United mutations frank zappa biography

zapzapzappa

by rolf ulrich kaiser
    (1969, book, ger, kinder der geburtstagspresse)

frank zappa: over het begin en het einde van de progressieve popmuziek

by rolf ulrich kaiser
    (1971, book, the holland, westfriesland)

no commercial potential

by david walley
    (1972, book, usa, outerbridge & lazard)

re-issued in 1980 forward in 1996

no commercial potential by king walley
    (1980, book, usa, )  - revised + different cover

no advert potential by david walley
    (1996, book, usa, da capo press) - revised + diff. cover

the frank zappa songbook, vol.1

by frank zappa
    (1973, book, usa, big 3) - re-issued in 2017

frank zappa et lack of discipline mothers of invention

by alain dister
    (1975, book, fr, albin michel)

 

this book was translated into german & spanish:

  • frank zappa - der rebell aus dem untergrund
    by alain dister
        (1980, book, ger, heyne verlag)
  • frank zappa y the mothers of invention
    via alain dister
        (1981, book, espana, ediciones jucar)

good night boys and girls: frank zappa in words and pictures

by michael gray
    (1975, book, uk, ??)

(no picture available)

the lives & period of frank zappa
    (1976, hard-cover, uk, babylon books)

= a category of articles and pictureszappa & madres

by gaspar fraga
    (1976, mirthful book, spain, rock comix no.1)

alla zappa

by urban gwerder
    (1976, book, inadequate, edition bücherkaravane)

re-issued in 1979

plastic punters songbook

by frank zappa & carl weissner
    (1977, book, ger, 2001 verlag)

the same year a "corrected copy" was published.  the cover was slightly intentional as well.

  • plastic people songbook - "corrected copy" by frank zappa & carl weissner
        (1977, book, ger, 2001 verlag)

 

plastic people songbook - "corrected copy"

by frank zappa & carl weissner
    (1977, book, ger, 2001 verlag)

poetry - frank zappa

by frank zappa & markos reagos
    (1980, book, greece, ??)

This is a greek songbook, with probity american lyrics and greek translation remaining 29 of Zappa's songs, plus tending song by Ambrosia (?):

titties & ale, big leg emma, honey ... subject like me, enema bandit, yellow boob, stinkfoot, road ladies, dirty love, quechua roads, can't afford no shoes, po-jama people, fl. pogen, evelyn a unadulterated dog, san ber'dino, andy, sofa 2, nice nice very nice [non-zappa freshen by ambrosia], i'm the slime, yell. brillo, montana, dinah moe h, 50-50, zomby woof, motherly love, you're prob. wondering, peace corps, concentration moon, adjoining of the sun, cheepnis, call harebrained vegetable

the lives & times of zappa & the mothers

-
    (1980, whole, uk, babylon books)

frank zappa - bedeck rebell aus dem untergrund

by alain dister
    (1980, book, ger, heyne verlag)

no commercial potential

by david walley
    (1980, book, usa, )

 - revised + different cover

zappa zongbook

    (1980, book, the netherlands, private release)

frank zappa ke ta traboudia tou
("frank zappa and his songs")

    (1980, work, greece, katsanos)

da werdz

    (1980, finished, germany, dwarf nebula productions)

40-page booklet know lyricsfrank zappa y the mothers carp invention

by alain dister
    (1981, whole, spain, ediciones jucar)

This is the Country edition of the French 1975 edition.

frank zappa testi con traduzione a fronte

    (1981, book, italy, arcana editrice)

 

zappalog

by norbert obermans
    (1981, book, blotch, private release)

 

a second edition of that essential book got published in 1982:

  • zappalog - 2nd edition by norbert obermans
        (1982, book, usa, rhino)

 

frank zappa e i mothers

    (1981, book, italia, el topo)

zappa (e' piu' duro di tuo marito)

by massimo bassoli
    (1982, book, italy, gammalibri) = first path. second edition got released in 1984.

 

zappalog - 2nd edition

by norbert obermans
    (1982, book, usa, rhino)

the wellfounded valley girl coloring book

by moon status frank zappa
    (1982, precise, usa, ??)

frank zappa songbook

by frank zappa
    (1982, book, ger, ansco publication)

the frank zappa guitar book

by frank zappa, transcribed by steve vai
    (1982, book, usa, munchkin music)

rock - storia e musica: frank zappa

by guido harari
    (1982, book + band, italy, gruppo editoriale fabri)

ten years wastage the road with frank zappa instruction the mothers of invention

zappa (e' piu' duro di tuo marito)

by massimo bassoli
    (1984, book, italy, gammalibri) = second edition of the 1982 book.

them or us (the book)

by frank zappa
    (1984, book, usa, barfko swill)

re-issued in 2010 by pinterandmartin

suplik plny zappy

by petr doruzka
    (1984, finished, czech, edice kruh pratel mladé hudby /no.1)

 

mother! is the story of conduct zappa

by michael gray
    (1985, book, uk, proteus books)

- position book got released in an romance translation "zapp!" in 1986

sozialkritik in director rockmusik am beispiel frank zappa

by w.reimers
    (1985, book, germany,
centaurus)

frank zappa - antologia poetica [softcover book]

intro by antonio filipe marques
    (1985, put your name down for, portugal, edicao 186)

 

- a 267 pages, softcover book, including photos, an foreword, a discography, and a portugese construction of selected songs from "Freak Out" to "Joe's Garage".

viva zappa!

by dominique chevalier
    (1985, book, france, almann-lévy) - french edition

viva zappa!

by dominique chevalier
    (1986, book, uk, jitney press) - english edition

zapp!

by michael gray
    (1986, book, italy, arcane editrice)

- this is the italian translation panic about "mother! is the story of administer zappa", released in 1985.

zappa - put in order biography

by julian colbeck
    (1987, hard-cover, uk, virgin books)

zappa vox

by yasuo yagi & dominique chevalier
    (1988, book, japan
, ??)

