SCOTT PARKER - DISCORPORATE!

• discoprorate! - frank zappa in the studio 1966 - 1967
  by scott parker
      (2017, book, usa, scott parker books / private release)

Scott Parker released his "Discorporate!" book a couple of years ago.
Subtitled "Frank Zappa In The Studio 1966 - 1967", it takes a closer look at the period when FZ was recording "Absolutely Free", "We're Only In It" and "Lumpy Gravy".
Almost 200 pages and excellent reading.

PLUME LATRAVERSE - PLUME POU DIGNE

• plume latraverse: plume pou digne
      (1974, lp, canada, london records)

Quebec, Canada-based songwriter Michel ‘Plume’ Latraverse released ‘Bonne Soirée’ on his ”Plume Pou Digne” album in 1974.
The track ends with Plume citing a couple of sentences from FZ’s ‘Cruising For Burgers’ !!

TONY ADAM - ZAPPA(S)

• zappa(s)
  by tony adam
      (2020, book, usa, private release)

"Zappa(s)" is pocket-sized booklet that discusses various aspects of Frank Zappa: satirist, postmodernist, guitarist, composer, jazz-rocker, and outsider. Each aspect gets a couple of pages.
The booklet ends with, for me, the most interesting part : the influence of FZ's music on other bands and artists.

Interesting.

One of the bands that gets a mention in the book is Danish band Dr. Dopo Jam.

THIERRY MAILLARD TRIO AND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA - ETHNIC SOUNDS

• thierry maillard trio and philharmonic orchestra: ethnic sounds
      (2016, cd, france, ilona records)

French composer and pianist Thierry Maillard released his "Ethnic Sounds" album in 2016. The album features his trio plus The Prague Philharmonic and a series of guests.
It's an impressive release.
Melodic with lots of different sounds and colours.

Track 3 is called "Zappa" and features special guest Nguyên Lê on the guitar. A beautiful tribute.

THE RETURN OF THE FRANK ZAPPA COLORING BOOK

• frank zappa beautiful coloring book
  by giselle brooks
      (2020, book, usa, private release)

There's coloring books and there's coloring books...
This one's a joke showing black and white scans of familiar pictures...
A black and white scan of the cover of "The Real Frank Zappa Book" ??? As a coloring page ???
True, I don't intend to color any of these but I was hoping to see some (original) black and white drawings.
What a disappointment.

DA WERDZ

• da werdz
      (1980, book, germany, dwarf nebula productions)

I recently found (and bought) "Da Werdz", a 40-page booklet with lyrics of some FZ songs.
Published in 1980 by Dwarf Nebula Production(s).

Contrary to what Avo mentions on:
https://www.afka.net/Books/Da_Werdz.htm,
my copy does not have the Sheik Yerbouti sticker on the front cover.

A nice little find.

The same package also included two Japanese music mags from the early eighties.
I was pretty sure that I already had a copy of the mags but couldn't locate them...

COR VAN DIEJEN - STRAVINSKY UITGEBAGGERD

A couple of years ago, Cor van Diejen published "Modder Van Inventie", a book that collected all his musings about the music of Frank Zappa. More recently, he finished "Een Harlekijneend, Gans Wit Genekt, Kwaakt" about Captain Beefheart.

Prior to "Modder Van Inventie" en "Een Harlekijneend", Cor had already written "Stravinsky Uitgebaggerd", a comprehensive work about Stravinsky.
The references to Stravinsky's life and correspondence add some very interesting info.

The book, in Dutch, is available from:
https://www.boekenbestellen.nl/boek/stravinsky-uitgebaggerd/19310

Hmmm...
Maybe I should consider getting the below 56 CD box and dive into it.

TUMBLEWEED - THE WATERFRONT YEARS

• tumbleweed: the waterfront years 1991-1993
      (2013, 2cd, australia, aztec music)

Initially, Tumbleweed’s “The Waterfront Years” got released in 2010 on the Aztec Music label. It got a reissue in 2013 on the Sandman Records label in the Classic Australian Albums series.
Jewel case release in a slipcase.
“The Waterfront Years” compilation album included their version of FZ’s ‘Trouble Every Day’, a track that Tumbleweed had released on their 1993 “Daddy Long Legs” CD EP.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - VARIÉTÉ

• various artists: variété
      (2006, cd, japan, orange records orgr-010) 

The Orange Records “Variété” sampler included Supermoko Ultrabeaver & Olive’s version of FZ’s ‘Any Way The Wind Blows’, originally released in 2000 on 7”.
Presented in a jewel case, the album cover was a collection of four cards, each one of which could be used as the album cover. The first card had a hole in it, showing the flower on the second card. The album had no back cover.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - GRILLFEST 2007

• various artists: grillfest 2007
      (2007, 2cd, norway, usm) 

The “Grillfest 2007” compilation 2 CD set included Alex Rosén’s recording of FZ’s ‘Bobby Brown’, originally released on Alex's “In Person” album in 1998.