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References to London in Frank Zappa's work

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 * The entire ''[[Ahead Of Their Time]]'' album was recorded in the [[Royal Albert Hall]].
 * [[Yoko Ono]] mentions [[The Queen]] during Zappa's performance on ''[[Some Time In New York City]]'' and ''[[Playground Psychotics]]''.
 * Certain constellations on the star map on the back cover of  ''[[One Size Fits All]]'' refer to the London subway station: [[Bayswater]], [[Charing Cross]], [[Edgware Road]], [[Embankment]], [[Marylebone]], [[Queensway]], [[VIRGIL]] and [[Waterloo]].

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 ==Frank Zappa==
-In ''[[Data For Sensitive or Critical-sensitive Position]]'' (1968), Zappa named London among his ''"favorite other stuff"''. However, throughout his career, he had several negative experiences in London, which made him more cynical and dismissive of the place.
+In ''[[Data For Sensitive or Critical-sensitive Position]]'' (1968), Zappa named London among his ''"favorite other stuff"''. During his lifetime, he performed at the [[Royal Albert Hall]], [[The Speakeasy Club, UK]], the Coliseum, the Rainbow Theatre, the [[Hammersmith Odeon]], [[The Barbican]] Theatre and the Wembley Arena.
 Zappa performed twice in the [[Royal Albert Hall]], but in 1971 he and The Mothers were banned for obscenity, causing Zappa to sue them for contract breach, defended by [[Mr. Ogden]] in front of judge [[Mr. Justice Mocatta]]. Later that year, on 10 December 1971, during the [[71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre]] concert, Zappa was pushed off stage by deranged audience member [[Trevor Charles Howell]], forcing him to revalidate for months.
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 * ''[[Zap It To 'Em, Frank]]''
 * ''[[Zappa (Royal Academy of Music)]]'', album recorded at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
-* [[Trident Studios]]
 ==External links==

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 [[File:London.jpg|thumb|right]]
-Capital of England and of all of the [[United Kingdom]].
+'''London''' is the capital of England and of all of the [[United Kingdom]].
-Zappa cited London among his ''"favorite other stuff"'' in ''[[Data For Sensitive or Critical-sensitive Position]]'' (1968).
+==Frank Zappa==
 *[[67/09/23 London UK Royal Albert Hall]]
 *[[68/10/23 London UK Colour Me Pop, BBC2 TV show]]
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 *[[84/09/24-25 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]]
 *[[88/04/18-19 London UK Wembley Arena]]
-==Link==
+==References to London in Frank Zappa's work==
-[[Wikipedia:London|London]]
-[[Category:Geography]]
+[[Category:Cities]]

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	Capital of England and of all of the [[United Kingdom]].		Capital of England and of all of the [[United Kingdom]].
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		+	Zappa cited London among his ''"favorite other stuff"'' in ''[[Data For Sensitive or Critical-sensitive Position]]'' (1968).

	*[[67/09/23 London UK Royal Albert Hall]]		*[[67/09/23 London UK Royal Albert Hall]]

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 *[[77/02/16-17 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]]
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 *[[69/06/06 London UK Royal Albert Hall]]
 *[[69/11/ London UK Speakeasy]]
 *[[71/12/10 London UK Rainbow Theatre]]
 *[[77/02/09-10 London UK Hammersmith Odeon]]