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This document is a very incomplete listing of bootleg recordings of Frank
Zappa on vinyl and CD, along with a very basic question-and-answer section
about bootlegs. If you want to read more about bootlegs, I fully recommend
the book BOOTLEG by Clinton Heylin (ISBN 0-312-14289-7).

Q: Are bootlegs illegal?
A: Yes, most of them are. Some are legal because they were made in
contries with very fuzzy or loopholey legislation (Italy and Japan spring
to mind). It's usually illegal to export these to other countries.

Q: Legal or not - aren't they immoral?
A: Frank Zappa hated these bootlegs very much. So do many Zappa fans.
On the other hands, some people love them - even at their most illegal.
Who am I to judge?

Q: Do bootlegs put record companies / artists out of business?
A: According to record company propaganda, yes. But in reality, no. The
kind of bootlegs that offer unreleased material for hard-core fans are A)
just complements to the official collection anyway, and B) simply not sold
in large enough quantities. Of course, in certain countries the market is
flooded by counterfeit copies of pop albums passed off as the real thing.
A whole different deal and a real threat.

Q: What are Beat the Boots?
A: They are "Official Zappa bootlegs". Zappa decided to licence a few
bootleg recordings to Rhino Records for legitimate release, because
someone was making money off of these albums and he didn't get any. (He
figured these guys wouldn't exactly sue him for copying their "product".)
They have the original (bad) bootleg sound and ugly covers.

Q: What about these tapes, then?
A: Many Zappa fans trade tapes instead of buying bootlegs. People have
taped shows from the audience, and sometimes sound board tapes have leaked
out, and copies of these tapes circulate among fans. Cheaper and less
illegal than buying bootlegs - and even though Zappa tried to stop tapers
sometimes, he didn't mind that people swapped the tapes for free. A list
of live tapes in chronological order is maintained by my fellow Swede Jon
Naurin <nau...@mbox300.swipnet.se> and available on St. Alphonzo's Pancake
Homepage at <http://www.wins.uva.nl/~heederik/zappa/faq/text/fzshows.txt>.
If you want to get into tape-trading, there is also a tape traders'
homepage at <http://www.frontiernet.net/~prem/fztrade.htm>.

Q: Why are there so many copies of bootlegs?
A: When a product is illegal in the first place, no one can take legal
action if you copy it. In the vinyl age, this was very common; in the CD
age, it's even more common.

Q: Are you a bootlegger yourself, Johan?
A: No, I am not.

If you would like to contribute to this document, please send e-mail to me
at the address listed at the top. I will be delighted. Include AS MUCH AS
YOU CAN of the following data:

- Title
- Medium (CD, vinyl, type of vinyl &c)
- Date of performance
- Length of recording
- Track list
- Track lengths
- Musicians
- Sound quality (very subjective; included mostly for fun)
- Label and number (most of the time completely pointless)
- Gory details (artwork, liner notes &c &c)
- Any folk-loric anecdotes associated with performance or recording

(Many people have contributed, and I thank them all. There will, however,
be no credit given to individual contributers, with the exception of my
source "U", who has done a TREMENDOUS job compiling and sending me info.)

I did not creat this FAQ. Other people have worked on it and I'm the one
working on it now. Some of the sources at my disposal can not possibly
have been created by humans. I have done my best to extract information
from all sources, and to check and double-check, but half of it may be
wrong anyway. Corrections are only welcome. (Rule of thumb: If I sound
like there MIGHT be an error, then I KNOW there is; if I don't, I THINK
there is.)

The live boots are in chronological order, followed by live compilations,
orchestral bootlegs, studio oddity boots, huge boxes, counterfeit issues
of official products, La:ther and finally some bootleg 45s. The document
ends with a list of bootlegs I need more information on. If you're looking
for a particular boot, do a text search NOT for the full title (which you
and I may have differently) but for a key word.

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This is the start of a new section: the Concert Bootlegs section. These
are bootlegs where most of the material is from one or two concerts, or
from the same tour. The bootlegs in the Live Compilations section have
material from more than two concerts and from different bands (widespread
use of "bonus" and "filler" tracks makes the line hard to draw).

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- TITLE: Pigs & Repugnance (LP)
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- Garrick Theater, New York, 20-Jun-1967 or 30-May-1967 (?)

