Category Archives: Zappa News

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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Mama MOFO Update

Posted on Monday, 12/04/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

In case you didn’t receive the zappa.com email: Our best information at this time is that MOFO Deluxe could ship as late as the week of FZ’s birthday. Sadly, unless you and Santa have a special relationship with FedEx, you … Continue reading →

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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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The Making Of MOFO

Posted on Thursday, 10/26/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

So the ZFT just sent out another newsletter (which I didn’t receive, thanks Rob!), announcing that “Trance-Fusion is out at long (fill in the blank) last”. The 2-CD version of MOFO is reported to have at least a two week … 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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MOFO Trance-Fusion Confusion

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

I noticed Maroual has updated the Trance-Fusion page over at Zappa Wiki Jawaka to include cover art and a track list. Kewl! The wiki has grown immensely in the past couple of months by the way, courtesy of some very … Continue reading →

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Wherein Barry Blatantly Copies The ZFT Newsletter

Posted on Tuesday, 09/26/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

… for those who didn’t receive the Zappa Plays Zappa email… Starting now, you have a chance to bid on premium seats, a tour poster, and access to sound check the night of the show. Starting Wednesday, Sept 27th, ALL … Continue reading →

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The Making Of Freak Out!

Posted on Thursday, 09/21/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Being the only one who mysteriously didn’t receive the Barfie’s email I am a bit late with this, but on to the news: the release of MOFO’s limited edition (4 discs + 60 page booklet) has been postponed to “just … Continue reading →

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Trance Fusion Confirmed

Posted on Monday, 09/18/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

An intrepid KUR reader (aren’t you all!) was browsing through a .pdf of Ryko Distribution’s upcoming releases and found this page at the end. So I guess that makes it official: Trance-Fusion, to be released 24 October 2006. (Thanks Thomas!)

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Trans Fusion

Posted on Thursday, 09/14/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

… appears to be available for pre-order over at cd universe — “Scheduled to release Tuesday, October 24, 2006″… (Thanks Rob!)

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Tehran Dog Breath Variations

Posted on Wednesday, 08/23/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

“It’s a good life when you are trying to get things started that are impossible,” he said. “Such as the Tehran Symphony Orchestra playing Frank Zappa.” Nader Mashayekhi, the orchestra’s new leader, takes it all in stride. In fact, he … Continue reading →

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More On The Freak Out! Anniversary Release

Posted on Thursday, 08/17/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

This just in via Marco over at the Dutch Zappa-list. I haven’t been able to track down the following Gail Zappa quote on the zappa.com site which if you ask me suffers from a severe case of mystery meat navigation, … Continue reading →

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Freak Out! Turns Forty

Posted on Tuesday, 08/08/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Quoth the zappa.com newsletter: In commemoration of the FOURtieth Anniversary of a World That Contains Freak Out! we are so very pleased to present the FZ Audiography and Documentary Evidence (for the first time this century) of those certain recording … Continue reading →

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ZPZ In Amsterdam

Posted on Monday, 05/15/06 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Zappa Plays Zappa kicks off in Amsterdam this evening! I’ll be reading the Dutch Zappa-list with more than usual attention in the following days… :)

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