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• 3 August. Tinsel Town Rebellion reviewed in Italian Nuovo Sound, September 1981.

• 2 August. Disc & Music Echo, 4 July 1970, had a 4-page Bath Festival special, which contained a press conference review "Zappa's band of band leaders!".

• 2 August French Juke Box Magazine, March 1991. Article "Video Rewind".

• 1 August. Very limited (150 numbered copies) Czech edition of The Real Frank Zappa Book appeared in July 2021. Instead of the original illustrations, this book includes many photos and special fore- and afterwords by Czech FZ fans.

• 1 August. Italian bimonthly Vinile, November/December 2018. Contains article on rock music theatre and 2 album reviews:
  - Marco Pacassoni Group "Frank & Ruth"
  - new vinyl issue of the "Burnt Weeny Sandwich"

• 18 July. Almost a "black square". The Absolutely Free ad in British International Times #18, August 1967.

• 18 July. Classic Rock, August 2002. Overview article on jazz rock by Tommy Udo.

• 16 July. French edition of the Rock World:
  - December 1992, Playground Psychotics reviewed
  - April 1993, article on "The Zappa Dynasty", Dweezil and Ahmet.

• 16 July. German Musikexpress/Sounds, November 1993. This is the "100 best albums in the Rock History" special, where Hot Rats was #37.

• 15 July. French Rock & Folk, October 1970. Weasels Ripped My Flesh reviewed.

• 15 July. Italian Buscadero, July/August 1988. Zappa's press conference and concert in Milan. Plus review of one of the most important FZ bootlegs Serious Music.

• 15 July. Jeff Beck to play with Zappa? Short news in Disc & Music Echo, 10 October 1970. Recently the Ultimate Classic Rock website published some short anecdotes by Beck on Zappa: "Frank Zappa could have been a successful U.S. President."

• 6 July. Italian monthly youth magazine Doppiovù, November 1977. Includes a five-page article on Zappa with discography and good pictures.

• 5 July. Rare Mexican magazine Boum, November 1968. 

• 5 July. French Rock En Stock, June 1979. March 19 Paris concert review.

• 4 July. Small Zappa piece in Music Connection, May 29, 1989.

• 1 July. German Musikexpress/Sounds April 1992 included some caricatures by the illustrator Jeff Wong: Ozzy Osbourne, L.L. Cool J, Prince, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Frank Zappa.

• 30 June. Rare bird - short-living French edition of the Mojo magazine, November 2012 issue.

• 29 June. French Juke Box Magazine published since its #22 in each issue 4 pages of the dictionary by Philippe Thieyre - listing all the US psychedelic groups from 1966 to 1973, with biographies and discographies. Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention appeared in issues ##48-51, May - September 1991.

• 28 June. Italian progressive music monthly Muzak, November 1973. Article on Frank Zappa / Edgard Varèse and reviews of Jean-Luc Ponty's King Kong and Over-nite Sensation.

• 26 June. Rock World, September 1992. "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore!" screams his album cover, but Frank Zappa has done it – on stage, on record and on film. On the release of the sixth and final volume of Zappa's 'greatest bits', Chris Welch investigates a career that has produced some of the most challenging music and outrageous ideas of the rock epoch.

• 25 June. Like clockwork - every three months another issue - Arf Dossier #108, Juni 2021.

• 25 June. French Télérama special issue June 1993. Article on bizarre rockers plus Hot Rats review.

• 24 June. Italian monthly Velvet, June 1990.

• 23 June. First time the Mothers Of Invention mentioned in the British Press  - New Musical Express, 14 October 1966. As participants of the annual croquet match with the Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and others! Not kidding.

• 22 June. "This is Frank Zappa the prophet of underground music", from Qui Giovani, February 1971.

• 20 June. Frank Zappa's Mystery Disc reviewed in Tempi Dispari, November 1998. Of course, please also read the interview with FZ by Guido Harari made in April 1982 - Tempi Dispari, September 1998.

• 20 June. Legendary Drummer: Terry Bozzio. This 160-page book in Japanese was published to commemorate Terry Bozzio's 70th birthday, featuring an exclusive interview, his comprehensive discography, and the detailed specs on his drum sets. Published in December 2020.

• 19 June. Frank Zappa's Guitar reviewed in Italian Rockerilla, May 1988.

