Frank Zappa's Vault

[@dongilchrist7385]

Zappa was light year's ahead of his time. The variety of music is incredible.

[@scottwise4013]

Yeah and before prince

[@andyryan_media]

...and now 20+ years later we are gifted with the full release of Mothers 1968 Whiskey!

[@helpimarock66]

5:49 It still exists! That needs to be remastered, printed onto an album and sold ASAP.

[@scottwise4013]

I definitely agree 👍

[@Zulbelaweonao]

I have good news for you

[@louislepage5111]

When Frank Zappa toured he always had tape rolling during the performance 😊

[@aquabot]

These things should be in a museum. I hope everything has been digitalized.

[@RRJackson]

You can't look at this and not feel like an under-achiever. The guy did more in a month than most people do in a lifetime. Lawsy, lawsy...I gots to stop sleepin...

[@paulinebutcherbird]

But you probably have a life, ie go to the cinema or theatre, or watch sport, or take part in sport or physical activity. Isn't that important in life, too?

[@JCHaywire]

That's such a good point. And Frank's output suffered from that isolated lifestyle--becoming more and more self-referential. Another thing--volume isn't everything. Other artists condense their creativity into fewer works. It's a mixed bag.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

JC Haywire I agree with that. Not all Frank’s albums are top notch so it is up to the fans to differentiate. We all make life choices. On a scale I find myself toward franks style but only just past the middle. I do enjoy having meals out with friends, cinema, theatre and at present the World Cup.

[@christophersleight19]

I believe F Z is was the greatest American composer in history. I have mixed thinking and feelings about Frank. If I could boil down all my thoughts about Frank there are 2 things I think about. 1) Frank always seemed Angry at the core. 2) I wonder if he ever made fun of himself? January 01-26-2021 Christopher John 14:6

[@op-xv3ui]

@@christophersleight19 I think those are good points. I share your belief that Zappa is the greatest American composer of the second half of the 20th century. But he did always seem angry. Some of his anger could be attributed to his great intelligence and consequent cynical impatience with the abundant banality of human culture. But there is a deeper anger present that is harder to fathom...a profound defensiveness. An expectation of not being taken seriously perhaps. Or maybe a fear of confronting deep emotion. One of the things I find most interesting about Zappa’s music is the disjunction between the blunt abrasive and sometimes deliberate offensiveness of the lyrics; and the beautiful and often profoundly melancholy mood of some of his instrumental work...particularly his solos. Outside Now for example.

[@Muppio]

Original reels of 'Trout Mask Replica'?! That needs to be protected at all costs.

[@joeyday576]

People used to hype the myth of Prince's music "Vault", which turned out out to be a couple of shelves. Now THIS is a VAULT.

[@PrinceLeaker]

It’s not a myth & it’s not just a couple of shelves. Prince had many vaults, music vault, video vault & etc. Look at the photos again. The county’s only took a certain snapshot of parts of the vault, if you see Prince’s vault layout it’s much more than that. Don’t underestimate Prince’s vault, his collection is BIG. It’s not like they did a whole video and photoshoot of the vault. And you know you could praise Zappa’s vault without mentioning Prince, right? It’s crazy how you could tell how much he has just from a few photos. 🤣

[@allvalley]

your comment interested me so i had to have a look for myself, i think you grossly undersold it, kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHXbkqBpntSdrq8

[@energyasylum997]

Joey Day, Frank respected Prince tremendously and complimented him in many interviews. They are both UNIQUE AMERICAN TREASURES!! The amount of talent these two GIANTS HAVE COMBINED CAN PUT MULTIPLE RECORD LABELS TO SHAME! Rest In Peace Prince and Frank

[@toncuz8291]

@@energyasylum997 Zappa and Prince in the same sentence? Blasphemy. No comparison whatsoever. Count the number of statues of Zappa throughout the world. Then count Prince statues.

[@shellymars9961]

@@toncuz8291 Energy Asylum is correct. Zappa did respect Prince enormously. He was unusually complimentary towards Prince (and he didn't hand out compliments often). No offense, but I value Frank Zappa's opinion of Prince more than some random keyboard warrior on the internet.

