The Zappa Family Trust and Columbia Artist Management are proud to present Musics by Frank Zappa – Orchestra En Regalia on Saturday June 18 at Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinium, Prague, as part of the PROMS Prague 12th Annual International Music Festival. The performance will feature Joe Travers (Drums), Scott Thunes (Bass), Jamie Kime (Guitar) and Ian Underwood (Piano) with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra, and Sarah […]
OUT NOW! Road Tapes, Venue #3 features two complete shows from Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, MN. The July '70 Mothers line-up featured Flo & Eddie, George Duke, Ian Underwood, Aynsley Dunbar & Jeff Simmons. FZ's vast Vault does not contain many full shows from this time period, so that alone makes this release a […]
Frank Zappa for President will be released on CD July 15 by Zappa Records/UMe. This album features previously unreleased material from the Zappa Vault. Frank Zappa for President? You betcha! We know at various times he wanted to run for office. In the spirit of the dramatic 2016 presidential election adventures comes a release that gives […]
Previously only available through the Zappa website, Lumpy Money has been reissued by Zappa Records/Universal Music. Part of a Zappa Family Trust Project/Object Audio Documentary series, Lumpy Money celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Frank Zappa's Masterworks Lumpy Gravy & We're Only In It For The Money. Lumpy Money contains unique and rare versions of both legendary albums […]
The Crux of the Biscuit was created in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of Frank Zappa's 1974 album Apostrophe('). As part of Zappa Records' ongoing Frank Zappa Project/Object Audio Documentary Series, The Crux of the Biscuit contains rare alternate mixes, live performances, and studio session outtakes. This release celebrates Zappa's iconic, Gold-certified album, which landed in […]
Fancy a Zappa chat? Well ZappaCasters, do we ever have a chat for you! We were very fortunate to have the great Alex Winter — director of the very exciting fan-funded soon-to-be-greatest Frank Zappa documentary ever — pop ’round for a chat about Zappa, movies and even the obligatory Bill & Ted reference! A very […]
Filmmaker Alex Winter invites Zappa fans to help save Frank's archives and make the definitive Zappa movie with his new Kickstarter project, Who the F*@% is Frank Zappa? Check it out for a great mission and some absurd FZ rewards: An Update from Ahmet Zappa: Hey Everybody,People have been asking so I just wanted […]
Continuing the reissues, FZ’s classic Hot Rats has been released on 180-gram vinyl – cut directly from the original analog master tapes by Bernie Grundman! Recorded in 1969, Zappa's second solo album is widely known for its pioneering fusion of jazz and rock and contains one of his best known songs,“Peaches En Regalia.” Mostly an […]
A dense ecumenical bandana at the right hand of God’s big rhumba? Nah…it’s the ZappaCast! In this episode, we say farewell to the legendary Mrs. Gail Zappa with the full ZappaCast panel of Scott Parker, Andrew Greenaway, Scott Fischer and –returning after a fairly lengthy absence — The Professor, Mick Ekers! Join us as we […]
Greetings, ZappaCasters! In this episode we are talking ZaFTIG! What is ZaFTIG? Why, it’s the Zappa Family Trust Issues Guide — the new book covering the music of Frank Zappa on compact disc. Talking ZaFTIG will be author Ed Komara and co-author Scott Parker. Plus music, thrills, spills, traffic noises and other oddments! A plump […]
