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No Commercial Potential The Saga of Frank Zappa

Updated Edition, 1st Da Capo Press Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

For nearly thirty years Frank Zappa (1940-1993) pursued an idiosyncratic but influential course in music,rock, jazz, and classical composer (releasing over fifty albums) founder of the Mothers of Invention guitarist, conductor, and producer as well as social satirist, sonic scientist, First Amendment champion, and all-around iconoclast. This updated edition of David Walley's cutting-edge classic includes a new foreword, a substantial chapter carrying the Zappa saga through his death from cancer, an afterword, bibliography, discography, videography, and guide to Zappa on the Internet. From 1960's Freak Out! to the posthumous Civilization Phaze III, No Commercial Potential offers converts and connoisseurs the most practical and penetrating book ever written on the musical phenomenon known as Frank Zappa.

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Da Capo Press

Little, Brown is the literary hardback imprint that feeds into our Abacus paperback list. We publish across a wide range of areas, including fiction, history, memoir, science and travel, but within this diverse list the vast majority of books have in common a strong narrative and a distinctive voice.

Book information

ISBN: 9780306807107
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Da Capo Press
Pub date:
Edition: Updated Edition, 1st Da Capo Press Edition
DEWEY: 782.42166092
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 221
Weight: 240g
Height: 202mm
Width: 128mm
Spine width: 14mm