NEW
Strictly Genteel
Scott Parker

Volume 2 of Scott Parker’s musical history. This new book takes a look at the recordings of Frank Zappa, Hot Rats and The Mothers from 1970 to 1971. It’s in the same format as Vol 1 so it includes a full discography of authorized and unauthorized releases as well as detailed listings of all known circulating "underground" live and studio recordings.


Paperback 300+ pages

UK £25.00. . Europe £27.00 . . Rest £33.00

Hungry Freaks, Daddy
Scott Parker

This is volume 1 of a four-book set documenting the musical history of Frank Zappa and covers the years 1959-1969. Part 1 is a comprehensive discography with separate sections for albums, singles, compilations, bootlegs and everything else. Part 2 reviews all the circulating non-commercial recordings including transcriptions for stage announcements. Part 1 is copiously illustrated with scans of the artwork. Scott originally produced a limited edition of 100 signed copies. These have now sold out but we can still offer the same edition, illustrated in colour, but unsigned.

Paperback 300+ pages

UK £21.00. . Europe £24.00 . . Rest £29.00

The Words and Music of Frank Zappa
Kelly Fisher Lowe

Not so much a biography of Zappa's life as a close study of the popular culture songs associated with this rock music composer. Leaving no note unturned, author and academician Kelley Fisher Lowe scrutinizes everything from Zappa's gift for satire to contribution to "progressive rock" to his scathing criticisms of American culture and society, his drive to speak out politically, and much more.
Hardback 208 pages

UK £26.50. . Europe £28.50 . . Rest £31.00

Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and the Secret History of Maximalism
Michel Delville & Andrew Norris

A comparative account of the musical and cultural acts of Zappa and Captain Beefheart. Written in the iconoclastic spirit of Zappa’s art, this book traces the mixed media experiments of California freakdom through the dada blues of Beefheart, mapping out the pleasures of imaginative excess.
Paperback 162 pages

UK £18.00 . . Europe £19.00 . . Rest £21.00

Academy Zappa
edited by Ben Watson and Esther Leslie

Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology.
Thirteen papers presented at this conference are now in book form together with an introduction by Ben Watson
Paperback 250 pages Illustrated

UK £17.00 . . Europe £18.00 . . Rest £20.00

The Complete Guide
Ben Watson

This new edition of Ben Watson’s
guide to the music of Zappa has been updated to include the 2005 releases. There’s also a new colour photo section.

Paperback 120 pages Illustrated

UK £6.00 . . Europe £7.00 . . Rest £9.00

Cosmik Debris
Greg Russo

This is the book to have if you have to know every last little detail. 200 pages of biography plus another 120 pages of discography, track listings, concert schedules,unreleased song list etc. and lots of photographs.

Paperback 350 pages Illustrated

UK £21.00 . . Europe £23.00 . . Rest £25.00

Necessity Is by Billy James

The story of the Mothers of Invention from 1964-70 as told by Jimmy Carl Black, Roy Estrada, Bunk Gardner, Buzz Gardner and Don Preston (who also contributes a foreword).

Paperback 215 pages Illustrated

UK £11.00 . . Europe £12.00 . . Rest £14.00

Electric Don Quixote by Neil Slaven

A straightforward and clear biography which is well-researched and accurate.

Paperback 400 pages Illustrated

UK £12.00 . . Europe £13.00 . . Rest £15.00

Frank Zappa by Barry Miles
The new biography

Now in paperback. Illustrated, 440 pages

UK £12.00 . . Europe £13.00 . . Rest £15.00

MOTHER!
The Frank Zappa Story
Michael Gray

Michael Gray's take on the Frank Zappa biography

Paperback 240 pages Illustrated

UK £15.00 . . Europe £16.00 . . Rest £18.00

New edition

Pamela Des Barres
I'm With The Band - Confessions Of A Groupie
The definitive 60s memoir of sex and rock 'n' roll written by a member of the GTOs. First published in 1987

Paperback 320 pages illustrated

UK £12.00 . . Europe £13.00 . . Rest £15.00

Frank ZAPPA
APOSTROPHE (') Guitar Tab Book
Following the extremely popular publication of FZ's Hot Rats material, we now offer the tab book for Frank's classic 1974 album Apostrophe (') - Same format 96 pages.

Apostrophe' tracks are: Don't Eat The Yellow Snow . Nanook Rubs It . St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast . Father Oblivion . Cosmik Debris . Excentrifugal Force . Apostrophe' . Uncle Remus . Stink-Foot

UK £16.00 . . Europe £17.00 . . Rest £19.00

Frank ZAPPA
HOT RATS Guitar Tab Book
Learn to play all the songs from this classic album! all written down for ya in this new book.

Frank Zappa's classic 1969 album features note-for-note transcriptions with tab for all 6 songs, lots of photos and an introduction from Simpson's creator and Frank Zappa fan Matt Groening. 72 pages.

Songs are: Peaches En Regalia . Willie The Pimp . Son Of Mr. Green Genes . Little Umbrellas . The Gumbo Variations . It Must Be A Camel.

UK £16.00 . . Europe £17.00 . . Rest £19.00