FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Playground Psychotics (1992 UK 57-track double CD set, manufactured in Austria. This album moves beyond mere Rock & Roll into the dangerous realm of social anthropology. It offers to younger musicians thechance to participate vicariously in the touring world of the early 1970's (way back when it was still sort of fun to do); fat double case with picture sleeve, fold-out insert and 'Frank Zappa Colelction' booklet CDDZAP55) more...
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION We're Only In It For The Money (1968 UK first issue 18-track stereo LP with 'Sold in The UK' label text, a particularly tough pressing to find, featuring track separated sides & the 'heavily censored' version of the album, superb reverse Sgt. Pepper parody fully laminated internal flipback gatefold sleeve. The sleeve is in decent shape & shows the odd light scuff to the inside flipbacks and tiny residual sticker wear to front. The vinyl is VG with justa cou more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Incredibly Frank (1982 US limited edition Picture Disc, featuring two parts of a previously unpublished forty eight minute interview given on September 13th 1970, recorded at Zappa's home in Hollywood, California, where he talks atlength about his early ventures in the record business, the production techniques employed on the Mothers' Verve albums & his relationship with the quirky Captain Beefheart. Zappa's revelations provide a unique insight into this classic phaseo more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Sleep Dirt (1979 US 7-track LP, featuring the longer version of 'Flambay' & 'Spider Of Destiny' without the 'Hunchentoot' vocal overdub. The picture sleeve with open shrink wrap still intact - the vinyl is in excellent condition DSK2292) more...
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Son Of Suzy Creamcheese (Prepare to turn on, tune in and 'Freak Out!' on this one hundred Percent 'Far Out' and one hundred percent RARE 1967 French-exclusive Verve label masterpiece [dripping with psychedelic gooey loveliness]. Lord Zappa's fourth single release provides more insights into the surreal world of Suzy with Big Leg Emma taking a step back to the B-side. This scarce wax is complete with the resplendent picture sleeve with correctly swapped titlesa more...
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FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION One Size Fits All (1986 US 11-track vinyl LP issue of the 1975 album. This item was only available as part of the limited edition 'The Old Masters Box Three'. Housed in a glossy gatefold picture sleeve withlyrics inside. There is a small nick in the spine, otherwise this copy is in excellent condition BPR888-6) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Garage Acts II & III (1979 US 10-track vinyl 2-LP set telling the cautionary tale of Joe & his imaginary guitar notes with this set concluding Joe's adventures in Musicland, housed in a sealed and warning stickered, gold promo-stamped gatefold picture sleeve. Having remained sealed, this item has gone unplayed for 31 years - a great find!) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Garage Act 1 (1979 US 8-track vinyl LP, complete with integral booklet, featuring the preamble to the cautionary story of Joe inside the gatefold sleeve. The gold promo-stamped picture sleeve is in excellent condition, and iscomplete with custom warning sticker. The vinyl is Near Mint) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Big Swifty Part 5 (Unique 1972 US score for the piano and keyboard as HAND WRITTEN by FZ, complete with Frank's own annotations - time signature changes, effect settings etc. Running across four sheets of stave, as it does, itseems incredible that Frank actually hand wrote each of the parts for the twenty piece band arrangements & even more incredible that it still survives in pristine condition thirty seven years later. This manuscript comes from the personal colle more...
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FRANK ZAPPA MoFo: The Making of Freak Out! (Official 2006 US limited edition mail order only 4-CD box set issued to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 'Freak Out!' debut album, includes the full album along with previously unreleased material including 'Groupie Groupie Bang Bang' which was not included on the commercial 2-CD release. Presented in a stunning fold-out pack complete with 'Freak Out Hot Spots' folded map and information booklet - this set is only available through th more...
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FRANK ZAPPA The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary (Unique 1972 US 8-page Ozalid copy of Frank's own hand written keyboard score for the epic piece as performed by the full Grand Wazoo Orchestra on the tour. This is Ian Underwood's personal copy of the score which has remained safely in the personal collection of Marty Perellis, who was the road manager for the tour, until now. It's interesting to see that most of the sections are already in place some five years before the final piece ca more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Guitar (1988 US Rykodisc 32-track 2-CD album set featuring Uncle Frank letting rip on the guitar in solos recorded live across the world between 1979 and '84. One of the few guitarists that could actually make a solo interesting for more than thirty seconds, showcasing a rare side to his genius that is often overlooked, picture sleeve booklet with track-by-track line-ups and recording information RCD10080) more...
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THE MOTHERS Just Another Band From L.A. (Super rare 1972 test pressing for the Japanese Reprise issue of the 5-track vinyl LP recorded live at the Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles on 7th August 1971; white labels stamped on the A-side with Japanese characters and catalogue number. Housed in the gatefold picture sleeve for the commercial release complete with 4-page Japanese text biography/lyric insert and original obi-strip. Japanese test pressings from this era seldom appear for s more...
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FRANK ZAPPA The Interview Sessions (2009 UK CD album - Master musician, extraordinary performer, superlative bandleader and exceptional composer he may have been, but Francis Vincent Zappa was also a raconteur, an intellectual and a man with an opinion on everything – and putting those qualities together made him possibly the most interesting interview subject from the entire Rock age. This CD contains over 70 minutes of often hilarious but always thought provoking and stimulating int more...
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MOTHERS OF INVENTION It Can't Happen Here (Very Rare 1966 UK 'A' label demonstration vinyl 7" for the single release, the bizarre choice for a debut single by Frank Zappa & The Mothers, not least because it was on Verve. The four-prong centreis intact & the label has custom 'Demonstration Record' print & a '11.11.66' release date, & includes the more single-friendly, How Could I Be Such A Fool relegated to the B-Bide, one of Frank's attempts at a love song! The vinyl even comes comple more...
