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Frank Zappa (21 Dec 1940 - 04 Dec 1993)

Male Person - United States US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker

Releases (318)

Official

Album - Live

  1. Zappa in New York 1977
  2. Saarbrücken 1978 1978
  3. Tinsel Town Rebellion 11 May 1981
  4. At the Circus 1981
  5. Does Humor Belong in Music? 27 Jan 1986
  6. Guitar Apr 1988
  7. You Can’t Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 09 May 1988
  8. You Can’t Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 Sep 1988
  9. Broadway the Hard Way 25 Oct 1988
  10. You Can’t Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 Oct 1989
  11. The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life 16 Apr 1991
  12. You Can’t Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 May 1991
  13. Make a Jazz Noise Here 04 Jun 1991
  14. Unmitigated Audacity 16 Jul 1991
  15. Anyway the Wind Blows 16 Jul 1991
  16. Beat the Boots! II 16 Jun 1992
  17. You Can’t Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 Jun 1992
  18. Conceptual Continuity Jun 1992
  19. You Can’t Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 10 Jul 1992
  20. Our Man in Nirvana 1992
  21. Tengo Na’ Minchia Tanta 1992
  22. The Yellow Shark Oct 1993
  23. Zappa’s Universe 1993
  24. FZ:OZ 16 Aug 2002
  25. Halloween 04 Feb 2003
  26. The Dub Room Special! 18 Oct 2005
  27. Imaginary Diseases 13 Jan 2006
  28. Trance-Fusion 24 Oct 2006
  29. Buffalo 01 Apr 2007
  30. Wazoo 30 Oct 2007
  31. Zappa in Barcelona 2007
  32. Joe’s Menage 26 Sep 2008
  33. An Evening With Frank Zappa During Which… The Torture Never Stops 2008
  34. Philly ’76 15 Dec 2009
  35. Hammersmith Odeon 06 Nov 2010
  36. Road Tapes, Venue #1 06 Nov 2012
  37. A Token of His Extreme 25 Nov 2013
  38. Road Tapes, Venue #2 2013 Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland 23, 24 August 1973
  39. Road Tapes, Venue #3 27 May 2016 Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 5 July 1970
  40. Chicago ’78 14 Oct 2016
  41. Little Dots 04 Nov 2016
  42. Halloween 77 20 Oct 2017
  43. The Roxy Performances 02 Feb 2018
  44. Halloween 73 Highlights 05 Sep 2019 single CD with highlights from 4 CD box set
  45. Halloween 73 25 Oct 2019
  46. The Mothers 1970 26 Jun 2020
  47. Halloween 81 Highlights 02 Oct 2020 one CD with excerpts from the 6CD box set and one exclusive track
  48. Halloween 81 02 Oct 2020
  49. Zappa ’88: The Last U.S. Show 18 Jun 2021
  50. Zappa/Erie 17 Jun 2022
  51. Zappa ’75: Zagreb/Ljubljana 14 Oct 2022
  52. Zappa ’80: Mudd Club/Munich 03 Mar 2023

Album

  1. Lumpy Gravy 07 Aug 1967 1967 original Capitol version
  2. Lumpy Gravy 13 May 1968 1968 Verve new edit
  3. Hot Rats 15 Oct 1969
  4. Chunga’s Revenge 23 Oct 1970
  5. Waka/Jawaka 05 Jul 1972
  6. Apostrophe (’) 22 Apr 1974
  7. Zoot Allures 29 Oct 1976
  8. Studio Tan 15 Sep 1978
  9. Sleep Dirt 12 Jan 1979
  10. Sheik Yerbouti 03 Mar 1979
  11. Orchestral Favorites 04 May 1979
  12. Joe’s Garage: Act I 17 Sep 1979
  13. Joe’s Garage: Acts II & III 19 Nov 1979
  14. You Are What You Is 23 Sep 1981
  15. Return of the Son of Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar 1981
  16. Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar 1981 single LP
  17. Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar Some More 1981
  18. Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch 03 May 1982
  19. The Man From Utopia 1983
  20. Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger 23 Aug 1984
  21. Them or Us 18 Oct 1984
  22. Thing‐Fish 1984
  23. Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention 21 Nov 1985
  24. Jazz From Hell 15 Nov 1986
  25. Civilization Phaze III 02 Dec 1994
  26. Läther 24 Sep 1996
  27. Everything Is Healing Nicely 21 Dec 1999
  28. Greasy Love Songs 23 Apr 2010
  29. “Congress Shall Make No Law…” 19 Sep 2010
  30. Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison 02 Sep 2011
  31. Joe’s Camouflage 30 Jan 2014
  32. Dance Me This 23 Jun 2015

Album - Soundtrack

  1. 200 Motels 04 Oct 1971
  2. Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2020

