1966
Freak Out! (2 LP; 1 CD)

1967
Absolutely Free
Lumpy Gravy

1968
We're Only In It For The Money
Cruising With Ruben And The Jets

1969
Uncle Meat (2 LP; 2 CD)
Mothermania (Best of)
Hot Rats
Burnt Weeny Sandwich

1970
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Chunga's Revenge

1971
Fllmore East, June 1971
200 Motels (2 LP)

1972
Just Another Band From L.A.
Waka/Jawaka
The Grand Wazoo

1973
Over-nite Sensation

1974
Apostrophe(')
Roxy And Elsewhere (2
LP)
Apostrophe(')
Roxy And Elsewhere (2 LP)


1975
One Size Fits All
Bongo Fury (w. Captain Beefheart)

1976
Zoot Allures

1978
Zappa In New York (2 LP; 2 CD)
Studio Tan

1979
Sleep Dirt
Sheik Yerbouti (2 LP; 1 CD)
Orchestral Favorites
Joe's Garage, act 1 (acts 1-3: 2 CD)
Joe's Garage, acts 2 & 3 (2 LP)

1981
Tinseltown Rebellion (2 LP; 1 CD)
Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar (3 LP; 2 CD)
You Are What You Is (2 LP; 1 CD)

1982
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch

1983
The Man From Utopia
Baby Snakes
London Symphony Orchestra, vol 1

1984
The Perfect Stranger
Them Or Us (2 LP; 1 CD)
Thing-Fish (3 LP; 2 CD)
Francesco Zappa

1985
FZ Meets The Mothers Of Prevention
FZ Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (European version)

1986
Does Humor Belong In Music?
Jazz From Hell


1987
London Symphony Orchestra, vol 2

1988
Guitar (2 CD)
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, vol. 1 (2 CD)
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, vol. 2 (2 CD)
Broadway The Hard Way

1989
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, vol. 3 (2 CD)

1991
The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (2 CD)
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, vol. 4 (2 CD)
Make A Jazz Noise Here (2 CD)

1992
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, vol. 5 (2 CD)
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, vol. 6 (2 CD)
Playground Psychotics (2 CD)

1993
Ahead Of Their Time

The Yellow Shark

1994
Civilization Phaze III (2 CD)

1995
Strictly Commercial

1996
The Lost Episodes
Läther (3 CD)

 

OFFICIALLY RELEASED BOOTS

Tis The Season To Be Jelly (Live 30/9/67)
The Ark (Live 18/7/68)
Freaks & Motherfu*#@%! (Live 11/5/70)
Piquantique (Live 21/8/73)
Unmitigated Audacity (Live 12/5/74)
Saarbrucken 1978 (2 LP; 1 CD) (Live 3/9/78)
Anyway The Wind Blows (2 LP; 2 CD) (Live 24/2/79)
As An Am (Live 31/10/81 & 21/5/82)
Electric Aunt Jemima (Live ??/??/68)
Our Man In Nirvana (Live 8/11/68)
Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (Live ??/??/70)
Disconnected Synapses (Live ??/??/70)
Swiss Cheese/Fire (2 LP; 2 CD) (Live 4/12/71)
Concep
tual Continuity (Live 19/11/76)
At The Circus (Live 9/78)

UNOFFICIAL BOOTS

1967
'Tis the Season to Be Jelly (1 disc) - Sweden 30/9/67.
Oldies But Goldies (1) - reissue of 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly

196
Thigh (2) - another reissue of 'Tis the Season... (& Hollywood 71)
Pigs And Repugnance - Garrick Theater 20/6/67

1968

The Ark (1) - July 18,1968, Boston.
Oldies But Goldies - Royal Albert Hall, 68 (& Stockholm 67)
Electric Aunt Jemima - Family Dog, Denver.
Our Man In Nirvana - Fullerton, Ca., 8/11/68.
The String Quartet - same as Our Man In Nirvana.

