Canada 1973

Label: Zappa-Dong Records

Released: 1985

Number of Copies: 350

 

Side #1

  1. The Be-Bop Tango
  2. Inca Roads

 

Side #2

  1. Be-Bop Tango Preamble
  2. Pygmy Twylyte
  3. "Dupree's Paradise" Stories
  4. Be-Bop Tango
  5. Dog Breath
  • Side #1, track 1: 1973 11 18 - University Of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
  • Side #1, track 2: unknown live 1973 version
  • Side #2, track 1: 1973 11 11 - William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ (Late Show)
  • Side #2, track 2: 1973 11 11 - William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ (Early Show)
  • Side #2, track 3: 1973 11 22 - Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY (Late Show)
  • Side #2, track 4: 1973 11 18 - University Of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
  • Side #2, track 5: might be from Sydney, or even from the Roxy of Roxy & Elsewhere fame
    Frank Zappa, Ian Underwood, Ruth Underwood, George Duke, Bruce Fowler, Tom Fowler,
    Jean-Luc Ponty, Ralph Humphrey

Carousel

Label: Tangooo Records

Released: 1984

 

1984 09 11 - Eissporthalle, Berlin, Germany

 

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

Side #1

  1. Zoot Allures
  2. Tinsel Town Rebellion
  3. More Trouble Every Day
  4. Penguin In Bondage
  5. Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel

 

Side #3

  1. Black Page #2
  2. Carol You Fool
  3. Chana in de Bushwop (listed as “Chana)
  4. Let's Move To Cleveland

Side #2

  1. Teenage Wind
  2. Truck-Driver Divorce
  3. He's So Gay
  4. Bobby Brown
  5. Keep It Greasey
  6. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
  7. Goblin Girl

 

Side #4

  1. Joe's Garage
  2. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
  3. Sharleena
  4. The Illinois Enema Bandit

Chalk Pie

Label: Way Of Wizard Records

Released: 2014

blue, green, red vinyl

 

Unreleased double album recorded

live at various venues

 

Includes a bonus CD of all tracks

Side #1

  1. “Drowning Witch” - Live with studio overdubs. The group vocal section is from Santa Monica Dec-11-1981 (early show), Zappa's vocal section is from Chicago 27-Nov-1981 (late show), the first guitar solo from the Ritz 17-Nov-1981, and the first third or so of the second solo is from Chicago 27-Nov-1981 (late show) again. The rest of the song is unknown. It all contains studio overdubs, some of which render the basic tracks almost unrecognizable.
  2. “Envelopes” - Live with studio overdubs. location unknown. Same version as on Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch.
  3. “Teen-Age Prostitute” - Live at Santa Monica 11-Dec-1981 (early show) with studio overdubs.  

Side #2

  1. “The Dangerous Kitchen” - Live at Armadillo in Austin, Texas 16-Oct-1980. Same version as on The Man from Utopia original LP but mixed differently.
  2. “Chalk Pie” - Live in Salt Lake City 7-Dec-1981. Same as on Guitar, but mixed slightly differently.
  3. “We're Turning Again” - live in Santa Monica 11-Dec-1981 (early show) and Salt Lake City 7-Dec-1981. Unreleased version. Frank makes hilarious references to Journey, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, and Styx at the end of the song.
  4. “Alien Orifice” - Live in Salt Lake City 7-Dec-1981. Unreleased version.

Side #3

  1. “The Jazz Discharge Party Hats” - Live in Carbondale, Illinois, 15-Nov-1980. Appears to be the same mix on The Man from Utopia original LP.
  2. “The Torture Never Stops” guitar solo (title unknown) - Live in 1980. Unreleased.
  3. “What's New In Baltimore?” - Seems to be live with studio overdubs, location unknown. Same version as on Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention, but the guitar solo is longer (full & unedited) and the mix is much different with less studio overdubs.
  4. “Moggio” - Live in Chicago #2 11/27/81 with studio overdubs. Same version as on The Man from Utopia, but mixed differently.

