CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - PACHUCO CADAVER FRENCH STOCK 7"

• captain beefheart & his magic band: pachuco cadaver / wild life
  (1969, 7", france, straight records sts 153 2c 006-91.200)

Released in 1969 on Zappa's Straight label (and produced by FZ as well !!), here are the pictures of the French stock copy of the Pachuco Cadaver 7".

-- info & pictures: Håkon Busterud

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - ZIG ZAG WANDERER DUTCH STOCK 7"

• captain beefheart and his magic band: zig zag wanderer / abba zaba
  (1968, 7", nl, buddah bd 1)

Here's another addition to the CB single picture galery: a- and b-side of the Dutch Zig Zag Wanderer 7" have been added.

-- info & pictures: Håkon Busterud

NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG

A new Zappa vinyl bootleg has been spotted. It's called "Ugly Noises" and is some sort of "best of FZ with Flo & Eddie" compilation.
250 copies in various colours; released on the Mr.Natural label.

• frank zappa: ugly noises
  (2010, lp-bootleg, ??, mr.natural) - ltd.edition of 250 copies on colored vinyl

the cover

an example of the "gold wax" edition

an example of the "green wax" edition

an example of the "marbled wax" edition


an example of the "peach clear wax" edition

FROGG CAFE SETLIST

Here's the setlist from the Frogg Cafe Burg Herzberg Festival concert in 2004. That's a couple of weeks before their Zappanale performance.

2004/07/17 concert "Burg Herzberg Festival 2004", Germany

setlist
Introduction, Peaches en regalia (Frank Zappa), The eternal optimist, Creatures -> Son of orange county (Frank Zappa), The duke of prunes (Frank Zappa), The fortunate observer of time, All this time, Candy corn, Abyss of decention
encore
Also sprach Zarathustra

A recording of the show is beeing seeded at DimeADozen right now !

FIELD RECORDING OF A FRYING EGG ON BBC3

Actually, March 2, BBC3 will be broadcasting some Zappa music. But the same program will also include a field recording of a frying egg.

Fiona Talkington - "Late Junction"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r2kz8

Fiona Talkington presents a late night feast of breakfasting music, from the pancakes of Frank Zappa, to Christian Lindberg's salute to sausages, and Lee Patterson's second and last field recording of a frying egg. Also features tracks from the new album by English folk duo Cath and Phil Tyler.

Sounds delicious :-)

-- info: Johan Putter

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE FOOLING AUSTRALIAN 7"

• captain beefheart & his magic band: who do you think you're fooling
  (19??, 7", australia, festival fk-1331)

Captain Beefheart specialist and collector Paul Brown sent in a picture of the Australian 'Who Do You Think You're Fooling" 7".

-- info & picture: Paul Brown

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - SURE 'NUFF 'N YES I DO ACETATE

• captain beefheart: sure 'nuff 'n yes i do / grown so ugly
  (19??, 10" metal acetate / testpressing, usa, rca)

I also received a picture of this extremely rare 10" metal acetate from Paul Brown.
I'm glad that this picture can be added to the U.M.C.B.P.B. (the united mutations captain beefheart picture book).

-- info & picture: Paul Brown

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - MOONCHILD US STOCK 7"

• captain beefheart and his magic band: moonchild / frying pan
  (1966, 7", usa, a&m 818)

Here are another couple of beauties from Hakon's collection:
Pictures of the regular issue of the Captain Beefheart 'Moonchild' 7".
They have been added to the U.M. pages.
From 1966 !

-- info & pictures: Håkon Busterud

CAPTAIN BEEFHEAT - MOONCHILD UK PROMO 7"

• captain beefheart & his magic band: moonchild / who do you think you're fooling?
  (1968, 7"-promo, uk, a&m ams 726)

Pictures of the Moonchild UK 7" promo have been added to the U.M. pages.

-- info: Håkon Busterud

ZAPPANALE NEWSFLASH

Both Ike Willis and Robert Martin will participating in the next edition of the Zappanale festival.

http://www.zappanale.de/

August 13 - 15, 2010
Bad Doberan
Germany

BLUEBIRD AND SKOKO

Meet Bluebird and Skoko

http://animedancer87.blogspot.com/2010/02/standard-vs-specific-bluebird-skoko.html

A DRUM CHANNEL NEWSFLASH

Thursday, February 25th - DC Live - 6:00PM (PST)

Mike Portnoy

In a surprise visit, Mike will be hanging with Terry Bozzio this Thursday on DC Live.
Mike has won "Best Progressive Rock Drummer" in Modern Drummer 12 years consecutively, winning 20 awards overall. These two Hall of Famers will be jamming and answering your questions.

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http://www.drumchannel.com

Join DC LIVE here on Thursday, February 25th, at 6pm PST, with Mike Portnoy and host Terry Bozzio.

A performance not to be missed! Mike Portnoy is the acclaimed drummer of Dream Theater as well as various side-projects such as Liquid Tension Experiment, TransAtlantic, O.S.I. and tribute bands such as Yellow Matter Custard, Hammer Of The Gods, Amazing Journey and Cygnus and The Sea Monsters.

Mike was born and raised in Long Beach, New York, where his interest in music started at an early age. "My father was a rock n' roll disc jockey, so I was always surrounded by music constantly. I had this huge record collection when I was real young and loved The Beattles and then later on KISS. It was inevitable that I'd become a musician." Although Mike taught himself how to play the drums, he did take music theory classes in high school. During that time he began playing in local bands Intruder, Rising Power and Inner Sanctum, the latter which released their own album. Mike left the band after being awarded a scholarship to attend Berklee Music College in Boston.

Mike says his biggest influences are Rush drummer Neil Peart and the late Frank Zappa. Other favorites include drummers Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta, Simon Philips, John Bonham and Keith Moon and bands such as The Beatles, Queen, Yes, Metallica, Jellyfish, Iron Maiden, U2 and Jane's Addiction. He is also a fan of rap music.

Mike's long list of Awards include 24 Modern Drummer Magazine Reader's Poll Awards including: 2004 Hall of Fame Inductee, Best Progressive Rock Drummer (12 years in a row!!), Best Clinican (twice), Best Educational Video/DVD for Liquid Drum Theater, and Best Recorded Performance of the Year (6 times) for Dream Theater's Awake, A Change of Seasons, Fallin into Infinity, Scenes From A Memory, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Score.

DWALMACAT 369

Go to
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx

and click on “Luister”

to enjoy:

• STEVE FISK – Donna Summer on the radio
• CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG – Master’s hands
• WALL OF VOODOO – This way out
• ...NATIVE HIPSTERS – Which way?
• ASHLEY & FOSTER – Baby rum blues
• GIRLS AGAINST BOYS – Kill the sexplayer
• BERNARD GéRARD – Trafic
• GELUIDSPROFIEL VAN BELGIË – Brussel
• ART & TECHNIQUE – Alerte instrumental
• JOHN BARRY – Midnight cowboy
• SUPERSISTER – No tree will grow
• EVA JOHANNA REICHSTAG & DIE FORM – Valium
• PSEUDO CODE – Watoo – Watoo
• JOHN M. ALLEN – Urapp
• TIED AND TICKLED TRIO – Freakmachine
• VIC SERF AND THE VILLAINS – Crumbo Crumbo land
• ANDREAS DORAU – Arrividercy

LAST SHOP STANDING

Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened to Record Shops?
by Graham Jones

Sure looks interesting. Here's what the press release says:

Last Shop Standing lifts the lid on an area of the music industry in tatters – a sad but true tale of the decline of record shops and their beloved vinyl too. The author, Graham Jones has worked at the heart of the record industry since the golden 1980s. He was there during the fruitful retail years and has witnessed the tragic decline of a business blighted by corruption and corporate greed.

Undertaking a final tour of the last remaining independent record shops in Britain, Graham has collected a wealth of entertaining stories that explain why the best are still standing, and how the worst of them blew it.

The book includes revealing anecdotes about rock stars and industry figures including The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, , David Bowie, Joy Division, Oasis, The Sex Pistols and John Peel.

