Frank Zappa

The moment you’ve been waiting for… Bongo Fury turns 50! Now available to pre-order🪘 Zappa.lnk.to/BongoFury50th

Emerging from the depths of the Armadillo World Headquarters, we present to you the Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary.

Flipping through the pages of Bongo Fury 50th, with just two days left on the Zappa/Beefheart countdown. Photo credits: Sam Emerso

We’ve got a vault reveal folks, a week ahead of the Bongo Fury 50th madness: the 1975 tour itinerary ending just before the Bongo Fury concert dates in Austin.

Join us at Waterloo Records on Friday, March 20th (4-6pm) for a Bongo Fury 50th album release party 🎉 Recorded live at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin. There will be merch, mischief & there will be a never-before reprinted hand-drawn poster by Guy Juke up for grabs.

Caption this. What’s going through their minds?

Sleeping In a Jar - Live in Austin, TX 5/20/1975” off the upcoming Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary Edition is streaming everywhere 🫙 Originally hatched on the ‘Uncle Meat’ album and recorded instrumentally in Austin, TX, 1975. zappa.lnk.to/SleepingInAJar…

Dig into these shots of Zappa and Beefheart in 1975 for the cover photo session of Bongo Fury. Photos by: John Williams

Happy V-Day to all you freaks, poodles, and plastic people ❤️‍🔥

With a little help from you fine voting folks, ‘One Size Fits All’ has won the 2026 Listener's Choice Award for Best Immersive Audio Album. The crux of the biscuit? It's in the mix 💿 Mark the occasion with a little “Florentine Pogen", extracted from the Super Deluxe Blu-Ray.

Folks, it's February and we're still getting spooktacular at FZ headquarters 🎃 The Zappa Halloween ‘78 box set is now restocked on the Zappa website.  Order yours here: store.zappa.com/products/hallo…

.@geese_band on @nbcsnl. Spot the Zappa shirt on drummer Max Bassin ⚡️ Where else have you spotted Zappa in the wild?

The countdown begins for Bongo Fury. Who’s pre-ordered?

A deep dive into Bongo Fury 🪘 And for all you waiting ever so patiently, “Debra Kadabra” is out now whenever you might stream it.

Zappateers, it’s time to vote. One Size Fits All 50th as been nominated for this year's Listener's Choice Award 🪐 Voting ends Wednesday, February 4th. Vote here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Where the Zappa magic happens.  📸: Chris Skarbon

Listen here: buzzsprout.com/268746/episode…

Are you ready for THE BIG ONE? In this episode, Scott and Bill chat with His Vaultmeisterness Joe about HALLOWEEN 78! This box was a task to put together without a doubt, and Joe unpacks the process for us! This is Hotcha to a ridiculous extreme!

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Going into the first week of 2026 like ⚡ 📸: Norman Seeff