 | Roxy and Elsewhere by Frank Zappa
Buy used from: £5.48 The best Mothers line-up, and perhaps the best in a huge body of work.
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 | Cruising With Ruben & the Jets by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £5.87 Sing-along friendly songs, parodies of rock'n'roll but still very normal for Frank.
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 | Lather by Frank Zappa
Buy used from: £22.30 Broad compilation of greats from mid to late 70s
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 | Absolutely Free by The Mothers of Invention
Buy new: £14.19 / Used from: £7.74 This is like the supremes - you hear the way it builds up? Raw, punky and hysterical.
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 | You Are What You Is by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £5.08 Fantastically produced pop, contains Goblin Girls with an unpleasant sentiment but such lovely music.
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 | Uncle Meat by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Buy used from: £9.99 Neat, gnomic, dense, thrilling and surreal in equal measure.
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 | We're Only in It for the Money by The Mothers of Invention
Buy used from: £10.58 Great cover and superb set of ugly/beautiful songs and snippets.
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 | Tinseltown Rebellion by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.02 Much maligned but actually rather good live document.
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 | Broadway the Hardway by Frank Zappa
Buy used from: £11.99 Last of his original rock albums, funny political finger pointing and lampoonery
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 | Bongo Fury by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £8.40 Collaboration with Captain Beefheart, Debra Kedabra is pure meltdown
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 | Civilization Phaze III by Frank Zappa
Buy used from: £45.03 Masterful synclavier tracks and piano-talk a la "Lumpy Gravy"
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 | The Man from Utopia by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £4.94 Better than most fans would tell you, a mix of sprechgestime improv and super-human instrumentalism.
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 | Just Another Band from La by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £5.13 Bill-illy the Mountain-in! Plus extended vegetable antics, spoofs of commercialism and superb rock guitar
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 | Weasels Ripped My Flesh by Frank
Buy used from: £9.94 Zappa has the best covers! This one's a mix of live and studio dabbilings from the late 60s, with some gorgeous moments.
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 | Waka/Jawaka by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £6.08 Jazzy noodlings and off-key singing, a great example of Frank the producer.
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 | Jazz from Hell by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £6.08 Ultramodernist Frank was never afraid of technology and spent a lot of his own money on a Synclavier, but as this album shows, it was worth every penny.
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| Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar by Frank Zappa
Buy used from: £20.95 Zappa-the-guitarist lays down the standards for others to copy. See also "Guitar"
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 | The Lost Episodes by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £11.37 Documentary collection of oldies for completists - something for everyone.
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 | Thing Fish by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £12.98 / Used from: £5.99 Amazing wordsmithery amidst the shocking goings-on, plus some of his best music.
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 | One Size Fits All by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £8.48 Great fast rockers and heavy sounds from the Roxy line-up
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 | You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Vol.5 by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £14.69 / Used from: £12.58 My favourite from this huge series, disk 1 feature early line-ups, disk 2 has some very desirable live cuts from 82
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 | 200 Motels by Frank Zappa
Buy used from: £13.99 Soundtrack mixture of late-60s rock and strange orchestral/choral peices. Ignore the poor sound quality and enjoy the music.
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| Piquantique by Frank Zappa
Buy used from: £96.17 Poor sound quality bootleg from 74, but listen to that blistering band perform!
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 | Sleep Dirt by Frank Zappa
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £5.96 No really, I like it. "The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution" is one of his greatest improv sessions, and apparently he'd only just met bassist O'Hearn!
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