Fifty years ago today, Frank Zappa's inimitable, groundbreaking first solo album, Hot Rats, was released, putting the songwriter and musician on the map as a virtuosic guitarist and changing the course of music forever with its conceptual, compositional and technological innovations. Self-described as a "movie for your ears," the mostly instrumental 1969 … [Read more...] about Frank Zappa’s Legendary 1969 First Solo Album, ‘Hot Rats,’ Celebrated With Massive 50th Anniversary Six-Disc Collection