Zappa, Frank

Overview

Works:	1,143 works in 4,195 publications in 9 languages and 25,671 library holdings
Genres:	Rock music Biography Progressive rock (Music) Criticism, interpretation, etc Humorous songs Children's television programs Drama Juvenile works Children's films Fairy tales
Roles:	Author, Performer, Actor, Composer, Instrumentalist, Conductor, Singer, Arranger, Director, Producer, Author of screenplay, Lyricist, Creator, Other, Musician, Interviewee, Narrator, Dedicatee, Compiler, Speaker, Scenarist, Honoree, Bibliographic antecedent, 592, Artist, fmd, Film editor, Librettist
Classifications:	ML410.Z285, B

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Frank Zappa

The real Frank Zappa book by Frank Zappa( Book )
Zappa by Barry Miles( Book )
The words and music of Frank Zappa by Kelly Fisher Lowe( Book )
Necessity is-- : the early years of Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention by Billy James( Book )
The Frank Zappa companion : four decades of commentary( Book )

No commercial potential : the saga of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention by David Walley( Book )
Frank Zappa : a biography by Barry Miles( Book )
Viva! Zappa by Dominique Chevalier( Book )
Being frank : my time with Frank Zappa by Nigey Lennon( Book )
Frank Zappa : the Freak Out List( Visual )
Frank Zappa : Straight to Bizarre( Visual )
Electric Don Quixote : the definitive story of Frank Zappa by Neil Slaven( Book )
Dangerous kitchen : the subversive world of Zappa by Kevin Courrier( Book )
Mother! : the Frank Zappa story by Michael H Gray( Book )
Frank Zappa and the And by Paul Carr( Book )
Freak out! : my life with Frank Zappa by Pauline Butcher( Book )
1993( Visual )
Rock, counterculture and the avant-garde, 1966/1970 : how the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground defined an era by Doyle Greene( Book )
Contemporary musicians( )

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Most widely held works by Frank Zappa

We're only in it for the money by Frank Zappa( Recording )

58 editions published between 1967 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 560 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Frank Zappa's 1968 satirical masterpiece is back in its original glory with Frank's satirical wit intact. We're Only in It for the Money offers the ultimate stab at the idealistic world of hippiedom and the counterculture

Freak out! by Frank Zappa( Recording )

60 editions published between 1966 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 536 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Frank Zappa and his Mothers of Invention make their debut with an album that enters into new rock territory. Freak Out features many kinds of musical styles from parodies of teen pop to avant-garde sound experiments

Hot rats by Frank Zappa( Recording )

80 editions published between 1969 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 494 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Music by Frank Zappa, including Peaches en Regalia; Willie the Pimp; Son of Mr. Green Genes; Little Umbrellas; The Gumbo Variations; and It Must Be a Camel

Faerie tale theatre( Visual )

3 editions published between 1982 and 2008 in English and held by 476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This award-winning series brings to life 26 of the most magical classic fairy tales of all time, now digitally remastered

Head by Bob Rafelson( Visual )

5 editions published between 1986 and 2010 in English and held by 359 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A visually daring but redundant film made after the demise of the Monkees television show. There is no story line but the film is as interesting as anything done by the 1960s underground. Includes some anti-war moments. A technically innovative rock musical

The perfect stranger by Frank Zappa( Recording )

46 editions published between 1984 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recorded Jan. 10-11, 1984, at IRCAM, Paris (1st, 2nd, 4th works) and Feb.-April, 1984 at The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen (3rd, 5th-7th works)

Apostrophe (') by Frank Zappa( Recording )

48 editions published between 1974 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 332 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The yellow shark by Frank Zappa( Recording )

34 editions published between 1993 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 321 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Strictly commercial by Frank Zappa( Recording )

9 editions published in 1995 in English and Undetermined and held by 305 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Joe's garage : Acts I, II, & III by Frank Zappa( Recording )

57 editions published between 1979 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 297 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Zappa album by Frank Zappa( )

19 editions published between 1999 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Absolutely free by Frank Zappa( Recording )

45 editions published between 1966 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 278 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Prophetic attitude : Le concert improptu & Bossini play Frank Zappa by Frank Zappa( )

4 editions published in 1997 in No Linguistic content and Undetermined and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Over-nite sensation by Frank Zappa( Recording )

36 editions published between 1973 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Over Nite Sensation" quizás sea su disco mas completo. El disco (1973) anunciaba trozos de jazz, letras lascivas y ritmos irresistibles. La banda ejecutaba en directo una extraordinaria combinación de swing con bases de jazz y un rock sonoro y rico en matices que probablemente solo Frank (por su interes en la múcia clásica moderna) podía conseguir

Jazz from hell by Frank Zappa( Recording )

45 editions published between 1986 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 234 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

48 fugues for Frank by Michael Kieran Harvey( )

2 editions published in 2010 and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Performed by Michael Kieran Harvey, and complemented by Lingua Franka - concrete poetry by Arjun von Caemmerer, 48 Fugues for Frank premiered in 2010. A labor of love for Zappaphiles and anyone else with an interest in advanced music, innovative poetry and artistic vision. Each of the ten pieces uses four or five ideas inspired by, reacting to, or developing some of Zappa's signature techniques. "Frank Zappa was a great man. Through his lyrics he skewered hypocrisy whether religious, social, artistic or corporate. During the '80s he took on the American religious right and the government of Ronnie Ray-gun, testified to the US congress including Tipper and Al Gore on the issue of rock censorship and blasted the hypocrisy of Baptist preachers such as Swaggart, at the same time winning Grammy awards for albums with titles such as Jazz From Hell. He was a personal friend of democracy heroes like Vaclav Havel (who also had the courage to confront the other major censoring religion of Communism). At the time of his death in 1993 Zappa was working on an ambitious project called Civilization Phaze III which used Dada and concrete poetry techniques to evoke a world not so much post-apocalyptic as post-human toilet. A perennial thorn in the side of the establishment, he stood up for humanism and rationalism, and his music reflects both extreme rigour and freedom. No teenager would ever consider self harm after listening to Zappa's Suicide Chump just as any remotely religious leaning thinking person would hang their head in shame after listening to his rap, the first on vinyl, Dumb all Over."

Son of rogues gallery : pirate ballads, sea songs & chanteys( Recording )

3 editions published in 2013 in English and held by 226 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Producer Hal Willner has made a specialty of matching maverick artists, often in unexpected pairings, with surprising material; in 2006, he offered up a supreme example with the first volume of Rogues Gallery, hatched up on the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest with actor Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski, who serve as executive producers of both volumes

LAGQ's guitar heroes by Los Angeles Guitar Quartet( Recording )

2 editions published in 2004 and held by 224 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A tribute to guitarists who inspired the group. All selections arranged for four guitars

WASBE '99 by WASBE (Conference)( )

2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 219 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Uncle Meat by Frank Zappa( Recording )

47 editions published between 1968 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 219 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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