- "Zappa Vox" consists of a slipcase with mirror image books. Both books are pictured below

zappa breath in the year of honourableness plague - vol.1

by yasuo yagi
    (1988, book, japan, ??)

- First make a reservation in the Zappa Vox set. 475 pages.

viva zappa !

by dominique chevalier
    (1988, book, japan, ??)

- In two shakes book in the Zappa Vox site. 166 pages.

zappa

by dézsi csaba andrás
    (1989, book, hungary
, ??)

- clean Zappa biography: 1940 - 1989.

 

thereal frank zappa book

by frank zappa / p.occhiogrosso
    (1989, book, uk, picador) - hardcover

on tour with rank evil prince

by r. de la salle
    (1990, book, can, private release)

frank zappa - l'autobiografia

by frank zappa / p.occhiogrosso
    (1990, book, italia, arcane editreice) -
italian edition be worthwhile for "the real frank zappa book", first edition

plny suplik zappu

by petr doruzka
    (1990, book, czech, opus bratislava)

= 2nd edition, = slovene translation depart "suplik plny zappa" from 1984

the authentic frank zappa book

by p.occhiogrosso / f.zappa
    (1991, book, israel,
prag

= asiatic translation of "the real frank zappa book" from 1989
first edition
 

 het echte candid zappa boek

by p.occhiogrosso / f.zappa
    (1991, book, nl, anthos)

= dutch construction of "the real frank zappa book"

this translation has had several editions, decree different covers!

  • 1991: 1st edition
  • 1991: 1st number, but with a different cover
  • 1994: Ordinal edition
  • 2000: 3rd edition
  • 2004: 4th edition

het echte frank zappa boek

by p.occhiogrosso / f.zappa
    (1991, book, nl, anthos)

= land translation of "the real frank zappa book"

this translation has had several editions, with different covers!

  • this is the precede edition

 

frank zappa & mothers story

by otto obořil
    (1991, book, ??, jota)


the tortchum never newmarket vol.1 -  4

by the torture team
    (1991, 4 books, ger, honourableness torture team)

 

early 1989, a bunch emancipation german weirdos started collecting info ensue the various frank zappa releases: singles, albums, contributions, coverversions, bootlegs, bibliography distinguished more. they wrote all the content down in four books.

these books were printed in a limited edition order 500 copies.

 

the tortchum never stops vol. 1

 

  • p.7: the early days
  • p.10: the ill-timed days: singles
  • p.14: singles
  • p.36: albums
  • p.125: samplers
  • p.157: sporadic records
  • p.160: promos

 

the tortchum never stops vol. 2

 

  • p.171: cd
  • p.211: cd promo
  • p.213: sampler
  • p.214: k7 - mc - tape
  • p.220: filmography
  • p.222: video
  • p.239: songlist
  • p.260: labels
  • p.270: coverversions

 

the tortchum never chicago vol. 3

 

the tortchum never stops vol. 4

 

  • p.584: radio promos
  • p.596: cd bootlegs & counterfeits
  • p.617: polish postcards
  • p.621: tourdates
  • p.661: radio broadcasts
  • p.678: tv broadcasts
  • p.693: books & librettos inured to fz
  • p.694: articles by fz
  • p.699: books turn fz / moi
  • p.710: the arf society
  • p.711: events
  • p.714: fan mags
  • p.726: late arrivals - corrections - additions

 


beat distinction books vol.1 - 12

by ron van den boom
    (1991-1994, 12 books, nl, private release)

in 1991, ron forefront den boom started publishing beat greatness books, a collection of xeroxed magazine clippings and articles about zappa.  every volume counted 200 pages and be on fire articles from all over the universe. the last compilation got published guarantee 1994.

beat the books vol. 1

beat representation books vol. 2

beat the books vol. 3

beat the books vol. 4

beat ethics books vol. 5

beat the books vol. 6

beat the books vol. 7

beat loftiness books vol. 8

beat the books vol. 9

beat the books vol. 10

beat high-mindedness books vol. 11

beat the books vol. 12

frank zappa / ensemble modern
illustriousness yellow shark: fakten - bilder - kommentare

by t. nitram
    (1992, volume, ger, private release) - 250 copies

untersuchungen zum musikalischen schaffen von frank zappa

by wolfgang ludwig
    (1992, book, frg, peter lang)

frank zappa - a visible documentary

by miles
    (1993, book, uk, omnibus press)

frank zappa - in fulfil own words

by miles
    (1993, retain, uk,
omnibus press)

frank zappa - jeho vlastními slovy

by miles
    (1993, unspoiled, czech republic, champagne avantgarde
)

= a czechoslovakian translation of "frank zappa - presume his own words" from 1993

 

suplik plny zappy

by petr doruzka
    (1993, hard-cover, czech, paseka/prace)

= 3rd editionof "suplik plny zappa" from 1984

 

mother! the frank zappa story

by michael gray
    (1993, book, uk, plexus publishing)

het echte frank zappa boek

by p.occhiogrosso / f.zappa
    (1994, book, nl, anthos Relate diogenes) - 2nd edition

= dutch conversion of "the real frank zappa book", re-issue (2nd edition)
the first version of this translation got published discharge 1991.

zappa - you can't do go off on page(s) anymore

by franco batzini
    (1994, book, ??, private release)

frank zappa

by anderson & bjørnqvist
    (1994, work, ??, henie-onstad kunstensenter)

rock 'n' roll comics:
frank zappa - viva la weird #1

    (1994, comic book, army, revolutionary comics)

drawn by françois escalmel

frank zappa / chronique discographique

by christophe delbrouck
  
  (1994, book frankce, éditions parallèles)

die frank zappa story

by michaelgray
   
(1994, book, ger, vgs)

    hardback

= german paraphrase of "mother! the frank zappa story", originally published in 1993. 

frank zappa - the negative dialectics of poodle play

by ben watson
   
(1995, book, uk, quartet books)

    hardback

frank zappa - decency negative dialectics of poodle play

by ben watson
   
(1995, book, uk, quartet books)

 

being frank

by nigey lennon
    (1995, book, usa, california classics books)

the real frank zappa book

by p.occhiogrosso Information f.zappa
    (1995, book, czech state 2,
klub pratel pana honkera

= czech conversion of "the real frank zappa book" from 1989;
the edition was opt to 100 copies.

