Category Archives: Zappa Audio/Video

Inca Roads For Clarinet & Piano

Tour de force: Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet) and Andrea Dindo (piano) perform a Zappa-medley, Atlanta 2006:

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F ‘n M Z On Letterman, 1982

The Letterman show, Oct. 8 ’82: Please welcome Frank and Moon Zappa! Part two is right over here. Update: Check the YouTube profile of the user who uploaded the above video for more rare Zappa TV-appearances.

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New CD Releases From Former Zappa Members

Aah press releases! They make posting here easy as pie. This one comes to us from Crossfire Publications. Bring on the quotation machine: On the record label front, Crossfire has lined-up rare, archival releases by former Frank Zappa and the … Continue reading

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Ensemble Ambrosius Is Good

Ensemble Ambrosius gave a concert in Brugge Concertgebow, Belgium on the 25th of June 2004. Belgian Broadcasting Company recorded the concert and we have put here available some Zappa pieces for our Zappa-obsessed fans: Toads of The Short Forest/Dupree’s Paradise/The … Continue reading

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Slick!

You’ll have to excuse the bad footage quality, but Grace Slick is, well, hilarious in this interview with FZ, from somewhere in the deep dark eighties:

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40 Minute Psychedelic Version

Remember this short clip shot by Ed Seeman? He described it as “a small portion of the 14 hours I shot with FRANK ZAPPA & the Original Mothers of Invention over a two year period from 1967 to 1968”. Well, … Continue reading

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Freak Out In Cucamonga

It’s taken a long time (see previous reportage), but now a release of the Cucamonga documentary is imminent! Check out the brand new website and the trailer (which features some artwork by Dr Sharl and myself). Lookin’ mighty good, Mr … Continue reading

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Disney Dupree

At the Walt Disney Concert hall next January 5 and 6 2008: the LA Philharmonic to perform Zappa’s Dupree’s Paradise. Via David Ocker, who adds: It’s been quite a while since the LA Phil has done any of Frank’s music, … Continue reading

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WOIIFTM In 60 Seconds

… as part of WFMU’s Ten Albums In 10 Minutes.

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Philly ’88 Soundcheck

Via Bernard, who stumbled upon it at The Central Scrutinizer, who found it on Scott Thunes’ site: I have a sneaking suspicion the guy who posted this on YouTube (wesbroadway) reads KUR. If so: full circle!

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D*wnl*ad: N*rth Central C*llege, Naperville, ’74

Y*u might have already n*ticed this *ne at frankzappa.at. With James “Bird Legs” Y*uman *n bass and T*m F*wler as the “Mistery P*inter”. *h Atlantis.

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Fireworks Tornado

The Fireworks Ensemble performing G-Spot Tornado at the Miller Theater‘s Zappa concert (2/2/07):

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Beat Club Uncle Meat Variations

What’s a guy to do when he doesn’t find anything interesting to post? Why, steal links from friends, silly! On 6th October 1968, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention played a 35 Minute live performance for German TV broadcast. … Continue reading

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Kill Kill Kill!

Frank Zappa talks about the occasion when he brought Marines up on stage at the Garrick Theater, back in 1967…

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Hit it, Zubin! (UCLA 1970)

Here’s the Neujahrkonzert 2007: “200 Motels Suite” from frankzappa.at; a show that could not be recorded officially, featuring the L. A. Philharmonic and conductor Zubin Mehta. Here it is now as a bootleg, for our downloading pleasure. See the tracklist … Continue reading

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