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Chester Thompson

Sanifu Hall & Cosmos Dwellerz Arkestra: These Are The Times

by Andy Crowther
July 21, 2026

Without paying attention to sleeve notes, you could be a fan of the Black Jazz record label and their run of funky yet deep releases of the 1970s, and miss the fact that trombonist Sanifu Al Hall Jr. both played and wrote on albums from Doug Carn, Henry Franklin, and Chester Thompson. If you like golden ...

Frank Zappa: One Size Fits All 50th Anniversary Edition

by Mario Calvitti
June 1, 2026

Non si arresta il flusso di pubblicazioni che periodicamente arricchiscono la già strabordante discografia di Frank Zappa. A oltre 30 anni dalla sua prematura scomparsa continuano a emergere dagli apparentemente inesauribili archivi amorevolmente curati dal Vaultmeister Joe Travers materiali inediti di studio e live, a un ritmo di almeno tre-quattro uscite annue. Dopo l'interamente ...

Cheaper Than Cheep

By Frank Zappa

Label: Zappa Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: CD 1:

Cheaper Than Cheep; Cosmik Debris; Band Introductions; RDNZL; Village Of The Sun; Montana; Duke Goes Out; Inca Roads; “Get Down Simmons”; Penguin In Bondage; T’Mershi Duween; The Dog Breath Variations; Uncle Meat.

CD 2:
How Could I Be Such a Fool; I’m Not Satisfied; Wowie Zowie; I Don’t Even Care; Let’s Make the Water Turn Black; Dupree’s Paradise Introduction; Dupree’s Paradise; Oh No; Son Of Orange County; More Trouble Every Day; Apostrophe’; Camarillo Brillo.

One Size Fits All 50th Anniversary Edition

By Frank Zappa

Label: Zappa Records
Released: 2025
Track listing:
CD 1:

Inca Roads; Can't Afford No Shoes; Sofa No. 1; Po-Jama People; Florentine Pogen; Evelyn, A Modified Dog; San Ber'dino; Andy; Sofa No. 2; Inca Roads – Rough Mix; Ralph Stuffs His Shoes – “Token” Outtake; Ralph Stuffs His Shoes – Basic Tracks, Take 5; Ralph Stuffs His Shoes – Instrumental Mix, Master Take; Can’t Afford No Shoes – Rough Mix; Sofa No. 1 – Basic Tracks, Take 6; Sofa No. 1 – Master Take, Early Mix.

CD 2:

Po-Jama People – Old Mix; Florentine Pogen – Rough Mix; Florentine Pogen – Alternate Solo; Evelyn, A Modified Dog – Session Outtakes; Bitch, Bitch, Bitch – In Rehearsal; Bitch, Bitch, Bitch – Basic Tracks, Take 1; San Ber’dino – Rough Mix I; San Ber’dino – Rough Mix II; San Ber’dino – Rough Mix III; Something/Anything – Rough Mix; Andy – Rough Mix; Sofa No. 2 – Rough Mix.

CD 3:

Live In Rotterdam, 28/9/1974: Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme); Stink-Foot; Inca Roads; Approximate; Cosmik Debris; Florentine Pogen; Montana; RDNZL.

CD 4:

Live In Rotterdam, 28/9/1974 + bonus live tracks: Dupree’s Paradise Intro; Blind Mice Blues; Dupree’s Paradise – Part 1; Dupree’s Paradise – Part 2; Pygmy Twylyte; Room Service; Tush Tush Tush (End Vamp); Ralph Stuffs His Shoes – Live in Gothenburg, Sweden, 25/9/1974; Po-Jama People – Live in Gothenburg, Sweden, 25/9/1974.

Frank Zappa: Cheaper Than Cheep

by Mario Calvitti
November 3, 2025

Quando è comparso, l'annuncio del nuovo titolo di Frank Zappa pubblicato dalla Universal per conto dello Zappa Family Trust ha lasciato sorpresi i fans, che aspettavano l'edizione del 50° anniversario di One Size Fits All o Bongo Fury (possibilmente entrambi), pubblicati esattamente 50 anni fa. Invece è arrivato questo Cheaper than Cheep, inedito risalente ...

Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition

By Frank Zappa

Label: Zappa Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Disc 1 (Original 1974 Album--2024 Remaster):
Don't Eat the Yellow Snow; Nanook Rubs It; St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast; Father O'Blivion; Cosmik Debris; Excentrifugal Forz; Apostrophe'; Uncle Remus; Stink-Foot; Don't Eat the Yellow Snow; Nanook Rubs It; Nanook Rubs It (Session Outtake); Cosmik Debris (Basic Tracks—Take 3); Excentrifugal Forz (Mix Outtake); Apostrophe' (Mix Outtake); Uncle Remus (Mix Outtake); Apostrophe' (Unedited Master/2024 Mix); Uncle Remus (Piano And Vocal Mix 2024).
Disc 2 (Bonus Concert #1--Colorado Springs, Colorado, 21 March 1974):
Colorado Springs '74 Show Start; Village of the Sun; Echidna's Arf (Of You); Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?; Babbette; Approximate; Cosmik Debris; Pygmy Twylyte; The Idiot Bastard Son; Cheepnis; Montana; Dupree's Paradise Intro.
Disc 3 (Colorado Springs, Colorado--Continued):
Dupree's Paradise; Is There Anything Good Inside of You?; Florentine Pogen; Kung Fu; Penguin in Bondage; T'Mershi Duween; The Dog Breath Variations; Uncle Meat; RDNZL; Medley: King Kong/Chunga's Revenge/Son of Mr. Green Genes.
Disc 4 (Early 1974 Bonus Live Track):
Inca Roads; Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme); Stink-Foot; RDNZL; Village of the Sun; Echidna's Arf (Of You); Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?; Penguin in Bondage; T'Mershi Duween; The Dog Breath Variations; Uncle Meat; Building a Girl.
Disc 5 (Dayton Ohio--Continued):
Dinah-Moe Humm; Camarillo Brillo; Pygmy Twylyte; Room Service; Tush Tush Tush (End Vamp); Don't Eat the Yellow Snow; Nanook Rubs It; St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast; Father O'Blivion; Apostrophe (') TV Ad; Don't Eat the Yellow Snow (Single Edit); Goteborg GTR; Approximate—Bale; ...The Poodle Bites...
Disc 6 (Blue Ray Audio): Don't Eat the Yellow Snow; Nanook Rubs It; St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast; Father O'Blivion; Cosmik Debris; Excentrifugal Forz; Apostrophe'; Uncle Remus; Stink-foot.

Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition

by Mario Calvitti
November 4, 2024

Come era stato ampiamente previsto, facendo seguito a Over-Nite Sensation anche l'album immediatamente successivo nella discografia ufficiale di Frank Zappa, Apostrophe('), riceve il trattamento speciale della 50th Anniversary Edition, con l'uscita di un cofanetto contenente oltre all'album originale vario materiale aggiuntivo in studio e live distribuito su 5 CD, oltre a un Blu-ray Disc con le ...

Ain’t Nothing Stopping Us Now: The Tower Of Power Story

by Jason Elias
January 8, 2024

For over 50 years Tower of Power has been the favorite of those who love R&B/soul, funk and sophisticated jazz. While the band is often known for its revolving door of lead singers, the band's founders, Emilio Castillo (saxophone) and Stephen “Doc" Kupka (baritone sax) have remained their constant. The Bay Area band's first album East ...

Frank Zappa: cofanetto "Over-Nite Sensation"

by Mario Calvitti
December 11, 2023

Frank Zappa Over-Nite Sensation --50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Zappa Records 1973/2023 La ricchissima discografia di Frank Zappa si arricchisce di un nuovo titolo con l'edizione del cinquantesimo anniversario di uno dei suoi album di maggior successo commerciale, Over-nite Sensation, originariamente pubblicato nel Settembre del 1973. Le vendite furono tali da ...