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Facsimiles, special transcriptions, scans, original liner notes, etc.

• FZ's letter to Varèse, August 1957
• Freak Out Hot Spots (1966) (thanks to Chris Maxfield for this one)
• Absolutely Free: The Complete Libretto (1967) (thanks to Ryan Davenport for the scans)
• "Mothers Of Invention: The Lyrics Are Absolutely Free," International Times, August 31-September 13, 1967, pp. 10-12 (from International Times Archive)
• We're Only In It For The Money (liner notes & lyrics, 1968)
• James Munsey's United Mutations Certificate of Membership (c. 1967-1969)
• Hot Rats (liner notes & lyrics, 1969)
• Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People (revised script, September 13, 1969)
• Chunga's Revenge (unreleased version original liner notes, 1970)
• 200 Motels (draft, original lyrics, 1970)
• 200 Motels (shooting script, 1971)
• The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention (unreleased, original track list, 1972)
• Waka/Jawaka (liner notes, 1972)
• The Grand Wazoo (liner notes & story, 1972)
• Over-Nite Sensation (liner notes & lyrics, 1973)
• Apostrophe (') (liner notes & lyrics, 1974)
• Roxy & Elsewhere (liner notes & lyrics, 1974)
• One Size Fits All (liner notes & lyrics, 1975)
• Bongo Fury (cassette lyrics insert, 1975) (provided by Biffy The Elephant Shrew)
• Ten Years On The Road With Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention (thanks to ReetBaron for the scans and to Patrick Neve for hosting them)
• Zappa In New York (liner notes & lyrics, 1978)
• Sheik Yerbouti (liner notes & lyrics, 1979)
• Joe's Garage Act I (liner notes & lyrics, 1979)
• Joe's Garage Acts II & III (liner notes & lyrics, 1979)
• Tinsel Town Rebellion (liner notes & lyrics, 1981)
• You Are What You Is (liner notes & lyrics, 1981)
• A Zappa Affair (program, 1984) (thanks to Charles Ulrich, Biffy & Bill Lantz)
• Thing-Fish (liner notes & lyrics, 1984)
• The Old Masters Box One (liner notes & lyrics, 1985)
• Absolutely Free (CD libretto, 1987)
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Sampler (liner notes, 1988)
• Zappa In New York (CD libretto, 1991)
• Strictly Commercial (Terry Gilliam's liner notes, 1995)
• Everything Is Healing Nicely (liner notes, 1999)
• 200 Motels—The Suites (libretto, c. 2000)
• FZ:OZ (list of contributors, 2002)
• Halloween (online libretto, 2003)
• MOFO (list of contributors, 2006) (thanks to Dave Hopkinson)
• One Shot Deal (liner notes, 2008)

Miscellanea

• Louis Cuneo's Frank Zapper Experience (March 20, 2003)
• A Conversation With Mark G. Pinske (January-March 2003)
• alt.fan.frank-zappa FAQ Videography (text version, September 26, 1994)
• AJ Wilkes' Recording timetable, alt.fan.frank-zappa, August 14, 1998
• Billy The Mountain. A comparative study between the 2 commercially available versions (Manning Bartlett, c. 1999-2001)
• cp iii german *and* turkish dialogs translated to english, alt.fan.frank-zappa, July 7, 2000
• The Zappa Discography, St. Alphonzo's Pancake Homepage (2000)
• Frank Zappa (VPRO-TV February 1971) Hans Hendriks Original Transcription (March 27, 2001)

External links:

• The PMRC Hearings (transcriptions of the infamous 1985 sessions)
• Captain Beefheart vs. The Grunt People (scans of the 1969 script)
• Liner notes from The Guitar World According To Frank Zappa (1987)

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