1969
Poot Face Boogie (1) - Live and studio 68-69.
Vitamin Deficiency - rerelease of Poot Face Boogie
No Commercial Potential - rerelease of Poot Face Boogie
Rustic Protrusion (1) - also released as Necessity Is....
Necessity Is... (1) - see Rustic Protrusion
Incognito - Albert Hall, 69 (and Fillmore West 71)

1970
At the Olympic (1) - Olympic Auditorium, LA, Mar 7, 1970
For Sharleena (At The Olympic) - March 7, 1970. (Same as above?)
Freaks and Motherf*#@%! (1) - Fillmore East, May 11, 70.
Tengo Na Minchia Tanta - (Fillmore East, NYC '70).
200 Motels - May 15, 70 at UCLA CA with Mothers, Zubin Mehta and LA Philharmonic.
Not Just Another Zappa Record (1) - Paris, Dec 15, 70
Disconnected Synapses - (Gaumont Palais, Paris '70).
Wino Man - side 1 is from Holland 70, side 2 non Zappa material
At The Circus - Uddel.

1971
Look Out Plastic People - Copenhagen, Nov 21, 71
Thigh (2) - Hollywood 71 (& Sweden 67)
Safe Muffinz (2) - El Monte Legion Stadium, 71
Vitamin Deficiency - rerelease of Safe Muffinz
No Commercial Potential - reissue of Safe Muffinz
Live in Amsterdam (1)
In Europe (1) - same as Live in Amsterdam, side 2 in Rotterdam
Incognito - Fillmore West 71 (and Albert Hall, 69)
Fire - Montreux, Switzerland, 4/12/71.
Swiss Cheese (part 2 of Fire).

1972
Grand Wazoo Comic Book Extravaganza (2) - Felt Forum, Sept 23, 72
Mystery Disk (1) - sources various from 67 to 72.

1973
Ultra Modern Stringbean (1) - Festival Hall, Melbourne Australia, June 29, 73
Tiny Nightmares - rerelease of Ultra Modern Stringbean
Nifty (1) - Sydney, Australia, July 8, 73
Piquantique (1) - Stockholm, Aug 21, 1973.

1974
Unmitigated Audacity - Notre Dame University, May 12, 74.
Frank Zappa Vs. The Tooth Fairy (1) - Circle Star Theatre, San Carlos, CA, July 19, 74 n Monster In Der Musikhalle (1) - Vienna, Austria, Sept 11, 74
Petrouska (1) - Long Beach, Dec. 31, 74
A Token of His Extreme (1) - KCET TV broadcast, LA, 74
Pygmy Pony (1) - Live, 74
Dupree's Paradise (2) - Duke University, NC, 74
Wasp Man Has Metal Wings (1) - various from 63 - 74
Confidential - (European copy of Wasp Man Has Metal Wings)

1975
A Token of My Extreme (1) - Bridges Auditorium Claremont College, CA, April 11, 75
No Bacon for Breakfast Vol. 1 (1) & Vol. 2 (1) - Boston Apr 27, 75
I Was A Teenage Maltshop (1) - Boston, Apr 27, 75
If You Get A Headache (1) - side 2 from Boston, Oct. 23 1975
Violent Rape - Boston 75
Chronicle (2) - Live in New Jersey 75 (also sources from 1964-1977)

1976
Back on the Straight and Narrow (1) - Apollo Stadium Adelaide, Australia, Jan 24, 1976
Good Evening Vienna! (3) - Vienna, Feb 13, 1976, second show
Let's Drink Some Beer & Hear Frank Zappa (1) - Munich, Feb 14, 76
Pappa Zappa (2) - Ludwigshafen, W. Germany, Feb 15, 76
Miami Matinee, Volume 1 (1) - Miami 76
Miami Matinee, Volume 2 (1) - Miami 76 (2 tracks from New York, Oct. 31, 1976)
Marvellous Stunner (1) - Detroit, Nov 19, 76
Conceptual Continuity (1) - Detroit, 19/11/76.
Original 1976 Shiny Beast Version (1)

1977
The Black Page (2) - Amsterdam, Feb. 25, 1977
Titties and Beer - Zoot Allures Live in Paris
Zurkon Music (1) - New York, Oct. 31, 77
Tiny Nightmares - rerelease of 'Zurkon Music' (and 'Ultra Modern Stringbean', see 1973)
Wax Flags (2) - UCLA Pauley Pavillion, Dec. 31, 1977
Leatherette (2) - various outtakes and Live NYC 77, also interviews from 72 and 78

