1960's-70's FM Radio Broadcasts
1 - Recorded At – Central Park, New York
2 - Recorded At – VPRO Radio-NL
3 - Recorded At – WLIR-FM
No Track List
3hrs 15min. 29 sec.
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1 - Recorded At – Central Park, New York
2 - Recorded At – VPRO Radio-NL
3 - Recorded At – WLIR-FM
No Track List
3hrs 15min. 29 sec.
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Previously posted at the the ORIGINAL Floppy Boot Stomp!
Austin 1973 [Kaktus Records 10K06R02, 1CD]
Live at Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX; October 26, 1973. Very good to excellent soundboard; with a bit of hiss.
*Original Notes*
It’s just tragic that Frank Zappa died at the relatively young age of 52 in 1993. And it’s one of rock’s could-have-beens had Zappa lived on - who knows what types of music he would create. As it is, it’s already impossible to pigeonhole Zappa’s show - there’s a bit of everything; everything sort of gels and the only thing anyone can say is that the man’s a true national treasure.
The Real Frank Zappa Book has many memorable quotes and here’s one:
I want to know three things when I go on stage: i) that my equipment is working, ii) that the band members absolutely know the material, so I don’t have to worry about them, and iii) that the rhythm section can hear what I’m playing and that it has some “concept” of it so it can help build the improvisation.
And this is what Arthur Barrow, who was Zappa’s bassist in the late ’70s and early ’80s, wrote:
Rehearsals were grueling and wonderful. We rehearsed at least 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, for about 6 weeks or so before a tour. Rehearsals usually got started around mid-afternoon, with the Clonemeister leading for the first half of the day, then Frank would arrive and take over for the remainder of the day…
On the first day of rehearsals for the last tour I did, Frank brought in a list of about 200 songs that he wanted us to learn. I knew right away that it would be impossible for us to learn that many songs in the amount of time we had. I also knew from past experience that when Frank called for us to play a tune from the list and it sounded bad, he would often remove it from the list. If the tune in question happened to be one that the band liked and wanted to continue to work on, the band would be begging him to please give a little more time to work on it some more and get it right. I think he used it as a threat to try to motivate the band.
Setlist:
01. Cosmik Debris (11.1MB)
02. Inca Roads (18.2MB)
03. Pygmy Twylyte (6.0MB)
04. Idiot Bastard Son (3.9MB)
05. Cheepnis (7.6MB)
06. Big Swifty (15.4MB)
07. Dickie’s Such An Asshole (14.3MB)
08. Farther O’blivion (12.6MB)
09. The Muddshark Dance Be Bop (13.4MB)
10. Son Of Mr Green Genes/King Kong/Chunga’s Revenge (24.5MB)
Lineup:
Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock - tenor saxophone, vocals
Tom Fowler - bass
George Duke - keyboards
Ruth Underwood - percussion
Bruce Fowler - trombone
Ralph Humphrey - drums
Chester Thompson - drums
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The FBS Beat The Boots Boxset Project...Rebooted
Originally posted May 25, 2013
The FBS Beat The Boots Boxset...Rebooted
Originally posted May 19, 2013
The FBS Beat The Boots Boxset Project...Rebooted
Originally posted May 11, 2013
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Originally posted April 23, 2013
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Originally posted April 21, 2013
| From the german "Zomics" series by Kif (1977-80) |
| artwork by moebius |
The Mothers Of Invention at the time of this recording were:
Frank Zappa guitar, low grade vocals, percussion
Ray Collins swell vocals
Jimmy Carl Black drums, droll humor, poverty
Roy Estrada electric bass, chesseburgers, Pachuco falsetto
Don (Dom De Wild) Preston electric piano, tarot cards, brown rice
Billy (The Oozer) Mundi drums on some pieces before he quit to join RHINOCEROS
Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon (all of these electric and/or non-electric depending)
Ian Underwood electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, special assistance, copyist, industrial relations & teen appeal
Artie (With the Green Mustache) Tripp drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes, cheerful outlook & specific enquiries
Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood pop star, frenetic tenor sax stylings, tambourine, choreography, obstinance & equipment setter-upper when he's not hustling local groupies
Special thanks to: Ruth Komanoff who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks, and Nelcy Walker the soprano voice with Ray & Roy on Dog Breath & The Uncle Meat Variations
Uncredited:Pamela Zarubica as Suzy Creamcheese
Track List:
01 Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague (different ending)
02 Legend Of The Golden Arches
03 Louie Louie (At The Royal Albert Hall In London)
04 Dog Breath Variations
05 Project X excerpt
06 Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula
07 A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
08 Electric Aunt Jemima
09 Our Bizarre Relationship (end)
10 We Can Shoot You (end)
11 If We'd All Been Living In California (slightly extended)
12 Ian Underwood Whips It Out (monologue only)
13 "All The Way Down The Tonsils"
14 The Air
15 Mr. Green Genes (w/ spoken intro from We Can Shoot You)
15a unknown (probably Right There ?)
16 Uncle Meat Variations
17 Our Bizarre Relationship ???
18 Sleeping In A Jar
19 Cops And Buns
20 King Kong Itself As Played By The Mothers In A Studio
20a King Kong It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Dom Dewild
20b King Kong As Motorhead Explains It
20c King Kong The Gardner Varieties
20d King Kong As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks