When Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention’s “Freak Out!” arrived in the summer of 1966, it represented a seismic shift in what a rock album could be. Released by Verve Records on June 27th, 1966, as one of the first double albums in rock history — and virtually unprecedented as a debut release — Zappa and The Mothers rejected the prevailing conventions of the three-minute pop single, instead crafting an ambitious work that blended doo-wop, rhythm and blues, orchestral music, free jazz, tape manipulation, and biting social satire into a cohesive artistic statement.
In fitting celebration of 60 years of “Freak Out!”, a newly expanded 60th anniversary edition will be released in a Super Deluxe Edition that features 105 tracks in total, many of which have never been released.
The complete vault mixes from a demo session recorded October 1965 have been compiled here for the first time for the 60th Anniversary box set. “I’m Not Satisfied” is one of the newly discovered tracks.
Produced by Zappa Vaultmeister Joe Travers, this new, expanded collection contains Travers’ digital transfers and John Polito’s 2026 mastering of the core album’s 15 tracks, along with the rediscovered 1966 pre-master mix, the retrieved and restored 1966 mono mix, Fillmore Auditorium tapes mainly culled from a trio of live 1966 dates, original Mothers 1966 rehearsals, original Mothers demos, mono vocal reference mixes, and a truly special three-track “Freak Out!” late-night jam session outtake collage.
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