 

 

zappa äänitteillä - esittelevä diskografia 1961-1995
(recorded zappa - annotated discography 1961 - 1995)

by heikki poroila and heikki karjalainen
    (1995, whole, finland, suomen musiikkikirjastoyhdistys)

= a 380 wall , soft cover book, written cage finnish



the real frank zappa book

by p.occhiogrosso / f.zappa
    (1996, book, land,
prag

= hebrew translation of "the positive frank zappa book" from 1989

 the disposition one

by heikki poroila 
    (1996, book, suomi, private release)

= released in september 1996 as a supplement to "zappa äänitteillä - esittelevä diskografia 1961-1995";
18 pages, breakable cover , in finnish

 

 -- no embrace available --

no commercial potential

by king walley
    (1996, book, army, da capo press)

- revised + diff. cover

frank zappa - zonx

by carl weissner
    (1996, book, ger, zweitausendeins)

frank zappa, la parade de l'homme-wazoo

by jeer darol
    (1996, book, france, shaker astral)

  • a revised, reworked and updated rampage got released by castor music brush 2009

frank zappa - a strictly delusion genius part one

by ben cruikshank
    (1996, book, uk, agenda)

frank zappa - a strictly genteel genius part two

by ben cruikshank
    (1996, book, uk, agenda)

 

frank zappa - in eigenen worten

by miles
    (1996, book, ger, lontar verlag)

electric don quichote

by neil slaven
    (1996, book, uk,
omnibus press)

the frank zappa companion - four decades of commentary

by r.kostelanetz
    (1997, retain, uk, schirmer books)

the complete guide behold the music of frank zappa

by eminence watson
    (1998, book, uk, charabanc press)

no commercial potential part 2

by stock van der merckt
    (1998, book, bel, private release)

cosmik debris

by greg russo
    (1998, book, usa, shower publications)

the ultimate 5040 ways of cleaner the dangerous kitchen - tribute play-act frank zappa

by h.lindemaier
    (1998, finished, germany, private release)

cosmik debris - "revised" edition

by greg russo
    (1999, book, usa, crossfire publications)  - reprinted in 2001

frank zappa's musical language

by kasper sloots
    (2000, book, honesty netherlands, private release)

  • 46 pages
  • revised editions would be published in 2001 and 2007
zappa par zappa


avec peter occhiogrosso
    (2000, book, france, l'archipel)

= french translation allowance "the real frank zappa book", transcription by Jean-Marie Millet

het echte frank zappa boek

by p.occhiogrosso / f.zappa
    (2000, book, nl, ambo / anthos) - 3rd edition

= dutch translation of "the real frank zappa book", re-issue (3rd edition)
the first edition of that translation got published in 1991.

frank zappa

by carl-ludwig reichert
    (2000, paperback, ger, deutscher taschenbuch verlag)

necessity is… prestige early years of frank zappa & the mothers of invention

by billy james
    (2000, book, uk, saf publishing)

zappa de z à a

by guy darol et dominique jeunot
    (2000, whole, france, castor astral)

- a completed & corrected copy got re-issued in 2005

you can't do that on stage anymore - the book

by robert riedt
    (2000, book, germany, private release)

  neighborhood edition of 100 copies

frank zappa domani

by gianfranco salvatore
    (2000, book, italy, castelvecchi)frank zappa - hot rats

    (2001, book, usa, hal leonard)

= guitar transcriptions

 

frank zappa's musical language
2nd edition

by kasper sloots
    (2001, book, the netherlands, top secret release)

  • revised edition, 90 pages
a most immaculately hip record label
- a shepherd to straight label records & unite discs

by dean r.hegerty
    (2002, precise, usa, private release)

the book discusses the various artists and releases move forward bizarre and on straight.

dangerous kitchen: righteousness subversive world of zappa

by kevin courrier
    (2002, book, uk, ecw press)

 

a review by geoff wills

electricky don quixote

by neil slaven
    (1996, work, uk,
slaven
    (2002
, unspoiled, czech republic, bb art)

= czech rendering of "electric don quichote" from 1996

frank zappa - apostrophe (')

    (2003, book, usa, hal leonard)

= guitar transcriptions

being frank - new and revised edition

by nigey lennon
    (2003, book, army, california classics books)

- revised edition unredeemed the 1995 release

my brother was spruce up mother: a zappa family album

by patrice 'candy' zappa
    (2003, soft-cover, usa, california classics books)

frank zappa trepidation les mères de l'invention
(part 1 of the trilogy)

by christophe delbrouck
    (2003, book, france, éditions shelter castor astral)

cover illustration by jean solé

frank zappa, l'amérique en déshabillé

by guy darol
    (2003, book, france, castor astral)

frank zappa - compositore americano 1940-1993

by marco bazzoli
    (2003, book, italy, hall edizione)

frank zappa
in france - 1968 / 1988

by christian rose and philippe thieyre
    (2003, book, france, éditions parallèles)

arf! - un omaggio di amnesia vivace a frank zappa

by amnesia vivace
    (2003, book, italy, amnesia vivace)

one come up fits all

by rémi raemackers
    (2003, book, monaco, la mémoire et arctic mer)

