Back On The Straight And Narrow

Label: ZX

Released: unknown

Number of Copies: 100

 

Featured as record 10 of “The History & Collected Improvisations of Frank Zappa &

The Mothers of Invention”

 

1976 01 24 - Apollo Stadium, Adelaide, Australia

 

Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Roy Estrada, Andre Lewis, Terry Bozzio 

Side #1

  1. How Could I Be Such A Fool?    
  2. Ain't Hot No Heart         
  3. I'm Not Satisfied             
  4. Black Napkins
  5. Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?

Side #2

  1. Illinois Enema Bandit    
  2. Let Me See Your Thumb
  3. The Toture Never Stops

Bacon Fat

Label: The Swingin' Pig Records

Released: 2008

Number of Copies: 300 numbered

 

1969 02 23 - Rockpile, Toronto, Canada (Early Show)

 

Frank Zappa, Lowell George, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Art Tripp, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood, Buzz Gardner 

Side #1

  1. Intro
  2. Bacon Fat
  3. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights
  4. Corrido-Rock (Intro)
  5. Corrido Rock
  6. The Mothers Blow

 

Side #2

  1. String Quartet For "Uncle Meat"
    In 7/8 Part I

Side #3

  1. String Quartet For "Uncle Meat"
    In 7/8 Part II
  2. WPLJ    
  3. Doo-Wop Shop Hop             
  4. All Night Long

 

Side #4

  1. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights
  2. Three Hours Past Midnight

Basic Primer: Z-A 

   

Label: Cover: Mud Shark

Disc: R.O.S./Raw Sound Records

Released: unknown

Side #1

  1. Return Of Your Mama
  2. Keep It Greasey
  3. Village Of The Sun
  4. I Do A Bunch Of Other Things

 

Side #2

  1. Titties & Beer
    (listed as “Crissie Puked Twice”)
  2. What Kind Of Group Do You Think We Are?
  3. All The Way Down To The Tonsils
  4. Rollo
  5. Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
  6. Zappa's Lecture
    (listed as “A Piece Of The Tape”)
  • Featured as record 1 of “20 Years Of Frank Zappa”
  • Side #1, track 1: live February 1979
    Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Warren Cucurullo, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf
  • Side #1, tracks 2-3: 1978 09 21 - Mid Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
    Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf
  • Side #1, track 4: out-take from a Jim Ladd radio interview 1976
  • Side #2, tracks 1-2: 1976 11 19 - Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI
    Frank Zappa, Ray White, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Eddie Jobson, Bianca Thornton
  • Side #2, track 3: recorded at the Uncle Meat sessions
  • Side #2, track 4: 1972 11 11 - D.A.R. Constitution Hall, Washington, DC  (Early Show) (falsely known as 31-Dec-1972). It's an unreleased song called “Rollo”, not the later “Rollo” part of the “Yellow Snow” suite
    Frank Zappa, Tony Duran, Dave Parlato, Jim Gordon, Bruce Fowler, Malcolm McNabb, Tom Malone, Earle Dumler, Glenn Ferris, Gary Barone
  • Side #2, track 5: unknown and may not appear at all
  • Side #2, track 6: short excerpt from the orchestral event at Mount Saint Mary's College, another part of which is officially released on The Lost Episodes

Bebop Tango Contest LIVE!

Label: Keyhole

Released: 2015

 

Side #1

  1. Announcer Intro
  2. Zappa's Intro - Aka Tango Chat
  3. Pygmy Twylyte / Dummy Up
  4. Be-Bop Tango excerpt
  5. The Story Of Dupree's Paradise
  6. Yellow Snow Suite (fade)

 

Side #2

  1. Yellow Snow Suite
  2. Guitar Event
  3. Be-Bop Tango Contest
  4. Announcer's Closing Remarks
  • Historic Radio Recording: WLIR-FM, Garden City, New York on New Year´s Eve 
  • Side #1, track 2: 1973 11 11 - William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
  • Side #1, track 3-4: location & date unknown
  • Side #1, track 5: 1973 11 22 - Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY
  • Side #1, track 6 & Side #2, track 1: 1973 06 24 - Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
  • Side #2, track 2: 1973 11 30 - Lowell Tech Institute Gym, Lowell, MA
  • Side #2, track 3: 1973 11 18 - University Of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
    Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Tom Fowler, George Duke, Ruth Underwood, Bruce Fowler, Ralph Humphrey, Chester Thompson
    Except: Side #1, track 6: Frank Zappa, Jean Luc Ponty, Tom Fowler, Ralph Humphrey, Ruth Underwood, Ian Underwood, George Duke, Bruce Fowler, Sal Marquez

Berlin, September 15, 1972 (Frank Zappa With Hot Rats Orchestra)

Label: Rubber Dubber

Released: 2012

Number of Copies:

splash vinyl: 50, split vinyl: 25

 

1972 09 15 - Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany

 

Frank Zappa, Tony Duran, Jerry Kessler, Dave Parlato, Jim Gordon, Tom Raney, Ruth Underwood, Ian Underwood, Bruce Fowler, Malcolm McNabb, Tom Malone, Earle Dumler, Glenn Ferris, Sal Marquez, Ken Shroyer, Mike Altschul, Joanne McNabb, Jay Migliori, Ray Reed, Charles Owens

Side #1

  1. Think It Over (The Grand Wazoo)

Side #2

  1. Improvisations

Berlin 1978 - Volume One

Label: Parachute

Released: 2019

 

1978 02 15 - Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany

 

Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf   

Side #1

  1. Intro
  2. Dancin’ Fool
  3. Peaches en Regalia
  4. The Torture Never Stops

 

