frank zappa - pictures

Promo pictures for "200 Motels', the movie.

United Artists promo picutres for "200 Motels", 1971.

 

 

Picture sent by Craig Howell

Picture above sent by Craig Howell

above three pictures sent by klotz  -  pictures taken by Norman Seeff in Los Angeles in 1976

frank zappa at his grand piano (1980)
Zappa & The Mothers - live...

 

ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS ON TELEVISION

Motorhead Sherwood, Ian Underwood and Frank Zappa during the Colour Me Pop tv show. BBC television, 1968.
Frank Zappa and Roy Estrada (toying with a gas mask) during the Beat Club special on German TV, october 1968.

Baron Wolman - Zappa with Mountain Dew[1968]

Frank Zappa with The Mothers Of Invention and special guest Rashaan Roland Kirk, 1969 01 31 at the Boston Globe Jazz Festival  -  click * * here * * for more pictures
Frank Zappa in the Roelof Kiers documentary: "Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels".
Shown on Dutch television in 1971.

A rerun got broadcast on 2000/08/18 on NED3, in "Weezien Op 3".

1971 06 05 Fillmore East - picture by Joe S.

 
 
1973/07/02 "Monday Conference", ABC TV, Sydney, Australia

This tv show also included music ('RDNZL') from the Melbourne concert from 1973/06/29.

 

1973/07/21 "Four Corners Documentary: Payola", ABC TV, Sydney, Australia

The documentary included a concert fragment and an interview with Zappa on 'Payola', or how dj's get drugs in trade for airplay for certain bands...

1973/--/-- "Get To Know", ABC TV, Sydney, Australia

This special included fragments of the 1973/06/26 rehearsal of the Zappa band in Sydney: 'Fifty-fifty', 'Farther Oblivion (Be Bop Tango)' and 'Cucamonga'

1974 - pictures by Joe S.  

   
Frank Zappa performing 'Chunga's Revenge', in concert in Paris, 1980/06/11, broadcast on "Chorus" on French TV

Frank Zappa during the "Porn Wars" senate hearings.

1985 09 19

Frank Zappa during "The Late Show", a BBC television special, hosted by Matthew Collings.

The Late Show got broadcast on 1993/03/11 on BBC2.

   

 

1966 09 09 & 10 concert 'Fillmore West', San Francisco, CA, usa

 
1966 09 17 concert 'Shrine Exposition Hall', Los Angeles, CA, usa

poster & handbill

1967 02 17 & 18 concert 'Fillmore West', San Francisco, CA, usa

1967 03 03 concert 'Fillmore West', San Francisco, CA, usa

1967 12 14, 15 & 16 concert 'Fillmore West', San Francisco, CA, usa

1968 04 19 & 20 concert 'Fillmore West', San Francisco, CA, usa

1968 11 08 concert 'Cal State', Fullerton, CA, usa

1969 01 17 & 18 concert 'Winterland', San Francisco, CA, usa

1970 04 19 concert 'Berkeley Community Theatre', Berkeley, CA, usa

1970 07 25 concert "Valbonne", France

1970 10 18 concert 'Boston Tea Party', Boston, MA, usa

1970 11 05, 06, 07 & 08 concert 'Fillmore West', San Francisco, CA, usa

1970 12 08 concert 'Rheinhalle', Düsseldorf, Germany

1971 05 18 concert 'Bridges Auditorium', Claremont, CA, usa

1971 05 29 concert 'Baldwin Pavilion Oakland University', Rochester, MI, usa

1971 07 02 concert 'Colisée', Quebec, Canada

1971 07 03 concert 'Centre Paul Sauvé', Montreal, Canada

1971 07 04 concert Civic Center Arena', Ottawa, Canada

1971 10 01 concert 'Sacramento Memorial Auditorium', Sacramento, CA, usa

1971 11 23

 

Poster for the Düsseldorf gig. Never used because of the Rainbow Theatre incident.

1973/09/18 concert 'stadthalle', wien, austria

 

            concert got cancelled

1975 05 20 & 21 concert 'Armadillo World Headquarters', Austin, TX, usa

1976 03 12 concert 'Kongresshaus', Zürich, Switzerland

1977 09 13 concert 'Armadillo World Headquarters', Austin, TX, usa

1977 09 20 concert 'Des Moines Veterns Auditorium', Des Moines, IA, usa

1978 09 09 concert "Knebworth Festival", Stevenage, UK

1978 09 24 concert 'I.U.Assemby Hall', Bloomington, IN, usa

1979 02 21 concert 'Vorst Nationaal', Brussels, Belgium

1980 06 28 concert 'Messehalle', Sindelfingen, Germany

1980 10 16 concert 'Armadillo World Headquarters', Austin, TX, usa

1980 11 22 concert 'Louisville Gardens', Louisville, KY, usa

1981 10 24 concert 'O'Connel Center - University Of Florida', Gainesville, FL, usa

1981 10 24 concert 'O'Connel Center - University Of Florida', Gainesville, FL, usa

1984 09 07 concert 'Vorst Nationaal', Brussels, Belgium

1984 09 28 concert 'Philipshalle', Düsseldorf, Germany

1984 10 08 concert 'Palazzo Dello Sport - San Siro', Milan, Italy

The first printing of the poster for the concert carried the wrong date and place. This was corrected with a second printing, but the lot of the first printing wasn't destroyed... The lot got sold.
The picture on the right is from the first printing.