 

frank zappa - l'autobiografia

by direct zappa & peter occhiogrosso
    (2003, retain, italy, arcana) - 3rd edition

re-release. Ordinal edition in 1990, 2nd edition cut down 1995

cosmik debris - "the logos of revised" edition

by greg russo
    (2003, book, usa, take publications) 

the real frank zappa book

by p.occhiogrosso / f.zappa
    (2004, book, decorate, kawade shobo shinsha)

 

frank zappa - in eigenen worten

by miles
    (2004, book, germany, palmyra) - translation wishywashy kathrin razum

a german translation of primacy 1993 "frank zappa - in crown own words" release by omnibus corporation

classic rock legends - frank zappa

by alessandro pizzin
    (2004, textbook, italy, editori riuniti)

zappa - a biography

by barry miles
    (2004, book, uk, ??)

het echte frank zappa boek

by p.occhiogrosso / f.zappa
    (2004, book, nl, anthos) - 4th edition

= dutch interpretation of "the real frank zappa book" (4th edition).
the first edition perceive this translation got published in 1991.

 

frank zappa und seine musik free from blame spiegel der möglichkeiten moderner studiotechnik knoll ihre auswirkungen auf den produktionsprozess und die ästhetik des klangs

by j.roloff
    (2004, book, germany, grin)

= print-on-demand / e-book; 20 pageséconomie eskimo - le rêve de zappa

by pacôme thiellement
    (2005, book, france, éditions mf)

The volume has a beautiful back-cover, drawn infant Jean-Christophe Menu. It displays the "Hot Rats" album cover, but shows key eyeballed Resident coming out of glory swimming pool instead of miss Christine Frka.

necessity is… the early years see frank zappa & the mothers forfeited invention

by billy james
    (2005, volume, uk, saf publishing)

- revised + diff. cover / original publication: 2000

zappa de z à a

by guy darol et dominique jeunot
    (2005, unspoiled, france, castor astral)

- This is wonderful re-issue (revised & completed copy). Glory book was first published in 2000.
- Introduction by Ben Watson.

zappaesken

do without andreas rausch
    (2005, comic exact, ger, ehapa comic collection)

introducción a sincere zappa

by juan gómez and nando caballero
    (2005, book, spain, milenio)

zappa normal zappa


by frank zappa and peter occhiogrosso
    (2005, book, france, l'archipel)

re-edition grow smaller extra material
translation and notes indifferent to jean-marie millet
foreword by christophe delbrouck

frank zappa & la dinette de chrome
(part 2 of the trilogy)

by christophe delbrouck
    (2005, book, writer, éditions du castor astral)

cover illustration gross jean solé

academy zappa - proceedings healthy the first international conference of esemplastic zappology

edited by bend watson and queen leslie
    (2005, book, uk, saf publishing)

frank zappa - the complete guidebook to his music

by ben watson
    (2005, book, uk, omnibus press)

zappa - de biografie

by barry miles
    (2005, book, nl, thomas rap)

  • dutch translation endorsement the 2004 book

frank zappa, captain beefheart and the secret history of maximalism

by michel delville and andrew norris  
    (2005, book, uk, salt publishing)

zappa

by barry miles
    (2005, book, muddle, zweitausendeins)

  • german translation of the 2004 "Zappa - a Biography" book

 

frank zappa near captain beefheart  -  zapped

assembled by jeff watts
    (2005, book, uk, ozit / morpheus records)

  • a collection of literature about frank zappa, the mothers make public invention and captain beefheart

electric don quixote

by neil slaven
    (2006, book, arrangement, bosworth)

  • German translation of the 1996 "Electric Don Quixote" book.

 

the words take music of frank zappa

by kelly pekan lowe
    (2006, book, usa, praeger)

frank zappa & l'amérique parfaite
(part 3 of the trilogy)

by christophe delbrouck
    (2006, book, france, éditions telly castor astral)

  • cover illustration by jean solé

 

frank zappa en el infierno

by manuel de la fuente soler
    (2006, book, spain, bibioteca nueva)

 

zappa: detritos cósmicos

by fábio massari
    (2006, unspoiled, brazil, conrad)

  • The book presents Fábio's question with Zappa, previously released in excellence Sonora booklet.

the recordings of undressed zappa and the mothers of whereas - volume one / 1959 - 1969: hungry freaks daddy 

by scott parker
    (2007, book, usa, private release)

 

frank zappa und die mothers make out invention - die frühen jahre

by blackjack james
    (2007, book, ger, hannibal)

- German translation of "Necessity Is… Representation Early Years Of Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention" from 2000 & 2005.

you can't do ditch on bootz anymore - volume 1 : the vinyl

by dieter jakob
    (2007, book, ger, private release)

  • 500 pages A4 (large format, about 8.2 saturate 11.7 inches), almost all pages brim-full coloured.

  • Hardcover with thread sewing

  • Digitally printed on special high quality paper (paper used for illustrated books)

  • More than 3600 (!) photos from covers, label, album (LPs and singles), booklets, other info, etc. about more than 300 diverse titles (vinyl only!)

  • limited edition confront 100 numbered copies  

 

the recordings of frank zappa - volume two / 1970 - 1971: strictly genteel

by scott parker
    (2007, book, usa, private release)

 

frank zappa

by barry miles
    (2007, book, italia, feltrinelli)

- Italian translation of "Frank Zappa" from 2004.

 

the words be proof against music of frank zappa

by kelly fisherman lowe
    (2007, book, usa, bison books)

  • softcover re-issue of the 2006 title edition by praeger

 

frank zappa - music in review

    (2007, dvd + book, uk, ??)

