2LP – Limited Edition 180g Black Vinyl housed in a Gatefold Stoughton Tip on Jacket with Booklet Insert. Trout Mask Replica is a touchstone in the history of recorded music. The mix of dada absurdist blues and previously unexplored experimental avenues has long been praised as one of the greatest albums of all time. As so eloquently put by John Peel, \”If there has been anything in the history of popular music which could be described as a work of art in a way that people who are involved in other areas of art would understand, then Trout Mask Replica is probably that work. Out of print on vinyl for nearly ten years, this remaster was helmed by industry legend Bob Ludwig and cut by the estimable Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. Utilizing crystalline-quality safety masters kept in the Zappa family vault for decades by the trustworthy Joe Travers, the audio here is positively glorious. Every last skronk breathes full life into the room. Every twisted guitar figure uncurls onto paths previously unpaved. Every last bark and howl shines resolute through the vast emptiness of your mind. Previous countless Trout Mask Replica repressings used scans of scans of scans of the cover image, but the original Cal Schenkel cover photo has been tracked down and reproduced here at its clearest its resolution from the original release in 1969. If youve only ever seen a jpg online or fuzzy, smeared-looking CD issues from the 90s, be prepared to be wowed by the fully engaging spectrum this iconic image casts. Tracklist: Side A1. Frownland2. The Dust Blows Forward \’N The Dust Blows Back3. Dachau Blues4. Ella Guru5. Hair Pie: Bake 16. Moonlight On Vermont Side B1. Pachuco Cadaver2. Bills Corpse3. Sweet Sweet Bulbs4. Neon Meate Dream Of A Octafish5. China Pig6. My Human Gets Me Blues7. Dali\’s Car Side C1. Hair Pie: Bake 22. Pena3. Well4. When Big Joan Sets Up5. Fallin\’ Ditch6. Sugar \’N Spikes7. Ant Man Bee Side D1. Orange Claw Hammer2. Wild Life3. She\’s Too Much For My Mirror4. Hobo Chang Ba5. The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica)6. Steal Softly Thru Snow7. Old Fart At Play8. Veteran\’s Day Poppy