• 19 June. Late For The Sky is a periodical magazine made by Italian fans that deals with rock music. December 2003 issue contains article on "rock'n'roll and the Italian music press".

• 17 June. Musica, rock & altro! was a weekly publication of the Italian newspaper la Repubblica. Several issues added. Good read is "Immortale Zappastory" by Riccardo Bertoncelli. Or you will know what has Tom Waits to say about Yellow Shark and Trout Mask Replica, - No.330 May 2002.

• 16 June. Italian underground paper Get Ready, #3 1972. Just Another Band From L.A. review.

• 15 June. Boulez Conducts Zappa - The Perfect Stranger review in Il Mucchio Selvaggio, January 1985.

• 14 June. Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention review in Buscadero, January 1986.

• 13 June. Interview with Captain Beefheart, quoted in most books on Zappa is "Zappa stole my ideas, says the Captain". Taken from Disc & Music Echo, 1 April 1972.

• 7 June. Another view on Zappa in New York by Massimo Bassoli, Popster, June 1978.

• 5 June. Zappa In New York review in New Musical Express, 8 April 1978.

• 4 June. Rare French monthly Rock & BD, November/December 1983. Article on album Rare Meat.

• 4 June. One of the very best rock photographers is Guido Harari. "La galleria di Harari - Frank Zappa" is short but nice. Taken from Italian monthly JAM, November 1995.

• 1 June. Very good French monthly Best. Added nine issues from December 1971 to November 1973. Best pieces:
  - "Joe, Leon, Frank, les Chiens Dingues, les Anglais, les 200 Motels, et les Mamans ...", article on Mad Dogs & Englishman and 200 Motels
  - "Zappa à Montreux", concert review
  - "Zappa chef d'orchestre", review of the Petit Wazoo orchestra

• 30 May. Several issues of the French monthly Extra from 1971 and 1972. Containing news and album reviews.

• 30 May. Italian youth weekly Qui Giovani. Two issues:
  - 10 May 1973 "Voci e sounds degli States: Frank Zappa"
  - 2 May 1974 "Frank Zappa "Apostrophe'""

• 28 May. Published yesterday, the first Frank Zappa biography in Spanish by Manuel de la Fuente Soler - La música se resiste a morir: Frank Zappa. "A multitude of new data and approaches are offered that may interest both those who do not know Zappa and experts in the figure of him. "

• 27 May. Two reviews on the GTOs Permanent Damage album. Both are good reads and sources are the UK top counterculture papers
  - by Miles from the International Times, February 1970
  - by Felix Dennis from OZ, April 1970.
  BTW. Permanent Damage, book by Miss Mercy, is out in four weeks.

• 26 May. Pack of the monthly Nuovo Sound issues from 1977-1980. Included are
  album reviews
  - Zoot Allures
  - Zappa in New York
  - Sleep Dirt
  - Joe's Garage Act 1
  and concert reviews
  - Zürich Switzerland La "zappata" del vecchio leone
  - London UK Il gatto e la volpe del pop

• 26 May. Six issues of the weekly Nuovo Sound from 1974-1975. Included are some album reviews: 
  - Roxy and elsewhere
  - One Size Fits All
  - another One Size Fits All review

• 25 May. "America's only rock'n'roll magazine" Creem, September 1975. One Size Fits All review by Lester Bangs and a full page back cover ad.

• 24 May. Paolo Bertrando reviewing Them Or Us and the recent concert in Milan. Buscadero, November 1984.

• 23 May. A longer discussion on orchestral Zappa by Riccardo Bertoncelli, author of several Zappa books. Buscadero, September 1983.

• 22 May. Dallas underground paper Iconoclast, March 1974. Interview with FZ.

• 21 May. Salvo of album reviews from Italian magazine Buscadero, six different issues from 1981 to 1985:
  - "You Are What You Is"
  - "Shut up 'n play yer guitar"
  - "Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch"
  - "The man from Utopia"
  - "Rare Meat"
  - "Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger, Francesco Zappa, Thing-Fish"

• 20 May. Hi, Folks! was an Italian bi-monthly magazine issued 1982-1993. The November-December 1992 number was a FZ special with two good articles:
  - profile article by Roberto Del Piano
  - The Yellow Shark concert review by Enzo Gentile

• 19 May. French magazine for record collectors Juke Box Magazine, September 1986. Reissue of the Freak Out! reviewed.

