Zappa* – You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2

This sounds beyond amazing! Way better than even I expected! Best part, I am was somehow lucky enough to snag a NM copy, complete with the insert for $11. Might be one of my biggest acquisitions for the price ever !

Additional details (based on my own copy):
(1) Though they were uncredited, side one did contain Don't You Ever Wash That Thing (as A4-b), and side two did contain Building A Girl (as B5-b);
(2) Dupree's Paradise was a unique cassette-edit, commencing approx 2:00 into the CD track.

One of Zappa's best bands. One of his finest concerts. Great recording. "Inca Roads" formed the basis of the version that appears on One Size Fits All, with some modifications to the (extremely good) guitar solo. Ruth Underwood is an alien from Venus on the mallets. Even Napoleon Murphy Brock outdoes himself. You really CANNOT do these things on stage anymore.

Sounds amazing. Great separation of instruments and perfectly mastered for stereo.

I have to disagree that this doesn’t sound better than the CD. It simply does and I am doing a direct comparison right now. I am curious if the CD is mastered by Bernie Grundman. I don’t see it mentioned anywhere, but the LP set has it displayed.

There is a debate of whether or not this is better than the CD, and I finally had a chance to do a proper comparison. I don't think record blows the CD away, but I do have to give the nod to the vinyl in this instance. Not my a ton, but it is certainly my preference. It comes across a slightly more dynamic sounding with a slightly better soundstage. It is dead quite and flat as well. The music on this release is of course excellent. It is one of the best live Zappa releases, if not the best. Highly recommended. Hopefully it gets a repress for those who don't have a copy.

16/44.1 Digital mix, so LPs are not going to sound much better than the CDs for this title, sorry. I've also compared them.

Digital mix / mastering, LP set is not any better sounding than a CD of this. But the box is (only) slightly cool to own.

The packaging on this release is disappointing. While most of the FZ Papersleeve Editions are mini LP jackets, they chose to put YCDTOSA Vol. 2 in it's own box, without a dedicated mini LP jacket. Instead, they included the mini LP jacket for the YCDTOSA Sampler, which does not even have discs in it. So you're left with 1 volume in a 6-volume series that doesn't match. The bad part of that is the hinge-style collector boxes that were made to house the entire collection won't even close with the added size of the box for Vol. 2. It might fit in one of the slipcase boxes but I haven't gotten my hands on one yet.

I didn't purchase the set for any specific audio quality, more as a collection of Frank Zappa's music. His best albums deserve a vinyl release, but for the rest, these will do so I have no comment on the audio quality.

Fantastic release! Pressing quality is excellent. Records are flat, clean, silent and properly centered. Mastering is also outstanding. Sound quality is great, and album sounds rich, balanced and detailed. I compared this 3 LP set to Ryko CD remaster, and CD version was completely blown away.