Last Shop Standing is a hilarious, addictive, yet sometimes harrowing account written by a man who has been there and sold that. It is a book that will bring a wry smile to the face of anyone who has ever bought a music CD or attended a concert, and still has the promotional T Shirt of a favourite band to prove it.

Since getting a break into the music industry following a colleague’s failed, comical suicide attempt, Graham Jones has amassed an excellent collection of anecdotes on his travels around the record shops of Britain – all included in Last Shop Standing:

¨ The hilarity of the UK’s worst record shop
¨ The most dysfunctional family in pop music
¨ How Take That were conned out of the Christmas number 1
¨ Why Mr Blobby has a special place in the heart of record shop owners
¨ The hysterical tale of the band that faked a murder
¨ The most hyped records ever and how they cheated their way into the charts
¨ The rock star who’s hobby is touring the UK record shops being horrible to staff
¨ The shop that sold £45,000 worth of records for a fiver

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - YELLOW BRICK ROAD UK 7" STOCK COPY

• captain beefheart & his magic band: yellow brick road / abba zaba
  (1967, 7", uk, pye int. 7n 25433)

Pictures of both sides of the "Yellow Brick Road" UK 7" stock copy have been added to the CB discography section.

-- info & pictures: Håkon Busterud

HELMUT KING

Graphic artist and sculptor Helmut King has produced a number of Zappa inspired works.

In 2000, he released an art box entitled "I'm The Indian Of The Group". The box included a pair of drum sticks (signed by Jimmy Carl Black, a CD-Rom with a.o. 4 songs and an interview with Jimmy Carl Black, 10 silkscreen prints (by Helmut King), and a letter by Urban Gwerder.

The box and all of the artwork were a part of last year's Jimmy Carl Black exhibition in Bad Doberan, as part of the Zappanale festival.

Helmut King's artwork has been used for album sleeves for The Grandmothers, for Black, Estrada & Pini., and others...

HELMUT KING - 01

The picture shows the art box "I'm The Indian Of The Group".
The box was produced in 2000, in a limited edition of 30 copies.

HELMUT KING - 02

"Brown Shoes Don't Make It" - Helmut King

HELMUT KING - 03

"Lonesome Cowboy Burt" - Helmut King

HELMUT KING - 04

"You Didn't Try To Call Me" - Helmut King

HELMUT KING - 05

"Cheap Thrills" - Helmut King

HELMUT KING - 06

"Let's Make The Water Turn Black" - Helmut King

HELMUT KING - 07

"What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?" - Helmut King

HELMUT KING - 08

"Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance" - Helmut King

HELMUT KING - 09

"Bow Tie Daddy" - Helmut King

HELMUT KING - 10

"Mr.Green Genes" - Helmut King

HELMUT KING - 11

"Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder" - Helmut King

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - YELLOW BRICK ROAD BUDDHA 7"

• captain beefheart: yellow brick road / abba zaba
  (1967, 7", usa, buddha da 9)

Thanks to Håkon Busterud, I was able to add a picture of the B-side of the 'Yellow Brick Road' 7".

TONY PALMER'S FILM OF FRANK ZAPPA'S 200 MOTELS

I know, I know, I already told you that Tony Palmer's film of FZ's 200 Motels is excellent, but I watched some more bits today, so I just wanted to repeat myself.

The official message goes like this:
"Available for the first time on DVD, Frank Zappa's 200 Motels is a cult classic. The story, scattered with performances by the Mothers of Invention and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a plotless tale of life on the road for touring musicians. Originally shot on video and restored here, 200 Motels is a surrealistic nonstop visual extravaganza starring Frank Zappa and the Mothers, Ringo Starr and Who drummer Keith Moon. Includes bonus commentary from director and script writer Tony Palmer." NTSC, All Region format; aspect ratio: 16:9; 98 minutes.

I also added the title to the various contributors' discographies.

PROJECT / OBJECT TO TOUR EUROPE?

Project/Object, featuring Ike Willis and Ray White, is considering a European tour in May 2010.
Yep, that's only a couple of months away...

Fingers crossed.

