1965
Outside the Whisky à Go-Go
Photographer: George Rodriguez
(in front of lhe Whiskey a GoGo, Hollywood) Roy Estrada, FZ, Henry Vestine, Ray Collins, Jim Black
[Roy Estrada, FZ, Henry Vestine, Ray Collins, JCB]
Frank Zappa & the Mothers—Hollywood, CA—circa 1966 (Photo by George Rodriguez/Cache Agency) [Roy Estrada, FZ, Henry Vestine, Ray Collins, JCB]
[Ray Collins, FZ, Roy Estrada, JCB, Henry Vestine]
Rockaway auction
Inside the Whisky à Go-Go #1
Photographer: George Rodriguez
Javier Marcote, March 4-5, 2015
George Rodríguez has confirmed me that he was the author of these photos.
Inside the Whisky à Go-Go #2
THE MOTHERS serenade "plastic people" every night at Whisky A Go Go. They are (l-r) Ray Collins, Henry Vestine, Frank Zappa and Roy Estrada.
Unidentified sources
[Ray Collins, FZ, Roy Estrada]
[Henry Vestine, Ray Collins, FZ, Roy Estrada]
"Corsage" Session
MOTHER REB FOSTER is initiated into The Mothers by Cherokee Jim Black (l), Frank Zappa and Roy Estrada.
c. May 1966—Sausalito, CA
Boat Session
Credited to Ray Leong on The Beat, March 25, 1967
Carousel Session
Credited to Ray Leong on Open City, December 22-28, 1967
Ice Cream Session
Credited to Ray Leong on Open City, December 22-28, 1967
Mystery Disc (1998) booklet, p. 10-11
Photograph by Michael Ochs Archives
Unknown source
[FZ, unknown child, Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins, JCB, Roy Estrada]
Javier Marcote, July 15, 2013
The "ice cream" photos of the Mothers were also taken by Ray Leong.
I have a Set of 6 Public relations images taken to promote Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, taken during the Freak Out Album Period. New prints from negatives. Shot in 1966 in Sausalito, Ca. by Ray Leong.
Crane Session
1966—Les Poosch Session
Credited to Les Poosch in Experience #7
[Carl Franzoni, JCB, FZ, Roy Estrada, Ray Collins, Elliot Ingber]
Carl Franzoni (MOIaux), Jim Black, FZ, Roy Estrada, Ray ColIins, Elliot Ingber
1966—Claudia Cardinale Session
Credited to Richard Avedon in Epoca, July 1967
[Carl Franzoni, Claudia Cardinale, Elliot Ingber, FZ]
Far left, in wild west boots and crazy pants, Claudia Cardinale poses with the M.O.I. for The London Times.
Mystery Disc (1998) booklet, p. 14-15
(Italian glamour magazine) Carl Franzoni (MOIaux), Claudia Cardinale, Elliot Ingber, FZ
Vikan, Iceland, September 7, 1967
[Claudia Cardinale, FZ]
Cavalier, October 1967
1966—8404 Kirkwood—European magazine session
Speak Up Magazine #58, Brazil, January 1992, p. 40
[Elliot Ingber, girl #1 (unidentified), GZ, FZ, Claudia Salter, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified)]
Playboy, Spain, August 1993
Claudia Chase-Bryce, April 28-29, 2016
I was sitting next to Jim Black, whom I was dating at the time—I was 17. My name then was Claudia Salter.
[...] I wish I could tell you who the other girls are, however I did not know them. I was dating Jim at that time—he had picked me up and said we were stopping by Frank's because there was a photographer there that was going to be taking pictures for a European magazine. I was just hanging back, then Frank said, "Claudia, come get in the pictures."
Various sources
[Elliot Ingber, girl #1 (unidentified), Claudia Salter, FZ, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified)]
[Elliot Ingber, girl #1 (unidentified), GZ, FZ, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified)]
Bild #41, Sweden, 1967
[Elliot Ingber, girl #1 (unidentified), GZ, FZ, Claudia Salter, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified)]
[girl #1 (unidentified), FZ]
[girl #1 (unidentified), FZ]
EFE Agency, Spain
[girl #1 (unidentified), FZ]
[JCB, girl #3 (unidentified), FZ]
[Ray Collins, JCB, Roy Estrada, FZ]
[Elliot Ingber, Claudia Salter, girl #1 (unidentified), FZ, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified)]
[unidentified hand with 12-string guitar (probably Ray Collins), Elliot Ingber, FZ, Claudia Salter, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified), Carl Franzoni, Roy Estrada]
Informants: Javier Marcote, Claudia Chase-Bryce
August 1966—Alain Dister Session
By Alain Dister, August 1966
[Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada, Carl Franzoni, JCB, FZ]
Alain Dister, Frank Zappa y The Mothers Of Invention, Editorial Júcar, Madrid, 1980, p. 10
Era hacia el quince de agosto de 1966. El lugar escogido para las fotos les venía a la medida a los personajes: un viejo caserón de los años 20, que había servido de morada a Rodolfo Valentino, todo de estuco y de falsas lianas.
Google Translate:
It was around August 15, 1966. The place chosen for the photos suited the characters: an old mansion from the 1920s, which had served as a home for Rudolph Valentino, all stucco and fake lianas.
Javier Marcote, March 13, 2022
I think I found [where] The Mothers are placed in the photo taken by Alain Dister.
1328 N Formosa Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046
[FZ, Elliot Ingber, Carl Franzoni, JCB, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada]
Frontcover picture by Alain Dister: Hollywood 66
FZ, Carl Franzoni, Jim Black, Roy Estrada, Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins
[Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada, Carl Franzoni, JCB, FZ]
Dister—Mothers of Invention a 08/1966
[FZ, Elliot Ingber, Roy Estrada, Carl Franzoni]
Hollywood, August 1966 (Alain Dister) [JCB, Roy Estrada, Carl Franzoni, Elliot Ingber, FZ, Ray Collins]
[FZ, JCB, Carl Franzoni, Roy Estrada, Ray Collins, Elliot Ingber]
[Carl Franzoni, FZ, JCB, Elliot Ingber, Roy Estrada, Ray Collins]
[Carl Franzoni, FZ, JCB, Elliot Ingber, Roy Estrada, Ray Collins]
Hollywood, August 1966 (Alain Dister) [Carl Franzoni, FZ, JCB, Elliot Ingber, Roy Estrada, Ray Collins]