Side #4

  1. “The Black Page #2” guitar solo (title unknown) - Live in San Diego 12-Dec-1981 (early show). Unreleased. Might have been titled "Them Or Us".
  2. “Clownz on Velvet” - Live at the Ritz 17-Nov-1981. Al DiMeola guests on lead guitar. Unreleased.
  3. “Frogs with Dirty Little Lips” - Live in Santa Monica 11-Dec-1981 (early show) with studio overdubs. Zappa's son Ahmet guests. Unreleased version. Could have been used as the basic tracks for the Them Or Us version, as the studio overdubs appear to correspond with that version.

Charlie's Favourite

Label: Sleev

Released: 1982

 

1982 05 15 - The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands

 

Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Bobby Martin

Side #1

  1. Zoot Allures / Introductions
  2. Sofa #1
  3. RDNZL
  4. Advance Romance

 

Side #3

  1. Tinsel-Town Rebellion
  2. Approximate
  3. Cosmik Debris
  4. Sinister Footwear, Second Movement
  5. Stevie's Spanking
  6. Cocaine Decisions
  7. Nig Biz

Side #2

  1. We're Turning Again
  2. Alien Orifice
  3. Harder Than Your Husband
  4. Bamboozled By Love
  5. Young & Monde 

 

Side #4

  1. Disco Boy
  2. Teenage Wind
  3. Truck-Driver Divorce
  4. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
  5. No No Cherry
  6. Strictly Genteel

Child’s Play

Label: Pyramid Records

Released: unknown

 

Side #1 & Side #2, tracks 2-5: 1967 09 30 - Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden

Frank Zappa, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Billy Mundi, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood

 

Side #2, track 1: 1968 10 25 - Royal Festival Hall, London, UK

Frank Zappa, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Art Tripp, Ian Underwood, D. Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood   

Side #1

  1. King Kong
  2. It Can't Happen Here
  3. You Didn't Try To Call Me
  4. Petroushka
  5. Bristol Stomp
  6. Baby Love
  7. Big Legged Emma

Side #2

  1. The Big Medley - A Journey Through
    'Freak Out', 'Absolutely Free' and
    'We're Only In It For The Money'
  2. No Matter What You Do - Interpolating Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony
  3. Blue Suede Shoes
  4. Hound Dog
  5. Gee

Chronicle

Label (Cover): Tin Can Records

Label (Discs): Kimber Records

Released: 1982

 

 

  • Side #1, track 1: the officially released version from Sleep Dirt and Läther
  • Side #1, tracks 2-3: 1971 11 12 - ABC TV, Dick Cavett Show
    Frank Zappa, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jim Pons, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Aynsley Dunbar
  • Side #1, track 4 & Side #2, track 1: 1975 11 01 – KWST: Captain Beefheart with Frank Zappa on guitar
  • Side #2, track 2 & Side #3, track 2: 1975 04 19 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ
    Frank Zappa, Denny Walley, Captain Beefheart, Tom Fowler, Terry Bozzio, Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Bruce Fowler
  • Side #2, tracks 3-4: 1973 02 24 - The Magic Band live at Town Hall, New York City
  • Side #3, track 1: the officially released version from Studio Tan and Läther
  • Side #4, tracks 1-2: Demo Acetate, March 1967
  • Side #4, track 3: Demo Acetate, 1965
  • Side #4, tracks 4-6: Demo Acetates, April/May 1967

Side #1

  1. Regyptian Strut
  2. Sofa
  3. Who Are The Brain Police?
  4. Orange Claw Hammer

 

Side #2

  1. 200 Years Old
  2. Willie The Pimp
  3. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Peon
  4. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band:
    Alice In Blunderland

Side #3

  1. Revised Music For Guitar &
    Low-Budget Orchestra
  2. A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)

 

Side #4

  1. Captain Beefheart: Somebody's Walking
  2. Captain Beefheart: Almost Grown
  3. Captain Beefheart: Call On Me
  4. Captain Beefheart: Sure´ Nuff´n & Yes I Do
  5. Captain Beefheart: Yellow Brick Road
  6. Captain Beefheart: Plastic Factory

Clownz On Velvet - Toxic Shock Part 3

Label: Magpie Records

Released: 1982

 

1981 11 17 - The Ritz, New York, NY

 

Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Bobby Martin and special guest Al Di Meola

 

Came with different Inserts: B/W, Yellow, Light Blue, Light Green, Green/White, Black/Blue

 