Album - Compilation

  1. Dolf Hartmann präsentiert Die Frank Zappa Story 1973
  2. Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar May 1982 complete set
  3. Rare Meat 1983
  4. F. Zappa’s 10¢ Rare Meat – Feb. ’62 1983
  5. The Old Masters, Box One 1985 (as Zappa)
  6. We’re Only in It for the Money / Lumpy Gravy 1985
  7. The Old Masters, Box One Sampler 1985
  8. Mystery Disc 1985
  9. Apostrophe (’) / Over‐Nite Sensation Sep 1986
  10. The Old Masters, Box Two Nov 1986
  11. Joe’s Garage: Acts I, II & III Jun 1987
  12. The Old Masters, Box Three 1987
  13. Cucamonga 1988
  14. The Man From Utopia / Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch 1988
  15. Beat the Boots! 04 Jun 1991
  16. Rare Meat: Early Works of Frank Zappa 1994
  17. Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa 02 Aug 1995
  18. Original Recordings – Steve Vai – Arch. Vol. 2 1995
  19. Kill Ugly Radio 1995
  20. Kill Ugly Radio Some More 1995
  21. No Commercial Potential 1995
  22. The Lost Episodes 27 Feb 1996
  23. Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute 31 Oct 1996
  24. Return of the Son of Kill Ugly Radio 1996
  25. Have I Offended Someone? 08 Apr 1997
  26. Strictly Genteel: A Classical Introduction to Frank Zappa 20 May 1997
  27. Cucamonga Years: The Early Works of Frank Zappa (1962–1964) 22 Oct 1997
  28. Son of Cheep Thrills Apr 1998
  29. Mystery Disc Sep 1998
  30. Cheap Thrills 1998
  31. How’s Your Bird? 1998
  32. Threesome No. 2 28 Apr 2000 Hot Rats / Waka/Jawaka / The Grand Wazoo
  33. Zappa Picks – By Jon Fishman of Phish 2002
  34. Zappa Picks – By Larry LaLonde of Primus 2002
  35. Threesome No. 1 2002 Freak Out! / Absolutely Free / We're Only in It for the Money
  36. For Collectors Only 2002
  37. Joe's Domage Oct 2004
  38. The Best of Frank Zappa 02 Nov 2004
  39. Joe’s Corsage 2004
  40. Joe’s XMasage 26 Dec 2005
  41. The MOFO Project/Object 05 Dec 2006
  42. The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle 15 Dec 2006
  43. Broadcast Rarities 16 Oct 2008
  44. The Frank Zappa aaa·fnr·aaa Birthday Bundle 21.Dec.2008 21 Dec 2008
  45. The Lumpy Money Project/Object 21 Jan 2009
  46. Beat the Boots! III Disc Two 25 Jan 2009
  47. Beat the Boots! III: Disc One 25 Jan 2009
  48. Beat the Boots! III Disc Three 31 Jan 2009
  49. Beat the Boots! III Disc Four 31 Jan 2009
  50. Beat the Boots! III Disc Five 01 Feb 2009
  51. Beat the Boots! III Disc Six 02 Feb 2009
  52. The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle 21.Dec.2010 21 Dec 2010
  53. AAAFNRAAAAAM Birthday Bundle 21 Dec. 2011 21 Dec 2011
  54. Understanding America 30 Oct 2012
  55. Finer Moments 18 Dec 2012
  56. ZAPPAtite (Frank Zappa’s Tastiest Tracks) 27 May 2016
  57. The Crux of the Biscuit 15 Jul 2016
  58. Frank Zappa for President 15 Jul 2016
  59. Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project / Object Audio Documentary 04 Nov 2016
  60. The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa 13 Apr 2019
  61. The Hot Rats Sessions 20 Dec 2019
  62. Funky Nothingness 30 Jun 2023

Album - Soundtrack / Live

  1. Baby Snakes 28 Mar 1983

Album - Compilation / Live

  1. You Can’t Do That on Stage Anymore (sampler) 1988 (as Zappa)
  2. One Shot Deal 13 Jun 2008
  3. Waka/Wazoo 16 Dec 2022

Album - Remix

  1. QuAUDIOPHILIAc 14 Sep 2004

Single

  1. Sharleena / Bognor Regis 1970
  2. Dancin’ Fool 1979
  3. Joe’s Garage 1979
  4. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted / Ancient Armaments 1980
  5. You Are What You Is 1981 (as Zappa)
  6. Valley Girl 1982
  7. True Glove 1984
  8. Peaches en Regalia 1987
  9. Zomby Woof 1988
  10. Montana (Whipping Floss) 1988
  11. Sexual Harassment in the Workplace 1988
  12. Bobby Brown Apr 1991
  13. Stairway to Heaven 1991
  14. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted 1995
  15. I’m the Slime 20 Apr 2013
  16. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow / Down in de Dew 19 Apr 2014
  17. Peaches en Regalia 29 Nov 2019

