions 3:54
02. Sex 3:44
03. Tink Walks Amok 3:39
04. The Radio Is Broken 5:51
05. We Are Not Alone 3:18
06. The Dangerous Kitchen 2:51
07. The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou 3:18
08. Stick Together 3:18
09. The Jazz Discharge Party Hats 4:29
10. Luigi & The Wise Guys 3:25
11. Moggio 2:37

EAC Log

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 24. July 2014, 19:45

Frank Zappa / The Man From Utopia (VACK-1244)

Used drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-891SA Adapter: 3 ID: 0

Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No

Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000

Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 1024 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Genre=%genre%" -T "Artist=%artist%" -T "Title=%title%" -T "Album=%albumtitle%" -T "Date=%year%" -T "Tracknumber=%tracknr%" -T "Comment=%comment%" %source%

TOC of the extracted CD

Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:54.02 | 0 | 17551
2 | 3:54.02 | 3:43.43 | 17552 | 34319
3 | 7:37.45 | 3:38.67 | 34320 | 50736
4 | 11:16.37 | 5:51.13 | 50737 | 77074
5 | 17:07.50 | 3:18.17 | 77075 | 91941
6 | 20:25.67 | 2:51.03 | 91942 | 104769
7 | 23:16.70 | 3:18.10 | 104770 | 119629
8 | 26:35.05 | 3:18.12 | 119630 | 134491
9 | 29:53.17 | 4:28.65 | 134492 | 154656
10 | 34:22.07 | 3:24.45 | 154657 | 170001
11 | 37:46.52 | 2:37.20 | 170002 | 181796

Range status and errors

Selected range

Filename H:\dafnaplus\1983 - Frank Zappa - The Man From Utopia\Frank Zappa - The Man From Utopia (VACK-1244).wav

Peak level 98.8 %
Extraction speed 8.0 X
Range quality 99.9 %
Test CRC C4DA9468
Copy CRC C4DA9468
Copy OK

No errors occurred

AccurateRip summary

Track 1 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [382E7CBF] (AR v2)
Track 2 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [572CB49E] (AR v2)
Track 3 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [A95FE600] (AR v2)
Track 4 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [00567034] (AR v2)
Track 5 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [9B63CD83] (AR v2)
Track 6 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [A7094CFD] (AR v2)
Track 7 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [15EB41DB] (AR v2)
Track 8 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [DD647E7E] (AR v2)
Track 9 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [65537671] (AR v2)
Track 10 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [B474066C] (AR v2)
Track 11 accurately ripped (confidence 1) [C9912EF8] (AR v2)

All tracks accurately ripped

End of status report

==== Log checksum 60193E17D3CF77F7CE2FE0A62CC202301B230956BCA95049403F9A69FA6A3613 ====

CUETools Log

[CUETools log; Date: 24.07.2014 19:47:17; Version: 2.1.5]
[CTDB TOCID: Iqzjw1U9FwaC91lORm5hQXgYdpI-] found.
Track | CTDB Status
1 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
2 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
3 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
4 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
5 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
6 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
7 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
8 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
9 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
10 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
11 | (1/1) Accurately ripped
[AccurateRip ID: 0011594e-00952f9e-ab09770b] found.
Track [ CRC | V2 ] Status
01 [926ff294|382e7cbf] (1+1/4) Accurately ripped
02 [285f311b|572cb49e] (1+1/4) Accurately ripped
03 [97f3aee1|a95fe600] (1+1/4) Accurately ripped
04 [ac333196|00567034] (1+1/4) Accurately ripped
05 [b39fa134|9b63cd83] (1+1/4) Accurately ripped
06 [13fbc5a6|a7094cfd] (1+1/4) Accurately ripped
07 [0fae4df1|15eb41db] (1+1/4) Accurately ripped
08 [03aba493|dd647e7e] (1+1/4) Accurately ripped
09 [35bbec46|65537671] (1+1/4) Accurately ripped
10 [40a8411e|b474066c] (1+1/4) Accurately ripped
11 [040fb28b|c9912ef8] (1+1/4) Accurately ripped
Offsetted by -438:
01 [41318b8c] (1/4) Accurately ripped
02 [fb11a69a] (1/4) Accurately ripped
03 [f9bfcbd7] (1/4) Accurately ripped
04 [86f2539e] (1/4) Accurately ripped
05 [2db0af4f] (1/4) Accurately ripped
06 [1139432c] (1/4) Accurately ripped
07 [d94c2a76] (1/4) Accurately ripped
08 [e7c6b150] (1/4) Accurately ripped
09 [a921e0ce] (1/4) Accurately ripped
10 [d9999ede] (1/4) Accurately ripped
11 [9bd0a967] (1/4) Accurately ripped

Track Peak [ CRC32 ] [W/O NULL] [ LOG ]
– 98,8 [C4DA9468] [1B546A18] CRC32
01 98,8 [134774AA] [DE1A6899]
02 98,8 [B9C867FD] [0F24B3EB]
03 98,8 [F36ED527] [D635434F]
04 98,8 [963599B7] [C1B561C2]
05 98,8 [E7F052FC] [12DD7D0F]
06 98,8 [0920CFB4] [21815290]
07 98,8 [C8B1D086] [A23556B9]
08 98,8 [14EC50D4] [0D9F952C]
09 98,8 [CF98CB80] [73537FE1]
10 98,8 [5467322F] [C4C9792C]
11 98,8 [914F4DAD] [C503F976]

All thanks go to dafnaplus

Frank Zappa in my Blog

Download Frank Zappa - The Man From Utopia (1983):

Flac
Mp3-320
Scans

1983 2000s 2002 80s Avant-Garde Avant-Garde Rock Avantgarde CD-Rip CD-Rip + Scans Classcic Rock FLAC FLAC Image Frank Zappa Fusion Hard Rock Japan Japanese Edition Japanese Pressing Jazz Lossless MP3 MP3 CBR 320 kbps Remastered Rock