• 19 May. Rock & Folk, May 1972. Frankz Zappa was #1 in poll "the rock composer of the year" with 42880 votes. Issue includes also Just Another Band From LA review.

• 19 May. Short-living Italian monthly New Rock Magazine:
  - February 1990, YCDTOSA vol. 3
  - March 1990, Baby Snakes and Dub Room Special

• 18 May. Continuing Russian themes. Idea Tvotchestvo Rezultat was one of the first rock publications in the USSR. May 1989 issue contains translated article on Frank and Dweezil Zappa. The origial article, interview with Frank and Dweezil is here: "Freak & Sohn".

• 18 May. Very exclusive printing of 30 limited copies - The Frank Zappa Russian Releases Compendium by Burkhard Schempp and Thomas Weckmann. Printed on high quality 150g art paper in HQ full color printing. 528 pages of CDs, MP3 Collections, DVDs, Blu-Rays, VHS, Cassettes, Vinyls.

• 17 May. Two main youth underground culture venues in Amsterdam opened in 1968 - Fantasio and Paradiso. Zappa & The Mothers had a (unconfirmed but very likely) gig in Paradiso in June 1970. Frank Zappa was pictured on Paradiso WC doors. Hitweek, 5 April 1968.

• 17 May. Three summer issues of the French monthly Guitare et Claviers, 1983, 1984 and 1990. One of them is containing The Man From Utopia review.

• 16 May. French second most popular rock magazine in the 70s - Best. Six issues from 1968-1971 containing album reviews and news added.

• 16 May. Rock Spectacular, Fall/Winter 1978. Reprint of the Frank Zappa interview by Miles.

• 15 May. Record Hunter was the free monthly supplement of the Vox magazine. Three issues from 1991 with album reviews.

• 14 May. Italian classic rock magazine Classix!

• 14 May. A bunch of Dutch Muziek Expres numbers from 1967-1969, containing concert ads and short news.

• 13 May.  A previously unpublished interview with Frank Zappa from 1989. "... I am able to play what I think, but not what I write, and for this I hire someone else who can do it ...." Taken from Mucchio Extra, September 2004.

• 13 May. Il Mucchio Selvaggio (The Wild Bunch) was an Italian rock monthly. Two issues from the 80s with several Zappa albums reviewed - January 1980 and July 1981.

• 10 May. Prog Italia, May 2019. Sandro Oliva (of Grandmothers) reviews Sheik Yerbouti and Joe's Garage.

• 10 May. "A 'Zappa' desecrator", Italian weekly Ciao 2001, 20 August 1969.  With nice pictures, as usually.

• 9 May. Dutch Popfoto, August 1970. Nice Amsterdam street scene with a meeting with Zappa.

• 9 May. "Frank Talking" - interview with FZ by Roy Carr. New Musical Express, 27 November 1971. Interesting interview, where Mark Volman is also participating actively. Part one only. If you happen to have the next issue of NME, 4 December 1971, your assistance in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

• 8 May. Italian monthly magazine Popster, where in almost every issue you can find something about FZ.
  - September 1977, Zappa interviews himself.
  - February 1978, article on Gibson SG.
  - March 1978, short article with Zappa-related news.
  Thereafter in April 1978 a long article with interview followed.

• 7 May. Rolling Stone, Italian edition, June 1980. Disputes over the release of the single I don't wanna get drafted.

• 6 May. From Italy, L'ultimo Buscadero, June 1981. Contains a FZ profile artcle, discography and Tinsel Town Rebellion review.

• 5 May. Italian counterculture magazine Re Nudo, October 1974. 9 September 1974 Milan concert review.

• 4 May. Disc and Music Echo, 21 August 1971. Fillmore East album review by David Hughes. This can be easily your favourite album review of all time: "Masochism is not one of my favourite indulgences, and when I said last week that I'd not heard the Mothers since their very first trendy LP the last thing I expected was to be landed with this, undoubtedly the biggest waste of time, money, wax, instruments and hall hire in the history of modern music! "

• 3 May. French monthly Rock En Stock, April 1978, containing:
  - Zappa in Paris concert review
  - Zappa in New York album review
  - Zappa in New York another album review

• 3 May. Joe's Garage all 3 acts reviewed. French Rock En Stock, May 1980.

