The latest Zappa-themed album curated for Cordelia Records by the Idiot Bastard is a collection of tunes with place names in their titles – as follows:

                                 1.            TRANSYLVANIA BOOGIE by The Todd Grubbs Group

                                 2.            DEAD GIRLS OF LONDON by

                                 3.            WOLF HARBOR by

                                 4.            THE PURPLE LAGOON by Hans Annellsson

                                 5.            TINSEL TOWN REBELLION by

                                 6.            LET'S MOVE TO CLEVELAND by

                                 7.            POOFTER'S FROTH WYOMING PLANS AHEAD by feat.
Jimmy Carl Black

                                 8.            PHYNIOX by

                                 9.            VILLAGE OF THE SUN by

                           10.            CUCAMONGA by Spannertate

                           11.            OUTRAGE AT VALDEZ by

                           12.            BEEN TO KANSAS CITY IN A MINOR by feat.

                           13.            D.C. BOOGIE by

                           14.            SAN BER'DINO by Caballero Reynaldo

                           15.            WHAT'S NEW IN BALTIMORE? by Zappa Early Renaissance Orchestra
feat. Ike Willis

Available from The Cordelia Record Shop NOW!

…and as if that weren’t enough, in time for Zappanale #30 comes a special Extended Play disc of even more Zappa place name songs!
Check this out:

1.    BEEN TO KANSAS CITY IN A MINOR by Fred Händl feat. Mark Watson (previously unreleased expletive-ridden long version)

2.    MONTANA revisited by Zappa Early Renaissance Orchestra feat. Prairie Prince & Sandro Oliva (2019 Karaoke Edition)

3.    AYBE SEA by Caballero Reynaldo (taken from the Cordelia Records album 21 Burnt Weeny Sandwiches)

4.    BOGNOR REGIS by Jerry Outlaw & Friends (taken from the Cordelia Records album Rare Episodes)

The EP will be on sale at the Zappanale #30 Exhibition in July, where we will be launching The Zappa Tour Atlas.

Both collections were inspired by my dear friend Amaretto Mick Zeuner, who is the mastermind behind The Zappa Tour Atlas (advance copies of which will be available at Zappanale in July 2019). The tome is very much a labour of love ("by fans, for fans"), which these CDs happily herald.

This unique bilateral collaboration provides the most comprehensive listing ever of every concert date and venue – from Osaka to the Albert Hall – revealing the thousands of miles travelled by Frank and his myriad cohorts to a total of twenty countries during more than twenty five years of live performance.

Also included are maps that trace the locations of all of the places the man ever called home, 150 word reviews (no more, no less!) of the first 111 Official Releases by The Idiot, and a foreword by Robert Martin.

Mick's cartographer chum Klaus Kühner provided all of the necessary graphics for the book, while ‘my Cal Schenkel’, Antero Valério, has supplied the artwork for both discs.

For those who care, the Idiot Bastard and all the artists involved do not make one penny from these CDs. But Cordelia Records think that, after manufacturing costs and mechanical royalties, they might be able to break even. Within twenty or so years.