Zappa Books

English index

1990 | 2000 | Zappa-related books in English

English

• 1969
  • Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People - Frank Zappa
• 1971
  • The Official Mothers Of Invention Tourbook 1971 - Frank Zappa
• 1972
  • No Commercial Potential - David Walley
  • Hunchentoot - Frank Zappa
• 1973
  • The Frank Zappa Songbook Vol.1 - Frank Zappa, Ian Underwood
• 1974
  • Ten Years On The Road With Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - Frank Zappa
• 1976
  • The Lives & Times Of Frank Zappa: Ten Years On The Road With Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
  • Zappafax - Neil McPherson
  • Frank Zappa songbook - Frank Zappa
• 1979
  • ZAPPA songbook
• 1980
  • Zappa 1980 World Tour
  • Zappa 1980 Fall Tour
  • Zappa Zongbook - Frank Zappa
  • Da Werdz - ed. Norbert Obermanns
• 1981
  • Zappalog - Norbert Obermanns
  • Twenty Years Of Frank Zappa
• 1982
  • DWELL - Frank Zappa
  • The Frank Zappa Guitar Book - Frank Zappa
• 1984
  • Them Or Us (The Book) - Frank Zappa
  • Mother! Is The Story Of Frank Zappa - Michael Gray
• 1986
  • Viva Zappa - Domenique Chevalier
• 1987
  • Zappa: A Biography - Julian Colbeck
  • The Unofficial Guide To The Alternative Records of Frank Zappa
  • Captain Beefheart: The Man & His Music - Colin David Webb
• 1988
  • Frank Zappa: Tour 88 Broadway The Hard Way
  • Project Documentation - Den Simms
• 1989
  • The Real Frank Zappa Book - Frank Zappa with Peter Occhiogrosso
• 1990
  • On Tour With The Evil Prince - Rene de la Salle
  • Zappa Book Volume Two 1980-1989 - Peter Hinds
• 1991
  • The Torchum Never Stops vol 1-4 - Torchum Team
  • Rock 'N' Roll Comics #32 - Todd Loren
• 1993
  • Frank Zappa: A Visual Documentary - Miles
  • Frank Zappa Beat The Boots!  Scrapbook - Geoff Gans
  • Frank Zappa: In His Own Words - Miles
• 1994
  • Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play - Ben Watson
  • The Frank Zappa Track Finder - Merlyn Kline
  • Apocrypha
  • You Can't Do That On Page(s) Anymore - Franco Batzini
• 1995
  • The Frank Zappa Catalog - Jill Christiansen
  • Being Frank: My Time with Frank Zappa - Nigey Lennon
• 1996
  • Mother! The Frank Zappa Story - Michael Gray
  • Zappalogue
  • Electric Don Quixote: The Story of Frank Zappa - Neil Slaven
  • Zappa Book Volume Three 1990-1996 - Peter Hinds
  • Frank Zappa: A Strictly Genteel Genius - Ben Cruikshank
  • Frank Zappa: The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play - Ben Watson
• 1997
  • The Frank Zappa Companion - Richard Kostelanetz
• 1998
  • Frank Zappa: A Strictly Genteel Genius Rides Again - Ken Brooks
  • The Complete Guide to the Music of Frank Zappa - Ben Watson
  • Cosmik Debris: The Collected History and Improvisations of Frank Zappa - Greg Russo
• 2000
  • You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore - The Book - Robert Riedt
  • Songs in the key of Z - Irwin Chusid
• 2001
  • Frank Zappa – Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
  • Frank Zappa's Musical Language - Kasper Sloots
  • Necessity Is ... - Billy James
• 2002
  • Dangerous Kitchen - Kevin Courrier
  • Edgard Varèse - Alan Clayson
• 2003
  • Being Frank: My Time with Frank Zappa - Nigey Lennon
  • My Brother Was a Mother: A Zappa Family Album - Patrice "Candy" Zappa
  • Frank Zappa apostrophe (') - Frank Zappa
  • Electric Don Quixote: The Definitive Story of Frank Zappa - Neil Slaven
• 2004
  • Zappa: A biography - Barry Miles
  • The Classic Interviews - Steven Rosen
  • The Legend Of Wild Man Fischer - Dennis P. Eichhorn & J. R. Williams
• 2005
  • Academy Zappa - ed. Ben Watson & Esther Leslie 
  • Frank Zappa: the Complete Guide to his Music - Ben Watson
  • Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and the Secret History of Maximalism - Michel Delville & Andrew Norris
  • Zapped – Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart - ed. Jeff Watts
  • Talking Guitars - David Mead
• 2006
  • The Words and Music of Frank Zappa - Kelly Fisher Lowe
• 2007
  • Hungry Freaks, Daddy - Scott Parker
  • You Can't Do That On Bootz Anymore Vol.1 The Vinyl - Dieter Jakob
  • Strictly Genteel - Scott Parker
  • The Words and Music of Frank Zappa - Kelly Fisher Lowe
  • Trout Mask Replica - Kevin Courrier
  • Let's Spend The Night Together - Pamela Des Barres
  • I Was A Teenage Critical Theorist - Marco Maurizi
• 2008
  • Frank Zappa: Transmissions - Jeff Perkins
  • Hungry Freaks, Daddy (Amazon version) - Scott Parker
  • The Zappa Supplement One - Scott Parker
• 2009
  • Guitar Legends - ed. Owen Bailey
  • Blessed Relief - Scott Parker
  • You Can't Do That On Bootz Anymore Vol.2 The CDs - Dieter Jakob
• 2010
  • Beefheart: Through The Eyes Of Magic - John "Drumbo" French
  • Zappa The Hard Way - Andrew Greenaway
  • Them Or Us - Frank Zappa
  • The Hook - Scott Parker
• 2011
  • Over-nite Sensation - Frank Zappa
  • Listen... A Thought Faster Than Light - Don Preston
  • Freak Out - Pauline Butcher
  • Zappa The Hard Way - Andrew Greenaway
  • My Brother Was a Mother: Take 2 - Patrice "Candy" Zappa
  • The Zappa Supplement One (Revised & expanded edition) - Scott Parker & Philip Lee
  • Hungry Freaks, Daddy (Revised & expanded edition) - Scott Parker
  • One Size Fits All - Frank Zappa
  • "Bridging the Gap": Frank Zappa and the Confluence of Art and Pop - Andre Mount
• 2012
  • Frank Zappa Comics Tribute
  • I Was A Teenage Critical Theorist - Marco Maurizi
  • The Return of Rondo Hatton - Scott Parker
• 2013
  • Confessions Of A Zappa Fanatic - H. T. Brown
  • Frank Zappa And The And - ed. Paul Carr

