Author Archives: Balint

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GRAND ZAPPA – the book

Released for the 70th birthday here’s a REALLY big book by Frank Wonneberg examining the albums released in FZ’s lifetime. In german – “which is the way he talks whenever it’s Heavy Business”. See details on the page of the … Continue reading

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Tom Waits On 78 rpm Vinyl

On November 19th, Preservation Hall Recordings will release 504 limited edition hand-numbered 78 rpm vinyl records featuring two tracks by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band with very special guest Tom Waits. Proceeds from the sale of this very special project … Continue reading

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Lumpy Gravy – Unreleased Photos

Found on the Commodore Crush Blog: Well, it’s about time I share these photos with everyone. I luckily found these at a yard sale in San Diego a few years ago. I bought about 10 different Frank Zappa photos, 8 … Continue reading

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FZ Toy

You won’t believe this – a cut-out figure of Frank Zappa. Oh yeah… (found on Fuck Yeah Frank Zappa!)

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200 Motels DVD – Review by SOTCAA

Frank Zappa’s 1971 big-screen venture 200 Motels has not been particularly well-preserved on VHS over the years. Although there have been several releases and re-releases, these have tended to be sourced from the same slightly iffy video masters with no … Continue reading

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Best FZ Covers: Orchestra Percussion

A beautiful arrangement by Orchestra Percussion, the actual concert was in Meyzieu, France, november 2009 – I especially love the extreme slow tempo. Like this? You might also want to see RDNZL, Let’s Make The Water Turn Black, We Are … Continue reading

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Best FZ Covers: G-Spot Piano by Vika

With some other stuff and scores on her homepage.

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Best FZ Covers: Billy The Mountain by Eric Severinson

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Zappa in Yugoslavia

Great article from The Tenessean Showcase, 1975 about FZ’s visit to Zagreb and Ljubljana. The story of the 3 shows behind the Iron Curtain – via: FZ in Hungary.

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Theoretical5

Live, Absolutely free form improvisation @ lo-tek studios in beautiful downtown Mar Vista. THEORETICAL 5: Tommy Mars (keyboards, vocals) Warren Cuccurullo (guitar, samples) Arthur Barrow (bass) Larry Klimas (saxophone) Andy Kravitz (drums, percussion) See all six of their videos here.

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