From Loudersound.
The Zappa Trust has revealed that two Frank Zappa books will be published later this year.
The first is titled Zappa Gear: The Unique Guitars, Amplifiers, Effects Units, Keyboards And Studio Equipment by Mick Ekers, which will also feature a foreword by Dweezil Zappa.
It’ll offer the reader “an unprecedented inside look at the machinery behind the legendary music. In addition to a detailed presentation of the equipment, Zappa Gear also introduces some of the pioneering inventors, engineers, and entrepreneurs without whom the instruments would not exist.”
Zappa Gear will also include illustrations and more than 180 pictures of Zappa’s guitars and equipment.
It’ll be released on November 15 through the Hal Leonard Corporation.
Then, on December 15, The Hot Rats Book by Bill Gubbins and Ahmet Zappa will launch through Backbeat Books to mark the 50th anniversary of Zappa’s Hot Rats album.
The commemorative book will feature previously unpublished photographs by Gubbins, who was the only photographer to document the record’s studio sessions.
The book will also include an interview between Ahmet and Gubbins about the album and the last Mothers Of Invention US show, which took place on August 10, 1969, at Cleveland’s Musicarnival.
Ahmet says: “These books provide another way for fans to connect with Frank Zappa. They give a fascinating window into Frank’s mind and the ideas he came up with throughout his career.”
Both books are now available to pre-order.
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- Frank Zappa - Mothermania - The Best Of The Mothers - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $36.90, €35.40 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jan-2025 18:00)on January 21, 2025 at 6:05 pm
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Mothermania - The Best Of The Mothers (1969 UK 11-track stereo LP compilation, put together by Frank [though subsequently disowned] & including unique versions of songs such as the uncensored version of Mother People &a radically different mix of The Idiot Bastard Son, front laminated flipback sleeve. The sleeve shows light wear with a couple of annotations to the reverse & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with little play SVLP9239)
- Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation - 1st - French - vinyl LP - £30.00, $36.90, €35.40 (New Item) (arrived 12-Dec-2024 16:13)on January 21, 2025 at 6:05 pm
FRANK ZAPPA Over-Nite Sensation (1973 French 7-track vinyl LP, featuring the essential I'm The Slime, Montana, Dirty Love and Camaillo Brillo! UK-printed gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minor signs of shelfwear and the vinyl appearsbarely played. A great copy of this timeless masterpiece! K41000)
- Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.45, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 19-Nov-2024 13:08)on January 21, 2025 at 6:05 pm
FRANK ZAPPA Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (1988 UK Fame issue 6-track digitally remastered LP, containing his Grammy award winning hit 'Valley Girl', glossy picture sleeve featuring cover illustration by Roger Price. The sleeve on this copy has light storage wear and the vinyl has some hairlines but nothing that would stop amazing playback! FA3180)
- Frank Zappa - Hot Rats: Remastered - 200gm Vinyl - EX - US - vinyl LP - £50.00, $61.50, €59.00 (New Item) (arrived 19-Nov-2024 18:00)on January 21, 2025 at 6:05 pm
FRANK ZAPPA Hot Rats (2009 US exclusive limited edition 6-track remastered LP reissue of his 1969 album, now pressed on 200gram Quiex Super Virgin Vinyl, featuring guest vocals on 'Willie The Pimp' from Captain Beefheart. Complete with the printed inners, the pasted gatefold picture sleeve shows some shelf wear & age discolouration to the edges and the vinyl shows signs of play with a few surface scuffs but remains in excellent condition)
- Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.45, €17.70 (New Item) (arrived 19-Nov-2024 18:00)on January 21, 2025 at 6:05 pm
FRANK ZAPPA Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (1988 UK Fame issue 6-track digitally remastered LP, containing his Grammy award winning hit 'Valley Girl', glossy picture sleeve featuring cover illustration by Roger Price. The sleeve on this copy has light storage wear and the vinyl has some hairlines but nothing that would stop amazing playback! FA3180)
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