Category Archives: Zappa Audio/Video

Mama MOFO: Wowie Zowie!

Posted on Wednesday, 12/27/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The 4 Disc MOFO arrived this morning at around 8, when a postal worker rang the doorbell saying he had a special delivery. Standing in the doorway in the freezing cold waving an oversized package at me, it soon became … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Frank!

Posted on Thursday, 12/21/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Uncle Frank would have been 66 today. Let’s travel back in time to 1963, why don’t we: Music Is The Best!

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The AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle

Posted on Wednesday, 12/20/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Ian Stonehouse spotted an oddity available on iTunes UK: “The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle”. It was released December 15 and consists of the following recycled and new (?) tracks: Trying’ To Grow A Chin – FZ (Live ’76) Sydney, … Continue reading →

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MOFO Limited Deluxe Reviews

Posted on Tuesday, 12/19/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

There is now a discography page up for the MOFO Deluxe release, where you can rate and/or review at your heart’s desire — so have at it! Have yet to receive the package myself…

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Mama MOFO On The Move

Posted on Wednesday, 12/13/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Just got an email from musictoday.com telling me that the 4 CD MOFO has been shipped! Ah, the sweaty hands, the camping by the mailbox — it had been a while. The pre-order page is closed down now, by the … Continue reading →

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Men At Work: ’88 Rehearsals

Posted on Friday, 12/08/06 by Balint

Some more download. The exact date: 12.02.1988; the exact place: Philadelphia; the exact source: zappa.at.

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Baby MOFO Reviews

Posted on Thursday, 12/07/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Now that it’s available in stores, I’ve put up a page for the “Baby” MOFO release over at the discography section. If you’ve already purchased it, why not post a review?

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Baby MOFO: First Tracks

Posted on Thursday, 11/30/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Look! A tracklist for the (2CD) Baby MOFO! Is it accurate? We have no idea. (Thanks Thomas!)

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Mo’ Little MOFO

Posted on Monday, 11/27/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Ned (thanks Ned!) informs me of this post made by Gail on the Zappa.com forums: Re Little MOFO – We are informed that the release date is officially 5 December and you could easily see it in the stores that … Continue reading →

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Got Trance-Fusion?

Posted on Thursday, 11/16/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Quoth Birdman: Hey!!! No Trance-Fusion thread? I suppose everyone here had already heard it as a bootleg, but still, Bob Ludwig and GZ’s liner notes could generate discussion. Well here you go! Got the album? Love it? Hate it? Mixed … Continue reading →

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Bad Doberan, ’03

Posted on Tuesday, 11/07/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

One weekend with Ike Willis at the Zappanale festival in Bad Doberan, Germany (2003): This is the trailer for an upcoming documentary which looks to be pretty cool.

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Zappa On Make Me Laugh

Posted on Wednesday, 11/01/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Alright, now this is slightly surreal…

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Floyd Meets Zappa

Posted on Monday, 10/30/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Yet another download: “Pink Floyd Meets Frank Zappa” (vinyl bootleg), which is presumably the (in)famous Amougies gig from 25th October 1969. (Rapidshare alert) Update: here’s some more info, a picture of the vinyl sleeve and another download facility.

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Cruisin’ For Friends

Posted on Sunday, 10/29/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The Austrian Zappa Society (zappa.at) has a bunch of downloads available consisting of one-off collaborations between FZ and the likes of Nicholas Slominsky Slonimski, Davey Moire, Artis The Spoonman, Tom Waits, and more — get it while it’s hot! (via … Continue reading →

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Trance-Fusion, The Official Tracklist

Posted on Monday, 10/23/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The official tracklist for Trance-Fusion is now up on Zappa dot com where two tracks, “A Cold Dark Matter” and “Ask Dr Stupid” can be listened to in streaming audio. No direct link, so here’s a slightly more user-friendly overview … Continue reading →

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