Saturday, January 22, 2022

GREG RUSSO'S COSMIK DEBRIS

As you may know, Greg Russo updated his essential "Cosmik Debris" book again.
It was made available as pdf but also as a print-on-demand book last November.

I have several of copies of this book as I usually buy it when an update is made.
Love browsing through these. Always new info to be found and things to discover.
This latest edition counts 480 pages...


Subtitled "The Return Of The Son Of Revised²", this is the fifth edition of the book, with each edition adding extra info and data.

Here are some of the many interesting items shown unedited for the first time in Cosmik Debris:
  • The Look Magazine article that interested Zappa in the music of Edgard Varèse
  • The Varèse and Stravinsky LPs that became Zappa's first album purchases
  • The complete rundown of the Pal/Studio Z era (1961-1965)
  • The Brian Lord and Junier Mintz singles that all other books claim weren't released!
  • The infamous 1965 'Studio Z raid' front page article in the Ontario Daily Report newspaper
  • A detailed analysis of the classical composers that influenced Frank Zappa
  • 'Conceptual Continuity Clues' for each album
  • The most complete gig list ever!
  • An absolutely amazing discography and session list going up to the end of 2021
Ordering info:
http://www.crossfirepublications.com/zappa.html


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