Frank Zappa

3CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com
2LP Standard Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com
2LP Colored Vinyl with exclusive guitar pick: Zappa.com / uDiscoverMusic.com / SoundofVinyl.com

UMe and Zappa Records have taken another deep dive into the vaults for Funky Nothingness.  Recorded in the year following the release of Hot Rats and building upon its sound with many of the same musicians including Ian Underwood, violinist Don "Sugarcane" Harris, and Wrecking Crew bassist Max Bennett, the previously unreleased sessions include both compositions and jams.  The five-piece group was completed by drummer Aynsley Dunbar whom Zappa had recently met (and who would play a key role in future projects). Fusing rock, blues, and jazz, Funky Nothingness arrives in multiple formats including a 3-CD deluxe edition and different color variants of a 2-LP set.