RESIDENTS 1999 WEBCAST

July 19, 1999, The Residents performed Wormwood in Bonn, Germany.
The concert got broadcast over the internet by Museumsmeile.

addition on feb 22 : Anonymous is right in his / her comment. This got released on DVD by Euroralph, so the rest of the message is of no interest anymore.

Excellent material.

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - DIDDY WAH DIDDY US PROMO 7"

• captain beefheart and his magic band: diddy wah diddy / who do you think you're fooling
  (1966, 7"-promo, usa, a&m 794)

Pictures of the 1966 US promo 7" for 'Diddy Wah Diddy' have been added to the CB discography.
Click on the title to go to the entry.

Note that 'Diddy Wah Diddy' is credited to A. Christensen !!

-- info: Håkon Busterud

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - MOONCHILD US PROMO 7"

• captain beefheart and his magic band: moonchild / frying pan
  (1966, 7"-promo, usa, a&m 818)

Pictures of the 1966 US promo 7" for 'Moonchild' have been added to the CB discography.

-- info & pictures: Håkon Busterud

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - YELLOW BRICK ROAD UK PROMO 7"

• captain beefheart & his magic band: yellow brick road / abba zaba
  (1967, 7"-promo, uk, pye int. 7n 25433)

Pictures of the 1967 UK promo 7" for 'Yellow Brick Road / Abba zaba" have been added to the CB discography.

-- info & pictures: Håkon Busterud

SUN RA SETLISTS

I've been downloading a bunch of Sun Ra concerts from Dime the last couple of weeks.
As a result, the following setlists have been added to the Sun Ra entry over at U.M.:

• 1970 11 07 Berlin Germany - FM
• 1971 06 12 Los Angeles CA
• 1979 04 04 Champaign IL
• 1984 06 01 Philadelphia PA
• 1986 02 01 "Jimmy Lyons Benefit" New York City
• 1986 06 10 Cambridge MA
• 1986 08 08 New York City NY
• 1987 06 20 New York City NY
• 1987 12 27 Washington DC
• 1988 09 03 "Chicago Jazz Festival" Chicago IL - FM
• 1990 06 27 "Estival Jazz" Lugano Switzerland - SBD
• 1991 11 18 New York City NY
• 1996 11 02 Chicago IL

LA MAISON ROUGE

In Paris, France, La Maison Rouge is hosting an interesting expo : (vinyl) album covers from the collection of Guy Schraenen.

http://www.lamaisonrouge.org/spip.php?article155&date=cours

Another reason for liking vinyl albums...

-- info: Jan van Kemenade

HAMILTON STERLING & JIMMY HASLIP - MIGRATION

Here's part of the press release for the new Hamilton Sterling & Jimmy Haslip album, "Migration":

MIGRATION is a modern programmatic composition in six movements. A world-ranging, dark-ambient journey from the rural to the urban and beyond. It was conceived as a journey in sound.

MIGRATION was produced, composed, arranged, performed, and programmed by Hamilton Sterling and Jimmy Haslip.

Hamilton Sterling is a Sound Designer, Composer, Editor and Musician who has worked on such films as The Dark Knight, War of the Worlds, and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. The Dark Knight and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World won the Academy Award for best sound editing. War of the Worlds was nominated for best sound editing.
Jimmy Haslip is a Producer, Composer, Musician and founding member of the jazz fusion group, Yellowjackets. He also plays in the Allan Holdsworth/Alan Pasqua group, The Jeff Lorber Fusion, and Jing Chi. He has won two Grammy Awards and been nominated for seventeen.

From Symbolic Sound – excerpt: “In Migration, Hamilton Sterling and Jimmy Haslip take us on a journey that begins in Senegal and ends up on another planet. Using Kyma timbre-scapes and live performances on bass and percussion, Haslip and Sterling create an immersive soundtrack tracing humankind's restless and inevitable journey out of Africa and outward to the stars. The best listening is in surround-sound with the lights dimmed: Side 1 (white band) of the DVD is a 5.1 Dolby Digital version and a 2 channel PCM 24-bit 48 kHz version. Side 2 (red band) is a 5.1 24 bit 48 kHz DVD-Audio 5.1 version; this is definitely a 'hi fi', 'audiophile' type experience. It's a soundtrack that creates its own visuals inside your head … with evocative cinematic ambiences, accessible ostinati punctuated with alien outbursts, and 'outside' improvisations. The result feels both genuine and delightfully idiosyncratic.”

