A circa-1968 United Mutations application and mailing envelope for the Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention Fan Club, along with a piece of stationery for Intercontinental Absurdities, Ltd., Zappa’s Hollywood based production company. Each piece in excellent condition.
Three rare collectibles from the 1970 Bath Festival of Blues & Progressive Music, featuring an incredible lineup with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, Jefferson Airplane, Fairport Convention, The Byrds, Santana, Moody Blues, Steppenwolf, Canned Heat, John Mayall, Colosseum, Keef Hartley, and more. First is a double-sided handbill listing all […]
Frank Zappa’s personal bound dialog transcript from his unfinished film Uncle Meat, with his handwritten notation on the front page “Wednesday.” The 58 page long transcript collects dialog from scenes filmed by Zappa for Uncle Meat, featuring Zappa, Phyllis Altenhaus Smith, Carl Zappa, Don Preston, and “Bill.” This almost certainly would have been used by […]
A framed T-Shirt from Frank Zappa’s 1984 Them or Us Tour, boldly signed by Zappa above his photograph (the signature measures 9 1/2″ across). This is by far the largest and boldest Zappa autograph we’ve seen. The shirt is also signed on the back by Allan Zavod, Zappa’s keyboardist at the time, thought the autograph […]
A previously undocumented stereo acetate of the unreleased Capitol Records version of Frank Zappa’s Lumpy Gravy, with unreleased music. This is likely unique, as the Verve Records version of the album was released in 1967, and no other examples of this have surfaced to date. As Wikipedia explains, Lumpy Gravy was the debut solo album […]
An extremely rare 1968 concert poster advertising two shows featuring Frank Zappa and the The Mothers of Invention, the Charlie Musselwhite Blues Band and Sweetwater, at L.A.’s Shrine Exposition Hall. These shows took place just two months after the release of the Mothers’ landmark third album, We’re Only in it For the Money. This stunning […]
A fascinating four page Employment Contract, dated August 1970, whereby Frank Zappa’s corporation, Intercontinental Absurdities, hires Zappa to provide services for the company, with two related legal documents. The employment contract is hand signed by Frank Zappa as “Employee” and Gail Zappa as “Employer”. Zappa agrees, in part, to a five year term where he […]
Two remarkable Frank Zappa related original documents; first, an original six page application to the California Commissioner of Corporations, dated October 1968, establishing Zappa’s company, Intercontinental Absurdities (Zappa is president/treasurer, his wife Gail is vice president, their secretary Pauline Butcher is secretary); and a four page employment agreement, dated August 1970, whereby Intercontinental Absurdities ‘hires’ […]
A large vintage photograph of Frank Zappa, published in the 1970’s in the English music newspaper Sounds. This is an original 10” x 12” hand-printed photograph, made from the original negative and printed near the time the photograph was taken. As a “vintage print”, it is much more collectible and valuable than a recent print. This photograph […]
An ultra rare Frank Zappa handwritten lyric manuscript for an unreleased 1960’s song, with the refrain “I’m really, really wasted.” This was the only Zappa lyric manuscript found in the archives of the late Herb Cohen, Zappa’s longtime manager. Zappa was famously anti-drug, so this song about being wasted is all the more ironic. The […]
An original Mothers of Invention/Frank Zappa silkscreen lithograph by Cal Schenkel, creator of many Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart album covers, titled Ralph’s Dream. The top half is based on the inside gatefold artwork of Zappa’s album Lumpy Gravy (thought silver and somewhat altered) while the bottom half shows a dog, which we’re assuming […]
A three page contract signed by Frank Zappa dating from February 1969, detailing the ownership of Zappa and manager Herb Cohen’s Bizarre Records and music publishing company, Bizarre Music. Bizarre was Zappa’s MGM and later Warner Bros. distributed record label, issuing records by Zappa and the Mothers, as well as Wild Man Fischer, Captain Beefheart, […]
A NM/NM German first pressing of The Mothers of Invention’s 1972 compilation album Pregnant, on Metro/MGM Records. This compilation of the Mothers’ best Verve material is packaged in a laminated sleeve picturing Frank Zappa knitting while listening to the radio! Disc and sleeve are in very clean condition, with a bit of wear to the […]
An original silkscreen lithograph by Cal Schenkel, creator of many Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart album covers, titled “Apesma” and featuring Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band. Signed by Cal Schenkel, dated 1-79, and numbered A.P. (Artist’s Proof) we are near certain that the edition was never issued or completed. Below the title Schenkel […]
An original silkscreen lithograph by Cal Schenkel, creator of many Frank Zappa and Mothers of Invention album covers, titled “Only Money”. The art comprises a portrait of Frank Zappa, upside down images of the Mothers of Invention, and elements of the artwork from the The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album (which the […]
A mono first pressing of The Mothers of Invention’s classic second album, Absolutely Free, boldly signed on the front cover by Frank Zappa. Zappa signs in black marker on a sweet spot on the front cover. The cover is in near mint condition, and the disc is in vg+ condition, with some minor hairlines, but […]