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Frank Zappa

 

 

This is the complete list of Frank Zappa albums.  Well, as complete as I can deduce from various references on the 'net and elsewhere anyway.  I make it a discography of 75 albums (with the complete set of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar counting as one, as I bought it, and the same with Joe's Garage).  This includes compilation collections but excludes reissued / repackaged versions of earlier albums.  Those that have hyperlinks are those that I have in my own collection, and clicking on these will take you to the album cover and track list.  I have attempted to put these into some sort of meaningful chronological order.  "Meaningful", as in relating to the date of performance rather than date of release.  For instance, "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore volume 2" was released in 1988, but is in fact a concert from 1974.   Similar anomalies occur with "Ahead Of Their Time", "FZ:OZ" and many more.  Of course, it is not possible to do this with the many compilations, and these are ordered under the date of release.  Frank Zappa habitually hoarded concert tapes, out-takes, unreleased cuts and such, and these could randomly reappear on albums or compilations some years later.  Hence this "order" is by no means consistent, just some kind of attempt.  Feel free to email me with suggestions and corrections - click on my photo above.

 

Freak Out Thing-Fish
Ahead Of Their Time Francesco Zappa
Absolutely Free The Old Masters, Box I
Lumpy Gravy Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention
We're Only In It For The Money Does Humor Belong In Music?
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets The Old Masters, Box II
Uncle Meat Jazz From Hell
Mothermania The Old Masters, Box III
Hot Rats Guitar
Burnt Weeny Sandwich You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore 1
Weasels Ripped My Flesh Broadway The Hard Way
Chunga's Revenge You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore 3
Fillmore East, June 1971 The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
200 Motels You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore 4
Just Another Band From L.A. Make A Jazz Noise Here
Waka / Jawaka You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore 5
The Grand Wazoo You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore 6
Over-Nite Sensation Playground Psychotics
Apostrophe The Yellow Shark
Roxy & Elsewhere Civilization Phase III
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore 2 Strictly Commercial
One Size Fits All The Lost Episodes
Bongo Fury Lather
FZ:OZ Strictly Genteel
Zoot Allures Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa
Zappa In New York Have I Offended Someone?
Halloween Mystery Disc
Studio Tan Cheap Thrills
Sleep Dirt Son Of Cheep Thrills
Sheik Yerbouti Everything Is Healing Nicely
Orchestral Favourites Joe's Corsage
Joe's Garage Act I, II & III Quaudiophiliac
Tinseltown Rebellion Joe's Domage
Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar Joe's Xmasage
You Are What You Is The Best of Frank Zappa
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch Imaginary Diseases
The Dub Room Special Trance Fusion
The Man From Utopia The MOFO Project/Object
Baby Snakes Live in Barcelona
London Symphony Orchestra, volumes 1 & 2 Buffalo
Boulez Conducts Zappa - The Perfect Stranger Wazoo
Them Or Us  

  And the books I have been able to get hold of - the autobiography, and three biographies:

The Real Frank Zappa Book Electric Don Quixote
Mother!  The Frank Zappa Story Frank Zappa

And the ZPZ concert programme and ticket:

Zappa Plays Zappa    ZPZ concert ticket