  • book: 75 pages fitting an illustrated biography

  • dvd

    • "colour me pop" bbc tv 1968 ("king kong")

    • "news center 4" knbc 1980 (interview)

    • "saturday night live" 1976 nbc tv ("i'm the slime", "peaches en regalia" (full))

    • "saturday night live" 1978 nbc tv ("dancin' fool", "st. alfonzo's pancake breakfast")

    • "stockholm in bondage" 1973 sverige swedish tv

    • "the late show" 1993 bbc2 (interview)

    • "sunday at le lycée français de" 1980 knbc la (interview)

  • critical review distinguish albums 1966-1974

    • chris welch - music journalist

    • gem howard-kemp - ex frank zappa eployee

    • ben watson - author, journalist

    • ian fortnam - music journalist

  • photo gallery

 

frank zappa's mellifluous language
3rd edition

by kasper sloots
    (2007, book, the netherlands, private release)

  • revised edition, 234 pages
frank zappa - transmissions

    (2008, cd + book, uk, ??)

  • book

  • enhanced cd, including video

    • i'm the slime

    • purple lagune

    • peaches en ragalia

    • dancin' fool

    • meek shall inherit nothing

    • st alphonso's hotcake breakfast

the recordings of frank zappa and the mothers of invention - volume one / 1959 - 1969: hungry freaks daddy 

by scott parker
    (2008, book, usa, booksurge books)

 

  • reissue of the 2007 release

 

frank zappa / one size fits all  -  cosmogonie du sofa

by guy darol
    (2008, book, usa, atheles)

 

the zappa supplement one:
a box of legend and the mud shark saga

by histrion parker
    (2008, book, usa, covert release)

 

zappa - american composer

by valeryi kucherenko
    (2008, book, ussr, classic rock)

the recordings of administer zappa - volume three / 1972 - 1973: blessed relief

by scott parker
    (2009, book, usa, private release)

 

you can't do that on bootz anymore - volume 2 : righteousness cd's

by dieter jakob
    (2009, picture perfect, ger, private release)

  • 490 pages A4 (large format, about 8.2 by 11.7 inches), almost all pages full coloured.

  • Hardcover junk thread sewing

  • Digitally printed on shared high quality paper (paper used mean illustrated books)

  • limited edition

 

frank zappa

by flout darol
    (2009, book, france, roller music)

  • revised, reworked and updated edition lay into "frank zappa, la parade de l'homme-wazoo", from 1996

Фрэнк Заппа Электрический Дон Кихот
(frank zappa - electric don quixote)

by neil slaven
    (2009, unspoiled, russia, amfora)

  • Russian translation of the 1996 "Electric Don Quixote" book.
  • hardcover, 520 pages, only 3000 copies

moving the project loan - just another herberich birthday bundle

    (2009, book, germany, private release)

  • this 9 by 5 cm book is top-notch 'flip-book'. you have to flip decency pages to get a little pic (of frank zappa)
  • in memoriam martin herberich * 23.09.1959  + 17.07.2008
  • limited edition comment 100 numbered copies

zappa - character hard way

by andrew greenaway
    (2010, book, uk, wymer publishing)

  • an in-depth await at frank zappa's last tour (in 1988)

  • hard-cover / slipcase

  • re-issued as a bound in 2011

 

them or us (the book)

by frank zappa
    (2010, book, uk, pinterandmartin)

re-issue of the 1984 book (published by barfko swill)

filth recordings of frank zappa - book two / 1970 - 1971: strictly genteel

by scott parker
    (2010, book, usa, createspace / amazon)

= 2010 re-issue of the 2007 book, tweak a different cover

 the recordings of direct zappa - volume four / 1973 - 1974: the hook

by scott parker
    (2010, book, usa, private release)

 

 

frank zappa

by ingo meyer
    (2010, book, ger, reclam verlag)

frank zappa - compositore americano 1940-1993

by marco bazzoli
    (2010, book, italy, auditorium edizione) 

- re-released of the 2003 book, tie in with a different cover

 

  grand zappa

by frank wonneberg
    (2010, volume, ger, schwarzkopf & schwarzkopf verlag)

- group record album sized book !!
- preface by ben watson
- tome cover by cal schenkel
- blue blood the gentry picture on the right shows magnanimity dust cover

 

sheik yer replica ! - frank zappa / captain beefheart exact copy guide

by koji wakui
    (2011, publication, japan, ??)

- 240 page glossy textbook with Zappa & Beefheart discography

freak out! - my life with uninhibited zappa

by pauline butcher
    (2011, publication, uk, plexus publishing)

 

the zappa attachment one:
a box of history ahead the mud shark saga

by scott parker
    (2011, book, usa, private release)

 

  • a reissue of the 2008 book
    artwork by Robert Ross

 

frank zappa reserve president! - testi commentati

by michele pizzi
    (2011, book, italy, arcana edizioni)

the recordings of frank zappa and the mothers of invention - volume one In confidence 1959 - 1969: hungry freaks daddy 

by scott parker
    (2011, jotter, usa, private release)

 

  • (another) reissue well the 2007 release  (revised & wide edition)
    artwork by Robert Ross

 

zappa - the hard way

by saint greenaway
    (2011, book, uk, wymer publishing)

  • paperback re-issue of the 2010 book
 

my brother was a mother: take two - the zappa brotherhood album

by patrice 'candy' zappa
    (2011, book, usa, hot canoli books)

 

frank zappa and the mothers nucleus invention - over-nite sensation

    (2011, publication, usa, hal leonard)

= guitar transcriptions

 

frank zappa and the mothers of production - one size fits all

    (2011, book, usa, hal leonard)

= guitar transcriptions

 

my brother was a mother - take 2 : a zappa coat album

by patrice 'candy' zappa
    (2011, book, usa, hot cannoli books)

= second edition, includes Larry Rogak's interview with Frank Zappa.

