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• 1 April. Finnish youth monthly Help, March 1977. Usually Frank Zappa liked to be in Finland. When elsewhere he often did not leave the hotel, while in Finland he visited many social events, even dance parties and weddings.

• 31 March. Rolling Stone #311, Februay 21 1980. Baby Snakes movie review.

• 30 March. Worlds oldest jazz magazine, French Jazz Hot, May 1972. This special guitar issue contains article on Hendrix, Zappa, Corryel and McLaughlin.

• 30 March. Argentinian music oriented supplement No, July 1993.

• 29 March. Melody Maker, March 21 1970. Chris Welch reviews Hot Rats and Burnt Weeny Sandwich.

• 28 March. Shakin' Street Gazette, October 10 1974, with Roxy & Elsewhere review.

• 27 March. Argentinian El Musiquero, February 1994. Nice cover and a 7-page article. Page scans added now.

• 26 March. Spanish magazine of art and thought Bostezo #1 2008.

• 25 March. German Musikexpress, February 2020. The Hot Rats Sessions review, what else.

• 25 March. The Wire, February 2020. The Hot Rats Sessions (review)

• 25 March. Life goes on - The Arf Dossier #103 is out!

• 22 March. Brazilian Cover Guitarra, December 2003. Frank Zappa 7-page special "O pai da invenção".

• 21 March. Dutch Muziek Parade, August 1968. Includes Zappa poster.

• 21 March. Shakin' Street Gazette, May 1974, with Apostrophe review.

• 19 March. Another music publication from Buffalo State - Eggz, April 19, 1978.

• 19 March. Free Shakin' Street Gazette from Buffalo State, October 1, 1974. Contains the story of Bizarre/Straight Records.

• 18 March. Select was the main Britpop magazine in the 90s. We collected a list of FZ album reviews from different Select issues:
  - The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
  - Roxy And Elsewhere
  - The Perfect Stranger
  - The Music Of Francesco Zappa
  - Have I Offended Someone?

• 18 March. Argentinian Expreso Imaginario, February 1980.

• 17 March. Rolling Stone, May 3, 1979. Sheik Yerbouti reviewed by David Fricke.

• 16 March. Concert Magazine from Philadelphia, Fall / Winter 1972.

• 12 Mach. French rock monthly Best, November 1974. Paris, September 27 1974 concert review.

• 8 March. The Aquarian Weekly, October 25, 1995. Contains two articles: "Zappa's Political Connection" and "Saint Zappa, Halloween Idyll".

• 7 March. Mexican lifestyle magazine NANU!, January/February 2009.

• 7 March. Mexican long running rock magazine Conecte, May 1981.

• 7 March. Brazilian youth magazine Pop, May 1975.

• 6 March. Lifestyle magazine YAM, January / February 2020. Maestro Christian Kluxen and the Victoria Symphony take on the irreverent work of two of the music's biggest non-conformists, Frank Zappa and Edgard Varèse.

• 6 March. From Brazil - Música do Planeta Terra, #3, 1975.

• 5 March. Rolling Stone, December 30, 1976. Zoot Allures reviewed by Robert Duncan.

• 5 March. Brazilian Música, #25 1978.

• 4 March. Argentinian news weekly Confirmado, March 3, 1971. A short article about FZ on the release of the album Chunga's Revenge.

• 3 March. El Musiquero, June 1987, Argentinian music monthly contaning some articles on Zappa.

• 2 March. Rolling Stone, January 1, 1976. Bongo Fury reviewed by Gordon Fletcher.

• 2 March. Mordisco, April 1977, a rock paper from Argentina.

• 1 March. El Porteño, cultural magazine from Argentina. Issue #100, April 1990.

• 27 February. Rolling Stone, September 11, 1975. One Size Fits All reviewed by Billy Altman. "The only song that’s even mildly noteworthy is 'Sofa No. 2', if only because Zappa sings in German".

• 27 February. Down Beat, April 1980. Joe's Garage is reviewed by Larry Birnbaum.

• 26 February. From DDR: Neues Leben, November 1988.

