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8-CD set also includes band’s encore with John Lennon and Yoko Ono and a recording of infamous London’s Rainbow Bridge gig that left Zappa nearly paralysed
Release will feature new takes on 12 protest songs
Ahmet Zappa explains why one of the weirdest albums of all time has taken so long to hit streaming, and expounds on the record’s shambolic legacy
Zappa ’88: The Last U.S. Show, recorded March 25th, 1988 at New York’s Nassau Coliseum, arrives June 18th
An exhaustive new documentary on Frank Zappa offers up a portrait of an artist as a walking contradiction
5LP/3CD edition includes highlights from Zappa’s catalog, interview clips and a dozen unreleased tracks from the composer’s vault
From Frank Zappa’s love of film editing and “ugly music” to his brief Czechoslovakian ambassadorship, here are some takeaways from director Alex Winter’s vault-opening doc
Alex Winter’s long-in-the-works, estate-approved film arrives November 27th
Track will appear on upcoming The Mothers 1970 box set
Hear “Portuguese Fenders,” one of 70 unreleased live and studio recordings from beloved and short-lived lineup