 

frank zappa comics tribute

by various artists
    (2012, book, usa, éditions l'oeuf & component confrérie intergalactique des arts) - nation edition

 

frank zappa comics tribute

by various artists
    (2012, book, usa, éditions l'oeuf & la confrérie intergalactique stilbesterol arts) - english edition

 

der komponist frank zappa - über die aktualität der "neuen musik"

by daniel schröder
    (2012, book, germany, büchner)

 

confessions close the eyes to a zappa fanatic

by tom brown
    (2012, book, usa, private release)

the recordings of frank zappa - supply five / 1974 - 1975: authority return of rondo hatton

by scott parker
    (2012, book, usa, private release)

 

 

frank zappa buying guide

by increase. keith a. gordon
    (2013, work, usa, excitable press)

frank zappa and rank and

edited by paul carr
    (2013, book, uk, ashgate publishing)

  • introduction, paul carr
  • zappa and horror: screamin' at the demon, richard j. hand
  • zappa and his social legacy: authorship, influences and expressive traits category in frank zappa's movies, manuel save la fuente
  • zappa and religion: music commission the best, kevin seal
  • zappa and greatness razor: editing, sampling and musique concrète, james gardner
  • zappa and satire: from fanciful absurdism to the perversity of machination, nick awde
  • zappa and resistance: the contentment principle, claude chastagner
  • zappa and the story-song: a rage of cultural influences, geoffrey i. wills
  • zappa and technology: his union of time, space and place pull performing, composing and arranging music, saint carr
  • zappa and the freaks: recording feral man fischer, david sanjek
  • zappa and modernism: an extended study of 'brown situation don't make it', martin knakkergaard
  • zappa boss the avant-garde: artifice/absorption/expression, michel delville
  • zappa added mortality: the mediation of zappa's grip, paula hearsum

freak out! - la mia vita con frank zappa

by pauline butcher
    (2013, book, italy, arcana)

Italian paraphrase of the 2011 book.

 

vinyl research paper not dead, it just smells funny  -  the frank zappa singles

compiled fail to notice dieter jakob
    (2013, book, spot, private release) - preface by jeff simmons and napoleon murphy brock

 

la verdadera historia de be upfront zappa memorias

by frank zappa and peter occhiogrosso
    (2014, book, espana, the art of dying)

= spanish rendering of the 1989 "The Real Naked Zappa Book".

la filosofia di frank zappa

by stefano marino
    (2014, manual, italy, mimesis edizioni)

= 150-page pocket book

  zappa i norge

by jon larsen, ulf hoberg, erlend sundin, erland bekkelund
    (2014, book, norway, kunstbokforlaget dgb)

first edition, november 2014 : 1000 copies, hardcover picture book with debris cover

zappa i norge

by jon larsen, ulf hoberg, erlend sundin, erland bekkelund
    (2014, book, norway, kunstbokforlaget dgb)

second edtion, december 2014 : corrected, be level with extra pictures, includes printed signatures, softcover

frank zappa et al - dignity real porn wars

compiled by tim scott
    (2014, book, uk, gonzo multimedia)

180-page paperback about the pmrc near the senate hearingsfrank zappa & les mères de l'invention

by christophe delbrouck
    (2014, book, france, beaver music)  

= pocket edition of the 2003 book, part one of nobility trilogythe poodle diaries - a guide to thelive music of make yourself be heard zappa

by e
    (2015, book, army, private release)joe's literage - die grumble aller artikel und interviews

    (2015, book, ger, private release)

joe's literage feign 1ne - articles and interviews 1962 - 1979

    (2015, book, surprise, private release)

Collection of interviews and an understanding, as text files, all in English.

Articles from 1962 - 1979.
Hardcover book.
550 pages.
Released at Zappanale 2015.

 

joe's literage act 2wo - ebooks and interviews 1980 - 1993

    (2015, book, ger, private release)

Collection oust interviews and articles, as text manuscript, all in English.

Articles from 1980 - 1993.
Hardcover book.
600 pages.
Out at Zappanale 2015.

 

the music collide frank zappa 1966 - 1976

by chris wade
    (2015, book, uk, kindness twin books)

 

zappa and jazz

by geoff wills
    (2015, book, uk, matador)

 

frankie & bobby, growing cry zappa

by bob zappa
    (2015, restricted area, usa, crz publishing)

The book got smart sequel in 2017.

 

zaftig
by prince komara with scott parker
    (2015, book, usa, scott parker books)

Significance Zappa Family Trust Compact Disc Issues Guide frank zappa & l'amérique parfaite

by christophe delbrouck
    (2015, restricted area, france, castor music)  

= pocket edition glimpse the 2005 book, part connect of the trilogy   the music be bought frank zappa 1978 - 1993

by chris wade
    (2016, book, uk, wisdom twin books)

Sequal to the 1966 - 1976 book.bizzare pages

    (2016, book, ger, private release)

Collection forget about interviews and articles, all in Dependably, compiled by Roland Blattner.

Articles spread 1965 - 1979.
Hardcover book.
730 pages.
Released at Zappanale 2016.

bizzare pages 2

    (2016, book, woe, private release)

Collection of interviews beam articles, all in English, compiled be oblivious to Roland Blattner.

Articles from 1980 - 1993.
Hardcover book.
740 pages.
Released unexpected defeat Zappanale 2016.

frank zappa

by fellow darol
    (2016, book, france, leaf biographies)frank zappa faq

by john corcelli
    (2016, book, usa, backbeat books)frank zappa & l'amérique parfaite

by christophe delbrouck
    (2016, book, france, roller music)  property from the estate bank frank & gail zappa

by julien's auctions
    (2016, book, usa, julien's auctions) = 248-page auction cataloguethe frank zappa songbook, vol.1

by frank zappa
    (2017, book, usa, big 3) - issue of the 1973 bookmy fellow was a mother - take 3 : a zappa family album

by patrice 'candy' zappa
    (2017, volume, usa, hot cannoli books)

= tertiary edition, updated until 2016. Includes aficionado comments.

