Songs from The Mothers of Invention’s We’re Only In It for the Money, including “Who Needs the Peace Corps” find Frank Zappa taking merciless aim at 1968 San Francisco and hippie culture. (read more)

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Originally released as an ambitious and psychotic post-mortem following Zappa’s dissolution of the Mothers of Invention, 1969’s Burnt Weeny Sandwich continues the series of premium vinyl reissues from the Zappa catalog. (read more)

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The live material was captured a year before Zappa began meticulously preserving shows in high-definition. While the audio isn’t pristine, it’s highly listenable and a treat for any fan. The Mothers 1970 is a worthy time capsule documenting Zappa’s perpetual quest to break ground and break rules creatively, socially, and musically. (read more)

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Following the immersive fun of last year’s Halloween 73 and 2017’s Halloween 77 (featuring the source material for the Baby Snakes film), the Zappa Trust follows the model of any properly schlocky horror movie franchise and offers Halloween 81. (read more)

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Zappa’s longstanding habit of recording his shows to mine for album releases pays dividends 33 years later with this concert release. There’s never been an experience to match Zappa’s band before or since. Listening to Frank Zappa ’88 will make you jealous that you weren’t in the room, but glad that you’ve got the next best thing. Taken together, these boxes paint a picture of an artistic iconoclast in the truest sense, and one of America’s most gifted composers. (read more)

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This box set celebrating Frank Zappa’s freaked-out film includes fun tchotchkes like a motel key fob, door hanger, and full-sized movie poster, but Zappaphiles will most gleefully dive into the voluminous track count totaling seven and a half hours of material. (read more)

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The hallmarks of Frank Zappa’s career were change, progression, and experimentation. One of his boldest and most satisfying excursions was marked by the “electric orchestra” period commemorated by the 50th-Anniversary reissues of 1972 albums Waka/Jawaka and The Grand Wazoo. (read more)

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Zappa’s longstanding habit of recording his shows to mine for album releases pays dividends 33 years later with this concert release. There’s never been an experience to match Zappa’s band before or since. Listening to Frank Zappa ’88 will make you jealous that you weren’t in the room, but glad that you’ve got the next best thing. Taken together, these boxes paint a picture of an artistic iconoclast in the truest sense, and one of America’s most gifted composers. (read more)

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Originally released in 1973 and credited to The Mothers, Over-Nite Sensation is often considered an ideal entry point into Zappa’s vast catalog. (read more)

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