1978
Great Googly Moogly - Soundtrack of Zappa Am Rhein, Dusseldorf, Feb 1, 78
Steaming Jukebox (2) - Eppelheim, Feb 24, 78
The Best Slidin' is Horse Ridin' - Vienna, Feb. 78
Saarbrucken 1978 (2) - Sept 3, 78.
Rubber Slices (2) - Knebworth Hall, England, Sept. 9, 78
Peepers Pt 1 (1) - Poughkeepsie, NY, Sept 21, 78
Project-Object (1) - Poughkeepsie, NY, 78
At The Circus - Cirkus Krone, Munich, Oct 78.
How Much Rot Can You Handle (1) - various from 78 (and 82)

1979
Dead Girl of ... Glasgow (1) - Apollo Theatre, Feb 14, 1979
Anyway the Wind Blows (2) - Paris Feb 24, 79, also known as Zapp..A..Paris.
Easy Meat (1) - Gothenburg, Sweden, Mar 6, 1979
Brest (2) - Live in Brest, 79

1980
Joes Garage Acts 4 and 5 Live? (2) - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, Apr 20, 80 (and other '80 sources)
Personality (2) - Rotterdam, May 24, 80
Rotterdam 1980 - rerelease of 'Personality'
Fred Zappelin - Cologne June 7, 1980
At the Circus (1) - Circus Krone, Munich July 1, 1980
Frank Zappa Famous X-mas Flower Hour (2) - Munich, July 3, 80
Things Wayne Newton Never Told You (1) - Munich, Germany, 80, same as above (?)
Songs Einstein Jr. Never Heard - Munich (?), same as above (?)
Cucurullo Brillo Brullo (2 CD) - Munich 80 & some material from the early 70's
Teenage Wind (2) - New Jersey Palladium, Nov 1, 80
40th Birthday (3) - various from 73-76
Boot the Beats - Live music from 78 - 80 (NOT 'Beat The Boots'!)

1981
31th October 1981 Palladium NY - the famous Halloween show
Arrogant Mop (1) - Palladium, NYC, Oct 31, 1981
Halloween (1) - Palladium NYC, 81, same as above (?)
Drowning Witch/Toxic Shock Pt 1 (1) - Palladium Oct 31, 81 and Ritz Nov 17, 81
Heavenly Bank Account (2)
Standing Room Only/Toxic Shock Pt. 2 (1) - Ritz, Nov 17, 81
Clownz on Velvet/Toxic Shock Pt. 3 (1) - Ritz, Nov 17, 1981

1982
Pink Elephants Never Cry (but they sure screw like hell) (2) - Ahoy, Rotterdam May 15, 82
Charlie's Favourite (2) - Ahoy, Rotterdam, May 15, 1982
Volare (1) - Cologne, W. Germany, May 21
Dweezil Has Messed My Mind Up (2) - Vienna, June 28, 82
Autograph 82 (1) - July 82, Italy
Underground Record (2) - Bolzano, 82
Bolzano Part I (picture disc rerelease of Side 1 & 2 of Underground Record)
Bolzano Part II (Side 3 & 4 of Underground Record)
How Much Rot Can You Handle (1) - various from 82 (and 78)

1983
Rare Meat

1984
Orchestral Madness/Son of Serious Music (1) - Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, June 16, 1984
Fits Your 34B, No Matter Which 43B You Are (2) - Sept, 14, 84
Live Ahoy - Rotterdam, Sept. 16, 84
Zapped Again! - Rotterdam Sept. 16, 84 (same as Live Ahoy!)
Snake Hips Etcetera (2) - Hammersmith Odeon, Sept. 24, 84
Frankie Goes To Dusseldorf (2) - Dusseldorf Sept 28, 84
Serious Music (1) - Berkeley Symphony Orchestra etc., Oct. 31
Carousel (2) - Berlin, Nov. 9, 1984
Dortmund 84 (1)
Dropping Dildos (2) - Chicago, Nov 23, 1984
'Z' All You Need is Glove (2) - 84 tour
Frank's Place (2) - various from 84
Big Mother Is Watching You (1) - 84 tour
Guitar Hernia (1) - various from 74 to 84
Demo's - various Live & studio

1988
The Untouchables (2) - various from 88 tour
Frankie's Greatest Hits - Live '88 - side 2 is not from 88
Full Metal Jacket

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