1965
Outside the Whisky à Go-Go
Photographer: George Rodriguez
(in front of lhe Whiskey a GoGo, Hollywood) Roy Estrada, FZ, Henry Vestine, Ray Collins, Jim Black
[Roy Estrada, FZ, Henry Vestine, Ray Collins, JCB]
Frank Zappa & the Mothers—Hollywood, CA—circa 1966 (Photo by George Rodriguez/Cache Agency) [Roy Estrada, FZ, Henry Vestine, Ray Collins, JCB]
[Ray Collins, FZ, Roy Estrada, JCB, Henry Vestine]
Rockaway auction
Inside the Whisky à Go-Go #1
Photographer: George Rodriguez
Javier Marcote, March 4-5, 2015
George Rodríguez has confirmed me that he was the author of these photos.
Inside the Whisky à Go-Go #2
THE MOTHERS serenade "plastic people" every night at Whisky A Go Go. They are (l-r) Ray Collins, Henry Vestine, Frank Zappa and Roy Estrada.
Unidentified sources
[Ray Collins, FZ, Roy Estrada]
[Henry Vestine, Ray Collins, FZ, Roy Estrada]
"Corsage" Session
MOTHER REB FOSTER is initiated into The Mothers by Cherokee Jim Black (l), Frank Zappa and Roy Estrada.
c. May, 1966—Sausalito, CA
Boat Session
Credited to Ray Leong on The Beat, March 25, 1967
The Beat, March 25, 1967, p. 20
BEAT Photo: Ray Leong
. . . THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, one of the leading groups in the generation gap, are pictured here with dancer, Karl, and three girls from the Mother's stage show.
[l. to r.: JCB, FZ, Ray Collins, Elliot Ingber, Carl Franzoni, Jean Vassar, Cherry Wood (see Sex In Today's World), Valerie Silvas, Roy Estrada]
in this picture taken in Sasalito, Ca. the women R Velerie Sillivas and Cherry and Jean. WE were all the Cheey sisters. all sang on the Album FREAKOUT >>> o.
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[Elliot Ingber, Roy Estrada, FZ, Ray Collins, JCB]
Carousel Session
Credited to Ray Leong on Open City, December 22-28, 1967
Photos by Ray Leong
[Roy Estrada, FZ, Ray Collins, JCB, unknown child, Elliot Ingber]
Rockaway.com auction
[Ray Collins, FZ, Roy Estrada, JCB, Elliot Ingber, Cherry Wood]
Charles Ulrich, October 6, 2014
[Cherry Wood] confirmed that she was in the photograph on the carousel.
Ice Cream Session
Credited to Ray Leong on Open City, December 22-28, 1967
Photos by Ray Leong
[Roy Estrada, JCB, Carl Franzoni, Jean Vassar, Elliot Ingber, FZ, Ray Collins]
thats Jean licking away ice cream. like the rest of us. only with a spoon, o. >>>
Charles Ulrich, October 6, 2014
[Cherry Wood confirmed that] Jean V. was eating ice cream with a spoon. She couldn't remember the name of the third woman in the Ray Leong photographs.
Mystery Disc (1998) booklet, p. 10-11
Photograph by Michael Ochs Archives
Unknown source
[FZ, unknown child, Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins, JCB, Roy Estrada]
1966: FZ, Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins, Jimmy Carl Black, Roy Estrada (Verve)
Above, Earliest Mothers strike dynamic pose in Sausalito
[Elliot Ingber, FZ, Roy Estrada, JCB, Ray Collins]
[Cherry Wood, JCB, Carl Franzoni]
[Herb Cohen, unidentified lady, FZ]
Javier Marcote, July 15, 2013
The "ice cream" photos of the Mothers were also taken by Ray Leong.
I have a Set of 6 Public relations images taken to promote Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, taken during the Freak Out Album Period. New prints from negatives. Shot in 1966 in Sausalito, Ca. by Ray Leong.