German/English

• 1968
  • Mothers Of Invention: European Tour 68
• 1976
  • Alla Zappa - Urban Gwerder
• 1977
  • Plastic People Songbuch - Frank Zappa
• 1982
  • Frank Zappa Songbook - Frank Zappa
• 1996
  • Zonx: Texte 1977-1994 - Frank Zappa

Greek/English

• 1980
  • Poetry (Ποίηση) - Frank Zappa

Italian/English

• 1994
  • Zappa Paraphernalia - Roberto Zucconi

Zappa-related books in English

• 1966
  • Chances: And How to Take Them - Francis V. Zappa
• 1968
  • Rock And Other Four Letter Words - J. Marks & Linda Eastman
• 1969
  • The Age Of Rock - ed. Jonathan Eisen
• 1970
  • Rock Giants - ed. Pauline Rivelli & Robert Levin
  • The Movement Toward A New America - Mitchell Goodman
  • Mixed Bag - Helene D. Hutchinson
  • The Rock Story - Jerry Hopkins
  • Groupies And Other Girls - John Burks & Jerry Hopkins
• 1971
  • America And Its Discontents  - Robie Macauley & Larzer Ziff
  • Family In Transition - Arlene & Jerome Skolnick
• 1972
  • Apocalypso Music - John Dombrovski
• 1973
  • Rock Dreams - Guy Peellaert & Nik Cohn
• 1974
  • The Rolling Stone Interviews, Vol. I - Jerry Hopkins
• 1975
  • In Their Own Words- Bruce Pollock
• 1976
  • The Rock Generation - Dennis C. Benson
• 1982
  • The Official Valley Girl Coloring Book - Moon Zappa (and her dad)
• 1984
  • Rock 'N' Roll Asylum - Headley Gritter
• 1986
  • Rock Wives - Victoria Balfour
• 1987
  • Once a Catholic - Peter Occhiogrosso
  • I'm With The Band - Pamela Des Barres
• 1990
  • Bat Chain Puller - Kurt Loder
• 1997
  • Songwriters On Songwriting - Paul Zollo
  • Creators On Creating - Frank Barron, Anthea Barron, Alfonso Montuori
• 1998
  • Rockers, Jazzbos & Visionaries - Bill Milkowski
  • Fat Man On The Left - Lionel Rolfe
  • Lunar Notes - Bill Harkleroad
  • The Ultimate 5040 Ways Of Cleaning The Dangerous! Kitchen - H. Lukas Lindenmaier
• 1999
  • Road Mangler Deluxe - Phil Kaufman with Colin White
  • Under The Same Moon - Suzannah (Thana) Harris
  • Wild Child - ed. Chelsea Cain
  • A Most Immaculately Hip Record Label - Dean R. Hegerty
• 2001
  • In Cold Sweat - Thomas Wictor
  • There Must Be A Better Way - Freddy Bannister
• 2002
  • Perfect Pitch - Nicolas Slonimsky
  • Captain Beefheart - Mike Barnes
• 2003
  • In The Sixties - Miles
  • Hippie - Miles
• 2004
  • The Abba to Zappa of Captain Beefheart - Jeff Watts
• 2005
  • The Recording Angel - Evan Eisenberg
• 2006
  • Laurel Canyon - Michael Walker
  • Diva's ZPZ Diary - Diva Zappa
• 2009
  • Moving The Project Forward - ed. Robert Riedt
  • The Wire Primers: A Guide To Modern Music - ed. Rob Young
• 2010
• Don't Be Sad - Be Happy! - Robert Riedt
• 2011
  • Chances: And How to Take Them - Francis V. Zappa
• 2012
  • A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond
• 2013
  • Shell Shocked - Howard Kaylan

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