The Untouchables

Label: Showtime Records

Released: 1988

black, blue, pink/blue vinyl

  • Side #1, tracks 1-3: 1988 02 16 - Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT
  • Side #1, track 4: 1988 02 08 - Warner Theatre, Washington, DC
  • Side #1, track 5: 1988 03 12 - Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT
  • Side #1, track 6: 1988 02 26 - Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI
  • Side #2, track 1: 1988 02 17 - Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT
  • Side #2, track 2: 1988 02 16 - Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT
  • Side #2, track 3: 1988 03 16 - Civic Center, Providence, RI
  • Side #2, track 4: 1988 02 16 - Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT
  • Side #2, tracks 5-6: 1988 03 19 - Memorial Hall, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA
  • Side #3, track 1: 1988 02 13 - Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PA
  • Side #3, tracks 2-4: 1988 03 19 - Memorial Hall, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA
  • Side #4, tracks 1-2: 1988 03 13 - Civic Center, Springfield, MA
  • Side #4, track 3: 1988 02 16 - Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT
  • Side #4, track 4: 1988 03 12 - Memorial Auditorium, Burlington, VT

    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. When The Lie's So Big
  2. Planet Of The Baritone Women
  3. Any Kind Of Pain
  4. Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
  5. The Untouchables
  6. Promiscuous

Side #2

  1. Why Don't You Like Me
  2. Who Needs The Peace Corps?
  3. Filthy Habits
  4. Cruising For Burgers
  5. Mr. Green Genes
  6. Zomby Woof

Side #3

  1. Jezabel Boy
  2. Florentine Pogen
  3. Andy
  4. Inca Roads

Side #4

  1. The Texas Medley:
    Norwegian Wood (Norwegian Jim)
    L.S.D. (Lousiana Hooker With Herpes)
    Strawberry Fields (Texas Motel)
  2. I Am The Walrus
  3. Stairway To Heaven
  4. America The Beautiful

The Wizard Of Z

Label: Hoffman Records

Released: 2008

black, red, blue, mcv, green, purple, split, splash vinyl

  • Side #1, track 1: 1968 10 23, BBC Studios, London, UK
    Frank Zappa, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Art Tripp, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood
  • Side #1, tracks 2-5 & Side #2:  1969 08 10 - Musicarnival, Warrensville Heights, OH
    Frank Zappa, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Art Tripp, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood, Buzz Gardner

Side #1

  1. In Memorium Hieronymus Bosch
  2. Drum Solo Intro
  3. Some Ballet Music
  4. Right There
  5. The String Quartet

Side #2

  1. Warrensville Heights Jam 

The Young Sophisticate

Label: Yellowvin Records

Released: 2023

yellow vinyl

 

1979 02 12 - Apollo Theater, Manchester, UK

 

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

Side #1

  1. Ain't Got No Heart
  2. City Of Tiny Lights
  3. Dancing Fool
  4. Easy Meat
  5. Montana

Side #2

  1. Inca Roads
  2. For The Young Sophisticate
  3. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
  4. Peaches En Regalia
  5. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow

Theatre Antique D'Orange - France (20. June 1980)

Label: ???

Released: 2010

black, green, orange vinyl

 

1980 06 20 - Theatre Antique, Orange, France

 

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

Side #1

  1. City Of Tiny Lights
  2. A Pound For A Brown
    (incl. La Marseillaise)
  3. Cosmik Debris
  4. You Didn't Try To Call Me
  5. I Ain't Got No Heart
  6. Love Of My Life
  7. You Are What You Is
  8. Easy Meat

Side #2

  1. Mudd Club            
  2. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
  3. Joe's Garage          
  4. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
  5. Dancin' Fool          
  6. Bobby Brown        
  7. Ms. Pinky              
  8. I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
  9. The Illinois Enema Bandit

Thigh

Label: Shogun Records

Released: 1987

  • 1967 09 30 - Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1981 10 31 - Palladium, New York, NY (Late Show)
  • 1981 11 17 - The Ritz, New York, NY

1967: Frank Zappa, Jimmy Carl Black, Ian Underwood, Bunk Gardner, Don Preston, Jim Sherwood,
Roy Estrada, Ray Collins, Billy Mundi

 

