Sounds

 Germany

German monthly magazine from Munich. Started in 1966 mainly as a free jazz magazine, some years later switched over to progressive rock. In 1978/79 the magazine was a center point of a "new German wave". In 1983 the new owner Jürg Marquard merged two of his magazines, Sounds and Musikexpress, into new one – Musikexpress/Sounds. Several people from Sounds staff moved to the magazine Spex.
See also Sounds Archiv.

1970 November

No. 23

Frank Zappa
Interview by Mark Williams, 3 pp


This interview has references in Internet, and even excerpts translated back to English, but the full text is known only as this publication in German.

captain beefheart electricity
Information Is Not Knowledge

Source: slime.oofytv.set

1970 December

No. 24


Short review on Chunga's Revenge and Zappa December 1970 Germany tour dates, no other Zappa contents inside.

1972 November

No. 45

Frank Zappa and Hot Rats Orchestra in der Deutschlandhalle
By Wolfgang Glitscher, p 46


September 15, 1972, Berlin, Grand Wazoo concert review.

Source: ebay

1973 February

No. 48

Die Mothers minus Zappa: The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie
By Jürgen Legath, pp 10-11


Beside main article some other finds in this issue are:
- p 12: Sounds yearly poll results
- p 36: The Phlorescent Leech & Eddie album review
- p 38: Captain Beefheart, Clear Spot review

1975 August

Vol. 7 No. 8

Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention "One Size Fits All"
By Karl Lippegaus, 1 p


  Automatic translation: FZ's music has never been harmless or irrelevant. If it should get worse, there could basically only one cause: the treadmill of the business, into which everyone who wants to earn money here has to fit in. (read more)

Source: Fulvio Fiore

1975 December

Vol. 7 No. 12

Zappa / Beefheart / Mothers "Bongo Fury"
By Karl Lippegaus, 1 p


 Automatic translation: Many of the relatively numerous Zappa LPs from recent years did not come too close to the listener. Often the music was so overloaded with compositional effects that had no equivalent anywhere in pop or jazz - that one just sat there and was amazed. (read more)

Source: Fulvio Fiore

1976 February

Vol. 8 No. 2


Source: Fulvio Fiore

1977 April

Vol. 9 No. 4

Titten, Bier, zirkonbesetzte Pinzetten, etzappara
By Walter Hartmann, pp 20, 22-24, 26


This article containing interview with Zappa is titled "Tits, Beer, Zircon Encrusted Tweezers, etzappara ..."

Source: slime.oofytv.set

1978 May

Vol. 9 No. 4

Frank Zappa "Zappa In New York"
By Bernd Gockel, p 80


Automatic translation: 56 minutes of playing time for four sides of the record is actually quite a joke. In the case of ZAPPA IN NEW YORK, however, one can only be grateful to old master Zappa that this time he made it short and somewhat painless. (read more)

p 3 p 80

1981 January

Vol. 13 No. 1

So nah wie ein Kaninchen einem Papagei kommt (A Carrot Is as Close as a Rabbit Gets to a Diamond)
By Diedrich Diederichsen, pp 24-26, 28