Listen to Zappa's Halloween 73 here

Fans report that the new Zappa release has started to reach the mailboxes this week, just in time for Halloween.
You can also listen to the entire set on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/06yMFGU576WBYxc4Cdm1uq?si=6rVyBgHiRGW31zhVJTCaTw

One track is also on YouTube (Dupree's Paradise):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFZQSG6hrPc

Halloween 73 is a four CD set with two shows (including one disc of rehearsals) from 1973, featuring the Roxy band with George Duke, Ruth Underwood and others.

https://radiodupree.blogspot.com/2019/09/coming-soon-zappa-live-in-chicago-1973.html

Donald Fagen on AXS TV today

If you live where AXS TV is available you can catch Paul Shaffer Plus One this evening (8/7c US time) featuring Steely Dan's Donald Fagen. Expect this to happen during the 30 minute show:

Donald Fagen is joining Paul Shaffer to talk about his relationship with Becker, his songwriting process, and even share a few secrets behind their hit, “Reelin’ in the Years”. 

Here's a short teaser:

Coming soon: Zappa's Hot Rats sessions box set

50TH ANNIVERSARY. The classic Frank Zappa album will be released as a 6 CD set with lots of previously unreleased stuff from the original recording sessions.

For years fans have been asking if there are any unreleased recordings from the 1969 Hot Rats sessions. And now we got the answer. 

The box set includes material like mono singles, rare mixes, longer versions of original Hot Rats tracks and promotional audio ads for the LP. 

It includes tracks as the instrumental jam piece Bognor Regis, which has never been officially released but has circulated on the internet for several years.

A track from the box set is already published on YouTube, a different mix of It Must Be A Camel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=1HP5i4dxZP4

zappa.com: https://store.zappa.com/the-hot-rats-sessions-box-set-preorder.html#product.info.description

Release date: December 20.