Came with different Labels: white, yellow, green

Side #1

  1. While I Tune My Guitar
  2. Zoot Allures
  3. Clownz On Velvet (with Al DiMeola)

Side #2

  1. Strictly Genteel
  2. This Is My Story
  3. Tied To The Whipping Post
    (Reggae Version)
  4. Watermelon In Easter Hay

Conceptual Continuity

Label: Mud Shark Records

Released: 1981

Number of Copies: 3200

 

1976 11 19 - Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI

 

Frank Zappa, Ray White, Eddie Jobson, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio and special guests Ralph Armstrong and Don Brewer

Side #1

  1. Stinkfoot
  2. The Poodle Lecture (not listed)
  3. Dirty Love
  4. Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station

Side #2

  1. The Torture Never Stops
  2. City Of Tiny Lites

Concerthouse 1967 - Royal Festival Hall 1968 (Oldies But Goldies)

Label: Koinè Records

Released: 1989

 

Side #1: 1967 09 30 - Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden

Frank Zappa, Ray Collins, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Billy Mundi, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood

 

Side #2: 1968 10 25 - Royal Festival Hall, London, UK

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

Side #1

  1. King Kong

Side #2

  1. Uncle Meat Big Medley

Confidential

Wizardo Records Cover V #1

Wizardo Records Cover V #2

Not On Label Cover

Label: Wizardo Records

Released: 1976

Label: Not On Label

Released: ?

 

Different insert to the other confidential releases - Zappa playing drums

1975 11 01 - "Zappa / Beefheart Radio Hour"

  • Side #1, track 1: recorded '63/'64, officially released on Mystery Disc
  • Side #1, track 2 and (maybe) track 3: 1974 02 23 - Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA
    Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Jeff Simmons, Tom Fowler, George Duke, Ruth Underwood, Bruce Fowler, Ralph Humphrey, Chester Thompson
  • Side #1, track 4: Zappa talking about a record company's reaction to a demo tape
  • Side #1, track 5: the last Studio Z recording (1964) from the night before the police raid
  • Side #1, track 6: the first live recording of the Mothers, 1965
  • Side #1, track 7: 1966 recording of Lowell George & the Factory, produced by and featuring FZ
  • Side #1, track 8: the 1969 single version from A&R Studios, New York
  • Side #2, track 1: from Studio Z in 1964
  • Side #2, track 2: the first studio rehearsal with the Mothers, 1965
  • Side #2, track 3: could be live 1968
  • Side #2, track 4: officially released on Mystery Disc
  • Side #2, track 5: live in London 1968
  • Side #2, track 6: first version, recorded in London '68 for C.M.P., featuring the 10-piece “Mothers”, officially released on Mystery Disc

Side #1

  1. Metal Man Has Won His Wings (listed as “Metal Man Has Hornet´s Wings”)
  2. Dupree's Paradise (not listed)
  3. Black Napkins (listed as “Original Black Napkins”)
  4. Instrumental and The Story of Electricity
  5. Unconditionally Guaranteed  
  6. Gone Behind The Sun and Mondo Hollywood  
  7. Lowell George & the Factory:
    Lightning-Rod Man
  8. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (listed as “I Think My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama”)

Side #2

  1. Rock Around The Clock / Sandwich Song 
  2. How Could I Be Such A Fool?
  3. Boogie for Berkeley (listed as
    “Boogie For Berkerley”)
  4. Neon Meat Dream of a Octafish
  5. King Kong
  6. Speed Freak Boogie (not listed)

Could This Be ... Joe's Garage Acts IV & V Live?

Label: Mud Shark Records

Released: 1980

Number of Copies: 1000

 

1980 04 20 - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA,

except

Side #2, track 7: 1980 05 03 - Music Hall, Boston, MA

Side #4, track 5: 1980 03 27 - McArthur Court, University Of Oregon, Eugene, OR

 

Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Tommy Mars, Arthur Barrow, Ray White, David Logeman   

Side #1

  1. Watermelon In Easter Hay
  2. Teenage Wind
  3. Harder Than Your Husband
  4. Bamboozeled By Love
  5. Pick Me, I'm Clean

 

Side #2

  1. Society Pages
  2. I'm A Beautiful Guy
  3. Beauty Knows No Pain
  4. Charlie's Enormous Mouth
  5. Any Downers
  6. Conehead
  7. You Are What You Is