Listen to a preview and order your own copy from Helikon Sound , CDBaby, or Amazon.

Thank you.

Best regards,

Hamilton Sterling & Jimmy Haslip

www.helikonsound.com

VITO PAULEKAS UPDATE

A correction was made to the Vito Paulekas entry:

Vito passed away on October 25, 1992. He was born on May 20, 1913.

-- info & correction: Charles Ulrich

THE BLAST 4TET WEBSITE

I've added the link to the Blast 4tet website on the Blast entry over at the U.M.pages.

www.blast4tet.nl

Check it out. It makes this blog look like it's from two centuries ago...

MACHACEK, SIPE & GARRISON - IMPROVISION

• alex machacek, jeff sipe, matthew garrison: improvision
  (2007, cd, usa, abstract logix ablx 007)

The last couple of days, I have been mentioning Alex Machacek on a regular basis. Ales was / is part of Eddie Jobson's UKZ project, and he also released a fine album entitled "The Official Triangle Sessions" a little while ago.
A couple of years earlier, Alex Machacek recorded with Terry Bozzio (and also with Patrick O'Hearn).
Reason enough to investigate...

"Improvision" finds Alex Machacek on guitar, Jeff Sipe on drums, and Matthew Garrison on bass.
I already knew that Alex Machacek's guitar playing is not from this world, but if you add Jeff Sipe's crispy drumming, and Matthew Garrison's energetic jazz bass, you get some of the finest and powerfull fusion that you'll have heard in a while.

Out on Abstract Logix.

INSIDE THE LAUREL CANYON

Over at Zappateers, Cavetroll put up the following link.
Great reading !!

Inside The LC: The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon and the Birth of the Hippie Generation

http://www.illuminati-news.com/articles2/00201.html

UKZ - RADIATION

• ukz: radiation
  (2009, cdep, usa, glo digital glo 9000-2)

Late 2008, Eddie Jobson started UKZ. The band released a CDEP in (early) 2009 and did some concerts in Japan in June of the same year.

A little later, August 2009, Eddie Jobson started a new band called "The Ultimate Zero Project". The band toured the U.S.West Coast and recently did some gigs in Poland and in Russia.
During one of the Russian concerts, UZ was joined on stage by Adrian Belew for a couple of King Crimson tunes.

On his website, however, Eddie Jobson states that UKZ is still alive. UKZ will be touring and will be recording an album.
And that's exellent news.
"Radiation", the CDEP that got released about a year ago, is a very impressive dittie. It lasts about 20 minutes, and it left me wanting more.
UKZ features Eddie Jobson, Aaron Lippert, Trey Gunn, Alex Machacek and Marco Minneman. How's that for a line-up?
Superb musicians and great music. All four tracks written by UKZ.

Progressive rock is more alive then ever...

DWALMACAT 368

If you happen to be at
http://www.fmbrussel.be/programmas/dwalmacat.aspx

Click on “Luister”
and enjoy:

• PEOPLE LIKE US – Awful fun (excerpt)
• RUTH – She brings the rain
• DAVID MOSS, AXEL OTTO & FRANK SCHULTE – Dirigible
• NICO & THE FACTION – Camera obscura
• PENGUIN CAFE ORCHESTRA – Pythagora’s trousers
• DEPTH CHARGE – Sex, sluts and heaven
• FIERY FURNACES – Duplexes of the dead
• DAVID BOWIE – Fashion
• CAROLINER RAINBOW FINGERS OF THE UNDERWORLD & THEIR BREAKABLE BONES – River wearing childrens limbs
• DJ KRUSH – Kemuri
• THE BEACH BOYS – Time to get alone
• ANIMAL COLLECTIVE – Graze
• THE RUDY SCHWARZ PROJECT – Bowling for appliances
• JUNG ANALYSTS – The pay-off

PROJECT/OBJECT IN CHICAGO 2010 01 01

Not a day goes by without me checking the Zappateers website.
http://www.zappateers.com/

Available for download since a couple of days, is a video registration of the concert that Project/Object did in Chicago on New Years Day 2010.
It's a three DVD set, with soundboard audio.
P/O featuring Ike Willis and Ray White.