• 3 May. Two album reviews from German monthly Sounds.
  - One Size Fits All - August 1975
  - Bongo Fury - December 1975

• 2 May. A couple of German Popfoto issues from 1969 and 1970. Nice pictures included, like the drumming FZ.

• 2 May. French monthly Rock En Stock, February 1979.

• 2 May. Men's lifestyle magazine FHM, Lithuanian edition, February 2009. FZ profile article with several pictures.

• 2 May. Nuovo Sound, 26 December 1975. Bongo Fury review.

• 1 May. Guitarist, #472, June 2021. Frank Zappa and the guitar revolution he ignited. Included are interviews with Alex Winter, Ahmet Zappa, Steve Vai, Mike Keneally and Frank Zappa.

• 30 April. Nuovo Sound, January 1979. "The only authentic rock composer".

• 30 April. French weekly Maxipop, 19 December 1972. Grand Wazoo review.

• 29 April. Rare Italian underground magazine Get Ready, issue #0. The magazine is joint-shaped. Contains Frank Zappa's article "Hey Hey Hey, Mister Snazzy Exec!" translated to Italian.

• 26 April. French weekly Telerama, 20 January 1973. "The wave of Pop collides with Rock".

• 26 April. Amazing fantasy by Riccardo Bertoncelli in Gong, October 1974.

• 26 April. Buscadero, April 2019. Zappa In New York - 40th Anniversary Edition.

• 25 April. Buscadero, September 2019. Orchestral Favourites - 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

• 25 April. Beat Instrumental, August 1969. Uncle Meat review.

• 24 April. Italian Gong, a monthly magazine of music and progressive culture. Very first test issue #0, July 1974. "Frank Zappa - Apostrophe" by Marco Fumagalli.

• 24 April. Halloween 73 review. Buscadero, December 2019.

• 24 April. "The Mothers Of Invention - Cover Art - Burnt Weeny Sandwich", from Raro!, February 2005.

• 24 April. Rock & Folk, December 2005.

• 23 April. Tinseltown Rebellion review by Massimo Bassoli. Rockstar, July 1981.

• 23 April. Last issue of the French weekly Maxipop, 13 March 1973. "Zappa is interested in New York Dolls".

• 23 April. Russian monthly Muzykalny Olimp, December 1993, with Zappa obituary.

• 22 April. Interview with FZ by Massimo Bassoli & Michael Pergolani. Popster, April 1978.

• 22 April. French monthly Extra, January 1971. Chunga's Revenge review.

• 21 April. "J.Hendrix - F.Zappa - L.Corryell - J.McLaughlin" by Georges Locatelli. From French Jazz Hot, May 1972.

• 21 April. Ciao 2001, 28 May 1969.

• 20 April. Cuadermos Efe Eme is a quarterly magazine published by Spanish monthly magazine Efe Eme. Current issue has a FZ cover story.

• 20 April. Dutch Hitweek, 28 March 1969. Indeed very fair: "In April, [the 14h Uncle Meat film] will be on display at the New Yorker Theater in Manhattan. When You enter You will receive (as in a guarded parking lot) a ticket with the time of arrival stamped on it. When you come out of the cinema you pay according to the number of hours you have been watching. 50 cents per hour with a maximum of $ 3."

• 20. April. Rock & Folk, special issue "Absolutely Live", December 1997.

• 19 April. Italian weekly Europeo, 12 September 1987. Special issue "40 years of rock".

• 19 April. French monthly Rock Sound, January 1994. Zappa dossier including profile article and selected discography.

• 18 April. "Test your English with Zappa" - quite an original You Are What You Is advert in Guitare Magazine, April 1982.

• 18 April. "Frank Zappa's puzzling film" by Armando Gallo, from Ciao 2001, 15 December 1971.

• 18 April. Burnt Weeny Sandwich review. Best, April 1970.

• 17 April. Rock & Folk, August / September 1968. Article on Californian music.

• 17 April. Italian weekly Ciao 2001, 2 December 1970. Article on the Mothers Of Invention and the Band.

• 17 April. Zappa performing with French group Docdaïl. Monthly magazine Best, March 1970.

