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Frank Zappa And Captain Beefheart Bongo Fury Returns With Expansive 50th Anniversary Editions

by Paul Cashmere

Frank Zappa’s 1975 collaboration with Captain Beefheart, Bongo Fury, is reissued in expansive 50th Anniversary editions featuring unreleased concerts, vault recordings and immersive new mixes.

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Frank Zappa performing live at The Palladium, New York City in 1978 during his legendary Halloween concerts.

Frank Zappa’s Halloween 78 Box Set Resurrects The Devilish Spirit Of The Maestro

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Frank Zappa’s infamous 1978 Halloween concerts are back in full flight with Halloween 78, a new box set capturing two complete Palladium shows from the height of his jazz-rock fusion era.

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Mark Volman The Voice of The Turtles Dies at 78

by Noise11.com

Nashville, Tennessee – 5 September 2025 – Mark Volman, the effervescent co-founder and harmoniser of The Turtles, has died at age 78 following a short illness. Born in Los Angeles on 19 April 1947, Volman leaves behind a legacy of upbeat pop, fearless reinvention and unwavering creativity.

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1975 Frank Zappa ‘One Size Fits All’ Gets A 50th Anniversary Makeover

by Paul Cashmere

‘One Size Fits All’, the 1975 Frank Zappa album considered by Zappa purists to be one of his best, is getting a remastered and expanded make-over.

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Frank Zappa’s Valley Girl Gets Its First Ever Video

by Paul Cashmere

Frank Zappa ‘Valley Girl’ has turned 40 and after all these years now has its first ever music video.

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Adelaide’s Spin Off Festival Quotes Frank Zappa

by Paul Cashmere

Adelaide’s Spin Off have led their 2022 announcement with the wise words of Frank Zappa. “Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.”

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There Is A Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix Tape But The Zappa’s Can’t Find It

by Paul Cashmere

One of the buried treasures in the Frank Zappa vault is a recording of Zappa with Jimi Hendrix. The bad news is no-one knows where it is.

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Miss Mercy of The GTOs Dies Aged 71

by Paul Cashmere

Miss Mercy, a member of 60s LA band The GTOs, has died at age 71.

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The Turtles Expand And Reissue Six Classic Albums

by Paul Cashmere

The six classic albums by The Turtles have been reissued with extra tracks.

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Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler and Frank Zappa Were Once Leo Sayer’s Backing Singers

by Paul Cashmere

One of the lesser known fun-facts about Leo Sayer is that he once recorded a song titled ‘Passion’ and the backing singers were Mark Knopfler, Van Morrison and Frank Zappa.

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Dweezil Zappa

Watch The Dweezil Zappa Animated Teaser for Hot Rats Live

by Paul Cashmere

Frank Zappa dedicated his 1969 album ‘Hot Rats’ to his newborn son Dweezil.

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Dweezil Zappa To Perform Frank Zappa’s Hot Rats Live In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Dweezil Zappa will perform his father’s 1969 album ‘Hot Rats’ when he tours Australia for Bluesfest in 2020.

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The Beasts

The Beasts cover Frank Zappa and Warren Zevon on upcoming album

by Paul Cashmere

When The Beasts release their new album in February you may recognise some older songs from Warren Zevon and Frank Zappa.

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Dweezil Zappa

Dweezil Zappa To Play 50 Years Of Frank In Australia and New Zealand

by Paul Cashmere

Dweezil Zappa is heading back to Australia and New Zealand in February 2018 to mark 50 years of his father Frank Zappa’s music.

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24 Rare Frank Zappa Albums To Be Released

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Next Friday, March 24, twenty-four rare and limited release albums by Frank Zappa will be released on CD, download and streaming in the U.S. with foreign markets getting digital downloads on that day and a physical release on April 28.

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More Expanded Zappa Unleashed

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Frank Zappa’s 3-CD Lumpy Money Project/Object set and his 2-CD Road Tapes, Venue #1 and Road Tapes, Venue #2 performance albums will be reissued, and Road Tapes, Venue #3 will debut on May 27 from Zappa Records/UMe. All four titles will be available on CD and digitally.

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There’s A New Frank Zappa Doco On The Way

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The new Frank Zappa documentary, Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words, has been acquired by Sony Classics at the Sundance Film Festival before it even premiered.

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Frank Zappa ‘200 Motels ‘Orchestral Performance To Be Released

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

On October 23, 2013, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale performed Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels (The Suites) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A.

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16 Live Frank Zappa Albums Including One From Sydney Available To Download

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

For the first time, sixteen albums from Frank Zappa are being made available on digital download sites such as iTunes and Amazon.