Here's a couple of pictures from Analog414

Ray White

Ike Willis

GIANTS - GIANTS

• giants: giants
  (1978, lp, usa, mca records mca-3188)

In 1978, Greg Errico gathered a bunch of musical celebrities for his "Giants" project. Besides Errico, the Giants band and album featured Carlos Santano, Herbie Hancock AND Lady Bianca Thornton-Oden.

This is an excellent, greasy funk album, and if you want a taste of it, you might want to check out:

http://silveradoraremusic.blogspot.com/2009/11/giants-with-greg-errico-santana-neal.html

-- info: Jan van Kemenade

BEEFHEART DATA

Talking about a picture book...
Here's a nice picture that I received from Håkon Busterud.
It's a picture of the letter that accompanied the "Meatball Fulton" album.
"Meatball Fulton" was a promotional album that got released in 1969, presenting an interview with Don Van Vliet.

Here's the link:

http://www.united-mutations.com/c/captain_beefheart/disco/cb_meatballfultonlp.htm

MORE BEEFHEART 7" DATA

Håkon Busterud was kind enough to send me a picture of the Beefheart Buddha DA9 single as well.

Here's the U.M. entry:

• captain beefheart: yellow brick road / abba zabba
  (1967, 7", usa, buddha da 9)

THE LADY BIANCO DISCOGRAPHY

Cleaned up the Lady Bianca (Odin) discography a bit.
Here's the result:

http://www.united-mutations.com/o/bianca_odin.htm

Corrections / additions are always welcome...

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART 10" METAL ACETATE

Thanks to Hakon, I was able to add a picture of the b-side of the 10" metal acetate testpressing that I mentioned a little while ago.

Here's the link:

http://www.united-mutations.com/c/captain_beefheart/disco/cb_rca_dwd_acetate.htm

THE BONEDADDYS RECORDED A BEEFHEART TUNE

a message from Jeff Berkow:

I’m primarily a Zappa/MOI fan; like Beefheart as well. I didn’t notice among your covers of Beefheart tunes, “Crazy Little Thing” as performed by The Bonedaddys. Recorded live in the early ‘90s on a disc entitled “To Jam is Human, to Gig Divine.” Its actually a terrific CD by a little-known California club band.

TONY PALMER'S FILM OF FRANK ZAPPA'S 200 MOTELS

• tony palmer's film of frank zappa's 200 motels
  (2010, dvd, uk, tony palmer tpdvd127)

Yes!! Finally, here it is: "200 Motels" in all its glory.

We've all seen this movie as it got released on VHS video years and years ago.
And now, here's the high quality DVD version.

"200 Motels" got shot in 1971 and featured Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention plus Ringo Starr and Keith Moon, to drop just two names. Now that I think of it, Zappa always had this thing for drummers...

Anyway, "200 Motels" is a milestone in Zappa's career. I'm not too big a fan of the vaudeville aspect and the on-the-road stories, as you cannot keep on laughing with it, but the music is fabulous. It's Zappa at his best.

This DVD offers two versions of the movie: one with the standard soundtrack, and one that has a Tony Palmer interview and comments on top of it.
Excellent stuff.

ESSENTIAL !

http://www.voiceprint.co.uk/web/Release/TPDVD127/

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART TESTPRESSING FROM 1968

• captain beefheart: sure 'nuff 'n yes i do / yellow brick road
  (1968, 7"-testpressing, france, barclay)

Here's another interesting find:
A french testpressing for a 7" single release for Captain Beefheart's "Sure 'Nuff 'N Yes I Do / Yellow Brick Road" on the Barclay label.
From 1968.
This single never got released, so the only thing that rests is this testpressing.

A great addition to the United Mutations picture book.

