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Gail Zappa, Frank Zappa’s Widow, Dies at 70
Gail Zappa, widow of the late Frank Zappa, died this afternoon at the age of 70.
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Frank Zappa’s Estate Planning Major Series of Reissues, New Releases
Hold onto your wallets, Frank Zappa fans.
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The Story of Frank Zappa’s First Solo Album, ‘Lumpy Gravy’
Frank Zappa's first solo album, Lumpy Gravy, was released in May 1968.
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The Story of Frank Zappa’s Experimental, Genre-Shuffling ‘Uncle Meat’
By the time Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention released their fifth album, Uncle Meat, in April 1969, it was evident that he was a creative, prolific and adventurous force.
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36 Years Ago: Frank Zappa Releases ‘Sheik Yerbouti’
On many levels — creative, personal, and business-related — 1979 would go down as a banner year in the long and storied career of Frank Zappa.
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45 Years Ago: Frank Zappa Puts the Mothers Behind Him
Several months after the release of the fifth Mothers of Invention album, 'Uncle Meat,' in March 1969, Frank Zappa pulled the plug, at least for now, on the band.
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Revisiting Frank Zappa’s Commercial Hit, ‘Apostrophe (‘)’
Frank Zappa's most commercially successful album was released on March 22, 1974.
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35 Years Ago: Frank Zappa Releases ‘Sleep Dirt’
Like much of the material that came out under Frank Zappa's name in the late '70s, 1979's 'Sleep Dirt' has a complicated history. Also like much of the work that ended the artist's most prolific decade, 'Sleep Dirt' had its roots in a shelved, four-LP set that Zappa's record company refused to release.
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35 Years Ago: Frank Zappa Releases ‘Studio Tan’
If Frank Zappa was still alive, you can bet he'd be the last person who'd want to celebrate the anniversary of 'Studio Tan,' an album he didn't sanction, sequence, or even approve cover art for. He was caught in a legal battle with Warner Bros. Records and former manager Herb Cohen at the time. On top of that, none of the songs included on 'Studio Tan' were even recorded in 1978; most of the tracks allegedly date from sessions between 1974 and 1976, with a couple of cuts even going as far back as 1969.
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George Duke of the Mothers of Invention Dies
Keyboard pioneer George Duke, whose long list of credits included a lengthy stint with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, has reportedly passed away at the age of 67.