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Frank Zappa Resurrects For One Final Album

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Frank Zappa is to resurrect for one final album 23 years after his death.

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Grandmothers Of Invention To Continue To Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Frank Zappa’s band The Mothers of Invention, now called The Grandmothers of Invention’, will continue to tour after performing live throughout 2013.

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Ahmet Zappa Because Im Your Dad

Ahmet Zappa Makes The New York Times Best Sellers List

by Paul Cashmere

Ahmet Zappa is a hit author. His children’s book ‘Because I’m Your Dad’ has made no. 10 on the New York Times Children’s Best Sellers List.

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Turtles’ Howard Kaylan To Release Autobiography

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Howard Kaylan may be best known as a member of the Turtles, but his life in music is much, much more far-reaching.

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Frank Zappa Mothers Of Invention Singer Ray Collins Dies at 76

by Paul Cashmere

Ray Collins, the singer for the first Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention album ‘Freak Out’ has died in California.

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WATCH: The Legends Of Laurel Canyon, The Complete Documentary

by Paul Cashmere

‘The Legends of Laurel Canyon’, Tina Malave’s fascinating documentary of the music and residents of Laurel Canyon, is now streaming online.

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The Legends Of Laurel Canyon Story To Air In LA Saturday

by Paul Cashmere

‘The Legends Of Laurel Canyon’, a documentary about the rock’s hidden valley in Los Angeles will premiere on US television this Saturday night.

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Frank Zappa Catalogue Finally Released On Digital

by Music-News.com

Back home, where it belongs, the music of Frank Zappa is now back in the hands of the Zappa Family Trust.

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Frank Zappa Catalogue Moves On To Universal

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The Zappa Family Trust, the “corporation” that handles all things having to do with Frank Zappa, have announced that they have signed a new contract with Universal Music Enterprises which will see 60 of Frank’s albums get rereleased.

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Roy Estrada

Little Feat and Frank Zappa Bass Player Jailed For 25 Years

by Paul Cashmere

Roy Estrada, an original member of both Little Feat and Frank Zappa’s Mothers Of Invention, has been jailed for 25 years for child molestation.

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Frank Zappa Mothers Of Invention Weasals Ripped My Flesh

Mothers Of Invention Jim Sherwood Dies Ages 69

by Paul Cashmere

Jim ‘Motorhead’ Sherman from Frank Zappa’s Mothers Of Invention died on Christmas Day at the age of 69.

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Frank Zappa And Captain Beefheart Bongo Fury Returns With Expansive 50th Anniversary Editions

The legendary 1975 live collaboration between Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and The Mothers is reissued in definitive form, expanded with previously unheard concerts, vault material and immersive new mixes.

January 31, 2026
Frank Zappa performing live at The Palladium, New York City in 1978 during his legendary Halloween concerts.
Frank Zappa’s Halloween 78 Box Set Resurrects The Devilish Spirit Of The Maestro

Frank Zappa's most famous live ritual returns from the vault this month with Halloween 78: Live At The Palladium, New York City, the latest instalment in the late composer's long-running “costume party” concert series. Out 24 October via Zappa Records and UMe, the new collection revives one of his most mischievous line-ups and celebrates the height of his creative madness.

October 11, 2025
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Mark Volman The Voice of The Turtles Dies at 78

Nashville, Tennessee – 5 September 2025 – Mark Volman, the effervescent co-founder and harmoniser of The Turtles, has died at age 78 following a short illness. Born in Los Angeles on 19 April 1947, Volman leaves behind a legacy of upbeat pop, fearless reinvention and unwavering creativity.

September 6, 2025
1975 Frank Zappa ‘One Size Fits All’ Gets A 50th Anniversary Makeover

‘One Size Fits All’, the 1975 Frank Zappa album considered by Zappa purists to be one of his best, is getting a remastered and expanded make-over.

July 25, 2025
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Frank Zappa’s Valley Girl Gets Its First Ever Video

Frank Zappa ‘Valley Girl’ has turned 40 and after all these years now has its first ever music video.

September 19, 2022
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Adelaide’s Spin Off Festival Quotes Frank Zappa

Adelaide’s Spin Off have led their 2022 announcement with the wise words of Frank Zappa. "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."

January 18, 2022
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There Is A Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix Tape But The Zappa’s Can’t Find It

One of the buried treasures in the Frank Zappa vault is a recording of Zappa with Jimi Hendrix. The bad news is no-one knows where it is.

February 11, 2021