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Frank Zappa's mid-70s live sets explored in Erie 6-disc box set
By Natasha Scharf published
More than seven hours of unreleased Frank Zappa footage is included in new set, which captures live shows in and around Erie, PA

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

Why I ❤️ Frank Zappa's Apostrophe ('), by Steve Harley
By Dave Ling published
Steve Harley, the original Cockney Rebel, praises Frank Zappa's Apostrophe ('), the 1974 album that advised against eating yellow snow

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

New Zappa book to be published in New Year
By Jerry Ewing last updated
Two decades of conversations between Frank Zappa and Zappa expert Co De Kloet to be published in February

10 concept albums that will challenge your concept of the concept album
By Jonathan Selzer last updated
Twelve Foot Ninja frontman Kin Etik bypasses the dragons to reveal the 10 opuses you probably didn't know were concept albums

The 10 Sexiest Prog Songs... Ever
By Jerry Ewing last updated
They said it couldn't be done, but we did it. Prog Magazine editor Jerry Ewing dons his silkiest cape to deliver the sexiest prog songs known to humankind

Frank Zappa: Hot Rats - Album Of The Week Club review
By Classic Rock published
Frank Zappa's Hot Rats was both a pinnacle of the jazz-rock fusion boom of the late 60s and one of the first albums to be dubbed (or cursed) ‘progressive’
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