New Music Day: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - 'Freak Out!' 60th Anniversary; T. Rex '1974-1977'

New releases of note, out today.

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! (60th Anniversary)

Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention [5 CD / Blu-ray Deluxe Box Set] "Freak Out! (60th Anniversary)" 

The CDs are comprised of the album's newly remastered 1966 stereo mix, heretofore unreleased Freak Out! Premaster mix, long-unavailable mono master mix, the Mothers live at The Fillmore in San Francisco (1966), demos, and a cornucopia of bonus material. 

Blu-ray contains 196k/24b and 96k/24b high-res audio of the three different archival Freak Out! #mixes from the Super Deluxe Box Set, bonus audio with bespoke visualizers plus rare and unseen photos, Atmos + 5.1 immersive audio mixes by Studio1LA, expanded booklet with rare photos, new essays, a very special new section of even more "Relevant Quotes," and original double-sided fold-out Freak Out! Hot Spots Map by Frank Zappa. Order via ImportCDs

T. Rex - 1974-1977

'1974-1977' brings together 5 CDs absolutely bursting with music covering the most overlooked, but arguably most pioneering, period of Marc Bolan's glittering career. It rounds up the final three T. Rex studio albums - Bolan's Zip Gun, Futuristic Dragon and Dandy In The Underworld - and a string of 10 peerless late-period singles (and B-sides) that included New York City, Dreamy Lady, The Soul Of My Suit, and of course I Love To Boogie. 

74-77 comes in 7" Deluxe Packaging with a 24-page book including photography by Kevin Cummins, new sleeve notes by Jude Rogers, sleeve artwork and scans of those glittering studio tapes. The set was curated for Demon by "T. Rexpert" Martin Barden and mastering undertaken by AIR Studios' Phil Kinrade. Order via ImportCDs