Side #3

  1. I Have Been In You
  2. Flakes

Side #2

  1. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin
  2. City Of Tiny Lights
  3. Baby Snakes
  4. Pound For A Brown

 

Side #4

  1. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
  2. King Kong Variations
  3. Wild Love

Berlin 1978 - Volume Two

Label: Parachute

Released: 2019

 

1978 02 15 - Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany

 

Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf

Side #1

  1. Yo Mama
  2. Titties ‘n’ Beer
  3. Black Page #2

 

Side #3

  1. Dong Work For Yuda
  2. Bobby Brown
  3. Envelopes
  4. Drum Solo
  5. Disco Boy

Side #2

  1. Jones Crusher
  2. Little House I Used To Live In

 

Side #4

  1. Dinah-Moe Humm
  2. Camarillo Brillo
  3. Muffin Man

Big Mother Is Watching You - 1984 Tour

Label: Ministry Of Information

Released: 1986

 

“This album was recorded live on the North American leg of the 1984 tour of Oceania. The tracks presented here were recorded in Saratoga, Hollywood, and one of those cities that starts with the letter "C" located in the god-forsaken state of Ohio.”

  • 1984 09 01 - Saratoga Performing Arts Centre, Saratoga, NY
  • 1984 08 12 - Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
  • 1984 07 21 - Palace Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Allan Zavod, Bobby Martin

Side #1

  1. Ride My Face To Chicago
  2. I'm The Slime
  3. Be In My Video
  4. He's So Gay
  5. Cocksucker's Ball
  6. WPLJ
  7. What's New In Baltimore?
  8. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel

Side #2

  1. Carol, You Fool
  2. Chana in de Bushwap
  3. Kreega Bondola (1984 version of
    “Let's Move To Cleveland”)

Brest

2 Record Set

Single LP Version

Label: Shogun Records

Released: 1988

 

The Single LP Version has the 2nd record with Side #3 and #4

1979 03 19 - Parc du Penfield, Brest, France

 

Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Warren Cucurullo, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf

Side #1

  1. Imaginary Warm Up
  2. Used To Cut Grass
  3. Boutique
  4. Dead Girls Of London
  5. Brown Shoes Don't Make It

 

Side #2

  1. Cosmik Debris
  2. Trying To Grow A Chin
  3. City Of Tiny Likes
  4. Dancin' Fool

Side #3

  1. Easy Meat
  2. Jumbo, Go Away
  3. Florentine Foger Poger
  4. Imaginary Guitar Solo Pt. 1

 

Side #4

  1. Imaginary Guitar Solo Pt. 2
  2. Honey Don't Ya Want A Man Like Me
  3. Peaches en Regalia
  4. Montana

Brest 1979 Volume One (French Broadcast Recording)

Label: Parachute Recording Company

Released: 2020

 

1979 03 19 - Parc du Penfield, Brest, France

 

Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Warren Cucurullo, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf

Side #1

  1. Läther
  2. Persona Non Grata
  3. Band Intros
  4. Dead Girls Of London

 

Side #2

  1. I Ain't Got No Heart
  2. Brown Shoes Don't Make It
  3. Cosmic Debris

Side #3

  1. Tryin' To Grow A Chin
  2. City Of Tiny Lights / Filthy Habits

 

Side #4

  1. Dancin' Fool
  2. Easy Meat

Brest 1979 Volume Two (French Broadcast Recording)

Label: Parachute Recording Company

Released: 2020

 

1979 03 19 - Parc du Penfield, Brest, France

 

Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Warren Cucurullo, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf

Side #1

  1. Jumbo Go Away
  2. Andy
  3. Inca Roads

Side #2

  1. Florentine Pogen
  2. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
  3. Peaches En Regalia
  4. Montana
  5. Dirty Love

Broadway The Hard Way...

Label: Zinc Alloy

Released: 1988

 

1988 04 14 - Sporthalle, Köln, Germany

 

Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Mike Keneally, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Bobby Martin, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Paul Carman, Albert Wing, Kurt McGettrick

Side #1

  1. Black Page
  2. Inca Roads
  3. When The Lie's So Big

Side #2

  1. Planet Of The Baritone Woman
  2. Any Kind Of Pain
  3. Jesus Thinks You Are A Jerk

Brooklyn & Elsewhere

Label: Rubber Dubber

Released: 2012

Number of Copies: 129

red splash: 12, midnight splash: 13

purple/mcv split: 14
blue splash, purple splash, yellow splash, blue/mcv split, yellow/mcv split, red/mcv split: 15 copies each

1973 11 04 - Whitman Auditorium, Brooklyn College, New York, NY (Late Show)

 

RDNZL: 1973 12 09 - Roxy, Los Angeles, CA (Early Show)

 

Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Tom Fowler, George Duke, Ruth Underwood, Bruce Fowler, Ralph Humphrey, Chester Thompson

Side #1

  1. Dupree´s Paradise

Side #2

  1. Son Of Mr. Green Genes
  2. King Kong
  3. Chunga´s Revenge
  4. Son Of Mr. Green Genes
  5. RDNZL

Burnt Meat In Toronto

Advance Release - Black Vinyl

Advance Release - Green Vinyl

Label: Hoffman Records

Released: 2011

Number of Copies: 200

advance release: 15

Toronto, Canada, May, 24, 1969 (Late Show)

Frank Zappa, Lowell George, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Art Tripp, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood, Buzz Gardner

Side #1

  1. Igor's Boogie / A Little Doo-wop
  2. Redneck Eats
  3. Charles Ives
  4. Some Ballet Music

Side #2

  1. Improvisations / prelude to Uncle Meat
  2. Uncle Meat
  3. Drum Duet
  4. Eye Of Agamotto
  5. Jam
  6. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama