FRANK ZAPPA Specialized Digital Audio Gratification (Rare 1988 UK 15-track promotional CD sampler featuring tracks selected from '79-84, unique custom picture sleeve. All are unique mixes, quite different from the album versions as they have practically no right channel information, seemingly having been 'comb-filtered' into pseudo-stereo from the one channel. This may have been part of Frank's dissatisfaction with the 'sound quality' of the EMI releases, leading him to move to Ryk
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THE MOTHERS Just Another Band From L.A. (1990 US 5-track 'FZ25' series CD issue of the 1972 album featuring the epic 'Billy The Mountain', picture sleeve with a non barcoded back inlay RCD10161) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Just Another Band From L.A. (1990 French 5-track CD, picture sleeve CDZAP25) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Happy Mother's Day (1996 US promotional-only green tinted album case with custom picture insert & illustrated back insert denoting 'The Frank Zappa Catalog is available on Rykodisc'. Amazingly, this still includes the foil wrappedchocolate imitation CD. Although this is well past it's best and looks to have broken due to age, it is now hard to find complete with the chocolate! VRCDFZ96) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Necessity Is... The Early Years Of Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention (2002 UK 192-page softback book from Billy James, who recaptures those early years as remembered by those who were there; Jimmy Carl Black, Roy Estrada, Bunk Gardner, Buzz Gardner and Don Preston, completing the picture with anecdotes about other ex-members like Ray Collins, Lowell George, Art Tripp and Motorhead Sherwood, the book investigates the oddball humour that surrounded the Zappa entourage from 1964-1970) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA & CAPTAIN BEEFHEART Zapped (2005 UK limited edition 96-page book printed on high qulaity gloss art paper and features rare photographs and illustrations relating to Zappa, Mothers and the Captain. Fantastic with rare text & articles much from the 1970s to give a great insight into Zappa and Beefheart, presented in a HAND NUMBERED stiff card colour cover much like a football programme style - sealed!) ** Limited to 500 copies! ** more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Make A Jazz Noise Here (1995 US issue of the 1991 25-track double CD featuring all the 'tricky stuff' as executed by the short lived but eventful 1988 tour band, slimline jewel case barcoded picture sleeve - still factory sealed fromnew! RCD10555/56) more...
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MOTHERS Just Another Band From L.A. (1995 US CD issue of the 1972 5-track live album including the epic 'Billy The Mountain', slimline jewel case barcoded picture sleeve RCD10515) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) (Unique 1972 US TWENTY ONE page collection of Onion Skin copies of Frank's own hand written scores for Keyboard, Saxes, Bass Flute & two trombone parts [one mysteriously marked 'Bill' - No clues! Answers on a postcard please ...], for both parts one & two of the piece as performed by the full Grand Wazoo Orchestra on the tour. Onion Skin copies are the transitional stage between the original score as written & the Oz more...
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION We're Only In It For The Money (Rare original 1968 US 18-track stereo LP on the blue & silver Verve label, complete with sheet of cut outs, pasted gatefold picture sleeve which parodies [in reverse] the Sgt Pepper sleeveV65045X)
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FRANK ZAPPA Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (Not much to say about this if you are aware that Uncle Frank was a little bit nifty on the fretboard, apart from 'You want Fries with that ?'. Amazing 20-track promo sample triple LP that is totally composed of guitar solos recorded live between 1977 & 1980 with a couple of studio instrumentals thrown in for good measure. Each volume of the set is in it's own picture sleeve with track information on the back. Being a Japanese pressing, this is a more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Stairway To Heaven (Rare 1991 UK white label test pressing for the 12" vinyl single featuring Zappa's take on the Zep classic, also including Bolero. The vinyl shows a noticeable mottled effect on side 1. With stamped artist label. Also includes a 1-page Music For Nations press release and a 10" x 11" colour artwork proof 12FRANK101) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1-6 (Rare complete set of Six 2004 Japanese digitally remastered CD albums, a total of 182 songs spread over Twelve Discs with each volume being a double disc, featuring a collection of live & rare recordings, with each part in its respective mini-LP style gatefold card picture sleeve [apart from Volune 2 which is within a mini box], fold-out lyric insert and obi-strip VACK-9005/10) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Philly '76 (2009 US mail order only 23-track double CD recorded live on October 29, 1976 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA & being of particular note as it features not only Eddie Jobson, but also Lady Bianca, who was only with theband for a few weeks of the 76 tour. The new 'Engine Room' of Terry Bozzio & Patrick O'Hearn are beginning to cook and the vocal talents of Ray White made this a very different sounding tour band to those that had preceded them. This copy rema more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Just Another Band From L.A. (2012 UK issue of the 1972 5-track live album, includes the epic Billy The Mountain, fold-out picture sleeve. This edition removes the excessive use of reverb heard on previous issues) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Sheik Yerbouti (1979 Portuguese 18-track double LP, recorded [mostly] live in London and featuring a then new Zappa discovery, a pre-King Crimson Adrian Belew, gatefold picture sleeve with a light laminate to the outside and includeslyric printed card inners. Apart from a sticker mark on the front the sleeve has only minor wear and, aside from a few very light paper scuffs & a couple of hairlines, the vinyl is in excellent condition) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA We're Only In It For The Money (1968 UK first issue 18-track mono LP with 'Sold in The UK' label text, a particularly tough pressing to find, featuring track separated sides and the 'heavily censored' version of the album, superb reverse Sgt. Pepper parody fully laminated internal flipback gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows minimal creasing to the edges & spine, with a beautiful sheen still evident even after fifty years with two small paper tears to the inside flip more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991 UK 25-track double CD marketed , featuring all the 'tricky stuff' as executed by the short lived but eventful 1988 tour band, fat double case with front picture inlay, barcode tracklisting back inlay and fold-out insert CDDZAP41) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Zappa '80 Mudd Club (2023 German manufactured UK/EU limited edition 15-track double album LP remastered & cut at 45rpm by Bernie Grundman on 180-gram Heavyweight Audiophile Vinyl - During the Spring / Summer tour of 1980, Frank Zappa played a set at his favorite NYC nightclub, the famous Mudd Club. Factory sealed gatefold picture sleeve complete with liner notes by Arthur Barrow & Steve Vai plus a memoir and photos from George Alper!) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA The Torchum Never Stops Vol. 2 (Deleted German 150-page softback book, including bootleg discography, personnel, live dates and more. The edges show a few signs of wear, a small tear to top of spine, tiny residual sticker marks tocovers with light foxing to the inside covers whilst the contents are Excellent throughout) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Philly '76 (Official 2009 US mail order only 23-track double CD recorded live on October 29, 1976 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, PA & being of particular note as it features not only Eddie Jobson, but also Lady Bianca, who was only with the band for a few weeks of the 76 tour. The then-new 'Engine Room' of Terry Bozzio & Patrick O'Hearn are beginning to cook & the vocal talents of Ray White made this a very different sounding tour band to those that had preceded them. more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Beat The Boots #2 (Limited Edition 1992 US 8 x CD box set, collecting bootleg recordings which were originally distributed illegally but were released officially as part of Zappa's campaign to dissuade his fans from buying illegal recordings of his concerts. The whole set is digitally remastered from the original sources & spans a ten year period from 1968 to 1978, including Swiss Cheese/Fire! which documents a famous 1971 concert at a casino in Montreux where the venue bu more...
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FRANK ZAPPA The Man From Utopia (1983 South African sunburst CBS label issue 10-track vinyl LP, housed in a full colour picture sleeve complete with lyric inner. The sleeve shows light wear with a small split to the inner and a small area of sticker residue, whilst the vinyl appears barely played ASF2868) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Zappa In New York - 40th Anniversary Edition (2019 German pressed UK & European limited edition 16-track remastered triple LP released to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the album pressed on Audiophile quality 180gram Heavyweight Vinyl - In 1976,Frank Zappa played four historic sold-out concerts at The Palladium in New York City the week between Christmas and New Year's. These thrilling shows served as the source material for the live double album Zappa In Ne more...
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Trouble Comin' Every Day (A long long time ago, Uncle Frank & The Mothers released one of only two Verve singles in Japan. This one, with sleeve dated 'TO 6711' [Nov 67 Tokyo] was the first and has since become one of the rarest Frank Zappa official releases in the world. Taken from the then-recently released 'Freak Out' album, this wide centred vinyl 7" also includes 'Who Are The Brain Police?', a jolly civil rights themed package all round.
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FRANK ZAPPA You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Sampler (2020 Record Store Day German limited edition 12-track Audiophile double LP issue of the 1988 album pressed on 180gm RED & YELLOW Vinyl, gatefold picture sleeve. To promote his installment project, 'You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore', Frank Zappa created this sampler, consisting of hand-picked live performances, ranging from 1969 to 1984, from his legendary vault. This Coll more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Zappa '80 Munich (2023 UK/EU limited edition 22-track triple album LP set pressed on 180gram Clear Orange Vinyl, comprising remastered recordings from the complete last show of their 1980 Springand Summer tour, housed in a Tri-fold picture sleeve with liner notes by Arthur Barrow and memoir & photos from George Alper, with an iron-on transfer. Sealed in the hype stickered shrink) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA The Guitar World According To Frank Zappa (2019 US limited edition 8-track remastered LP released exclusively for Record Store Day pressed on Audiophile 180gram Clear Vinyl. The FIRST EVER vinyl version of the compilation that was created by FZ in 1987 and was available only as a cassette through Guitar World magazine, housed in the individually numbered gatefold picture sleeve. The cover displays minimal wear and the vinyl looks barely played)
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FRANK ZAPPA The Hot Rats Sessions (Sealed 2019 US Limited Deluxe 50th Anniversary SIX-CD Edition of his legendary 1969 second solo album which was the first record to be recorded on a prototype 16-track tape machine. The set comprises 'every composition recorded during those days in July 1969' along with an abundance of rare mixes, 'vault nuggets' and complete basic tracks. Complete with sleevenotes by Simpsons creator Matt Groening and essays by Ian Underwood, Andee Nathanson and more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Hammersmith Odeon ('Zappa Official Release 89' 2017 US 29-track triple CD set, featuring three hours of performances culled from live recordings from the series of four concerts played at Hammersmith Odeon in January & February 1978. Released in honour of FZ's 70th birthday & favourite holiday, Halloween. Comes housed in a fold-out digipak sleeve with booklet and housed in an outer picture slipcase. The packaging displays some light general wear whilst the discs and cle more...
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