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The Hot Rats Book

By Ahmet Zappa and Bill Gubbins
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The Hot Rats Book commemorates the 50th anniversary of Frank Zappa's seminal album Hot Rats, a landmark in his illustrious career. Created by Ahmet Zappa and Bill Gubbins, who was the sole photographer at the original Hot Rats sessions, the book offers a rich visual and narrative dive into the album's creation. Featuring exclusive unseen photographs and a revealing interview, it also captures the ambience of the last U.S. performance of the original Mothers of Invention on 10 August 1969.
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This deluxe commemorative volume will appeal to fans of Frank Zappa, aficionados of rock history, and those interested in music production and photography from the late 1960s.

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Hot Rats, the second solo album by Frank Zappa, is considered by his fans and critics alike to be a groundbreaking, important record, as well as one of his most innovative efforts of all time. This entire groundbreaking and historical record was captured in photos by Bill Gubbins, who shot the recording sessions and live performances of the record.

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A movie for your ears is how rock icon Frank Zappa first described his album Hot Rats, which remains, 50 years after its release, not only one of Zappa's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful albums, but a stunning tour-de-force of the totality of his musical genius and legendary skills as a composer, lyricist, producer, arranger, studio innovator, and virtuoso guitar player.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of this much-loved LP, Ahmet Zappa and the Zappa Trust have teamed with Backbeat Books and Bill Gubbins, the only photographer to document the Hot Rats sessions, to create The Hot Rats Book. This deluxe, commemorative book is packed with never-before-seen photos and features an interview between Ahmet Zappa and Bill Gubbins documenting the Hot Rats sessions and the last U.S. show of the original Mothers of Invention on August 10, 1969, at Cleveland's Musicarnival in Warrensville Heights, Ohio.

The Hot Rats Book is an official Frank Zappa book, produced and written with the full cooperation and endorsement of the Zappa Trust.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781493047758

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 December 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Backbeat Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 256.0mm

Height: 256.0mm

Weight: 960g

Pages: 176

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Ahmet Zappa Arts & Culture Bill Gubbins Gifts for adults Music & Musicians Non-Fiction

About the Author

Bill Gubbins' photographs have appeared in the New York Times and Rolling Stone and have been exhibited in the United States (Detroit, Nashville, Philadelphia, and soon, Los Angeles) as well as internationally (Bad Doberan, Germany; Klagenfurt, Austria).

Ahmet Zappa, the second son of Frank and Gail Zappa, is, in addition to being the head of the Zappa Family Trust, a successful entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, and film and television screenwriter and producer.

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