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Läther
"Läther" (, or ""Leather"") is the sixty-fifth official album by Frank Zappa, released posthumously as a triple album on Rykodisc in 1996.
Overview.
The recordings for the album were originally delivered to Warner Bros. in 1977. Contractual obligations stipulated that Zappa deliver four albums for release on DiscReet Records, which eventually resulted in much of the material on "Läther" being released on four separate albums: "Zappa in New York" (1977), "Studio Tan
4-LP configuration. After Warner Bros. released "Zappa In New York", they told him that he still owed them four more albums. He then attempted to get a distribution deal with Phonogram Inc. to release "Läther" on the new Zappa Records label. This led Warner to threaten legal action, preventing the release of "Läther" and forcing Zappa to shelve the project. In 1978 and 1979, Warner finally decided to release the three remaining individual albums they still held, "Studio Tan", "Sleep Dirt"