• 17 April. Uncle Meat review. Rock & Folk, August 1969.

• 15 April. Eric Burdon recorded with Frank Zappa the single "Another Side Of Life". Here are three different publications with this news from 1966:
  - British New Musical Express, 4 November
  - Dutch Hitweek, 11 November
  - American KRLA Beat, 3 December
  See also "The Boss Mother Meets The Animals", from Hit Parader, July 1967.

• 15 April. Uncle Meat review. Hitweek, 25 April 1969.

• 15 April. Absolutely Free review. Rock & Folk, May 1968.

• 14 April. Swedish Schlager, June 1983. The English journalist Karl Dallas met Frank Zappa in connection with the staging of an orchestral piece in London: "Frank Zappas problem".

• 14 April. Alain Dister's report from California, with pictures of FZ, Carl Franzoni and Jimmy Carl Black. Rock & Folk, February 1967.

• 13 April. Rock & Folk, October 1967. Hippies special issue with a lot of pictures.

• 13 April. "Thus spoke Zappa", from Rock & Folk, February 1970.

• 13 April. Gong, December 1974. Very critical Roxy & Elsewhere album review by Riccardo Bertoncelli.

• 12 April. Fillmore East, June 1971 review. Ciao 2001, December 1971.

• 12 April. Italian Music, June 1992. Reconstruction of the year 1967 for FZ and the MOI.

• 11 April. French monthly Extra, February 1971. A lot to read:
  - interview "Frank Zappa"
  - another interview "Aynsley Dunbar"
  - concert review "Zappa a Paris"
  - and one concert review more "Et Jean-Luc Ponty"
  - and pictures.

• 10 April. Jazz Magazine, February 1972. 200 Motels review.

• 10 April. Mothermania reviewed in Beat Instrumental, June 1969.

• 10 April. Newport jazz festival report. Rock & Folk, September 1969.

• 9 April. "Frank Zappa" interview by S. Gunn. Italian magazine by Massimo Bassoli Tuttifrutti, July 1984.

• 9 April. Profile article on Jimmy Carl Black. Rock & Folk, January 2009.

• 8 April. German fanzine Arf-Dossier #107, March 2021.

• 8 April. Chunga's Revenge review. Ciao 2001, 31 March 1971.

• 8 April. Chunga's Revenge review. Vinile #15, 2018.

• 8 April. Ciao 2001, 23 July 1970. Bath festival article with a lot of pictures.

• 6 April. UNI, December 2020. A set of lyrics by Zappa translated into Czech.

• 6 April. Ciao 2001, 17 December 1969. Uncle Meat review.

• 6 April. Ciao 2001, 12 March 1969. Article on London underground press with the MOI pictures.

• 6 April. Italian weekly Ciao 2001 published often stuff on FZ. We will add some other issues of this magazine soon. On 12 May 1971 they had a centerfold poster.

• 5 April. Washington University St. Louis concert review in Down Beat, 12 January 1978.

• 5 April. "Ringo als Frank Zappa". Dutch Aloha, 11 November 1971.

• 5 April. Lumpy Gravy with all of Zappa's oeuvre has been reviewed in Super Sound, 23 February 1973.

• 4 April. Mexican monthly Idolos del Rock, October 1970.

• 4 April. Super Sound, 30 October 1972. Full-page picture included.

• 3 April. Dutch underground Aloha, December 1971. It is very welcome to read negative reviews. "II don't like Zappa anymore" is about 200 Motels. And the publication has more interesting content.

• 3 April. "Frank Zappa: I'm the best at wah-wah!" interview from Best, February 1971.

• 3 April. Rock & Folk, October 2016.

• 2 April. Pop Music, 9 December 1971. Some original photos of the Monteux Casino incident.

• 2 April. What critic Heinemann has to say about GTO's album Permanent Damage. Down Beat, 28 May 1970.

• 2 April. Article and pictures of the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music. Best, August 1970.

• 2 April. Italian monthly of music and high fidelity Music, April 1979.

• 1 April. Damp, #5, Winter 1990. A Captain Beefheart special issue.

• 1 April. French monthly Best, July 1969.

• 1 April. Rock & Folk, June 2006. Gail, Ahmet & Dweezil Zappa.

• 1 April. Paris concert review in Jazz Magazine, November 1974.