Sheik Yerbouti

Description

The Zappa Family Trust has partnered with Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) for a long-term, global licensing agreement for Frank Zappas entire recorded catalog, as well as rights management participation across the rest of the visionary cultural icons creative canon. The partnership spans Frank Zappas vast music and film vault for new product releases, trademark licensing, film and theatrical production.

This is literally an opportunity of a lifetime for me, says Gail Zappa. I am universally thrilled with this partnership because the fans will have unparalleled access to Frank Zappas Works the doors to the Vault are now officially WIDE open. Im especially grateful to announce that Ahmet, my personal Music Sherpa, worked directly with Bruce Resnikoff in creating this relationship and will be taking over the daily operations of the family business.

Following the reissue of the 40th Anniversary Edition of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Inventions One Size Fits All album, the next release under the new Zappa Records/UMe agreement is a remastered 180-gram vinyl pressing of FZs essential 1979 album Sheik Yerbouti. Zappas first release on his own Zappa Records imprint and one of his biggest sellers worldwide, Sheik Yerbouti is home to such signature Zappa fare as the Grammy-nominated disco satire Dancin Fool, and controversial cuts Jewish Princess and Bobby Brown Goes Down.