[@hayberdasher8625]

As a long-time Zappa lunatic, I can honestly say...this is freakin awesome

[@helpimarock66]

Bill from "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" is starting a campaign to save Frank's stash!

[@numberten5054]

Alex Rees Bill is just a great guy, I remember when he travelled in time and beat the grim reaper at battleships.

[@blzbob7936]

Recent highlight of my life was to shake Joe's hand, after a Bizarre World of Ahmet Zappa show. Just to shake the hand of a man who has handled this archive made my night! Brilliant drummer too. Brother from another mother. x

[@mattly2597]

Library of Alexandria has nothing on this

[@paulinebutcherbird]

I was at the Whisky A Go-Go concert that is featured at the end of this video. I also sat in the studio when Frank played it to David Gilmour and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd. They were very polite, particularly when Frank played Wild Fischer's section and that of the GTOs singing Getting To Know You. Always the optimist, Frank Zappa.

[@nunyerbeeznaz2906]

I slung gear and strung axes at The Golden Bear,in Huntington Bch and met him there.

[@mikehahaha2962]

you are so lucky

[@frankjasutis6669]

wow lucky lady

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@mikehahaha2962 If you want to read more about my luck, then it's in Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa and tells my journey from that lucky day I met Frank in London in 1967 and ended up living and working in his log cabin in Laurel Canyon for the next four years.

[@paulinebutcherbird]

@@frankjasutis6669 I most certainly was lucky and as I wrote to Lol Marie, if you would like to know more about my luck, then it's in Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa which started on that lucky day I met Frank in London. It's not about Frank's music nor about other rock stars but follows my own journey through that extraordinary experience.

[@williamcolville8773]

unbelievable.frank Zappa was the man.

[@frankcoverjr.-jz3ne]

I want to spend the rest of my life helping Joe unearthing the gold in the vault!

[@joker75bis]

Don't you know magnetic tapes are not eternal ? A digital preservation is needed here !

[@nunyerbeeznaz2906]

Thank God for usenet in the 70's/80's. I spent many hours downloading all 60's/70's rock music,and I was fortunate to find all of Zappas music there. KoMaToZe©

[@latexsolarbeef4990]

...2" masters are like the prettiest words I've ever heard..

[@michaelbrinkers1145]

Back in 1969, I bought a discounted 8-Track tape of the Verve release of "Mothermania" (Best of). Since then, Verve went out of business, my 8-track tape broke... and I subsequently bought the Warner Bros albums that had the original songs.... then later, the Rykodisc remasters, when CDs came out. I swear to God that the songs on the Verve release featured the band using different BICYCLE HORNS, than the later releases. Was I imagining this?.... or is the answer in this vault?

[@danielvaniel4914]

So much great music in these vault. If i could lock myself on night in there. 🤤🤗😀

[@gerryk3114]

WHAT A WONDERFUL COLLECTION !!!!!!

[@lindahutchinson7485]

Amazing! So much creativity!!!💯🎸🎹🎷🎺

[@zootzallures7044]

I met Joe (The Vaultmeister)Travers in 2009 after a Zappa plays Zappa show.I asked him about the vault.He walked down the sidewalk,hands above his head then turned.He said its this high and it takes a turn then goes this far.I asked so how many usable tapes ECT.He hesitated,I said 100s ,1000s he said 1000s minimum,10s of 1000s is more like it.Then he signed my ticket and went in search, with the rest of the band for food.They all signed my ticket,except Dweezil and Sheila,they stayed back to watch Dream Theater ,it was the progressive Nation Tour...

[@p0llenp0ny]

So happy that all of his stuff is being well cared for. I think Frank would be too. I know he didn't necessarily believe in an afterlife or heaven but I think the scattered fragments of energy that were once part of Frank's consciousness are vibrating happily somewhere in the universe.

[@hellocousteau6771]

Jesus. The amount of stuff there. Absolutely incredible.