Crane Session
Credited to Ray Leong on The Frank Zappa Songbook Vol. 1, 1973
Rockaway.com
[prob. Cherry Wood, Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins, FZ, JCB, Roy Estrada]
Freak Out! (June, 1966)—Rykodisc 1995 CD tray (inverted)
[prob. Cherry Wood, Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins, FZ, Roy Estrada, JCB]
Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins, The Cherry Sisters (MOIaux) [Valerie Silvas, Jean Vassar, Carl Franzoni, Cherry Wood], FZ, Jim Black, Roy Estrada
Verve Records promo card, 1966
[Elliot Ingber, JCB, FZ, Roy Estrada, Ray Collins]
Charles Ulrich, July 22, 2013
I think this may have been taken on board a paddle steamer—possibly an old ferryboat in either Sausalito (ferry to San Francisco) on the San Francisco trip in May or San Pedro (ferry to Santa Catalina) in greater Los Angeles. The crane, boat/dock, and ferry photos could all be from the same general location (either Sausalito or San Pedro).
Charles Ulrich, October 6, 2014
[Cherry Wood confirmed that] the ice cream, boat, and crane photos were all taken in Sausalito.
Informants: Bill Lantz, Javier Marcote, Charles Ulrich
1966—8404 Kirkwood—European magazine session
Speak Up Magazine #58, Brazil, January, 1992, p. 40
[Elliot Ingber, girl #1 (unidentified), GZ, FZ, Claudia Salter, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified)]
Playboy, Spain, August, 1993
Claudia Chase-Bryce, April 28-29, 2016
I was sitting next to Jim Black, whom I was dating at the time—I was 17. My name then was Claudia Salter.
[...] I wish I could tell you who the other girls are, however I did not know them. I was dating Jim at that time—he had picked me up and said we were stopping by Frank's because there was a photographer there that was going to be taking pictures for a European magazine. I was just hanging back, then Frank said, "Claudia, come get in the pictures."
Various sources
[Elliot Ingber, girl #1 (unidentified), Claudia Salter, FZ, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified)]
[Elliot Ingber, girl #1 (unidentified), GZ, FZ, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified)]
Bild #41, Sweden, 1967
[Elliot Ingber, girl #1 (unidentified), GZ, FZ, Claudia Salter, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified)]
[girl #1 (unidentified), FZ]
[girl #1 (unidentified), FZ]
EFE Agency, Spain
[girl #1 (unidentified), FZ]
[JCB, girl #3 (unidentified), FZ]
[Ray Collins, JCB, Roy Estrada, FZ]
[Elliot Ingber, Claudia Salter, girl #1 (unidentified), FZ, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified)]
[unidentified hand with 12-string guitar (probably Ray Collins), Elliot Ingber, FZ, Claudia Salter, JCB, girl #3 (unidentified), Carl Franzoni, Roy Estrada]
Informants: Javier Marcote, Claudia Chase-Bryce
August, 1966—Alain Dister Session
By Alain Dister, August, 1966
[Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada, Carl Franzoni, JCB, FZ]
[FZ, Elliot Ingber, Carl Franzoni, JCB, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada]
Frontcover picture by Alain Dister: Hollywood 66
FZ, Carl Franzoni, Jim Black, Roy Estrada, Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins
[Elliot Ingber, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada, Carl Franzoni, JCB, FZ]
Dister—Mothers of Invention a 08/1966
[FZ, Elliot Ingber, Roy Estrada, Carl Franzoni]
Hollywood, August 1966 (Alain Dister) [JCB, Roy Estrada, Carl Franzoni, Elliot Ingber, FZ, Ray Collins]
[FZ, JCB, Carl Franzoni, Roy Estrada, Ray Collins, Elliot Ingber]
[Carl Franzoni, FZ, JCB, Elliot Ingber, Roy Estrada, Ray Collins]
[Carl Franzoni, FZ, JCB, Elliot Ingber, Roy Estrada, Ray Collins]
Hollywood, August 1966 (Alain Dister) [Carl Franzoni, FZ, JCB, Elliot Ingber, Roy Estrada, Ray Collins]
