Frankie Boy

Label: Collage

Released: 1982

  • Side #1, track 1: 1963 05 19 - Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA
  • Side #1, track 2: from “Tinsel-Town Rebellion”
  • Side #1, track 3: live 1977 or 1978
  • Side #1, track 4: live spring 1975, with Captain Beefheart
  • Side #1, track 5: 1976 10 30 - Felt Forum, New York, NY
    Frank Zappa, Ray White, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Eddie Jobson
  • Side #2, track 1: instrumental part of "Room Service" (1974)
  • Side #2, track 2: unknown live version
  • Side #2, track 3: 1973 08 21 - Solliden, Skansen, Stockholm, Sweden
    FZ, Jean Luc Ponty, Tom Fowler, Ralph Humphrey, Ruth Underwood, Ian Underwood, George Duke, Bruce Fowler
  • Side #2, tracks 4-5: listed as “live at the Felt Forum, New Yok, 30-Oct-1974”, but there was no such show

Side #1

  1. Collage One
  2. Fine Girl (listed as “Catholic Girls”)
  3. Disco Boy
  4. Debra Kadabra
  5. Stranded In The Jungle

Side #2

  1. Room Service
    (listed as “Do the Funky Room Service”)
  2. Nite Owl
  3. RDNZL (listed as “Redunzl”)
  4. Florentine Pogen
    (listed as “Chester's Gorilla”)
  5. That's Right, Let's Boogie   

Frankie Goes To Düsseldorf

Label: Hollywood Records

Released: 1985

Number of Copies: 300

 

1984 09 28 - Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany

 

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

Bobby Martin

Side #1

  1. Zoot Allures
  2. Teenage Wind
  3. Truck Driver Divorce
  4. City Of Tiny Lites

 

Side #2

  1. You Are What You Is
  2. Mudd Club
  3. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
  4. Theme from “Thingfish”  

Side #3

  1. More Trouble Every Day
    (listed as “Trouble Coming Every Day”)
  2. Penguin In Bondage
  3. Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
    (listed as “Green Hotel”)
  4. He's So Gay
  5. Bobby Brown

 

Side #4

  1. Keep It Greasey
  2. I'm The Slime
  3. Let's Move To Cleveland
    (listed as “Instrumental Improvisations”)

Frankie Goes To Paris - Continued

Label: Not On Label

Released: 1985

Number of Copies:

black vinyl: 250

blue vinyl: 50

 

1970 12 15 - Palais Gaumont, Paris, France

 

Frank Zappa, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jeff Simmons, Ian Underwood, George Duke, Aynsley Dunbar

Side #1

  1. A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
  2. The Air
  3. The Bee-Gees
  4. Dog Breath
  5. Mother People
  6. You Didn't Try To Call Me
  7. King Kong

Side #2

  1. John Cale Interview
    and Solo On Piano
  2. King Kong

Frankie Goes To Rotterdam

Label: Prime Cut Records

Released: 1985

Number of Copies: 500 numbered

 

1984 09 16 - The Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands

 

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

Bobby Martin

  • It's a 500-copy edition, hand-numbered in blue ink. The back cover says that “This is part 1 of the Frank Zappa Concert, 16-9-84. Part 2 will be out soon” (what part 2 became is presently not known).
  • The back cover also apologises “for the inferior sound on the first two songs. All other songs are recorded in full stereo, perfect quality.”
  • The disc labels have the label name as “Easeon”, the number Stemra E 194, and “SEITE 1” and “SEITE 2” in German.
  • There was a pop group in the '80s called “Frankie Goes to Hollywood”.

Side #1

  1. Chunga's Revenge
  2. Teenage Wind
  3. Truck-Driver Divorce
  4. More Trouble Every Day
  5. Penguin in Bondage
  6. Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
    (listed as "Green Motel")

Side #2

  1. Cocaine Decisions
  2. Nig Biz
    (listed as "Nigger Bizznizz")
  3. Sharleena

Frankie Meets Bobby

Label: Not On Label

Released: 1985

Number of Copies: 50

yellow, red, clear, blue, green vinyl:

10 numbered copies each

 

Side #1: Bob Dylan demos & outtakes

Side #2: 1979 02 21 - Voorst Nationaal, Bruxelles, Belgium

 

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

Bobby Martin

Side #1 (Bob Dylan)

  1. Kingsport Town
  2. Watcha Gonna Do
  3. Mixed-up Confusion
  4. Sally Gal
  5. Hard Rain
  6. Frank Zappa: Treacherous Cretins
    (listed as “Bird Of Peace”)

Side #2 (Frank Zappa)

