Cosmik Debris: The Collected History and Improvisations of Frank Zappa

Cosmik Debris: The Collected History and Improvisations of Frank Zappa
by Greg Russo

Cosmik Debris: The Collected History and Improvisations of Frank Zappa
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Author: Greg Russo
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-01-09
ISBN: 0964815702
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Crossfire Pubns

Book Reviews of Cosmik Debris: The Collected History and Improvisations of Frank Zappa

Book Review: Detailed and Heavy Reading
Summary: 5 Stars

I have, in the past, collected most if not all of the zappa books. I have read the Negative Dialetics, Electric Don, MOTHER! and a host of other semi famous books - not to exclude FZ's own book on himself... they all have good parts and not so good parts... but this particular book is pretty impressive.

It has a detailed account of each release, the people that FZ ran into, most of the silly stories of encounters. And the best part, the author does not seem to have an opinion of the subject. This makes the reading easy to read... a lot of the books mentioned earlier, either tried to paint FZ as a communist or a socialist or this or that, and the agenda they had writing the book really disjointed the writing.

So, if you are looking for a good book to read about frank and what he did music wise, entertainment wise, this is a very good place.

However, I am not knocking the other books, they were, at the very least, entertaining. I enjoyed reading them. They are all worth the purchase price (Maybe not Negative Dialetcts Of Poodle Play).

have fun!

Summary of Cosmik Debris: The Collected History and Improvisations of Frank Zappa

The new "Son Of Revised" edition of this book on Frank Zappa now includes recording data and lots of new, additional information and photos.

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