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The commemorative book will feature previously unpublished photographs by Gubbins, who was the only photographer to document the record’s studio sessions.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 - One Size Fits All - EX - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $37.50, €36.00 (New Item) (arrived 19-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 24, 2024 at 8:29 pm
FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION One Size Fits All (1975 UK first issue 9-track LP, a magnificent outing by Frank & his trusty cohorts of the time George Duke, Ruth Underwood, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Tom Fowler & Chester Thompson, along with a few special guests like Johnny Guitar Watson, James 'Birds Legs' Youman & 'Bloodshot Rollin' Red' [Beefheart], including the classic Inca Roads, San Ber'dino, Sofa & Andy. The gatefold picture sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear, especially on the spine. The vinyl remains in Excellent condition K59207)
- Frank Zappa - Hot Rats: Remastered - 200gm Vinyl - EX - US - vinyl LP - £50.00, $62.50, €60.00 (New Item) (arrived 19-Nov-2024 12:55)on November 24, 2024 at 8:29 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 - Hot Rats: Remastered - 150gm Vinyl - Sealed - US - vinyl LP - £125.00, $156.25, €150.00 (Back In Stock) (arrived 30-Oct-2024 18:00)on November 24, 2024 at 8:29 pm
FRANK ZAPPA Hot Rats (2009 US exclusive limited edition 6-track LP pressed on 150gram VIRGIN VINYL, originally released in 1969, featuring guest vocals on 'Willie The Pimp' from Captain Beefheart; superbly presented in deluxe gatefold pasted card sleeve, housed in sticker-sealed PVC outer bag. Mint condition)
- Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Sampler - Sealed - US - 2-LP vinyl set - £50.00, $62.50, €60.00 (New Item) (arrived 02-Nov-2024 14:45)on November 24, 2024 at 8:29 pm
FRANK ZAPPA You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (Sealed 1988 US 12-track double LP compilation sampler for the YCDTOSA series, which has a different edit of 'Dickie's Such an Asshole' & a different recording of the last part of 'Cosmik Debris'to the finally released versions, gatefold picture sleeve with deletion drill-hole. This collector's copy remains factory sealed & unopened, the vinyl is Mint & unplayed D174213)
- Frank Zappa - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Sampler - Sealed - US - 2-LP vinyl set - £50.00, $62.50, €60.00 (New Item) (arrived 02-Nov-2024 18:00)on November 24, 2024 at 8:29 pm
FRANK ZAPPA You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (Sealed 1988 US 12-track double LP compilation sampler for the YCDTOSA series, which has a different edit of 'Dickie's Such an Asshole' & a different recording of the last part of 'Cosmik Debris'to the finally released versions, gatefold picture sleeve with deletion drill-hole. This collector's copy remains factory sealed & unopened, the vinyl is Mint & unplayed D174213)
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