Frank Zappa discusses music in libraries! This clip is from an interview with Frank Zappa conducted on October 12, 1988 by Martin Perlich. Perlich, a writer, producer and distinguished broadcaster, hosted and produced the interview series ARF!! (Arts & Roots Forum) which aired daily on Los Angeles public radio. The show featured major cultural figures as well as dozens of arts figures. UCLA Library Special Collections holds the Martin Perlich Interviews 1965- Collection. A recent preservation reformatting project uncovered this aural gem: and there will plenty more to come in the near future!
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<<Siobhan Hagan, Audiovisual Preservation Specialist
You can see and hear some of them here: http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/perlich/
Dear Martin
Thank you for preserving such an outstanding interview with such a brilliant man!!
You have shown the wworld that radio and the art of interviewing is just like music created which is built to last.
Always a joy to hear anything you do with anybody.
David Amram
I seem to recall hearing a recording made in 1958 called “Whirlpool Blues”, featuring Frank Zappa, Don “Captain Beefheart” Van Vliet, and Joe Zappa. I can’t find anything online about a Joe Zappa.
Yeah, this is a gem. It’s a great contribution to Zappa’s fan community. I hope the project will carry on and there will be more posts!
My favorite Frank Zappa memorabilia collection.
This really a great job by Frank Zappa.