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“He was incapable of saying anything fond about anyone or anything. Affection didn’t exist in his life, only weird sex”: how Frank Zappa survived the 70s

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Frank Zappa released a staggering 23 albums and played nearly 800 concerts during the 1970s - but as ever, the stats hide a multitude of life experiences. In 2015 Mark Ellen looked back on a decade that gave Zappa some of his highest highs and lowest lows.

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