Most Zappa freaks have heard of Urban Gwerder, the late Swiss writer and publicist.
Urban issued the famous "Hot Raz Times" magazine (1973/1974) that resulted in the "Alla Zappa" book in 1976.
1998 saw the release of the "Im Zeichen des Magischen Affen" book, with material from "Hot Raz Times", "Alla Zappa", and more.
However, it all started with "Hotcha", the Swiss underground magazine that Urban published in the late sixties / early seventies.
I recently got hold of of Hotcha issues 37, 38 and 39 and they do look otherworldly.
8 to 12 pages, with lots of info on what was happening in the (musical) world at the time.
Really like "Hot Raz Times" & "Alla Zappa".
I never thought I would be able to browse through these.
Avo has a couple of nice scans of some of the other issues on his website.
https://www.afka.net/Mags/Hotcha.htm
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