• 26 February. Japanese Young Guitar, July 2009. Article on Zappa's works plus interviews with Dweezil Zappa and Mike Keneally.

• 25 February. Tuttotamburo #1 by Stefano Tamburini. First volume of the series that chronologically presents the complete works of Stefano Tamburini. This volume, covering the years 1973-1976, contains several Zappa-related comicses. 

• 24 February. Japanese cultural monthly ADLIB, June 1988, including short report of the 1988 tour.

• 23 February. Disc and Music Echo, February 22, 1969. Short Cruisin' With Ruben and the Jets review.

• 22 February. Japanese Record Collectors' Magazine. Five issues from different years:
  - November 1995
  - May 1997
  - January 2016
  - May 2016
  - October 2018

• 21 February. Sounds, April 26, 1975. Containing interview "Frank and his law suit – he wears it well".

• 21 February. Swedish weekly VeckanRevyn, June 11, 1980, with some pictures from June 1 Stockholm concert.

• 17 February. Canadian news magazine Maclean's. Thee issues from 1985-1992.

• 16 February. Japanese monthly magazine for jazz/fusion fans ADLIB, March 1988. Contains an interesting 16-page Zappa special. [1988 tour:] "In order to make each show different, the songs are grouped into five categories - thus, the audience will never get bored with a fixed setlist."

• 16 February. Japanese monthly cultural magazine Studio Voice, December 2002. "70's through Frank Zappa", third part of the main feature "American Seventies".

• 15 February. Another Melodie & Rhythmus, January 2016. Roxy - The Movie reviewed by Ben Watson.

• 14 February. German Melodie & Rhythmus, May 2014. Contains article "Psycho-Pop" by Ben Watson, with references to FZ, Captain Beefheart, Shuggie Otis and Sugarcane Harris. This article is published only in German. Another article in this issue by Ulrich Grunert is on Zappanale 25.

• 13 February. Zappa's biography by Barry Miles translated and published in Finland in 2007.

• 13 February. NME, April 2016. Short interview with Alex Winter about Zappa documentary.

• 9 February. Great book by honorable Saulius Paukštys from Vilnius. Of course in Lithuanian. Frank Zappa – Lietuvos sūnus (Frank Zappa - The Son Of Lithuania) tells the story of the birth of a monument to Frank Zappa in Vilnius. The second part of the book is the story of the construction of Frank Zappa's monument in his hometown of Baltimore (USA).

• 8 February. Music Legends, issue #5, published in January 2020. Contains a 13-page article on FZ, accompanied with a 45-minute music documentary Frank Zappa - Music In Reviw. Digitally is this issue in whole available on issuu.com.

• 8 February. New Musical Express, January 7, 1978, including news item and concert ad.

• 6 February. Counter-culture paper Washington Free Press, May 1-15, 1969, with a very angry concert review "The Money Game".

• 5 February. German Musikexpress/Sounds, September 1991. Includes exclusive interview "Zappa For President" by Rudi Dolezal, made in Prague 1991.

• 4 February. Mexican Jet Set, October 1976. Article contains very interesting photos from concert in Paris, March 8, 1976.

• 3 February. Concert program - Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium, December 16, 1970.

• 3 February. Another, almost identical program - 1st Spectrum Summer Music Festival, July 11, 1969.

• 1 Februry. Laurel Pop Festival program. July 12, 1969.

• 1 February. French Rock & Folk #44, September 1970. Includes photos of Jean Luc Ponty and Frank Zappa from Valbonne Festival ´70. 

• 27 January. Two issues of the Radical Philosophy:
  - May/June 1996, The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play by Ben Watson reviewed
  - March/April 2011, Captain Beefheart, vorticist artist. Obituary.

• 26 January. Adult slick magazine The Rebel Breed, August 1968, with some freak-out scene pictures including Frank, Gail and Mothers' Auxiliary.

• 25 January. Record Collector News, October/November 2015. Short article on Roxy The Movie premiere.

• 24 January. Mojo, February 2020. Includes The Hot Rats Sessions review and short interviews with Ian Underwood and Ahmet Zappa.

