Zappa Books

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• 8 February. Argentinian Pelo, March 1976. 4-page article "Story of a mad genius".
• 7 February. Japanese edition of Lunar Notes. The original is  a very fine book by Bill Harkleroad. Recommended. (BTW. This Japanese version is even on eBay right now.)
• 6 February. 3rd edition of The Real Frank Zappa Book in Italian 2003 has a nice front cover displaying Frank Zappa and Claudia Cardinale.
• 5 February. Argentinian Expreso Imaginario with 3-page article "The present day composer refuses to die". March 1982.
• 5 February. In June 1974 Zappa wearing Veronica t-shirt was featured on the back cover of Dutch magazine Veronica.
• 5 February. Free entertainment guide Buzz with 7-page interview from February 1988.
• 4 February. The penultimate issue of French weekly Superhebdo in April 1972 had a 2-page centerfold poster.
• 3 February. Mexican edition of the Hit Parader. Issue #4 from 1968. Great item!!!
• 1 February. Roll was a short-living monthly magazine in Argentina. The November 1977 issue had 3-page article about Zappa.
• 31 January. Zappa in children magazine! Kamratposten is Sweden's largest and oldest children magazine. March 1980 issue had Zappa on the back cover and nice article with good pictures.
• 30 January. Den Simms' classic Project Documentation was last year finally made available for download. I have no good  excuse why it's posted here only today.
• 30 January. Talking Guitars is a book of interviews with 60 top guitar players. Contains the penultimate interview Zappa gave (March 1993).
• 30 January. Creators On Creating is a fantastic collection of essays. Included is "All About Music" by Frank Zappa.  You have it already, this is chapter 8 of The Real Frank Zappa Book.
• 30 January. Danish youth magazine Vi Unge (June 1980).
• 30 January. Canadian Pop Rock from June 1979 with 1-page article and 1/2-page Sheik Yerbouti ad.
• 29 January. Argentinian guitar magazine Guitarristas Del Mundo, 1987, with Zappa cover, interview and article.
• 28 January. German edition of Penthouse from September 1988 with exclusive interview "Frank Zappa the Finance Shark of Rock 'n' Roll"
• 27 January. Swedish weekly SE with a picture of Frank Zappa with Claudia Cardinale. December 1967.
• 26 January. Wolfgang Ludwig's Untersuchungen zum musikalischen Schaffen von Frank Zappa (Studies on the musical works of FZ) is probably the most voluminous and detailed musicological analysis of Zappa's music. 300 pages, including over 100 pages of transcriptions, tables, examples etc. In German.
• 25 January. Brazilian poeira Zine (Dust Magazine) had in the end of 2003 a 6-page Zappa special.
• 24 January. Two Mexico Canta issues from December 1969 and November 1971. Both have Zappa on back cover.
• 23 January. El Tubo is a music monthly from Basque country, Bilbao, Spain. The January 1994 issue is featuring FZ on the cover holding the flag of the local soccer team Athletic Bilbao.
  
• 22 January. Finnish Apu from September 1974 with a funny article how Zappa burned his fingers in shish kebab restaurant, how Frank and Gail performed a cappella Approximate in a wedding in Helsinki etc. etc. Pictures included!
• 21 January. The Antelope Valley Press from August 1989 with exclusive interview "Zappa talks frankly about art, politics". The article has a picture of The Black-Outs and band members list.
• 20 January. Dutch OOR, November 1971 as Zappa special issue with articles about 200 Motels and USA tour, interviews with Frank Zappa, Ian Underwood (!), Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan.
• 18 January. German Fachblatt Music Magazin issues updated with zappateers info.
• 18 January. One issue of German weekly Bravo added (June 1980) and all other Bravo issues updated with zappateers info.
• 17 January. An exclusive interview in French Libération, August 1991. Full text in French and translation feature available.
• 16 January. Gold Coast Free Press is a rare weekly from Los Angeles. The September 1979 issue has a 3-page cover story "Warning! The Real Zappa" with photos.
• 15 January. Danish MM from March 1978 with Falkonet Theatre concert review.
• 14 January. French Rock & Folk, November 1967. Contains the first half of an early and important interview by Philippe Rault. The translation feature is added to the page with full text in French. Read that FZ finally discovered a real psychedelic music in London (Pink Floyd and Tomorrow); if we put the same amount of money to promote Xenakis as we do for Monkees, teenagers will buy Xenakis discs etc. etc.
• 13 January. BAM is Bay Area Music Magazine from California. The issue from January 1978 contained a long interview Rebel Without Applause. "In my mind there is no difference between making somebody laugh and making somebody think."
• 12 January. Nice find from an antique bookshop in Bratislava - Plný Šuplík Zappu is a book in Slovak language printed in 1990.
