THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION We're Only In It For The Money (Rare original 1968 US 18-track stereo LP on the blue & silver Verve label, complete with sheet of cut outs, pasted gatefold picture sleeve which parodies [in reverse] the Sgt Pepper sleeveV65045X)
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MOTHERS Just Another Band From LA (Late 70s UK issue of the 1972 5-track LP, on the tan steamboat label with 'W' logos at the end of the perimeter text. This album was recorded live on August 7th 1971 at the Pauley Pavillion in Los Angeles with the Flo & Eddie band. Along with the epic 'Billy The Mountain', you also get a picture of illustrator supreme, Cal Schenkel, collapsed at his desk inside the glossy gatefold sleeve. The sleeve shows light shelfwear & the vinyl appears barely pl 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 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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FRANK ZAPPA Song Talk (1994 US Vol 4 Issue 1 of the newspaper published by the National Academy of Songwriters, featuring a 4-page article on Frank, who died in December 1993, including a fully-illustrated interview from 1987. Also includes features on Paul Simon, Dan Fogelberg, Dave Brubeck and Daryl Hall) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Roxy & Elsewhere (Classic 1974 UK first press 14-track double vinyl LP, featuring live recordings made in December 1973 at The Roxy, Hollywood as well as in Chicago & Pennsylvania during 1974 at the very height of Frank's progressive powers, cut with the amazing 'Jazz Band' line up of Frank, Duke, Nappy, Ruth, Chester & Tom. There are tracks here that still seem hard to imagine mere humans being able to play that cleanly and that much in synch with each other. This band more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Zappa '88: The Last US Show (2021 UK/EU limited edition 4-LP box set pressed on 180gram Purple Vinyl, 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 Stair more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Zappa '80 Mudd Club (2023 German manufactured UK/EU limited edition 15-track double album LP remastered & cut at 45rpm by Bernie Grundman on 180gram Coke Clear Vinyl - During the Spring / Summer tour of 1980, Frank Zappa played a set at his favorite NYC nightclub, the famous Mudd Club. Housed in a gatefold picture sleeve complete with liner notes by Arthur Barrow & Steve Vai plus a memoir and photos from George Alper, includes iron-on trasfer. Sealed in the hype more...
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION Mothermania (1973 UK third issue 11-track compilation LP with no track separation on the disc, single pocket picture sleeve. Mothermania was put together by Frank [as opposed to the record company] from early Mothers recordings & includes some otherwise unreleased versions, This copy obviously went to the States as there is a deletion drill hole in the middle, but apart from that the sleeve shows minimal shelfwear & the vinyl is flawless, A wonderful copy o more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Finer Moments (2012 UK 13-track double LP, originally compiled by Frank in 1972 & digitally remastered by Chris Bellman from that original analogue master at Bernie Grundman mastering. Technically a kind of 'Weasels' Vol II, this contains studio & live performances from 1967 to 1972, that actually build & flow in a much more satisfying way as four sides of vinyl, exactly as Frank first intended them to be. Yet more of the unreleased 'History & Collected Improvisations'mate more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Uncle Meat (2012 UK 31-track double CD of the 1969 album with bonus excerpts from the film soundtrack, with audio sourced from the 1993 remaster, picture sleeve) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2021 UK/EU 21-track double album 2-LP pressed on 180-gram Crystal Clear Vinyl - highlights from the acclaimed 'Zappa' documentary film by Alex Winter. With unfettered access to theZappa Trust and all archival footage, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time. Features unreleased material from the vault & standout tracks from Zappa's more...
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MOTHERS OF INVENTION Uncle Meat (1987 Japanese 31-track double CD of the 1969 album with bonus excerpts from the film soundtrack, with front picture sleeve, two booklets & non-barcoded tracklist inlay in a fat double jewel case with two deletion drill-holes RCD10064/5) more...
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THE MOTHERS Just Another Band From L.A. (1970s US issue of the 1972 5-track vinyl LP on the tan Reprise label with Warner's 'W' at the end of the perimeter text, recorded live at the Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles on 7th August 1971 including the epic Billy The Mountain, pasted gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows little wear and the vinyl has minimal sign of play MS2075) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Piquantique (Out of print 1991 US Rhino/Foo-Eee Records 16-track CD live album recorded at Solliden, Skansen in Stockholm on the 21st August 1973, with the exception of track 4 which is taken from a concert at the Roxy in December 1973. Complete with picture sleeve and still sealed) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Finer Moments (2012 UK 13-track double LP, originally compiled by Frank in 1972 & digitally remastered by Chris Bellman from that original analogue master at Bernie Grundman mastering. Technically a kind of 'Weasels' Vol II, this contains studio & live performances from 1967 to 1972, that actually build & flow in a much more satisfying way as four sides of vinyl, exactly as Frank first intended them to be. Yet more of the unreleased 'History & Collected Improvisations'mate more...
