We all know the story of Lather. Zappa had planned this as a six album set in the late-70s, but was in court with Warner Brothers, who chopped the major work into&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Sleep-Dirt/dp/B0000009SU/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Sleep Dirt</a>,<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Studio-Tan/dp/B0000009ST/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Studio Tan</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Zappa-in-New-York/dp/B0000009SS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Zappa in New York</a>. Lather finally emerged as a three CD set in 1996, three years after Zappa's death.