The link has bigger pictures plus the Barclay info sheet.

-- info & pictures: Håkon Busterud

NORWEGIAN ZAPPAFESTIVAL FLASHBACK

A little norwegian article on the LARVIK Zappafestival

http://www.op.no/kulturhuset/article4836703.ece
Zappafestival trakk 400

plus some familiar faces, well at least three :

Festivalutstilling: Billedkunstner Jan Olav Forberg har designet plakat og t-skjorte til festivalen. Her med en Zappa-grafitti.

Multikunstner: Jon Larsen har gitt ut CD-er med flere av musikerne Zappa brukte både på turné og plater. Her sikrer Dave Owen seg en autograf.

Platemesse i blåboksen: Zappa-fan Svein Bjørndalen (t.v.) beundrer samlingen til Håkon Busterud, som har Norges største samling av Zappa-plater

-- info & link: Håkon Busterud

ANOTHER NEW ZAPPA BOOTLEG

• frank zappa: the artisan acetate rs 6406
  (2010, lp-bootleg, ??, mr.natural nat003)

A little while ago, a genuine Frank Zappa acetate tespressing turned up.
Pressed by Artisan, with label number RS 6406.

side one

1. wipe out (shrine auditorium)
2. east l.a. (columbia university)
3. weasels ripped my flesh (the ballroom)
4. kung fu (phil wenz)
5. passalaglia (phil wenz)

side two

1. copenhagen night music
2. help, i'm a rock
3. chocolate halvah
4. prelude to a sexually aroused gas mask
5. the cookie jar lecture
6. it must be your breath

A recording of this fabulous gem got circulated among a small group of enthousiasts, and, yes, here's the bootleg already...

A limited edition of 250 copies, available in different wax colours.
I've pasted some 20 pictures in the U.M.Files : yellow, green, olivegreen, brown, and graymarbled.

Here are some examples:

this is the yellow wax

the green wax one

the graymarbled one

THE ZAPPANALE 19 MP3 DISC

• various artists: zappanale 19
  (2009, mp3-dvd, ger, arf society)

Last August, the Arf Society didn't release CD or DVD compilation of the previous (2008) edition of the festival. Instead, this impressive DVD mp3-disc saw the light of day.

1550 minutes of festival music, compressed on one disc, with:

• anti agressive action band aka underground sensation
• wrong object feat. stanley jason zappa & nick skrowaczewski
• paul green school of rock music feat. denny walley
• inducti
• bogus pomp semi acoustic orchestra feat. denny walley & napoleon murphy brock
• electric orange
• panzerballet
• eliot levin
• delicious band research kitchen
• low budget research kitchen
• alamaailman vasarat
• zappa circus
• paul green schlool of rock music plays yes
• uzva
• jazzproject hundehagen
• fattore zeta
• new texture pantonal fellowship (stanley jason zappa with nick skrowaczewski)
• finnish zappa tribute band
• and the goodbye-session

UGLY RADIO REBELLION UPDATE

2010 02 13
February 2010 - Ugly Radio Rebellion performs the music of Frank Zappa with Ike Willis and Glenn Leonard...

2010/02/17 - Gasthaus ZurLinde, Elgin, IL
2010/02/18 - The Kinetic Playground, Chicago, IL
2010/02/19 - Charleston Bar and Grill, New Lenox, IL
2010/02/20 - Reggies Live, Chicago, IL

CRANK SOME FRANK!!!
www.UglyRadioRebellion.com
www.IkeWillis.com

ED PALERMO

KBudna (from DHPAC) put this little video piece up at YouTube, May 23, 2009.
Taken from Ed's first DHPAC performance:



-- info & link: Kimberly

CAPTAIN BEEFHEART / FRANK ZAPPA COMMEMORATIVE SET

• the captain beefheart / frank zappa commemorative set
  (2010, set, uk, private release / rock music memorabilia)

Rock Music Memorabilia has produced a commemorative set, in a limited edition of 200 copies, which has recordings from the Captain Beefheart concerts they promoted in 1972 and 1975.