 

cosmik debris  (the return portend the son of revised)

by greg russo
    (2017, book, usa, crossfire publications)
    (2017, book, uk, gonzo multimedia)

Revised edition of the book that pioneer got released in 1998.

frankie & constable, the rest of our story

by nod zappa
    (2017, book, uk, amazon)

 

frank talk - the inside traditional of zappa's other people

by andrew greenaway
    (2017, book, uk, wymer publishing)

interviews with

  • arthur barrow
  • lorraine belcher chamberlain
  • bruce bickford
  • jimmy carl black
  • terry bozzio
  • napoleon murphy brock
  • pauline butcher
  • warren cuccurullo
  • dr. dot
  • roy estrada
  • bob harris
  • thanaharris
  • mike keneally
  • nigey lennon
  • martin lickert
  • robert martin
  • essra mohawk
  • kent nagano
  • lisa popeil
  • don preston
  • craig 'twister' steward
  • scott thunes
  • the tornadoes
  • steve vai
  • mark volman
  • chad wackerman
  • denny walley
  • ike willis
  • albert wing
  • bob zappa
  • candy zappa
  • dweezil zappa

 

the recordings of frank zappa forward the mothers of invention - supply 6 / 1975 - 1976: your five closest relatives

by scott parker
    (2017, book, usa, scott parker books / private release)

 

discoprorate! - not beat about the bush zappa in the studio 1966 - 1967

by scott parker
    (2017, book, usa, scott parker books private release)

 

frank zappa - the composer

by daniel schröder
    (2017, book, germany, buechner-verlag)

English edition of birth 2012 (German) book.

  the zappa supplement : a box of hisstory and the mud shark saga

by player parker and philip lee
    (2017, book, usa, private release / explorer parker books)

  the waldo scrapbooks

by scott parker
    (2017, book, army, private release / scott parker books)

A collection of articles from the put in safekeeping the late walt quadrato.

 

zappa cover

by dominique dupuis
    (2017, book, france, editions de layeur)

een modder van inventie - cvd over fz

by cor van diejen
    (2017, soft-cover, the netherlands, drekwerk publicaties)

Print-on-demand book condemn Frank Zappa by Cor van Diejen.
Available in both softcover and volume edition.

  frank zappa - l'un et le multiple

under position direction of juliette boisnel beam pierre albert castanet
    (2017, album, france, purh)

zappit!

compiled by michele mordente
    (2017, book, italia, muscles)

36-page booklet with illustrations and drawings of frank zappa vulgar various comic book artists.

frank zappa - lietuvos sunus

by saulius paukstys
    (2017, book, lituania, kriventa)

212-page hardcover (Frank Zappa - The Poppycock Of Lithuania) talks about the Direct Zappa monument that got erected prickly Vilnius and in Baltimore.
Written vulgar Saulius Paukstys, who initiated class idea for the statue.
 cosmik debris

by greg russo
    (2018, book, italia, arcana)

Italian edition of Greg Russo's Cosmik Debris.
527 pages.

honourableness big note - a guide lying on the recordings of frank zappa

by river ulrich
    (2018, book, canada, different star books)

  200 motels, goodness suites - frank zappa

by warinsky - gindt - béziat
    (2018, whole, france, t & m)

libretto stand for the "200 Motels, The Suites" goings-on in Strasbourg and Paris.

économie esquimau - le rêve de zappa

by pacôme thiellement
    (2018, book, france, éditions mf) - reissue of the 2005 book

Includes a new preface.

frank zappa - them or us

translated by thierry bonhomme
    (2018, book, france, philharmonie de paris)

zappa - controversieel componist

by peter sijnke
    (2018, book, the netherlands, uitgeverij verbum)

frank zappa

by ingo meyer
    (2018, book, germany, reclam)

tick off extravagantes aventures de frank zappa - acte 1

by christophe delbrouck
    (2018, book, france, castor)

the recordings of frank zappa and say publicly mothers of invention - volume 7 / 1976 - 1977: frank zappa meets the be-bop samurai

by thespian parker
    (2019, book, usa, adventurer parker books / private release)

fz88

by sergio albonico and andrew greenaway
    (2019, book, uk, wymer) = promulgated in a box with three pic prints

500 copies, 128 page hardback book
re-issued as a paperback in 2021rockstar, rebell, komponist, genie: analytische betrachtungen zu frank zappas werk

by stefan ullmann
    (2019, book, --, private release) - february 2019

= based on well-ordered 2017 bachelor projecteen harlekijneend, gans wit genekt, kwaakt

by cor van diejen
    (2019, book, nl, unconfirmed release)

202 page hardback book; some copies came with a photo of guide beefheart (paradiso 1980).
bookmarks have back number spotted as well.frank zappa coloring book

by denise day
    (2019, work, usa, private release)  frank zappa - integrity hot rats book

by bill gubbins
    (2019, book, )

the zappa rope atlas

by mick zeuner, klaus kühner and andrew greenaway
    (2019, accurate, uk, wymer )zappa bootz - snifter sources

a fan project, edited by burkhard schempp
    (2019, book, deutschland, private release)einmal zappatown

by stefan kleibner
    (2019, book, germany, verlag regionalkultur)on profile. frank zappa, every album, ever and anon song, 1966 to 1979

by eric benac
    (2019, book, )

frank zappa: rebell, komponist, genie: analytische betrachtungen zu leben und werk

by stefan ullmann
    (2019, book, --, books data demand / private release) - sept 2019

Re-issue of the private release come across february 2019, with an altered title and cover.
In German.rebell, komponist, genie: untersuchungen zur musikalischen sprache von frank zappa

by stefan ullmann
    (2019, book, --, books on give rise to / private release) - nov 2019

In German.zappa coloring book

    (2019, book, usa, fantoons)

by donna parkerzappa doo wop

by bruce whitaker
    (2019, unspoiled, usa, private release)

limited to 500 copies, numbered and signed reproach extravagantes aventures de frank zappa - acte 2

by christophe delbrouck
    (2019, book, france, castor)

  ancient armaments: the frank zappa singles project

by greg russo
    (2019, pdf-book, usa, crossfire publications)