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FRANK ZAPPA MoFo: The Making of Freak Out! (Official 2006 US limited edition mail order only 4-CD box set issued to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 'Freak Out!' debut album, includes the full album along with previously unreleased material including 'Groupie Groupie Bang Bang' which was not included on the commercial 2-CD release. Presented in a stunning fold-out pack complete with 'Freak Out Hot Spots' folded map & information booklet - this rare set was only available thr more...
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FRANK ZAPPA / MELANIE Rainbow (Rare 1971 UK 16-page 8" x 6" programme for Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention shows at The Rainbow on Decemember 10 & 11, featuring four pages devoted to band and an advert at the front for their 'Fillmore East - June 1971' album along with a second 'Grandmothers' advert for the Mothermania and Freak Out albums. The programme also has a pages dedicated to Melanie and Doris Troy. This fantastic item was obtained from the original owner who picked i more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Hot Rats (Limited Edition 2019 US remastered issue of the 1969 6-track LP on 180gram Hot Pink Vinyl, housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent [1" hairline split in a top edge] & is still in the custom stickered open shrinkwrap & the vinyl is Near Mint ZR3841-1) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Civilization Phaze III (1994 US 41-track mail-order only double CD, gatefold hardback picture sleeve with integral booklet. This was the last 'real' release by Frank & it explores some of the improving technology of the Synclavier,while expanding his own compositional style freed from limited human musicians. Of its time, a fair amount of the music is dark and sombre, but Frank being Frank there are 'Lumpy Gravy' style interludes, so the Conceptual Continuity continued more...
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FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Playground Psychotics (1992 US 57-track double CD set. This album moves beyond mere Rock & Roll into the dangerous realm of social anthropology. It offers to younger musicians thechance to participate vicariously in the touring world of the early 1970's (way back when it was still sort of fun to do); fat double case with picture sleeve, fold-out insert D274244) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Funky Nothingness (2023 UK/worldwide limited edition 2-LP, Mostly recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA: February & March, 1970. This album, rather than having a core group of musicians, utilized various session players from track to track. From these sessions, Zappa assembled a core group to record new material in February and March of 1970. This copy remains factory sealed from New. A truly essential piece of Zappa history. ESSENTIAL! ZR20043) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Beat Club! (2024 UK limited edition 11-track LP recorded for Beat Club on October 6th 1968, plus a 15-minute version of King Kong, and Oh In The Sky recorded for Internationale Essener Songtage on September 28th 1968. Picture sleeve, factory sealed) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Freak Out! (1985 French issue of the 1966 15-track stereo double LP, complete with illustrated inners, single pocket picture sleeve. The far more common issue is in a gatefold sleeve, where this issue features the images of the inner gatefold printed on two identical picture inners. Very few copies of this version were pressed. The sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl is near 'as new' ZAPPA1) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Cosmic Debris (1974 UK solid centre 7" vinyl single, also featuring Uncle Remus, plain die-cut sleeve. The vinyl appears Excellent with just light evidence of play - this Zappa 45 rarely crops up! K19201) more...
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MOTHERS OF INVENTION It Can't Happen Here (Very Rare 1966 UK 'A' label demonstration vinyl 7" for the single release, the bizarre choice for a debut single by Frank Zappa & The Mothers, not least because it was on Verve. The four-prong centreis intact & the label has custom 'Demonstration Record' print & a '11.11.66' release date, & includes the more single-friendly, How Could I Be Such A Fool relegated to the b-side, one of Frank's attempts at a love song! The vinyl even comes co more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Zappa '88: The Last US Show (2021 UK/EU limited edition 180-gram black vinyl 4-LP box set, 30-tracks of joy from 'The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life', recorded at the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, New York. Mostly unreleased and newly mixed and mastered from the original multi-track tapes. Featuring the highly sought-after The Beatles Medley with bawdy lyrics, a horn-laden cover of I Am The Walrus, and Stairway To Heaven. Picture box with lift-off lid, hy more...
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Absolutely Free (1967 UK 13-track Stereo LP, unique front laminated flipback sleeve with the album art at ninety degrees to the gatefold version & with tracklisting & Mike Raven poem on the back. This one owner copy remains in a fantastic condition. The sleeve shows minimal shelfwear & the vinyl remains in fantastic condition with few signs of play. An outstanding example of this over fifty five year old pressing, the best copy we have ever seen! SVLP9174) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention: In the 1960's (2009 UK Region 0 PAL DVD - This film reviews the true story of The Mothers of Invention and the music they made during the first incarnation of the band. With group members Jimmy Carl Black, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston and Art Tripp taking up the tale and revealing [often for the first time] what the real Frank Zappa was all about; and with contributions from 'scenesters' like LA wildman Kim Fowley, biographer Billy Ja more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Joe's Menage (2008 US 8-track mail order only CD featuring previously unreleased material recorded in concert at the College of William And Mary in Williamsburg, VA on the 1st November 1975, featuring an unusual line-up of Frank withNorma Jean Bell [alto saxophone and vocals], Napoleon Murphy Brock [tenor saxophone and vocals], Andre Lewis [keyboards and vocals], Roy Estrada [bass and vocals] and Terry Bozzio [drums]. In 1978 Frank Zappa gave Ole Lysgaard, a fan, several more...
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Rare original 1970 German first pressing of the 10-track LP with Dieter Boé's fully laminated & unique 'Rat Trap' cover art replacing the more familiar Neon Park sleeve. This copy also has a German sample sticker on the A Side label. Subsequent pressings reverted to the more familiar artwork, making this a real oddity amongst Zappa releases in that they [the German record company] actually chose to make the cover MORE controversial more...
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