Verve centerfold ad including The Mothers Of Invention.

Short article on page 3 and photo on page 16, related to Hagstrom guitars ad campaign. More on this campaign read at hagstromguitars.com.

Merson's 'Invention' Radio Spot Clicking (page 3)

NEW YORK—A radio promotion campaign by Merson Musical Products Corporation has met with thumping success, according to company officials.

The effort, in cooperation with stations WOR-FM, New York; WFIL, Philadelphia and WRKO, Boston, featured a one-minute commercial using the music of Verve Records' Mothers of Invention with a message from the group`s leader, Frank Zappa. The message invited listeners to write the station for a full-size poster of the combo and information about the Hagstrom guitar
line, which is used by the Mothers.

Post cards informed the listener that he could pick up his free poster at his nearest Hagstrom dealer, whose name and address were printed on the card.

To date, there have been some 15,000 responses, and dealers throughout the promotion program area say that many of these have become customers.

Merson vice-president Bernard Mersky said this program is the first in a series of Merson consumer-oriented promotion programs. The program was launched a few months ago and will run at least a few more months, Mersky said.

Photo on page 16

FRANK ZAPPA, leader of Verve's Mothers of Invention, is seen with Bernard Mersky, vice-president, Merson Musical Products, with whom the artist has just signed a promotion and advertising contract. Merson distributes the Unicord line of amps, guitars, combo organs and other pop musical merchandise.

On page 59 is a full page "Lonely Little Girl" single ad.

This is Frank Zappa's speech in the First International Music Industry Conference, held in April 20-23, 1969, Paradise Isle Hotel, Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas.

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Frank Zappa feels that a link exists between music and art today. He spoke of the trend in modern art known as concept art, and added that some people in pop music today relate to this concept. As an illustration he played an electronic composition using sounds outside the frequency of human hearing. He also used selections from the Columbia album, "The World of Harry Partch." Partch writes music of 32 tones to the octave. Zappa also played various other examples of electronic music, including a record utilizing sound made by a gong and a balloon. Still another was a recording of electronically modified sounds of German children playing. (read more)

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Page 2: Zappa Suing 2 Magazines

LOS ANGELES - Frank Zappa is suing Playboy and Esquire for $4 million, changing an unauthorized likeness of the Mothers of Invention leader appeared in a psychedelic-type illustration collage for a Dexter Funky Shoes ad which ran in both magazines November, 1970.

The suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court stated that the misleading implication Zappa was endorsing the shoes had irreparably damaged his reputation and right for privacy.

Page 53: Fillmore East - June 1971 ad.

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Frank Zappa has finally made the movie he's been trying to get off the ground for years. "200 Motels" features the spectacularly far-out electronic visual effects possible with Technicolor's videotape-to-film Vidtronics process ... colors flowing into each other as a scene progresses and sudden dissolves of the characters into geometric forms. (read more)

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LOS ANGELES—Noel Redding, former Jimi Hendrix bassist, has filed suit against Frank Zappa for $25,000 and medical expenses in Superior Court here. The suit stems from a fall Redding took on an exterior staircase at Zappa's home while a guest there in Sept. l97l.
Redding's claim alleges that Zappa and his household negligently maintained a hazardous condition on an improperly lit staircase with an insufficient handrail. The suit states that Redding has been unable to work since the injuries from his fall. 

Next week, June 24, Billboard had the following message:

Redding on Motown LOS ANGELES—Noel Redding, former Jimi Hendrix bassist, has recovered from his fall at Frank Zappa’s home and is completing a Motown album with his new trio, Road. The trio includes session drummer Leslie Sampson and former Rare Earth lead guitarist Rod Richard. Album is being produced by Tom Wilson. 

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Frank Zappa's concerts are far from being predictable, and his Aug. 16 set lived up to that standard admirably. Faced with an overly agitated audience that rudely accorded show opener Tom Waits — a fine, up-and-coming artist — nary an ear, Zappa extolled the crowd's "sophistication," and made them wait 15 minutes while the band tuned. Then he stated pointedly: "We're not going to try to impress you. After all this is L.A. We'll start with 'Cosmik Debris' and work our way down."

If Zappa taught a sly lesson in manners, he did equally well with the show itself. "Cosmik Debris" marked the beginning of an evening's excellent entertainment. Zappa and the current Mothers Of Invention: George Duke, keyboards and vocals; Ruth Underwood, percussion and vibes; Napoleon Murphy Brock, sax and vocals; Tom Fowler, bass, and Chester Thompson, drums, twisted and turned through seemingly impossible passages, displaying a quality of musicianship rarely shown nowadays.

Zappa hammed it up for the audience with tongue-in-cheek commentary and the tunes, including "Pygmy Twilight," "Stink-Foot," "Idiot Bastard Son" and "Montana," lacked none of the vitality often discarded by the wayside in deference to technical perfection. Zappa tries to bring both attributes to the audience's attention, though judging from the relatively young age of those attending one might wonder at the impact.

Nonetheless, the fans clamored for more when Zappa introduced furniture entrepreneur Ed Barbara and bade him "sell the Mothers" to the crowd.

The reaction was even more strenuous for the encores: "Uncle Meat" and the classic "Trouble Comin' Every Day," from the Mothers' debut album "Freak Out."

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Source: Charles Ulrich

Source: Charles Ulrich

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This 16-page addition to the May 19, 1990 issue of Billboard magazine is a celebration of the 25th anniversary of Frank Zappa's career in rock.

PolyGram Diversified Entertainment has filed suit against Frank Zappa, alleging that the artist has failed to act in good faith with the company over the audio, home video, and broadcast exploitation of a Zappa tribute concert, "Zappa's Universe." (read more)

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In this issue, there is a full-page ad for Civilization Phaze III on page 257 and the "Censure & Censorship" article contains a Frank Zappa picture on page 244.

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Ads on pages 91, 93, no other Zappa content.

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Frank Zappa's composition "Once Again, Without The Net" may have a special resonance for Rykodisc, as the Salem, Mass.-based label attempts the hair-raising feat of rereleasing 53 newly remastered Zappa albums in a span of 26 days. (read more) 

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