by r.n. ellson
    (1968, book, usa, corinth publications)

a 160-page book that has a picture of FZ on the cover.

by r.o.brinkmann & r.r.rygulla
    (1969, book, germany, märz verlag)

The 400 plus page book collects articles by Bukowski, Warhol, Zappa, ...
The 9-page Zappa interview is entitled "Mutationsblues" and is from the East Village Other magazine, from 1969.
The book got reissued by Zweitausendeins.

by r.o.brinkmann & r.r.rygulla
    (????, book, germany, zweitausendeins)

Reissue of the 1969 März Verlag book.

This is the Dutch translation of Das Buch der neuen Pop-Musik. It has a chapter on Zappa, and Zappa is mentioned and quoted a number of times in the book.

by jerry hopkins
    (1970, book, nl, westfriesland)

This is the Dutch translation of The Rock Story (Signet, New York, 1970)--a general history of rock & roll.
The original, american edition didn't have FZ on the cover.

by john burks and jerry hopkins
    (1972, book, nl, het spectrum)

This is the Dutch translation of "Groupies and Other Girls" (Bantam Books, New York, 1970).
The book has a Frank Zappa quote on the cover, and includes a chapter on the GTO's.

by victoria balfour
    (1986, book, usa, beech tree books)

- interview with Gail Zappa

i'm with the band, confessions of a groupie

by pamela des barres
    (1988, book, usa, jove)

by kurt loder
    (1990, book, usa, st.martin's press)

by various writers
    (1996, book, belgium, icarus)

A collection of articles that appeared in Humo, a Flemish radio & television magazine.
It includes

• 'Zappa kan natuurlijk nog beter' from 1974/04/25 (plus picture)
• The Kamagurka / Zappa comic strip
• 'In Memoriam Frank Zappa' by Marc Didden from 1993/12/16 (plus picture)

by bill milkowski
    (1998, book, usa, billboard books)

interviews with 30 of contemporary music's most outspoken & significant figures: keith richards, stevie ray vaughn, wynton marsalis, keith jarrett, les paul, frank zappa & more

by paul berman
    (1998, book, germany, rotbuch zeitgeschehen)

original title:

• a tale of two utopias
      (1996, book, usa, norton & company)

by nonaka hiiragi
    (1998, book, japan, ??)

no Zappa content.
the book is dedicated to author's friend who is crazy for frank zappa.

by thana harris
    (19??, book, usa, mastahna publishing)

by dean r.hegerty
    (2002, book, usa, private release)

the book discusses the various artists and releases on bizarre and on straight.

compiled by willem de ridder and frank dam

- this book is some sort of "best of" of the dutch underground magazine "hitweek" that got published from 1965 until 1969.
hitweek was the first dutch magazine that talked about zappa & the mothers of invention.
a couple of these articles are in this book.

there must be a better way

written by freddy bannister
    (2003, book, uk, bath books)

- this book was included in the special box set that got published in 2005:

"there must be a better way - frank zappa at knebworth commemorative set"

written & assembled by freddy bannister
    (2005, box, uk, private release) - limited edition of 200 copies

assembled by jeff watts
    (2005, book, uk, ozit / morpheus records)

• a collection of writings about captain beefheart and his magic band (and also frank zappa) in the early to mid 1970's.

there must be a better way - frank zappa at knebworth commemorative set

written & assembled by freddy bannister
    (2005, box, uk, private release) - limited edition of 200 copies

The 1978 Knebworth Frank Zappa commemorative set includes the following:

• Programmes, flyers and the ticket from 1978  Frank Zappa Knebworth festival                                

• An original 1978 Frank Zappa Knebworth pass, with a letter of authenticity

• 12 photos of the 1978 Knebworth festival

• 330 page book on the behind the scenes hassles of promoting the Knebworth festival and also working as Frank Zappa's European representative in the seventies, including his ill-fated 1971 tour.

• And a special gift with the set: four CDs and a DVD live from Knebworth

  • The four CDs include:

    • 1978 Knebworth Frank Zappa 1CD

    • 1975 Knebworth Captain Beefheart  1CD

    • 1978 Knebworth The Tubes     1CD

    • 1978 Knebworth Peter Gabriel ! CD

  • A 50 mins DVD of various Knebworth festivals between 1974 - 1979, including The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin and Genesis.

• All enclosed in a turquoise and silver presentation box.  

<< click here for a look at some of the discs that were included in this set >>

written by ian shirley
    (2005, book, uk, saf publishing)

by various artists
    (2006, book + cd, ger, süddeutsche zeitung)

• This book on the history of popmusic in the year 1968, includes a 7-page interview of Frank Zappa by Rolf Ulrich Kaiser.
  The interview got published in November 1968 in Konkret.

by various artists
    (2006, book + cd, ger, süddeutsche zeitung)

• This book on the history of popmusic in the year 1979, includes a 2-page article on Frank Zappa's 'Bobby Brown Goes Down'.
  Furthermore, "The Year In Pictures" segment, includes a picture of Frank Zappa, and the CD that comes with the book has the 'Bobby Brown Goes Down' track on it.

written & assembled by freddy bannister
    (2006, box, uk, private release) - limited edition of 200 copies

This commemorative set includes the following:

• Programmes, flyers and the tickets from

  • 1970 Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music

  • 1978  Frank Zappa Knebworth festival                                

• An original 1978 Frank Zappa Knebworth pass, with a letter of authenticity (which normally sells for £15)

• 12 photos of the 1978 Knebworth festival

• 330 page book on the behind the scenes hassles of promoting the Knebworth festival and also working as Frank Zappa's European representative in the seventies, including his ill-fated 1971 tour.

• And a special gift of a choice of  6 of the following CDs and a DVD all live from Bath and Knebworth.

• The 6 CDs include:

  • 1970 Frank Zappa at Bath 1 CD

  • 1978 Frank Zappa 1 CD

  • 1970 3 CD compilation set live from the 1970 Bath Festival with  Frank Zappa, Led Zeppelin, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd, Steppenwolf, Santana, The Byrds, Canned Heat, John Mayall, Donovan, Hot Tuna, Country Joe,

  • 1971 Lincoln Festival with The Byrds and James Taylor

  • 1975 Captain Beefheart 1CD

• or instead of the Bath compilation CD

  • 1978 The Tubes 1CD

  • 1978 Peter Gabriel 1CD

  • 1974 Tim Buckley

• Also included a 50 mins DVD of various Knebworth festivals between 1974 - 1979, including The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin and Genesis.

catalogue for the expo in Basel, Switzerland
    (2006, book, switzerland, schott)

by michael walker
    (2006, book, usa, faber and faber)

by kevin courrier
    (2007, book, usa, continuum)

by detlev mahnert & harry stürmer
    (2008, book, ger, klartext)

by dietrich helms & thomas phelps
    (2010, book, ger, transcript)

- the 220-page book includes Paul Carr's 15-page paper entitled
"Frank Zappa, Sex and Popular Music"

collected, compiled and edited by michel choquette
    (2011, book, usa, abrams comic art)

by ezra bookstein
    (2015, book, usa, princeton architectural press)

by arthur barrow
    (2016, book, uk, cydonian music / amazon)

by dieter jakob
    (2017, book, germany, private release)

by dieter jakob, robert riedt
    (2017, book / 2dvdr, germany, private release)

by rob cuccurullo
    (2019, book, usa, private release)

by cor van diejen
    (2021, book, the netherlands, private release)