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Zappa Records has released The Frank Zappa aaafnraaa Birthday Bundle in the iTunes Store. “Aaafnraaa is an acronym standing for “anything anywhere anytime for no reason at all, again” and is the second birthday bundle.
The album features five previously unreleased Frank Zappa tracks along with music produced by Dweezil Zappa, Joe Travers, and Linda Perry variously featuring Dweezil, Ahmet, Diva, Joe Travers, Melanie Starks, and Cree Summer.
Zappa was born Dec. 21, 1940.
The collection of music is here: iTunes store.
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