1981: Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Bobby Martin

Side #1: Mothers 60's Medley 

  1. You Didn't Try to Call Me
  2. Petrouska
  3. Bristol Stomp
  4. Baby Love
  5. Big Leg Emma
  6. No Matter What You Do
  7. Blue Suede Shoes
  8. Hound Dog
  9. Gee

Side #2

  1. King Kong
  2. It Can't Happen Here

Side #3

  1. Bamboozled By Love    
  2. Stevie's Spanking           
  3. Cocain Decisions             
  4. Nigger Biznis

Side #4

  1. The Drowning Witch

Thingfish - The Real Tapes

Label: Evil Records

Released: 1987

 

The material is quite different from the finished Thing-Fish

 

Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Ray White, Tommy Mars, Chuck Wild, Scott Thunes, Jay Anderson, Ed Mann, Chad Wackerman, Ike Willis, Terry Bozzio, Dale Bozzio, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Bob Harris, Johnny “Guitar” Watson

Side #1

  1. Harry & Rhonda
  2. Rhonda & Harry
  3. Approximate
  4. Dumb All Over
  5. Heavenly Bank Account

Side #2

  1. Harry As A Chump
  2. Jumbo, Go Away
  3. Drafted Again
  4. I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
  5. That Evil Prince [instrumental]
  6. Drop Dead

Things Wayne Newton Never Told You

Label: Foolish Records

Released: 1982

 

1980 07 03 - Olympiahalle, München, Germany

 

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

 

  • First Release with gothic writing on the insert with spelling mistakes
  • Re-released in the same year with Arial writing on a corrected insert

Side #1

  1. Chunga's Revenge 
  2. Mudd Club            
  3. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
  4. Joe's Garage          
  5. Cosmik Debris
  6. Keep It Greasey

Side #2

  1. You Didn't Try To Call Me  
  2. I Ain't Got No Heart             
  3. Love Of My Life
  4. The Illinois Enema Bandit

Tiny Nightmares

Label: Beacon Island Records

Released: 1979

  • Side #1 & #2: 1973 06 29 - Festival Hall, Melbourne, Australia
    Frank Zappa, Jean Luc Ponty, Tom Fowler, Ralph Humphrey, Ruth Underwood, Ian Underwood, George Duke, Bruce Fowler, Sal Marquez
     
  • Side #3 & #4: 1977 10 31 - Palladium, New York, NY
    Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf

Side #1

  1. Exercise Four
  2. Dog Breath
  3. Dog Breath Variations
  4. Uncle Meat
  5. Montana

Side #2

  1. Mudshark
  2. Farther Oblivion

Side #3

  1. San Ber'dino
  2. Tryin' To Grow A Chin
  3. City Of Tiny Lights
  4. The Squirm
  5. Big Leg Emma

Side #4

  1. The Dance Contest
  2. Invocations
  3. Black Page Number Two
  4. Deady Jaws
  5. Camarillo Brillo
  6. Black Napkins

Tiny Nightmares

Label: Impossible Recordworks

Released: 1978

 

1977 10 31 - Palladium, New York, NY

 

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

Side #1

  1. San Ber'dino
  2. Tryin' To Grow A Chin
  3. City Of Tiny Lights
  4. The Squirm
  5. Big Leg Emma

Side #2

  1. The Dance Contest
  2. Invocations
  3. Black Page Number Two
  4. Deadly Jaws
  5. Camarillo Brillo
  6. Black Napkins

'Tis The Season To Be Jelly

TAKRL: Cover - Front

Exil: Lilac Title Cover - Front

Bizarre: Blue Title Cover - Front

Bizarre: Lilac Title Cover -Front

Label: TAKRL
(The Amazing Kornyfone Records Label)

Released: 1985

Number of Copies:

blue vinyl: 500

green vinyl: 500

Label: Bizarre

Released: 1985

black vinyl (long and short versions)

 

Label: Exil Compact Music

Released: 1985

black vinyl

   

Side #1

  1. You Didn't Try to Call Me
  2. Petroushka
  3. Bristol Stomp
  4. Baby Love
  5. Big Leg Emma
  6. No Matter What You Do (interpolating Tschaikovsky´s Sixth Symphony)
  7. Blue Suede Shoes
  8. Hound Dog
  9. Gee
  10. The Wild Man Fisher Story *
  11. I´m The Meany *
  12. One Note At A Time *

