frank zappa
discography - collaborations / as a guest  (= post studio Z)

 
  bobby jameson: gotta find my roogelator / gotta find my roogelator
    (1966, 7"dj, usa, penthouse) - written by frank zappa
 
  animals: animalism (5)
   
(1966, lp, us, mgm se 4414) - frank zappa arranged two tracks
 
  barry goldberg: carry on / ronnie siegel from avenue l
    (1967, 7", usa, verve folkways kf 5045) - produced by tom wilson, feat.frank zappa on 'carry on'
 
  burt ward: boy wonder I love you / orange coloured sky
: boy wonder I love you / orange coloured sky
   (1967, 7", usa, mgm) produced by tom wilson, arranged & conducted by frank zappa; a-side written by frank zappa
 
  eric burdon & the animals: it’s all meat / he other side of this life
   (1967, 7", usa, mgm) a-side arranged by zappa
 
  lenny bruce: the berkeley concert
: the berkeley concert
   (1968, 2lp, usa, reprise) produced by frank zappa and herb cohen
 
  wild man fischer: the circle / merry-go-round
   (1968, 7", usa, bizarre) produced by zappa; zappa played overdubs
 
  wild man fischer: an evening with wild man fischer (1)
   (1968, lp, usa, bizarre) produced by zappa; zappa played overdubs
 
  captain beefheart & his magic band: trout mask replica
    (1969, 2lp, usa, straight)

  lord buckley: a most immaculately hip aristocrat
   (1969, lp, usa, straight) edited by frank zappa
 
  soundtrack: the monkees - head
   (1969, lp, usa,
colgems 5008) - feat. a spoken frank zappa contribution
 
  g.t.o.’s: circular circulation / mercy’s tune
   (1969, 7", usa, straight) produced by frank zappa
 
  gto's: permanent damage (1)
    (1969, lp, usa, bizarre 73397 - straight sts 1059) - produced by frank zappa / feat.ian underwood, don preston, roy estrada, jc black, frank zappa

  jeff simmons: lucille has messed my mind up  (2)
    (1969, lp, usa, straight records) - produced by fz, feat.ian underwood & fz,
incl. 'lucille...' (frank zappa)
 
  jean-luc ponty: king kong (5)
   (1970, lp, usa, pacific jazz) arranged/produced by frank zappa; feat. frank zappa on guitar
 
  john lennon & yoko ono: some time in new york city
   (1972, 2lp, uk, apple) feat.mothers of invention 1971 band
 
  chunky, novie and ernie: s/t
    (1973, lp, usa, reprise ms 2146) - feat. frank zappa on backing vocals on 'rosalie'
 
  ruben and the jets: if I could be your love again / wedding bells
   (1973, 7", usa, mercury) produced by frank zappa; a-side written and arranged by frank zappa
 
  ruben and the jets: all nite long / spider woman
   (1973, 7", usa, mercury) produced by frank zappa
 
  ruben and the jets: charlena / mah man flash
   (1973, 7", usa, mercury) produced by frank zappa; b-side arranged by frank zappa
 
  ruben & the jets: for real (1)
   (1973, lp, usa, mercury) produced by frank zappa; couple of tracks written & arranged by frank zappa; one track features zappa on guitar)
 
5 george duke: feel
    (1975, lp, ger, mps 2122312-4) -  feat. obdewl'x (frank zappa) - re-released on cd in 2008

  grand funk railroad: can you do it / 1976
: can you do it / 1976
   (1976, 7", usa mca) produced by frank zappa
 
  grand funk railroad: just couldn’t wait / out to get you
   (1976, 7", usa mca) produced by frank zappa; b-side features frank zappa on guitar
 
  grand funk railroad: pass it around "circula" / don’t let ‘em take your gun
   (1977, 7", usa mca) produced by frank zappa
 
  grand funk railroad: good singin, good playin' (13)
   (1976, lp, usa, mca) produced by frank zappa; feat. frank zappa on guitar
   (1999, cd, usa, mca) has one extra track from the same sessions
 
  robert charlebois: petroleum
   (1977, 7", fr, rca) features zappa on guitar on one track
 
  robert charlebois: swing charlebois swing
    (1977, lp, fr, rca) - feat. frank zappa on guitar on one track
 
  flint: flint
   (1978, lp, usa, cbs) feat.frank zappa on guitar
 
  captain beefheart: bat chain pullar
   (1978, unreleased album) produced by frank zappa
 
  l.shankar: dead girls of london
   (1979, 7", usa, zappa) produced by frank zappa, written by frank zappa / l.shankar; features frank zappa on vocals
 
  l.shankar: touch me there (1)
   (1979; lp, usa, zappa records) produced by frank zappa, feat. stucco homes (frank zappa); couple of tracks co-written by frank zappa
 
  var.art.: the nova convention
   (1979, lp, giorno poetry systems) frank zappa reads 'the talking asshole'
 
  various artists: music from the 21st century
    (1982, lp, usa, gnp / crescendo records gnps2146) - feat.don preston & frank zappa
 
  the grandmothers: lookin' up granny's dress  (3)
    (1982, lp, us, rhino records  rnlp 804) - feat. various ex-moi; incl.zappa compositions, feat. fz on drums on one track