• 4 January. Swiss Good News from September 1974 with 4-page article by Urban Gwerder.
• 3 January. Germany tour program 1976.
• 2 January. British Disc and Music Echo from August 1970 with a good interview (listed in Urban Gwerder bibliography).
• 1 January. The Chicago Sun-Times' weekly television guide TV Prevue, June 1974. Funny cover, but no other Zappa content inside.
• 31 December. British lesser known (in compare to Melody Maker, NME, Sounds) music weekly Music Now with a Zappa interview by Dai Davies. December 1970. “I do take my music seriously, but that doesn’t mean I have to keep being grim all the time, there’s always plenty to chuckle at.”
• 30 December. German monthly Projekte from Nuremberg. Two issues from 1974 with photos, articles, ads.
• 26 December. The inaugural edition of The Rondo Hatton Report is available for download. Recommended!
  This online magazine is filed here as British ... just because their site is located in UK.  
• 22 December. Danish leading in 70s and 80s music magazine MM with Zappa special issue from February 1976.
• 21 December. Four issues of UK Melody Maker added, featuring Zappa on the cover and containing articles about shooting 200 Motels, banned Royal Albert Hall gig, interview with Zappa etc.etc.:
  - May 69
  - December 70
  - February 71
  - September 72
• 15 December. Two issues of the longest running local music paper in the USA - Good Times. 1979 May with Zappa cover and article, and 1981 December with Zappa cover and interview.
• 6 December. Italian 22-page Zappa special Il Mucchio Selvaggio Extra, autumn 2004.
• 5 December. "Strictly Genteel: The BPO tackles Zappa" – the article talks about how Zappa financed the Buffalo orchestra to rehearse and play his music just because he wanted to hear it.
• 4 December. Sweet Potato with an interesting interview from November 1979. "Music will, in fact, raise your spirit and have a really good, positive effect on people. And I think that’s as close to heaven as you’re going to get."
• 3 December. One year later in September 1974 was Zappa again in Rome and Super Sound published two articles on this occasion.
• 1 December. Italian weekly Super Sound, September 1973, with Zappa's photo and message on the front cover.
• 30 November. One more German original interview – Stereo magazine from January 1985. Did you know that Captain Beefheart got 50% of royalties for Bongo Fury album?
• 27 November. German Spotlight, April 1978, with original interview in German, which isn't published in English.
• 24 November. Music Connection, January 1981 with brief article by H.Gritter on Tinseltown Rebellion.
• 22 November. "Frank Zappa's Revenge" is an interview printed in July 1987 in Tampa Bay's Music.
• 21 November. Two Seconds: issue #44, 1997 with Gail Zappa interview and issue #51, 2000 with Terry Bozzio interview.
• 20 November. East Village Other reprinted in August 1970 the article by Frank Zappa "What Ever Happened To The Mothers Of Invention?"
• 19 November. Very little is known about Mexican magazine In. The very first issue from January 69 had a nice Frank Zappa photo.
• 18 November. French Rock & Folk about Zappa gig in Paris, May 20 1988.
• 17 November. The Nov/Dec 2003 issue of French audio mag Recording Musicien was a special Zappa issue.
• 15 November. Addition to collection of issues of Spanish magazine Vibraciones. August 79 issue with one-page article about Zappa's complaints on the last European tour. The full text in Spanish is available at El 3er Poder (and Google translate is working pretty well).
• 14 November. La Edad del Rock (The Age of Rock), a fortnightly music paper from Mexico City, December 1972.
• 13 November. Mexican weekly Dimensión, December 71 with Zappa featured on the cover and 1-page article about Mothers of Invention and progressive rock.
• 12 November. French acoustic guitar magazine La Corde Nylon from November 92. Small FZ picture on the cover and 3-page article.
• 11 November. Two issues of The Village Voice, December 66 and May 67. Both have FZ small picture on the front page.
• 8 November. Australian Soundblast, June 1973. Front cover, 3-page article Inside Frank Zappa.
• 7 November. American teenage lifestyle magazine Teen from January 1967 with article and photos (!) about freakout madness in L.A.
• 6 November. Public News was an alternative newspaper in Houston, Texas. In December 1984 they printed an interview with Frank Zappa.
• 5 November. We are glad to add new country into magazines index – Lithuania. Mix magazine had in the last issue of 1990 an article about censorship in rock music.
• 4 November. A bouquet of articles from The New York Times, 1966-72.