[@stephenjames4937]

The Mothers at the Whisky in 1968? Heck yes I'd love to hear that!

[@threegreencharms]

I would pay to visit this...Just to feel the Aura, Dora

[@davidebettin7699]

Ciao solo un GENIO,poteva avere una Collezione del genere. Un mio personale sogno,poter entrare e ascoltare TUTTO. Grande FRANK,per i vinili che ci ai dato la possibilità di ASCOLTARE. Adesso ne metto 10,33 giri,alla faccia di chi dice:"a me zappa non piace" ed a ascoltato 2 brani in tutta la loro vita.

[@twohamburgers]

why doesn't the Zappa family hire an entire team of archivists to start executing preservation, professional transfers, and compilations for releases of the completely unforeseen stuff???

[@gordonm7038]

Scotch 2 inch was the best medium ever. Digital mediums are convenient but they lack muscle and hiss. Oh Prince is on tv now. Purple Rain. Miss that guy. Genius.

[@nicholasnewgarden4767]

Why on earth would you want hiss? Dolby made a fortune reducing it. Hiss detracts; it's noise, not music.

[@endezeichengrimm]

Lets get those Video tapes on Blu ray and on the market, why don't we?

[@putridabomination]

We need to get them

[@toilert]

DVD too please!

[@endezeichengrimm]

@@toilert Haha why? The DVD resolution is so low.

[@fastnbulbouss]

I was wondering about the shelf life of these gems ! I used to have stuff on video, and with the years they all faded out, and are unplayable now. I suspect that the quality of what Zappa used was surely three notches above anything I had access to. I'd stay a year or two in that vault.

[@LCM2248]

Actually it is not well cared for. There were three rooms in the vault when Frank was alive, now everything is packed into one room. Go watch him and Martha Quinn in the vault on MTV in 1985, or the BBC/A&E Biography episode done a year or so before he died. The place is expansive and spotless. Now just stacks and cramped. Very sad, really

[@harbosonius]

This is what happens when you never hit stop on the recording machine. Amazing. Dude was a savant.

[@cvrart]

EXTREMELY HIGH VAULTAGE !

[@blainedunlap8571]

You are a man after my own heart- Blaine Dunlap, Motion History Lab

[@Arckitekt]

Ahmet is selling everything for $19.99

[@bofuscrapshaw]

no shit right!!!

[@Noodlesx4]

freak out on scottish rite reels. holy moalley.

[@gordonm7038]

I think only Neil Young has an archive approaching Frank's. Neil records EVERYTHING. It makes sense.

[@dalecooper264]

PRINCE, much more...

[@JakobeOG]

Buckethead

[@graxjpg]

JaKobe OG get real

[@nicholasnewgarden4767]

The Grateful Dead have a huge one, too.

[@sheldoncooper8199]

I imagined the Tapes to look like Cassette Tapes :)

[@michaelrader6041]

WHY DOESN'T EVERYONE'S BASEMENT GOT 12 FOOT CEILINGS!!! WE'RE ALL GONNA HAVE TO LIVE DOWN THERE SOON ENOUGH!

[@JCHaywire]

I wonder how the original audio of this sounded before they dubbed it.

[@emanonymous]

if there can only be one vault that the next advanced civilization finds intact after we all kill each other i want that to be it. i just hope they don't take the lyrics literally.

[@TheKwaze]

Does anyone know what happened to the contents of the vault when the house was sold? I can't imagine that even Ahmet would be inconsiderate enough to sell that lot...

[@TheKwaze]

@@HakanTunaMuzik That's good news thanks.

[@briancraig81]

I would like to see what the early digital tapes look like. I know Frank started recording on digital before CD's and the DAT format came out

[@tapewolf]

The reels look 1/4" to me so I'd guess it was Mitsubishi X80 or something along those lines.

[@tapewolf]

My bad: There's a long version of this video where he mentions they're Sony 3324 DASH tapes, so they're actually 1/2" 24-track

[@RobConstantine]

The Sony 3324 Digital 24 Track

[@johnbidochka2795]

Just to spend an hour in there looking at all of that... what has become of these tapes since the sale of the property?

