Category Archives: Official Releases

AltRock Extravaganza – 2011

Posted on April 25, 2011 by urbangraffito

From the very first instant I received a CD release from the independent AltRock label from Milan, Italy, I have been increasingly impressed by the exceptional quality of their releases (see Yugen & Rock In Opposition posted on Saturday, October … Continue reading →

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This Is What Frank Zappa Heard – Sept.9th,1973

Posted on April 18, 2011 by urbangraffito

Napoleon Murphy Brock’s physical CD, This Is What Frank Zappa Heard, recorded live at the Red Noodle in Waikiki, Hawaii on September 9th, 1973 gives an example of what Frank Zappa heard when he was looking for a lead singer … Continue reading →

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Double Zappa

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Balint

I’ve found that FZ albums tend to come in twos. …says Brendan in his series of album-couples on his page The Rising Storm, called Double Zappa. With nice reviews and some samples – coincidentally I was just reading about the … Continue reading →

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Kinda Young, Kinda Dead…

Posted on March 22, 2011 by alex

In doing my thesis research (which will include a chapter on You Are What You Is), I stumbled across the discussion of “Charlie’s Enormous Mouth” over at the ARF.ru website, which had this comment: Fuck ME. I remember the Charlie … Continue reading →

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The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

By now you may have read about this elsewhere: the ZFT yesterday released another Birthday Bundle. It’s a digital-download compilation album featuring various artists including Macy Gray, Holland Greco and of course FZ himself. Full tracklist here, a bit more … Continue reading →

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Eat That Question 2010

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Balint

Up there George Duke Eats that question with the ZPZ – some more Echidnas and Inca Roads are to be found. And speaking of questions…

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New Release: Hammersmith Odeon

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Zappa live at Hammersmith Odeon, 1978, 3-CD set. Click image for full barfiness announcement. Pre-order here. Update: Nov 8 2010: the correct tracklist can be found here.

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Yugen & Rock In Opposition

Posted on October 30, 2010 by urbangraffito

For as long as I have been a music listener, it has very often perplexed me that the music, and the artists, with which I listened to on an increasingly regular basis, and increasingly over the years and decades – … Continue reading →

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GRAND ZAPPA – the book

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Balint

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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FZ’s Them or Us – Rereleased, 2010/12/1

Posted on October 16, 2010 by urbangraffito

In 1984 Frank Zappa self-published Them or Us, created with a dot matrix printer. A new facsimile edition – published by Pinter & Martin Ltd of the United Kingdom (which means they can only ship this book to the UK … Continue reading →

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