Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention
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“Extensive improvisations just don’t work”: Frank Zappa’s Live At The Whisky A Go Go, 1968
By Ian Fortnam published
Seems like there’s a reason this live recording remained unreleased in his lifetime

“People thought the Beatles were God. That's not correct”: the genius of Frank Zappa, the rock’n’roll icon who had no time for rock’n’roll
By Mick Wall published
Musical genius, rock’n’roll outsider, sexual obsessive, the ‘original shock rocker’ – this is the epic story of how Frank Zappa became Frank Zappa

The Mothers 1971 will test the patience of Zappa completists, but there are highlights
By David Stubbs published
Exhaustive, eight-disc collection of Frank Zappa & The Mothers's 1971 recordings, including infamous Rainbow gig

Frank Zappa's Fillmore East 1971 gets expanded 50th anniversary release
By Jerry Ewing last updated
Eight-disc The Mothers 1971 box set features unreleased material from whole tour including final Rainbow show

Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels set for box set release
By Scott Munro published
Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer’s 1971 film 200 Motels starring The Mothers Of Invention, Ringo Starr and Keith Moon will launch as a box set later this year
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