Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970)

The album was essentially a 'posthumous' Mothers release having been released after Frank Zappa dissolved the band. Presumably a favorite musician of Zappa's, the versatile Ian Underwood's contributions are significant on this album. The album, like its counterpart Weasels Ripped My Flesh, comprises tracks from the Mothers vault that were not previously released. Whereas Weasels mostly showcases the Mothers in a live setting, much of Burnt Weeny Sandwich features studio work and structured Zappa compositions, like the centerpiece of the album, "Little House I Used To Live In," which consists of several movements and employs compound meters such as 11/8 with an overlaid melody in 10/8 (parts of which were recorded by the Mothers, while the middle violin solo section featuring Don "Sugarcane" Harris, was an outtake from the Hot Rats sessions). I've included an edit of Don's violin solo in the zip.

Frank Zappa: Jazz From Hell (BBC Radio 3, 2003)

A three-part series exploring the relationship between jazz and the music of Frank Zappa.

Jazz From Hell was presented on BBC Radio 3 by Charles Shaar Murrey to mark the 10th anniversary of Frank's death. Murrey was joined by a host of Mothers including - Arthur Barrow, Adrian Belew, Mike Brecker, George Duke, Bruce Fowler, Patrick O’Hearn, Don Preston, Chester Thompson, Ralph Humphrey and Warren Cuccurullo as well as archived recordings of FZ.

Frank Zappa: CNN Crossfire (1986)

"The biggest threat to America today is not communism. It's moving America toward a fascist theocracy, and everything that's happened during the Reagan administration is steering us right down that pipe ... I really think that. … When you have a government that prefers a certain moral code derived from a certain religion and that moral code turns into legislation to suit one certain religious point of view, and if that code happens to be very, very right wing, almost toward Attila the Hun..."


Zappa defending freedom of speech while remaining the only adult in the room.


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Dial-A-Poem Poets: GPS014-017 - The Nova Convention (1979)

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