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Gail Zappa, Joe Travers, talk Frank Zappa's Archives
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Apr 30, 2011
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Gail Zappa, Joe Travers, talk Frank Zappa's Archives
In his life, Frank Zappa released over 60 albums total and recorded dozens more that never saw the light of day. Kevin Ferguson talks with Gail Zappa--Frank’s widow--and Joe Travers--the Zappa family's official archivist--about how you maintain an archive for one of the most prolific musicians of all time. Gail and Joe will be giving a more in depth talk about the Zappa archives in Downtown LA on Thursday, May 12 as part of the Association for Record Sound Collections' 45th annual conference.
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, Dezember 1971, Musikhalle Hamburg
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, Dezember 1971, Musikhalle Hamburg
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In his life, Frank Zappa released over 60 albums total and recorded dozens more that never saw the light of day. Kevin Ferguson talks with Gail Zappa--Frank’s widow--and Joe Travers--the Zappa family's official archivist--about how you maintain an archive for one of the most prolific musicians of all time. Gail and Joe will be giving a more in depth talk about the Zappa archives in Downtown LA on Thursday, May 12 as part of the Association for Record Sound Collections' 45th annual conference.

In his life, Frank Zappa released over 60 albums total and recorded dozens more that never saw the light of day. Kevin Ferguson talks with Gail Zappa--Frank’s widow--and Joe Travers--the Zappa family's official archivist--about how you maintain an archive for one of the most prolific musicians of all time. Gail and Joe will be giving a more in depth talk about the Zappa archives in Downtown LA on Thursday, May 12 as part of the Association for Record Sound Collections' 45th annual conference.

[Image by Heinrich Klaffs]