  
  • 25.12.66 - Son of Suzy Creamcheese
  • 25.05.67 - Mothers of Invention at the Garrick
  • 23.12.67 - Town Hall Rocks To A Zany Group
  • 05.08.68 - Park Show Offers Satiric Ensemble
  • 08.11.70 - Zapparap on the Zappaplan
  • 24.09.72 - Zappa Creates Musical Magic
• 3 November. Third and last in a series of Cal Schenkel interviews. This time it's British quarterly Eye from Autumn 2004.
• 2 November. Seconds was an American all-interview rock culture magazine. Issue #32, September 1995, has Cal Schenkel interview.
• 1 November. Juxtapoz, the largest circulation US art magazine, had in July 2001 article "Zapped! The Anti-Psychedelic Artistry of Cal Schenkel."
  Please visit Cal Schenkel's place www.ralf.com. He has Halloween special!
• 31 October. East Coast Rocker weekly with Zappa interview and New York concerts review. March 1988.
• 30 October. Hit Parader from December 1967 with Hagstrom and UM ads plus some brief Zappa-related notices.
• 29 October. Rockpool newsletter (November 1985) has FZ on the cover and article on FZ's involvement with the PMRC and RIAA.
• 28 October. Recordings of Experimental Music, February/March 1984, has the LSO Vol.1 record review. I like the cover picture.
• 26 October. "I'm Zappa! I'd like to tell you about the Animals." Very interesting article by Frank Zappa on  recording the album Animalism. Hit Parader, July 1967.
• 26 October. Men's magazine Dude from May 1968 with 3-page article about the Mothers Of Invention.
• 25 October. Another Music Connection issue, January 1984, with articles about Frank Zappa and Dweezil Zappa. Both are on the cover.
• 24 October. Music Connection is an American magazine published since 1977. The 8th anniversary issue from December 1985 has FZ on the cover, 3-page interview and Freak Out! album review.
• 12 October. Two issues of Stereo Review magazine: June 1971 including one of the most well-known Zappa witings - Edgard Varèse: The Idol of My Youth, and April 1979 with Zappa interview.
• 6 October. 20th annual Zappanale festival had the exposition on Jimmy Carl Black near the Arf-Society office. The exhibition catalog.
• 5 October. The Real Frank Zappa Book in Hebrew. Published in 1996 and includes as extra "Jewish Princess".
• 4 October. The Rocket was a free newspaper from Seattle. 1981 November issue with article about Zappa and his last concert in Seattle added.
• 3 October. Play Guitar was a British guitar instructional publication series. Issue #19 (2000) had Zappa on the cover and short article.
• 2 October. The East Village Other from July 1969 has a David Walley article about Newport Jazz Festival.
• 30 September. Moving The Project Forward – the smallest Zappa book in the world! Flip-book published last week in memory of Zappa fan Martin Herberich.
• 29 September The Chicago Seed is an underground newspaper published 1967-71. December 1970 issue with Zappa interview.
• 27 September. Frank Zappa Gonna Get You If You Don't Watch Out is an article by Rick Bolsom and David Walley. Published in Changes, September, 1970. "Europe can't understand Frank Zappa as a person just as America can't understand him as a musician."
• 27 September. Songwriter magazine from June, 1980, with an interview. "When I go to New York, I spend most of my time in a place called the Mudd Club ... Most of what I hear at the Mudd Club is probably not indicative of what's heard anywhere else in the United States. I think the scene there is really great. It's really musically healthy and I enjoy it."
• 26 September. Another great Italian ...
  Musikbox, Jan/Feb 2007 - 24 pages of articles, photos,  discography, listening guide etc.
   
• 24 September. Two issues of the German Marabo Magazine from June-July 1980 containing articles about Zappa concerts in Germany.
• 22 September. An early and rare tour book – The Official Mothers Of Invention Tourbook 1971. I bet you haven't seen this booklet before. Cool photos!
• 10 September. Infamous December 10, 1971 London Rainbow Theatre gig program. Including good article, funny drawings, Grandmothers (!) ad etc.
• 9 September. Music Exchange, September/October 1982, has part I of the Zappa interview and several good photos.
• 8 September. "Bad Taste Is Timeless: Cruising Down Memory Line With Frank Zappa" is interview from Trouser Press, April 1979.
• 7 September. Underground Digest: The Best of the Underground Press, March 1968. Includes a 5-page Zappa interview. Also in this issue "Notes Of A Dirty Old Man" by Charles Bukowski, R.Crumb comic strip, funny ads etc. Very, very nice item!
• 4 September. French long-(still)-running Rock & Folk, July 1970 with article Une porte s'ouvre (A door opens) and very nice cover photo.
• 4 September. The Journal For Serious Record Collectors is a rare American publication from 1983.
• 3 September. German art magazine Kunstforum had in 2001 an essay by Stefan Banz about nonlinear art and Muhammad Ali, Frank Zappa and Bruce Nauman.