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  dweezil zappa: havin' a bad day (1)
    (1986, lp, usa, barking pumpkin records st 74204) - feat. thunes, wackerman, moon & ahmet,  produced by fz

  dweezil zappa: let's talk about it / electric hoedown
   (1986, 7", usa, barking pumpkin) produced by frank zappa
 
  frank zappa: the guitar world according to frank zappa
   (1987, k7, usa, guitar world) guitar solos by frank zappa
 
  frank zappa: the supplement tape
   (1990, k7, nl, stemra) compilation tape from the dutch radio special, incl. int. & music
 
  prazsky vyber: adieu c.a.
   (1991, cd, csfr, ap) feat.frank zappa playing a guitar solo on one track
 
  jefferson airplane: loves you
   (1992, 3cd, usa, rca) one track written by frank zappa & grace slick, recorded june 5,1968; feat. frank zappa
 
  var.art.: mediamix interaktiv volume 1 - issue 1
   (1993, cdr, ger) = a digital magazine; feat.an interview with frank zappa
 
  var.art.: funny - the movie
   (1993, cdr, usa) = a movie; feat. a joke told by frank zappa
 
  var.art.: a chance operation – the john cage tribute
   (1993, 2cd, usa, koch) feat. one track by frank zappa
 
  lowell george & the factory: lightning-rod man
    (1993, cd, fr, edsel records) - including 2 tracks from fall 1966; produced by zappa; feat.frank zappa on piano and vocals
 
  the chieftains: the celtic harp - a tribute to edward bunting
    (1993, cd, ??, ??) - 5 tracks were recorded in frank zappa's studio
 
  black sabbath: archangel rides again
   (bootleg cd) zappa introduces the band at a 1976/12/06 concert
 
  captain beefheart & his magic band: grow fins - rarities [1965-1982]
    (1999, 5cd-box, usa, revenant records revenant 210)

  captain beefheart & his magic band: grow fins vol.II: trout mask house sessions
    (1999, 2lp, usa, xeric)

  urban gwerder: im zeichen des magischen affen
   (1999, book + cd, suisse) includes fragment from frank zappa & the mothers, live in basel 1974
 
  tom waits: tales from the underground 4
    (1999, cd-bootleg, pms records cid 310199) includes tom waits as a special guest during a frank zappa & the mothers concert at the orpheum theatre in boston, november 9, 1974.
 
  grand funk railroad: thirty years of funk / 1969-1999
    (??, 3cd, ??, capitol 72434-99523-2-4)
 
  frank zappa: the interview
   (1999, cdr, ger, arf-society) 1990/07/30 interview with frank zappa
 
  captain beefheart & his magic band: grow fins vol.III: grow fins
    (2001, 2lp, usa, xeric)

  don preston: io landscapes
    (2001, cdr, usa, brain records) - feat. frank zappa on one track
 
  gene simmons: ***hole
    (2004, cd, eu, sanctuary sancd145) - feat.ahmet, dweezil, frank, gail & moon zappa - track co-written by fz
 
  pink floyd: on stage with zappa
    (2006, cd-bootleg, ??, ??) - feat. frank zappa
 
  various artists: the frank zappa aaafnraa birthday bundle
    (2006, itunes, -) - feat. frank, moon, dweezil, ahmet & diva zappa
 
  jeff simmons: lucille has messed my mind up / the original soundtrack from naked angels
    (2007, 2cd, ger, world in sound records) - re-issue of the first two albums
 
  don preston: vile foamy ectoplasm
    (2007, cd, usa, crossfire publications) - feat. frank zappa, ex-moi and ex-zappa bandmembers
  morgan ågren: conundrum (a percussive misadventures)
    (2013, dvd, usa, bend bars / lift gates films) - feat. frank zappa, mats öberg, dweezil zappa, marco minnemann, mike keneally, joe travers

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  the smith tapes - frank zappa interview 1971 06 06
    (2013, cd, usa, private release) = howard smith interviews frank zappa
 
  various artists: the smith tapes box set
    (2014, 12cd, usa, private release) - includes the zappa interview

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  animals: animalism
   
(2014, cd, sweden, flawed gems gem 127) - arrangements  by frank zappa  //  mono release of the 1966 album, with 11 bonus tracks
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  various artists: 1960s psychedelic radio commercials
    (2014, cd, usa, rock beat) - incl. 'remington electric razor' commercial by frank zappa
  dweezil zappa: via zammata'
    (2015, cd, usa, private release) - incl. 'dragonmaster (frank zappa / dweezil zappa)

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  dweezil zappa: via zammata' demos and rarities
    (2015, download, usa, private release) -  incl. 'dragonmaster (frank zappa / dweezil zappa), incl. z's '70's medley nyc 1995'  with snippets of frank zappa compositions ('florentine pogen', 'i'm the slime')

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  pink floyd: the early years 1965 - 1972
    (2016, 11 cd, 8 blu-ray discs, 9 dvd, 5 7" singles, uk, pink floyd records) - incl. frank zappa performing 'interstellar overdrive' with pink floyd at amougies
  pink floyd: the early years - 1969 - dramatis/ation
    (2016, 2cd+dvd+blu-ray, uk, pink floyd records) - incl. frank zappa performing 'interstellar overdrive' with pink floyd at amougies
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  blossom toes: if only for a moment
    (2021, 3cd, uk, cherry red) - feat. frank zappa