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The commemorative book will feature previously unpublished photographs by Gubbins, who was the only photographer to document the record’s studio sessions.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 - Joe's Garage Acts II & III - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £25.00, $32.25, €29.25 (Back In Stock) (arrived 18-May-2020 16:51)on May 26, 2020 at 2:33 pm
FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Garage Acts II & III (1979 UK graduated orange label 10-track double LP, concluding Joe's adventures in Musicland, gatefold picture sleeve complete with fold-out libretto. The sleeve shows some light edge/ringwear and has a couple of surface scuffs, whilst the vinyl discs are excellent with little sign of play CBS88475)
- Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage Acts II & III - EX - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £25.00, $32.25, €29.25 (New Item) (arrived 15-May-2020 17:19)on May 26, 2020 at 2:33 pm
FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Garage Acts II & III (1979 UK graduated orange label 10-track double LP, concluding Joe's adventures in Musicland, gatefold picture sleeve complete with fold-out libretto. The sleeve shows some light edge/ringwear and has a couple of surface scuffs, whilst the vinyl discs are excellent with little sign of play CBS88475)
- Frank Zappa - Over-Nite Sensation - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $32.25, €29.25 (Back In Stock) (arrived 12-May-2020 16:50)on May 26, 2020 at 2:33 pm
FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS Over-Nite Sensation (1973 UK 7-track vinyl LP, featuring the essential I'm The Slime, Montana, Dirty Love and Camaillo Brillo! Gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve has just a little paper loss to the front due to stickerremoval, otherwise shows little wear, whilst aside from a little light cosmetic wear, the vinyl is in excellent condition. A great copy of this timeless masterpiece! K41000)
- Frank Zappa - Burnt Weeny Sandwich - 1st - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £45.00, $58.05, €52.65 (New Item) (arrived 28-Apr-2020 15:28)on May 26, 2020 at 2:33 pm
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970 UK first press 9-track stereo LP on the tri-colour steamboat label, including the magnum opus, Little House I Used To Live In, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent with very little wear & the vinyl grades Excellent with just a little minor cosmetic wear not interfering with play RSLP6370)
- Frank Zappa - Hot Rats - UK - CD album - £15.00, $19.35, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 23-Apr-2020 11:52)on May 26, 2020 at 2:33 pm
FRANK ZAPPA Hot Rats (2012 UK CD issue of the 1969 6-track album, opening with the oceans of harmony on 'Peaches En Regalia' finally waking up the world to the quality of FZ's music, with audio sourced from the original vinyl mix for the first time; standard jewel case with picture sleeve - essential!)
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