EP - Live

  1. Rollo / Portland Improvisation 22 Apr 2017

EP

  1. Wonderful Wino (FZ vocal) / Sharleena (Roy Thomas Baker mix) / Portugese Fenders (live/FZ tape recording) 19 Jun 2020

EP - Soundtrack

  1. The Zappa Movie Limited Edition Soundtrack EP! (exclusive backer reward edition) 2020

EP - Compilation

  1. The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle 21.12.2014 21 Dec 2014
  2. A Very Zappa Birthday 21 Dec 2020

Broadcast - Live

  1. Recorded Live in Munich, July 1980 03 May 2018

Broadcast - DJ-mix

  1. 1980-01-27: Star Special, Radio One, BBC, London, UK 27 Jan 1980

Other - Interview

  1. Summer ’82, When Zappa Came to Sicily 11 Dec 2017

Promotion

Album - Live

  1. Road Tapes, Venue #2 05 Nov 2013

Album - Compilation

  1. The Old Masters Box Two Sampler 1987
  2. You Can't Do That on the Radio Anymore 1990
  3. Early Works 1963–1964 1992
  4. Clean American Version 1995
  5. Ditties and Beer 1998
  6. Left of the Dial 2006 (as Zappa)

Single

  1. Black Page No. 1 Feb 1987

EP - Compilation

  1. Half a Dozen Provocative Squats 1997

EP - Demo

  1. Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar Sampler 1982

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Frank Zappa and Hot Rats at the Olympic 1971
  2. 10/24/75 Providence, RI 24 Oct 1975
  3. Project-Object 1978
  4. Vitamin Deficiency 1979
  5. Crush All Boxes 1980
  6. Remington Electric Razor 1981
  7. 1984-09-14: Fits Your 34B, No Matter Which 43B You Are: Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden 14 Sep 1984
  8. 1984-12-06: Civic Center Music Hall, Oklahoma City, OK, USA 06 Dec 1984
  9. FZ 1984 Tour: Big Mother Is Watching You 1984
  10. 1988‐02‐23: Live Poughkeepsie 23 Feb 1988
  11. The Day The Earth Stood Still 1988
  12. Live – Over 20 Years Old 1988
  13. Trick or Treat Jan 1989
  14. For Sharleena Mar 1990
  15. Pig's'n' Repugnant Apr 1990
  16. As An Am Aug 1991
  17. 1980-05-24: Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands 1991
  18. Freaks & Motherfu*#@%! 1991
  19. All You Need Is Glove 1991
  20. 1984-09-01: Kreega Bondola: Saratoga Performing Arts Centre, Saratoga, NY, USA 1992
  21. Electric Aunt Jemima 1992
  22. Cuccurullo Brillo Brullo Jun 1993
  23. Wanna Buy Some Acid? 2002
  24. Happy Halloween 1978 2002
  25. Puttin’ on the Ritz 2014 The Classic N.Y.C. Broadcast 1981
  26. Central Park, New York, August 3rd, 1968 (Doxy collection, remastered, live on FM broadcasting) 29 Oct 2015
  27. Bacon Fat – Live at the Rockpile ’69 24 Oct 2017
  28. The Rehearsal Broadcast 27 Feb 2019
  29. O’ Fair New Mexico! (live 1980) 24 Jun 2019
  30. Live Broadcast – Wed 1 October 1975 War Memorial Gym, Vancouver Canada 29 Nov 2019
  31. Austin 1973 04 Dec 2019
  32. Under the Covers (The Songs He Didn’t Write) 2019
  33. Igor's Boogie 11 Feb 2022
  34. Live on Air Tonight 23 Jul 2022
  35. Philosophy That Turns Away (live) 14 Apr 2023
  36. Dropping Dildos
  37. Pappa Zappa… And The Mothers!
  38. Monsters
  39. 1974‐07‐17: Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, USA
  40. The Godfather in Full Metal Jacket
  41. The Untouchables
  42. 1988-04-29: Ishallen, Helsinki, Finland
  43. 1979-02-12: Apollo Theater, Manchester, England, UK
  44. 1988-05-01: Johanneshovs Isstadion, Stockholm, Sweden
  45. Songs Einstein Jr Never Heard
  46. 1978-09-21: Mid Hudson Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
  47. 1973-05-19: Great McGonigle's Seaside Park, Annapolis, MD, USA
  48. 1974-11-26: Pershing Municipal Auditorium, Lincoln, NE, USA
  49. 1984-08-22: Vogue Theater, Indianapolis, IN, USA
  50. 1974-02-16: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA, USA
  51. 1978-09-21: Mid Hudson Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
  52. 1977-09-23: Assembly Hall, University Of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA
  53. 1978-02-07: Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris, France
  54. 1988-05-06: Congress Centrum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  55. 1981-12-06: Events Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
  56. Return of the Son of Serious Music
  57. Joe's Garage Acts IV & V Live
  58. The History and Collected Improvisations of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
  59. The Eyes of Osaka
  60. 1971-11-27: Live in Amsterdam: Amsterdam, Netherlands
  61. 1978-02-15: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, Part 1
  62. 1976-10-24: Boston Tea Party: Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA
  63. Uncle Penguin's Brain
  64. What's New in Loreley?
  65. The Best Band on Broadway the Hard Way US Tour
  66. Erdbeben in München
  67. Pigs & Repugnance
  68. 1975-04-27: No Bacon for Breakfast, Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA
  69. Invocations
  70. The Easy Rider Years
  71. 1975-10-29: Waterbury, CT, USA
  72. 1984-09-01: Saratoga Performing Arts Centre, Saratoga, NY, USA
  73. Leatherette
  74. Live in Holland & Elsewhere
  75. 1979-02-14: Apollo Theater, Glasgow, UK
  76. 1976-10-24: Zoot Allures Live: Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA (early show)
  77. 1982-06-11: Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany
  78. 1980-11-26: Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA late show
  79. 1980-11-26: Masonic Auditorium, Detroit, MI, USA early show
  80. 1984-07-22: The Palace, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  81. 1977-10-31: The Palladium, New York, NY, USA
  82. 1976-10-24: Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA
  83. 1978-02-15: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany

Album

  1. Warts and All 1979
  2. Son of Serious Music 1984 (as Zappa)
  3. Resolver + Brutality 1985
  4. Donna You Wanna Apr 1992
  5. The Lost Solos 2003
  6. Chalk Pie 2003
  7. Halloween 1981 2012
  8. The Rare Tapes Broadcast (Garden City, New York 31 December 1974) 2016
  9. Zoot Alors! 15 Aug 2017
  10. The Michigan Muffin Man (Detroit broadcast 1976) 2021
  11. Live… New York 1984 Jul 2022

Album - Compilation

  1. 20 Years Of Frank Zappa Apr 1981
  2. Mystery Box: 10‐Record Monstrosity * A Really Spiffy Collection 1986
  3. The String Quartet 1989
  4. Apocrypha – 30 Years of Frank Zappa 1994
  5. Stream Flash Conservative 1995
  6. The Sheik's Rehearsals 2001
  7. Ballet Music 2007
  8. Europe 1980 2013

Album - Compilation / Live

  1. The Torture Stops for You (Deutschlandhalle, Berlin 15.2.1978) 2009
  2. I Am the Clouds (Zappa – Germany – 88) 28 May 2012

Album - Demo

  1. The Money Demos 2002
  2. Gobbled Together: YAWYI 40th Anniversary 15 Sep 2021

EP - Live

  1. Penguin In Bondage / The Little Known History Of The Mothers Of Invention - EP 20 May 2011

Broadcast - Live

  1. Halloween in the Big Apple (live) 19 Jan 2015
  2. Ahoy There! (The Classic 1980 Rotterdam Broadcast) 2015
  3. Solid Gold: Live on Air 06 Jun 2017

Broadcast

  1. Your Mother Should Know (Ann Arbour Broadcast 1967) 29 Apr 2022

Broadcast - Compilation / Live

  1. The Best Days 2022

Broadcast - DJ-mix

  1. BBC Radio One Star Special 27 Jan 1980

Other - Live

  1. Mystery Box 1986
  2. Mudshark 1992
  3. A Snail in My Nose 1994
  4. The Grand Wazoo Orchestra
  5. 1978-10-15, early show: State University of New York, Stonybrook, NY, USA
  6. September 21, 1978, Poughkeepsie, NY
  7. London 16 September 1972 1972
  8. 1988‐05‐17 – Palau Dels Esports – Barcelona, Spain 17 May 1988
  9. 1988‐05‐22: Rosengarten, Mozartsaal, Mannheim, Germany 22 May 1988
  10. Carlos Hagen Presents Frank Zappa Mount St. Mary's Concert (repost)

Other

  1. United Mothers In Manchester Of Invention 2005
  2. Have a Little Tush, Vol. 2 2017
  3. Back to School 2019
  4. Lost Guitars (this is a compilation of unreleased guitar albums) 2022

Other - Interview

  1. Interview Picture Disc - Limited Edition 1985
  2. The Interviews, Volume 2 1996

Other - Spokenword

  1. The Classic Interviews 2004