  1. Dead Girls Of London
    (listed as “Overture”, “Intro” and
    “Dead Girls Of London”)
  2. I Ain´t Got No Heart (not listed)
  3. Brown Shoes Don´t Make It
    (listed as “Brown Shoes”)
  4. Cosmik Debris
    (listed as “Jumbo Go Away”)
  5. Trying To Grow A Chin (not listed)

Frankie's Greatest Hits - Live '88

Original Release Cover

 

Label: Showtime Records

Released: 1990

Number of Copies: 500 (original Release)

Re-release Cover

  • Original released on Showtime Records in 1990 with b/w cover.
  • Re-released 2010 with free Bonus 7 inch 45rpm: “Frankie's Not So Greatest Hits - Live '88”
    1988 03 16 - Civic Center, Providence, RI,
    Side #1: Filthy Habits, Side #2: Sofa, Eat That Question
       
  • Side #1, tracks 1-2: 1988 02 13 - Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA
  • Side #1, track 3: 1988 03 12 - Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT
  • Side #1, tracks 4-5: 1988 03 13 - Civic Center, Springfield, MA
  • Side #2, track 1: 1988 02 02 - Palace Theater, Albany, NY
  • Side #2, track 2: 1988 02 17 - Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT
  • Side #2, track 3: 1988 03 25 - Nassau Colisseum, Uniondale, NY
  • Side #2, track 4: 1988 03 13 - Civic Center, Springfield, MA
    Frank Zappa, Mike Keneally, Ike Willis, Bobby Martin, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Kurt McGettrick, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Albert Wing, Paul Carman

Side #1

  1. Stinkfoot
  2. Montana
  3. Bobby Brown
  4. Joe's Garage
  5. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?

Side #2

  1. Dancin' Fool
  2. Cosmik Debris
  3. Whipping Post
  4. Illinois Enema Bandit

Freak Out! - The Original Aborted Version

Label: Yellow Snow Records

Released: 2010

Number of Copies: 500 numbered

 

 

  • Made from the two original tapes from The Freak Out Sessions which took place in march 1966
  • Tapes were rediscovered in 2009
  • Issue contains Freak Out Hot Spots Map

Side #1

  1. Wowie Zowie
  2. You Didn't Try To Call Me
  3. Trouble Comin' Every Day
  4. No Heart
  5. How Could I Be Such A Fool ?

 

Side #3

  1. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here
  2. Go Cry On Somebody's Else's Shoulder
  3. Help I'm A Rock

Side #2

  1. I'm Not Satisfied
  2. Motherly Love
  3. Brain Police
  4. Any Way The Wind Blows
  5. Hungry Freaks, Daddy  

 

Side #4

  1. Cream Cheese

Freaking Out In 1969

Label: Virgin Vinyl Records

Released: 2013

Number of Copies: 400 numbered

blue, white, grey, green, red, petrol vinyl

 

 

Side #1 - #4: 1969 02 23 - Rockpile, Toronto, Canada (Early Show)

 

Side #5 - #8: 1969 05 23 - Lawrence University Chapel, Appleton, WI

 

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 & Tune-Up
  2. Bacon Fat
  3. Lonely Lonely Nights
  4. Preamble
  5. Corrido Rock
  6. Pachuko Hop
  7. Behind The Sun

 

Side #2

  1. Preamble
  2. A Pound For A Brown
  3. Sleeping In A Jar

 

Side #3

  1. Charles Ives

 

Side #4

  1. Preamble
  2. WPLJ
  3. O In The Sky
  4. Preamble
  5. All Night Long
  6. Stuff Up The Cracks
    (Old Masters Version)
  7. Jerry Roll Gumdrop (Single Mix)

Side #5

  1. Intro & Tune-Up
  2. Some Ballet Music
  3. Uncle Meat (Including Drum Duet)

 

Side #6

  1. Eye Of Agamotto
  2. My Guitar Preamble
  3. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
  4. Clap & Vomit
    (Including Prelude To The Afternoon
    Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask, Meditation, Audience Participation)
  5. Kung Fu #1 (aka The Jelly)

 

Side #7

  1. Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue
    (Q: Teddy Bear's Picnic, Tea For Two,
    It Had To Be You, Octandre)
  2. Hungry Freaks, Daddy
  3. ‘The Duke’ Preamble
  4. Little House I Used To Live In
  5. Aybe Sea
  6. Transylvania Boogie

 

Side #8

  1. Help I'm A Rock
    (Incl. Transylvania Boogie)
  2. King Kong
  3. Igor's Boogie / Little Doo-Wop

Freaks And Motherfu#@%! (Live In Fillmore East 1970)

White Label Version Cover

Cover with golden Swingin' Pig Sticker

Limited Edition Version with Poster Cover

Label: The Swingin’ Pig Records

Released: 1983

Number of Copies:

colored cover: 222

1970 11 13 and/or 14 - Fillmore East, New York, NY

Frank Zappa, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jeff Simmons, Ian Underwood, George Duke, Aynsley Dunbar

  • Probably side #1, tracks 1-3 are from the late show and tracks 4-5 are from the early show.
  • Probably side #2 is from the late show.