[@ekolke]

The family is still releasing tons of stuff. All 6 Halloween 1977 shows are coming out as a box set.

[@thomaswilson4441]

@@ekolke Halloween 81 just dropped. It’s great

[@gordongerstheimer8367]

Could someone please help me out, how do I get a hold of Joe the archivist? I worked with Frank in Germany in 1980 doing some live to digital 2-track recordings (some of the first ever done) using a Sony PCM 1600 AD/DA converter (first pro one in the world at that time) recording onto a U-matic video tape...I still have a tape of the sound-check in Frankfurt at the FestHalle. I would love to chat with John and send him some pics from those crazy days.

[@Cpayne30]

Joe is here on youtube under the channel name "JTMediaContent" so maybe leave him a comment there!

[@blzbob7936]

Truly fascinating. So many musical memories of a unique genius. Part of me would love to have every note available for me to hear, but as things are, with the 'family', I would be happy for the tapes to rot before the squabbling siblings make any more money off them. Some are Only in it for the Money . . . oh . . where did I hear that phrase? . .

[@benbarletta2927]

WHOA...... Talk about history!!!!

[@johnharvey4496]

The vault could not be in better hands than those of Joe

[@harrywiersum5875]

Man, this is heaven!

[@tweevers2]

now that Lady Gaga bought Franks house I wonder if the vaults contents are going to be moved or remain in the house...i know all his personal stuff is moved out and many things just auctioned of and the brothers fighting over Franks Iconic guitars...but what is to happen with these many thousands of tapes?

[@MrUltraworld]

They are still part of the family trust, Ahmet runs it all now. They weren't included with the house.

[@tweevers2]

It is a sad tale...Dweezil is now starting a fund to save his name and be allowed to play as a Zappa...both he and Moon have no power Gail gave it all to Ahmet and Diva.They just had a big Julians auction and sold alot of Franks stuff.Gail let Ahmet take several Icon Franks guitars that were rightfully given by Frank to Dweezil and should be with him..Ahmet and Diva are running Franks legacy into the ground and don't care and Dweezil is getting screwed over...but I wondered if they were/are going to keep his massive tape vault at the house or undergo a massive moving project and have to catalog and find a whole other building to move and store all his tapes at.I can only image what Gaga is going to do with that empty room then.She said she was going to keep the house pretty much the same and the recording studio fully functional.It would be weird to sleep in the bedroom Frank died in.

[@not_emerald]

@@tweevers2 honestly I think Diva has nothing to do with it. But Gail was really, really dumb to give more to her and Ahmet instead of Dweezil and Moon. Not even because they're older, but especially because they're the ones more involved with Frank's music and would care the most about his legacy as a musician.

[@JamesDeWeaver]

I helped #SaveTheVault of #FrankZappa . {|}>

[@BigWesLawns]

what is the status for someone that just landed on the planet in late 2018? is there a team of nerds on this making it happen. I will buy Zappa Music if it becomes available till the day i die. Good Werk, hope it gets saved from the decay of time.

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

Me too, Zappa fan for life. Greetings.

[@craigeyler4495]

I agree completely.

[@livemusicreportscustommusi4245]

The Holy Grail

[@douglasrock9414]

Boy. Frank was at it 24/7 365. Just obsessed with accomplishing. saw him twice in upstate NY. .......

[@psinke]

Please tell me the digital backups are not all stored in the same location as the originals. Keep them separated in case of a disaster please!

[@MobiusBandwidth]

seriously, just in case he says. in case of what? flood? store it in a different facility!

[@massapower]

Between EDDIE VAN HALEN & ZAPPA, its gonna be 1 Helluva job to go thru all those amazing ANALOG gorgeous quality tapes... Let's face it, nothing beats ANALOG!😎👍🏻

[@StahlsBlues]

That is so cool! Wow!!!

[@jameskennedy721]

WOW - thanks for showing us

[@SillyGoose2024]

Al Capone had the same idea.

