Frank Zappa, considered by many to be one of rock music's most riginal artists, once owned all the rights to his master recordings. This is no mall feat in the music industry due to the fact that most recordings are owned y the record companies responsible for producing the albums. Failing health ventually caused Zappa to sell the rights to his music in order to provide for is family. Rykodisc is currently the owner of this musical library, and Steve owland reports that all 72 of Frank Zappa's original recordings are now being eleased on CD.
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