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Zappa Plays Zappa   06/02/2006

Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Source Audience shot
Media dvd   2 discs
Tech Notes This a PAL double DVD of "Zappa Plays Zappa" playing The Royal Albert Hall in London UK.
The video will play without problems on most NTSC standalones/TV-sets

I have downloaded more than 15 audience-tapes and 2 DVD's of this specific ZPZ Europe/North America tour. I really enjoyed them all and I am proud to offer
my part of the cake... Without arrogance I have the guts to say that this torrent is the best of them all...

The sound part is made in a triple matrix by Roughcut and previously upped on Dime. Special thanks to him on his excellent work to combine multiple
recordings.

Audio:

Source 1: Sennheiser MKE2>Sharp MT290>Soundforge>flac.....Recorded and posted on Dime by Youngsbest

Source 2: Sony MZ-R-70 MD> Core Sound Low Sensitivity LB Binaurals>
Total recorder>Fair Stars>flac.....Recorded by Evil Eye

Source 3: Samsung VP130 miniDV PCM 16bit>Audio Technica Pro 24
Cardioid mic>TMPGenc>WAV>Fair Stars>flac.....Recorded by Magicroar

All audio Sources > DBPoweramp > Wave > Guitar Tracks Pro 3.0 > Magix Audio Cleaning Lab > DBPoweramp>flac


video:

Source 1:Samsung VP130 miniDV...Shot by Magicroar from the rear-balcony(app 120m)

Source 2: Digilife DDV-720 (X-vid SD camera) shot by Evil Eye from the left balcony (app 40m). B-roll video is shot with same camera

For editing is used: TMPGenc, Canopus Edius Pro3 and U-lead DVD movie factory

Only the second DVD is 2-angle edited, because only the 2nd set is filmed with the 2nd camera. There are some photo- and videotricks used to take away camera
flaws. I hope people will understand how hard it is to shoot footage from that distance.
Overall I can say this was an excellent gig/video and for me a night to remember in this historical venue. The highlights of the show were Aaron Antz playing
the huge pipe organ and for me as a Steve Vai fan the gorgeous guitarsolos. I've listened and seen the "Zombie Woof" guitarsolo more than a 1000 times and
never ever getting bored once. It looked almost magical to see him play like that on the stage his Master played 37 years earlier with green pants and a
white Strat...
At the end of the gig there was a drunk Brit standing next to the 2nd camera man shouting like a complete nut. We thought it was pretty hilarious
so I left it in hoping that he will hear it some day...
We were not the only one shooting footage that gig. There was a cameraman on the edge of the stage. I guess it was the same one that shot almost the complete
2005 tour of Vai. I love him shooting excellent footage and hate him that he never releases a single frame..
There was also a Brit wearing an Ibanez T-shirt shooting the complete 2nd set. When we try to contact him at the end of the gig to use his angle the man
was gone. Let's hope his footage will surface someday..
Artwork is included as a Nero-file. I don't know how to export this as a JPG. Please feel free to give some suggestions to make artwork on other software.
Microphones triple sourced audio
J-Card Comment Dweezil Zappa - guitar
Napoleon Murphy Brock - flute, alto saxophone and vocals
Pete Griffin - bass
Jamie Kime - guitar
Joe Travers - drums and occasional vocals
Aaron Arntz - keyboards,Pipe Organ!!
Scheila Gonzales - keyboards, sax, vocals
Billy Hulting - percussion
Steve Vai - guitar
Trades Allowed Yes
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