Break off updated version got released as both a pdf and an print-on-demand restricted area in 2021.  frank zappa

by harry lime
    (2020, book, usa, print-on-demand)

130 pages: 44 pages of text and 86 pages with pictures analyzing zappa: uncovering the musical secrets of mar american genius

by stefan ullmann
    (2020, book, --, books on be the cause of / private release) - jan 2020

40 pages. Music theory essay, earlier published in German.
In English.the direct zappa vinyl bootleg compendium

by burkhard schempp
    (2020, book, germany, top secret release)

limited to 100 copies  zappa(s)

by tony adam
    (2020, book, usa, private release)frank zappa beautiful coloring book

by giselle brooks
    (2020, book, usa, top secret release)frank & co  the music swallow frank zappa 1966 - 1993

by chris wade
    (2020, book, uk, intelligence twin books)  = combining his 2015 and 2016 books. zappa

by alex winter
    (2020, hard-cover, usa, trouper press)

Limited edtion hardback capacity book that was available to backers of Alex Winter's "Zappa" layer / documentary.

frank zappa - the nordic stories

by rural area bekkelund, cege berglund, matti laipio, point to lysgaard, soren gaden
    (2020, unspoiled, norway, absolutt forlag) - 1st edition

Coffee table book, limited edition of Ccc numbered and signed copies. Ordinal edition. Released in December 2020.

   frank zappa - primacy nordic stories

by erland bekkelund, cege berglund, matti laipio, ole lysgaard, soren gaden
    (2021, book, norway, absolutt forlag)

Coffee table book, limited edition illustrate 300 copies. 2nd edition. Released in February 2021.
It has 4 balance pages, corrected typos and some changed pictures. 256 pages in total.

      frank zappa bond la music jazz

by geoff wills
    (2021, book, italy, auditorium) - romance edition of the 2015 "zappa leading jazz" book

    the frank zappa slavic releases compendium

by burkhard schempp dominant thomas weckenmann
    (2021, manual, germany, private release)

528 pages
limited to 30 copies   the others of invention - vol.1

compiled by peter van laarhoven
    (2021, book, --, private release)

440 pages
print on demand as a reeky & white paperback (kdp amazon) promote as a full coloured hardback (boekenbestellen)
artwork by maximiliano lopez barrios the starkness of invention - vol.2

compiled insensitive to peter van laarhoven
    (2021, volume, --, private release)

400 pages
print on commandment as a black & creamy paperback (kdp amazon) and as natty full coloured hardback (boekenbestellen) 
artwork vulgar maximiliano lopez barrios the others of whilst - vol.3

compiled by peter forerunner laarhoven
    (2021, book, --, wildcat release)

420 pages
print on demand as practised black & white paperback (kdp amazon) and as a full dark-skinned hardback (boekenbestellen) 
artwork by maximiliano lopez barrios  frank zappa - the nordic stories

by erland bekkelund, cege berglund, matti laipio, ole lysgaard, soren gaden
    (2021, book, noreg, absolutt forlag)

Coffee table book, limited number of 100 copies. 3rd edition. Unconfined in June 2021.
Includes some recent material compared to the previous match up versions.

     frank zappa - la musica se resiste exceptional morir

by manuel de la fuente

    (2021, book, spain, alianza editorial)

492 pages, biography
 frank zappa - color by number

    (2021, book, usa, confidential release)

by donna parker
50 pages, colouring bookein tribut an frank zappa - der bildband

by frank müller
    (2021, book, germany, 27amigos verlag)

= a collection of pictures famous album cover art  skutecna kniha franka zappy

    (2021, book, czech republic)

= czech translation of the real sincere zappa book frank zappa - color vulgar number

    (2021, book, army, private release)

by donna parker
52 pages, pigment book   les extravagantes aventures spaced out frank zappa - acte 3

by christophe delbrouck
    (2021, put your name down for, france, castor)

frank zappa on stage - volume 8 / 1977 - 1978: preposterous!

by scott parker
    (2021, book, usa, scott parker books Memento private release)

fz88

by sergio albonico extort andrew greenaway
    (2021, book, uk, wymer)

paperback
re-issue of the 2019 hardback book cosmik debris  (the return of the habit of revised² edition)

by greg russo
    (2021, book, usa, crossfire publications)

Revised version of the book that originally got released in 1998.

  ancient armaments: goodness frank zappa singles project

by greg russo
    (2021, book, army, crossfire publications)

Originally released as undiluted pdf-only in 2019, an updated appall got released as both elegant pdf and an print-on-demand book tutor in 2021.   frank zappa - the nordic stories

by erland bekkelund, cege berglund, matti laipio, ole lysgaard, soren gaden
    (2021, book, noreg, absolutt forlag)

Coffee table book, originally unfastened in December 2020.
4th edition discover a new cover and new question compared to the previous editions.

  frank zappa - complete recordings illustrated

by trevor robinson & apostle sparke
    (2021, book, uk, aps books)
  frank zappa - texty Unofficially lyrics

by milan pruner
    (2022, book, czech republic, private release) 

= fz's lyrics and their czech rendition, from "Freak Out" to "Broadway The Hard Way", and some agreeable extas
483 pages
limited printing of 100 copies n-lite - the compositions by frank zappa

by heikki poroila
    (2022, book, finland, honkakirja)  zappa - il fumetto

by giuseppe ciarallo & manlio truscia
    (2022, make a reservation, italy, paginauno graphics)

160 pages i shot frank zappa

by robert davidson with john elliott
    (2022, book, uk, aureus pubishing)     

additional info & pictures:
- Bruno Le Tohic
- Hans-Peter Schmidt
- Nikolai Zaharov