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MOTHERS OF INVENTION Uncle Meat (1987 31-track double CD of the 1969 album with bonus excerpts from the film soundtrack, fat jewel case with front picture inlay and back non barcoded tracklisting inlay along with booklet RCD10064/5) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Paper Sleeve Collection (Complete set of TEN 2008 Japanese exclusive limited edition digitally remastered CD albums [6 single discs and 2 double-sets], running from 1967's 'Absolutely Free' through to 1995's 'StrictlyCommercial' best-of - a total of 121 recordings! Each disc is superbly presented in a mini LP-style pasted card sleeve [including 6 gatefold sleeves] with fold-out Japanese/English lyric sheet + individual obi strip - an amazing collection!) more...
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MOTHERS OF INVENTION Uncle Meat (1995 US issue of the 1987 31-track double CD issue of the 1969 album with bonus excerpts from the film soundtrack, fat jewel case barcoded picture sleeve RCD10506/07) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Uncle Meat (2001 Japanese exclusive limited edition 22-track 2-CD set, originally released in 1969, this set features 1995 Ryko remaster, in a replica mini LP style gatefold card picture sleeve complete with replica inners leeves, 12 page booklet, fold-out lyric insert in English & Japanese text, replica band name hype sticker & obi-strip VACK-1208)
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MOTHERS OF INVENTION Total Music Theatre (Amazing 1968 German original 33" x 47" full colour poster for their concert at Deutsches Museum Kongressaal in Munich on 29th October. There is some doubt as to whether the gig ever took place! This superb item has 'Mothers Of Invention' at the top in grey with FZ's name in the middle in green & consists of a selection of medieval style caricatures. The only other info on the poster is the text 'Total Music Theatre' on the top hat of one chara Apart from a couple of small nicks to the edges, this example remains in a fantastic condition with little signs of age, and has been stored rolled for many years, having never been displayed!) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Uncle Meat (2008 Japanese exclusive limited edition 31-track digitally remastered 2-disc CD album, originally released in 1969, superbly presented in mini LP-style gatefold pasted card sleeve with mini replica inner sleeve, picture booklet, fold-out Japanese/English lyric sheet + obi strip) more...
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FRANK ZAPPA / PIERRE BOULEZ The Perfect Stranger (1984 US EMI Angel Digital 7-track vinyl LP, picture sleeve. Features both FZ's Synclavier, recorded at The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen (!), and The Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Boulez at the famous IRCAM centre. Picture sleeve factory sealed, despite a small opening to the shrink in one corner, still mint and unplayed DS-38170) more...
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THE MOTHERS Just Another Band From LA (1972 UK first press 5-track live LP on the tan 'steamboat' label with the perimeter print ending adjacent to the catalogue number. This album was recorded live on August 7th 1971 at the Pauley Pavillion in Los Angeles with the Flo & Eddie band. Along with the epic 'Billy The Mountain', you also get a picture of illustrator supreme, Cal Schenkel, collapsed at his desk inside the glossy gatefold sleeve. The sleeve shows light edge scuffs and cre more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Signed Contract for the Syria Mosque Shows (Unique 1974 US contract for the two shows performed at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh on 6th November 1974, for which the band members are listed as being FZ, George Duke, Chester Thompson,Nepolian Brock & Tom Fowler. Interesting spelling of Napoleon but without being able to ask him directly that may indeed be the correct spelling. The contract is attached to a nine page rider that had been amended and signed by FZ at the amendm more...
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FRANK ZAPPA Signed Contract for the Capitol Theater Shows (Unique 1974 US contract for the two shows performed at the Capitol Theater in Portchester New York on 10th November 1974, for which the band members are listed as being FZ, George Duke, Chester Thompson, Nepolian Brock & Tom Fowler. Interesting spelling of Napoleon but without being able to ask him directly that may indeed be the correct spelling. The contract is attached to a nine page rider that had been amended and signedb 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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FRANK ZAPPA Revised Music For Low Budget Symphony Orchestra (Unique 1972 US score for the entire piece as HAND WRITTEN by FZ, complete with Frank's own annotations - time signature changes, effect settings etc. Running across EIGHTEEN sheets of stave, as it does, it still seems 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. The more...
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FRANK ZAPPA The Perfect Stranger (1984 US EMI Angel Digital 7-track vinyl LP, picture sleeve. Features both FZ's Synclavier, recorded at The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen (!), and The Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Boulez at the famous IRCAM centre, picture sleeve. The picture sleeve shows minor corner wear and the vinyl looks barely played! DS-38170) more...
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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION 1966 "Freakout" Concert Ticket (From the private collection of Herb Cohen, Frank Zappa's former manager & record executive, here we have a genuine piece of sixties LA counterculture memorabilia, an original ticket [2"x 1"] for the 'Freak Out' show that took place on September 17, 1966 at the Shrine Hall in Los Angeles. It simply reads 'Freakout' & is cut in the shape of an acid tab! This little beauty would have granted you access to the entire bill that night more...
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