* only extended version

Side #2

  1. King Kong
  2. It Can't Happen Here

Titties And Beer - Zoot Allures Live in Paris

Red and Black and Orange Writing Cover

Black and Red Writing Cover 

Red Writing Cover (Re-release)

Label: HFQ

Released: 1977

Red, Black and Orange Writing Cover

Black and Red Writing Cover

 

Label: Smilin’  Ears Records (Re-release)

Red Writing Cover

 

1977 02 03 - Pavillon De Paris, Paris, France

 

Frank Zappa, Ray White, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Eddie Jobson

Side #1

  1. The Illinois Enema Bandit
  2. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
    (listed as “My Guitar”)
  3. Tryin' To Grow A Chin
    (listed as “Tryin´ T´ Grow Me A Chin”)
  4. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
    (listed as “You´re An Asshole”)
  5. Dong Work For Yuda (not listed)

Side #2

  1. Manx Needs Women (not listed)
  2. Titties & Beer
    (listed on side one instead)
  3. Le Serviette Noir (Black Napkins)

To Motherbuggers Everywhere

Label: Acid Speed

Released: 1983

 

1968 10 06 - The Beat Club, Bremen, Germany

 

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

 

Side #2, track 5 is a bonus track, unknown live 1980

Side #1

  1. King Kong/Improvisation
  2. A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)
  3. Sleeping In A Jar

Side #2

  1. Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask
  2. Uncle Meat
  3. Lohengrin
  4. Let's Make The Water Turn Black
  5. Watermelon In Easter Hay

Tour 88 - Broadway The Hard Way

Label: ???

Released: 1988

 

1988 04 12 - Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, 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. Intro       
  2. The Black Page     
  3. Happy Birthday
  4. Packard Goose

Side #2

  1. Any Kind Of Pain
    (“Wouldn't You Baby?”)
  2. Planet Of The Baritone Women
    (not listed)        
  3. Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbeque
    (listed as “Bolero”)
  4. I Am The Walrus
  5. I Ain't Got No Heart

Side #3

  1. Andy     
  2. Beatles Songs Intro               
  3. Norwegian Wood  
  4. Lucy In The Sky
  5. Strawberry Fields

Side #4

  1. The Torture Never Stops Songs Medley / Lonesome Cowboy Burt /
    The Torture Never Stops      
  2. City Of Tiny Lights
  3. A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
    (listed as “Instrumental”)

Side #5

  1. Drum Solo
  2. Stairway To Heaven
  3. Blank Space
  4. Bobby Brown

Side #6

  1. Whippin' Post
  2. Joe´s Garage
  3. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
  4. Blank Space
  5. Strictly Genteel
    (listed as “Instrumental”) 

Trick Or Treat

Label: Bizarre

Released: 1984

  • Side #1, tracks 1-2 & 4-7: Single Tracks
  • Side #1, track 3: 1968 11 08 - Titan Gymnasium, Fullerton, CA
    Frank Zappa, Lowell George, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Art Tripp, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood, Buzz Gardner

 

  • 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. Why Don't You Do Me Right?
  2. Big Leg Emma
  3. Lonely Little Girl
  4. Dog Breath
  5. My Guitar
  6. Tears Began To Fall
  7. Junier Mintz Boogie

Side #2

  1. Uncle Meat (One Note At A Time)
  2. Son Of Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask
  3. In The Sky
  4. The Big Medley: Let's Make The Water Turn Black, Harry, You're A Beast, Oh No, The Orange County Lumber Truck, King Kong

Two Sides Live 73/78

Label: The Amazing Kornyphone Record Label

Released: 2019

Number of copies: 150 in 5 colours (red, blue, white, clear, green)

  • Side #1: 1973 03 02 - Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa, FL
    Frank Zappa, Jean Luc Ponty, Tom Fowler, Ralph Humphrey, Ruth Underwood, Ian Underwood, George Duke, Bruce Fowler
     
  • Side #2: 1978 02 25 - Hemmerleinhalle, Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany
    Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf

Side #1

  1. Radio Ad For Concert
  2. Band Introductions
  3. RDNZL
  4. Dog Meat
  5. Fifty Fifty
  6. Inca Roads

Side #2

  1. City Of Tiny Lights
  2. Baby Snakes
  3. A Pound For A Brown On The Bus