Side #3

  1. Easy Meat
  2. The Mudd Club (listed as “Mud Club”)
  3. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
  4. Heavenly Bank Account

 

Side #4

  1. Suicide Chump
  2. Jumbo, Go Away (listed as “Jumbo”)
  3. You Just Got Drafted
  4. I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
  5. Joe's Garage

Crush All Boxes

Black Vinyl and Picture Disc Cover 

 

 

Label:

Mundkin Music

Released: 1980

Way Of Wizard Records

Released: 2015

 

Number of Copies:

black vinyl: ?

picture disc: 60

blue, green, red vinyl: ?

 

The Nude Cover version is made from the inside paperwork of the Picture Disc album.

   

   

Nude Cover

Way Of Wizard Records Cover

  • Recorded at UMRK, Los Angeles CA & Tower Theatre, Upper Darby PA
  • All tracks appear in remixed form on “You Are What You Is”, except Fine Girl
    and first part of Easy Meat which appear in remixed form on “Tinseltown Rebellion”
  • Guitar Solo & Out-chorus of Easy Meat are still totally unreleased

Side #1

  1. Doreen
  2. Fine Girl
  3. Easy Meat
  4. Goblin Girl

Side #2

  1. Society Pages
  2. I'm A Beautiful Guy
  3. Charlie's Enormous Mouth
  4. Any Downers?
  5. Conehead   

Cucamonga Era

Label:
Cover: Mudshark

Label: R.O.S.

Released: unknown

 

Featured as record 3 of

“20 Years Of Frank Zappa”

Side #1

  1. The Masters: Breaktime
  2. Baby Ray & the Ferns: How's Your Bird
  3. Baby Ray & the Ferns: The World's Greatest Sinner
  4. Ned & Nelda: Hey Nelda
  5. Ned & Nelda: Surf Along
  6. The Heartbreakers: Every Time I See You
  7. Bob Guy: Dear Jeepers
  8. Bob Guy: Letter From Jeepers
  9. Brian Lord & The Midnighters: The Big Surfer

Side #2

  1. The Penguins: Memories Of El Monte
  2. The Hollywood Persuaders: Grunion Run
  3. The Hollywood Persuaders: Tijuana Surf
  4. Mr. Clean: Mr. Clean
  5. Mr. Clean: Jessie Lee
  6. The Rotations: Heavies
  7. The Hollywood Persuaders: Drums A-Go-Go
  8. The Hollywood Persuaders: Hot Water
  9. Brian Lord & The Midnighters: Not Another One
  10. The Masters: Sixteen Tons

Cucamonga Years - The Early Works Of Frank Zappa 1962-1964

Label: Vinyl Virus

Released: unknown

 

 

Side #1

  1. The Penguins: Memories Of El Monte
  2. Baby Ray & the Ferns: How's Your Bird?
  3. Baby Ray & the Ferns: The World's Greatest Sinner
  4. Bob Guy: Dear Jeepers
  5. Bob Guy: Letter From Jeepers
  6. The Hollywood Persuaders: Grunion Run

Side #2

  1. The Hollywood Persuaders: Tijuana Surf
  2. Mr. Clean: Mr. Clean
  3. Mr. Clean: Jessie Lee
  4. The Rotations: Heavies
  5. The Rotations: The Cruncher
  6. The Heartbreakers: Every Time I See You (listed as “Every Time”)
  7. The Heartbreakers: Cradle Rock

Cum Together

Label: Mr. Natural

Released: 2010

Number of Copies: 250

grey, umbra, brown, green vinyl

 

1974 11 26 - Pershing Municipal Auditorium, Lincoln, NE

 

Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Ruth Underwood, Chester Thompson, James “Bird Legs” Youmans   

Side #1

  1. Tush Tush Tush
  2. A Token Of My Extreme
  3. Stinkfoot
  4. RDNZL 

 

Side #2

  1. Village Of The Sun
  2. Cosmik Debris
  3. Camarillo Brillo

Side #3

  1. Montana
  2. The Booger Man (concl.)

 

Side #4

  1. The Booger Man
  2. Preamble
  3. 200 Years Old
  4. Tush Tush Tush (reprise)
  5. Dinah-Moe Humm