<p>Doug has long been a fan of Frank Zappa’s music, yet we’ve never spent an episode discussing it. In our irregular series looking at individual albums, we look at Zappa’s best-selling record, the 1979 Sheik Yerbouti. </p>

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<p><strong>‌Show notes</strong>:</p>

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<li><a href="https://www.zappa.com/releases-archive/sheik-yerbouti/#/" rel="nofollow">Frank Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thenexttrack.com/273" rel="nofollow">Episode #268: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=8200" rel="nofollow">Robert Christgau on Sheik Yerbouti</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.thezappamovie.com" rel="nofollow">Zappa</a> (documentary)</li>
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<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3tX6IyQ" rel="nofollow">Genesis: Wind and Wuthering</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/3HnsMFS" rel="nofollow">Frank Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti</a></li>
</ul>

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Episode #274: OMD

Doug Adams and Kirk McElhearn discuss music and musicians, and how we listen to music, whether it be analog or digital, downloaded or streamed, audio, or video.