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The commemorative book will feature previously unpublished photographs by Gubbins, who was the only photographer to document the record’s studio sessions.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 - Weasels Ripped My Flesh - French - vinyl LP - £40.00, $50.40, €48.40 (Back In Stock) (arrived 18-Feb-2025 17:00)on February 22, 2025 at 7:54 am
MOTHERS OF INVENTION Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Classic 1970 French 11-track compilation LP featuring Mothers gems from 1967 to 1969, unique front laminated flipback picture sleeve variant. The sleeve displays some light general age wear and vinyl shows minimal signs of play MS2028)
- Frank Zappa - Mothermania - The Best Of The Mothers - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $37.80, €36.30 (New Item) (arrived 21-Jan-2025 18:00)on February 22, 2025 at 7:54 am
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 - Cruising With Ruben And The Jets - UK - vinyl LP - £195.00, $245.70, €235.95 (New Item) (arrived 17-Dec-2024 17:04)on February 22, 2025 at 7:54 am
MOTHERS OF INVENTION Cruising With Ruben And The Jets (Rare 1969 UK first issue 13-track stereo vinyl LP on the black & silver Verve label, housed in a front laminated flipback picture sleeve with 'Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patent No.943,895 S/VLP9237' on the bottom-right tab. This one previous owner copy is in a fantastic condition. The sleeve displays just a little light corner wear with just a few light creases in the laminate around the edges otherwise really nice, the flipbacks are secure and the non-laminated back displays some light age yellowing. The labels are very clean with minimal spindle marks, and the vinyl looks barely played. An outstanding example and the first we have ever seen SVLP9237)
- Frank Zappa - Cruising With Ruben And The Jets - UK - vinyl LP - £195.00, $245.70, €235.95 (Back In Stock) (arrived 18-Dec-2024 18:00)on February 22, 2025 at 7:54 am
MOTHERS OF INVENTION Cruising With Ruben And The Jets (Rare 1969 UK first issue 13-track stereo vinyl LP on the black & silver Verve label, housed in a front laminated flipback picture sleeve with 'Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. Patent No.943,895 S/VLP9237' on the bottom-right tab. This one previous owner copy is in a fantastic condition. The sleeve displays just a little light corner wear with just a few light creases in the laminate around the edges otherwise really nice, the flipbacks are secure and the non-laminated back displays some light age yellowing. The labels are very clean with minimal spindle marks, and the vinyl looks barely played. An outstanding example and the first we have ever seen SVLP9237)
- Frank Zappa - Weasels Ripped My Flesh - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £35.00, $44.10, €42.35 (New Item) (arrived 13-Jan-2025 11:02)on February 22, 2025 at 7:54 am
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970 UK first press 11-track LP on the tan 'steamboat' label with the perimeter print ending adjacent to the catalogue number, housed in a stunning Neon Park picture sleeve. The matte sleeve isExcellent with little shelf wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with the odd minor sign of play RSLP2028)
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