Frank Zappa fan here. The ironic part of all this is that FZ records are a case for getting into LP records. For example the original version of the Hot Rats a

Frank Zappa fan here. The ironic part of all this is that FZ records are a case for getting into LP records. For example the original version of the Hot Rats album (1969) has the original released audio, while the CD version (1987) has a totally different remix, with different instruments in the mix, different edits of the solos, etc. Like a different album. The "You are what you is" LP (1981) shows excellent sound quality while the CD (1987?) is one of the CDs with most atrociuous sound quality ever made, this is widely acknowledge. Not due to the digital medium, but due to wrongly applied compression. The "Shut up and play your guitar" album has tracks recorded in 24-track analog tape versus 24-track digital tape on the same CD. It is curious, but the analog tracks sound remarkably better than the digital tracks. I know, this is a digital CD, but the quality difference is there. EDIT: > FZ: You do get different stuff, and the reason you do is that the dynamic range of the digital tape is 90 dB and the dynamic range of a record is about 45 to 50 dB. The signal-to-noise ratio of a LP is about 66dB if you consider the low frequency spectrum, which includes rumble. Regarding dynamic range, uf you consider only the high frequencies (>1KHz), dynamic range approaches 100dB on the higher end of the spectrum. This is thanks to the RIAA equalization curve.