• 23 January. Some British music magazines more with The Hot Rats Sessions reviews:
  - Classic Rock, January 2020
  - Long Live Vinyl, February 2020
  - Record Collector, January 2020

• 22 January. Dutch Gitarist, January 2020.

• 21 January. Zappa obituary by Ben Watson "Spanner in the works". Published in the Socialist Review, January 1994.

• 21 January. Russian Rock Fuzz, July 1994.

• 17 January. On December 30, 2019 another great book from Backbeat Books appeared (recently we got Zappa Gear). This time a deluxe hardcover book by Bill Gubbins - The Hot Rats Book. A lot of unique pictures inside and it is a good read. This is an official Zappa book produced with cooperation with ZFT.

• 16 January. Rolling Stone, January 2, 1975. "Roxy & Elsewhere".

• 16 January. Rolling Stone, June 6, 1974. "Apostrophe (')"

• 15 January. For our German readers, The Hot Rats Sessions reviewed:
  - German Classic Rock, January 2020
  - German Rolling Stone, January 2020

• 15 January. First Indian magazine in our list - Rolling Stone, September 2016.

• 12 January. You can find The Hot Rats Sessions reviewed in many magazines. Here are some:
  - Goldmine, February 2020
  - Guitarist, January 2020
  - Prog, January 2020
  - Shindig, January 2020
  More to come.

• 11 January. Rolling Stone, December 20, 1973. "Over-Nite Sensation".

• 11 January. Rolling Stone, February 1, 1973. A rare exception - very prising review on Zappa's album in Rolling Stone. "The Grand Wazoo".

• 10 January. Rolling Stone, October 12, 1972. "Waka / Jawaka".

• 9 January. Rolling Stone, June 8, 1972. "Just Another Band From L.A."

• 7 January. Rolling Stone, September 30, 1971. Review by Lester Bangs -"Fillmore East".

• 6 January. Rolling Stone, October 1, 1970. "Weasels Ripped My Flesh".

• 6 January. Rolling Stone, December 21, 1968. Cruising With Ruben & The Jets reviewed.

• 5 January. Austrian music monthly Rennbahn Express, January 1990, with Zappa obituary.

• 4 January. Rare MOI 1966 Balloon Farm concert poster. Record Collector, October 2018.

• 4 January Modern Drummer, January 1990. "Ed Mann" - interview with percussion setup schemas.

• 3 January. Guitarist, December 2019. "Mission Impossible" are the guitar stories behind 1969 classic Hot Rats.

• 2 January. Czech bimonthly Rock History - year 1979. Article about Sheik Yerbouti and Baby Snakes.

• 1 January. The Arf Dossier, issue 102. Published in December 2019.

• 2020

• 28 December. Zappa Gear by Mick Ekers. The long awaited book about Zappa's guitars, amplifiers, effect units, keyboards and studio equipment.

• 26 December. Modern Drummer, May 1982. The interview is "Aynsley Dunbar".

• 25 December. Modern Drummer, December 1988. Contains long interview with Chad Wackerman.

• 24 December. From New Zealand, Real Groove, September 1995. "The Plateful Dead" is on massive 53 album reissue, plus ten essential albums recommended.

• 23 December. Yugoslavian entertainment weekly Čik, March 1968, with FZ profile article.

• 22 December. I Wanna Be Your Dog, #4, 1977. French fanzine of the Iggy Pop Fan Club, containing concert review.

• 21 December. Frank Zappa 1966 to 1979: Every album, every song by Eric Benac. This is in-depth album guide with song by song analysis. A brand new book, published in November 2019.

• 20 Dezember. Short-living German music monthly Musiker & Tontechnik, July 1980. Coincidently had Santana and Zappa both gig in Sporthalle Cologne on the same day, Juni 7 1980. They were separate shows, first Santana, thereafter Zappa. Both shows reviewed in this issue.

• 7 December. "Chad Wackerman: Enjoying All Challenges", from Modern Drummer, May 1983.

• 3 December. "Mother Follower Of Edgard Varèse" by Ralph J. Gleason, from Datebook, December 1968.

• 1 December. Frank Zappa Adult Coloring Book - an unlicensed coloring book printed in two editions in 2018 and 2019.