[@mfred1017]

Can someone explain why Zappa owns all his music when other artists don’t.

[@TheDudeMinds89]

I wanna live there

[@roboffermanns1826]

it:s a shame these tapes.films etc stay in a vault, $$$$$$?

[@massapower]

ANALOG BABY!!! 😎👍🏻👍🏻👊

[@LouisPicasso]

super...

[@carladiniz3253]

sou brasileiro e frank zappeiro

[@ashleytart6365]

is this joe travers? hes awesome

[@Chuck_Carolina]

Wow!

[@Thorum13]

Damn...

[@AZ19AZ199]

where is his sheet music?

[@bradjonesband1818]

Isn’t this the guy who plays drums on the Zappa plays Zappa show?

[@maxbashyrov5785]

played. yes

[@bradjonesband1818]

Max Bashyrov oh yeah true. There’s another guy now! Ryan brown I think is his name?

[@maxbashyrov5785]

@@bradjonesband1818 seems so: 2020 Touring Group: Dweezil Zappa - lead guitar, vocals Scheila Gonzalez - saxophone, flute, keyboards, harmonica, vocals Ryan Brown - drums, percussion, vocals Kurt Morgan - bass, vocals Adam Minkoff - guitar, percussion, keyboards, flute, recorder, mandolin, vocals Kevin Bents - keyboards, vocals

[@bradjonesband1818]

Max Bashyrov scheila has to be the coolest woman on earth! Am I right?

[@maxbashyrov5785]

@@bradjonesband1818 well, there are no untalented persons in this band, that's for sure :)

[@pablobustamante8458]

0 dislikes, as it should be

[@larry785]

WHITE GLOVES DUDE!!!!!!!! SMH!!!!!

[@MissValdostaFeedAndGrain]

American Library Assciation accredited Librarian here. The “one must wear white cotton gloves any time one handles “rare” materials” concept is quite dated and no longer generally followed. Only if an item is going to be handled consistently (daily) would one want to wear gloves. Also, when handling rare papers/manuscripts, research has shown that due to the lack of dexterity due to wearing gloves, pages get torn more easily.

[@jamespuleo3269]

wow~~~ that was fun~~

[@simonmcgrath4112]

Shit I'd love to go down there with a flask of tea a sleeping bag and lots of bifters, I'd smoke outside!!! Just to listen to all those rare early Frank shows and the one I went to ha ha!!!! Frank we miss u baby!!

[@chrischoir3594]

Where is this? at his record label?

[@jimdilorenzo7513]

priceless

[@cccpkingu]

Why not release all of it?

[@chrisk973]

Is that a Iron Mountain vault?

[@chrisk973]

Don't float any funny ideas. I used to do some work for the hollywood location n know that they take very good care of they're clients- temp n humidity controlled vaults for the more precious perishables.... super cool place to work at.

[@mikeysclips]

I wonder what it smells like in there?

[@alisonwunderland9900]

Stale tobacco....

[@cbly]

Stinkfoot

[@mackereltacos2850]

Who is this?

[@Abyss60]

Archiviste batteur ..grand bonhomme👍

[@edwardkelson860]

AarrrghRElease

[@zaperfan]

sad

[@SpaceCattttt]

I suppose all this belongs to Gaga now? :(

[@cbly]

all the recordings have been moved to another location

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@cbly A star is saved!

[@cbly]

Check out Joe Travers, he is in charge of the archive

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@cbly The vault master? Is he still working on transferring everything over to digital? I remember reading a few years ago that it's a monumental task. Not only because there's so much stuff, but because a lot of it is on obsolete formats so it's hard to find working equipment to play it on.

[@cbly]

Check this out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJu7fHl_qaqtqaM

[@ManyThingsSeem]

Who cares

[@dooley9621]

So who owns all this now was it handed to Dweezil or Moon. Would be a shame to see it just fall to ruin and never be seen again as those films won't last forever.

[@massapower]

ANALOG BABY!!! 😎👍🏻👍🏻👊