above: Jim Morrison in Florida State recruiting film, and his first and only surviving student film at UCLA in 1964. Jim burned all his other films upon graduation.
Frank Zappa in the 50s
a contemporary photo of the site of Pal Studios, later renamed Studio Z by Frank
Frank on The Steve Allen Show, March 1963
Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart
Zappa with his high school band The Blackouts, 1957
Zappa & Beefheart in their high school days.
Future Mother Ray Collins (right, and with hair) at Pal Recording Studio