Side #1

  1. Happy Together
  2. Wino Man - with Dr. John Routine
  3. Concentration Moon
  4. Paladin Routine
  5. Call Any Vegetable   

Side #2

  1. Little House I Used To Live In
  2. Mudshark Variations
  3. Holiday In Berlin (with lyrics!,
    including “Would You Like a Snack?”)
  4. Instrumental (including “Inca Roads” & “Easy Meat” themes)
  5. Cruisin' For Burgers

Fred Zappelin

Label: Mud Shark

Released: 1983

Number of Copies: 

b/w cover, black vinyl: 2000

red writing cover, green vinyl: 500

red writing cover, black vinyl: ?

  • Side #1 & Side #2, tracks 1-4: 1980 06 07 - Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany
  • Side #2, tracks 5-6: 1980 10 13 - Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ
  • Side #2, track 7, Side #3 & Side #4, tracks 4-6: various unknown US live dates late 1980
  • Side #4, tracks 1-3: 1980 11 01 - Palladium, New York, NY (Late Show)
    Cologne musicians: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Tommy Mars, Arthur Barrow, Ray White, David Logeman
    US musicians: Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Steve Vai, Ray White, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tommy Mars, Bob Harris

Side #1

  1. A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
  2. Pick Me, I'm Clean
  3. Society Pages
  4. I'm A Beautiful Guy
  5. Beauty Knows No Pain

 

Side #2

  1. Charlie's Enormous Mouth
  2. Dancin' Fool
  3. Bobby Brown
  4. Ms Pinky
  5. Truck Driver Divorce / Luigi & the Wise Guys (listed as “You´re A Dork”)
  6. Outside Now

Side #3

  1. Tinseltown Rebellion
  2. The Dangerous Kitchen
  3. The Blue Light (listed as “Your Ethos”)
  4. Dumb All Over
  5. Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?

 

Side #4

  1. Black Napkins / Introduction
  2. Doreen
  3. Goblin Girl
  4. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
    (listed as “Broken Hearts”)
  5. I'm So Cute
  6. Andy

Fretboard Ballet

Testpressing Cover

Label: Trade Quark Of Malady

Released: 2014

Number of Copies:

testpressings: 10

black, red, yellow, uv, green, purple  vinyl:

25 copies each

  • Side #1, track 1: 1980 01 28 UMRK, Los Angeles, CA
    Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Ray White, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tommy Mars
  • Side #1, track 2: 1980 11 13 - Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh, PA (Late Show)
    Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Steve Vai, Ray White, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tommy Mars, Bob Harris #2
  • Side #1, track 3: 1974 11 17 Spectrum Theater, Philadelphia, PA
    Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Tom Fowler, George Duke, Ruth Underwood, Chester Thompson
  • Side #1, track 4: 1979 02 28 Congress Centrum, Hamburg, Germany
    Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Warren Cucurullo, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf
  • Side #2, track 1: Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, Osaka, Japan
    Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Roy Estrada, Andre Lewis, Terry Bozzio
  • Side #2, track 2: 1974 11 17 Spectrum Theater, Philadelphia, PA
    Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Tom Fowler, George Duke, Ruth Underwood, Chester Thompson
  • Side #2, track 3: 1970 11 05 Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA
    Frank Zappa, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jeff Simmons, Ian Underwood, George Duke, Aynsley Dunbar
  • Side #2, track 4: 1982 04 20 UMRK, Los Angeles, CA
    Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Bobby Martin
  • Side #2, track 5: 1991 06 29 Prague
    Frank Zappa

Side #1

  1. I'm A Beautiful Guy (Solo) -
  2. The Illinois Enema Bandit (Solo)         
  3. Montana (Solo)
  4. Inca Roads (Solo)

Side #2

  1. Zoot Allures (Solo)
  2. RDNZL (Solo)
  3. King Kong (Solo)
  4. Fretboard Ballet
  5. Backstage Wardrobe Guitar Check

Further Modifications

Label: Hoffman Records

Released: unknown

Number of Copies: 200

 

1973 05 09 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

Frank Zappa, George Duke, Tom Fowler, Bruce Fowler, Sal Marquez, Ian Underwood, Ralph Humphrey, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ruth Underwood    

Side #1

  1. Big Swifty
  2. Sleep Dirt
  3. Eat That Question

Side #2

  1. Mr. Green Genes              
  2. King Kong         
  3. Chunga´s Revenge       
  4. Mr. Green Genes