Frank Zappa’s Estate Planning Major Series of Reissues, New Releases
Hold onto your wallets, Frank Zappa fans.
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Did Frank Zappa Invent Music Streaming?
Way back in 1982, Frank Zappa said “Ordinary phonograph record merchandising as it exists today is a stupid process which concerns itself essentially with moving pieces of plastic wrapped in pieces of cardboard from one location to another” in his Proposal For A System To Replace Phonograph Record Merchandising.
How Frank Zappa Broke Every Rule With His Solo Debut ‘Lumpy Gravy’
He really wasn't a "rock" musician. That fact is cemented on this first album.
Revisiting Frank Zappa’s Experimental, Genre-Defying ‘Uncle Meat’
It was already evident that he was a prolific and adventurous force. Then came this format-defying endeavor.
Why Frank Zappa Saved Up Material for His Blockbuster ‘Sheik Yerbouti’
On many levels — creative, personal, and business-related — 1979 would go down as a banner year in his long and storied career.
Remembering Frank Zappa
December 4, 1993, a one of a kind musical artist and vary cool dude Frank Zappa died of prostate cancer. During his life Frank put out 62 albums starting with Freak Out which was released in 1966. His last collection The Yellow Shark, came out in the first week of November 1993, a month before his untimely death.
Remembering Frank Zappa 19 Years Later
Frank Zappa died on Dec. 4, 1993.
The Story of the Frank Zappa Concert Fire that Inspired ‘Smoke on the Water’
The famous fire at the Montreux Jazz Festival took place on Dec. 4, 1971
How Frank Zappa Returned to His Youth on ‘Cruising With Ruben and the Jets’
A mysterious group of pompadoured cartoon faces turned back the clock to highlight the golden era of doo-wop.
37 Years Ago: Frank Zappa Releases ‘Studio Tan’
Frank Zappa's ‘Studio Tan’ album was released in September 1978.
George Duke of the Mothers of Invention Dies
Keyboard pioneer George Duke, whose long list of credits included a lengthy stint with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, has reportedly passed away at the age of 67.
When Frank Zappa Looked Back With ‘You Can’t Do That On Stage’
Other retrospective collections followed, but this remains the most definitive overall document of his live career.