The set contains the following:

• 1975 programme and flyer from the 1975 knebworth festival featuring captain beefheart
• 1978 programme and flyer from the 1978 knebworth festival featuring frank zappa
• 12 pictures of captain beefheart during his 1972 tour and frank zappa at the 1970 bath festival
• "There Must Be A Better Way", the Freddy Bannister book
• 8 CDs and a DVD
  - Captain Beefheart At The Albert Hall 23-3-72 (2cds)
  - Captain Beefheart At The Dome Brighton 29-3-72 (1cd)
  - Captain Beefheart At The Manchester Free Trade Hall 1-4-72 (1cd)
  - Captain Beefheart At The Knebworth Festival 5 - 7-75 (1cd)
  - Captain Beefheart At New Victoria Theatre 14/11/75
  - Captain Beefheart At Portsmouth Locarno 1/12/75
  - Frank Zappa At The Rainbow London 10/12/71
  - Frank Zappa At Knebworth 9/9/78
  - DVD Entitled Spirit Of Knebworth

This CAPTAIN BEEFHEART/FRANK ZAPPA COMMEMORATIVE SET is priced at £49.99.

For futher details contact Wendy or Henrietta on 01954 268088 or email info@rockmusicmemorabilia.com

VOORWAARTS MAART 2010

The program of the "Voorwaarts Maart" festival includes a performance of the music of Frank Nuyts.

2010/03/10, at the Arcatheater in Ghent, Belgium.

http://www.hardscore.be/

99 ¢ DREAMS

raw drums, analog synth, nyc subway tunnel graffiti, crazy storms, airplane cockpits, and space via the hubble telescope

from 99¢ Dreams
/2010

CAMP DWEEZILLA KICKS OFF THIS JUNE

Have you ever wanted to drastically improve your musical skills in a short period of time? Or wanted to learn to improvise like a professional? DWEEZILLA is the opportunity for you!

DWEEZILLA is a 4-day, 5-night music bootcamp designed to expand the harmonic horizons of both amateur and professional musicians alike. This musical exploration and development camp will occur in the heart of the "Forever Wild" Catskill Forest Preserve in Big Indian, New York at the Full Moon Resort from Sunday, June 20th to Friday, June 25th 2010.

Disconnected from the busy chaos of the outside world, your days at DWEEZILLA will include gourmet meals provided by Full Moon Resort with master classes from Dweezil Zappa, Joe Travers, Pete Griffin, Scheila Gonzales, Jamie Klime and Billy Hulting. Private performances, intimate jam sessions, campfires, film screenings, and of course, the study of Frank Zappa's brilliant approach to music, his career, and legacy. Use your time at DWEEZILLA to get advice from the masters, perfect your sound, learn about life on the road, master improvisation, and much more!

"I decided to create a diverse music boot camp for people of all skill levels hoping to increase their musical prowess. It would make me very happy if I could help a fellow musician take their skills to the next level." - Dweezil Zappa

Accommodations, as well as campsites, are available at the Full Moon Resort (http://www.fullmoonresort.com/) and the nearby Alpine Inn (http://www.thealpineinn.com/). All DWEEZILLA activities will be held on-site at Full Moon Resort. Acres of fields, meadows, forests and streams provide a natural backdrop for a wonderful and memorable experience.

Create an account on Dweezil Zappa's website: http://www.dweezilzappaworld.com/
and fill out the DWEEZILLA Musical Bootcamp Questionnaire.

http://www.dweezilzappaworld.com/pages/dweezilla

NEW ZAPPA VINYL BOOTLEG

There's a new Zappa vinyl bootleg out:

• Frank Zappa: Live At The Hollywood Bowl 1972
  (2010, 2lp-bootleg, ??, hoffman)

The album is out on the Hoffman label in a very limited print-run:

• 25 copies on black vinyl (the advance release)
• 50 copies on red wax
• 50 copies on gold wax
• 50 copies on blue & magenta wax
• 75 copies on splash wax
• 30 copies on split wax

This is one of the 'splash vinyl' albums.

This is the first of the 'split wax' records.

Record number two of the 'split wax' set.

More pictures over at the U.M. Zappa Bootz section.