Length: ~43 min
Label: Flashback, Flash 04.89.0101-33
Sound quality: B

Musicians: Frank Zappa, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Billy Mundi, Ian
Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner and Motorhead Sherwood

1. Big Leg Emma (2:15)
2. King Kong [listed as "Pigs and Repugnant Variations"] (17:55)
3. America Drinks [listed as "America Drinks and Go Home"] (2:00)

4. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:37)
5. King Kong Variations (15:30)
6. Status Back Baby (0:48)

Front cover is a painted pigsty view scenery: blue sky, white clouds,
yellow fields and the sty itself. Below the title is a pink-and-black pig:
the black spots on the pig form a stylized Zappa face. The pig stands on
the word ZAPPA in red letters, erected in the mud of the pigsty.

Back cover has the track list, some gray and yellow decoration and the
following notes: "Words and music composed and performed by Frank Zappa.
All songs recorded live from the GARRICK THEATRE, New York, June 20th,
1967. We thank: Brigette Kowalczyk for colour drawing. Andreas Rodenbeck
of Repro Art for color scans. Tko Yan of Ducks Design for typesetting and
logo works. Andrea Krueger of Duck Design for mounting. Cover design by
Duck Design, Ch. Knak, D-4600 Dortmund. Produced and published through
Flashback, L2914 Luxembourg, Flash 04.89.0101-33". But the track list
looks very similar (yes, identical) to a 30-May-1967 tape; it is quite
possible that this is that show instead. Note also that the shows at the
Garrick theater were billed as "Pigs & Repugnant", not "Repugnance" as the
album is called. Conveniently, "Pigs & Repugnant" is a different boot.

The record is pressed on see-through vinyl. Some copies have some kind of
sunburst figure of different colors.

On this record we hear Zappa make early use of the wah-wah pedal (but he
did NOT invent it). Jimi Hendrix did not use such a pedal in Monterey 18-
Jun-1967 or earlier, but he did use it in late July that year, recording
in New York with Curtis Knight - after he had attended a Zappa show on
July 7th!

Do not see also: Pigs & Repugnant
Do not see also: Son of Pigs & Repugnant

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- TITLE: 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly (LP/CD)
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- TITLE: Oldies but Goldies
- TITLE: Concerthouse 1967 (CD)
- TITLE: Thigh (2 LP)
- TITLE: Petrouska
- TITLE: King Kong Ripped My Flesh
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- Konserthuset, Stockholm, 30-Sep-1967 (date has been debated)
- CD bonus tracks from various sources

Re-issued on CD by Living Legend Records with plentiful bonus tracks
(later as a "promo" (?) and on Exile Records)
Re-issued as Oldies but Goldies (with "Uncle Meat" medley from the Royal
Festival Hall, London, 1968 as bonus track) and also as Concerthouse 1967
(on Koine Records)
Re-issued with a Hollywood 1981 record as Thigh (2 LP) on Shogun Records
Re-issued as King Kong Ripped My Flesh on Barner Wros
Concert also issued as Petrouska (with material from the Long Beach Arena,
31-Dec-1974) as ZX 3658
Legally re-issued as part of the Beat the Boots set

Length: ~45 min
Sound quality: FM B
Label: "Bizarre" FVZ 967 (LP) / Living Legend Records LLR-CD002 (CD)

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

The original vinyl track list:

1. You Didn't Try to Call Me
2. Petroushka [Stravinsky]
3. Bristol Stomp [Appel/Mann]
4. Baby Love [Supremes]
5. ???
6. Big Leg Emma
7. No Matter What You Do (Tchaikovsky's 6th) [?]
8. Blue Suede Shoes [Perkins]
9. Hound Dog [Leiber/Stoller]
10. Gee [William Davis / Viola Watkins]

11. King Kong
12. It Can't Happen Here

Track listings may vary slightly between re-issues. Track 2 was removed
from the legal CD re-issue but not the LP box (something at work). Track
10 is an old Crows number from 1953. Track 7 is also known as "I Don't
Care How You Treat Me", and is probably written by Zappa (don't expect too
much of Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony here). Apparently, Zappa gave the intro
to the Animals when he produced their album (Animalism) or whatever he
did.

This show was supposed to be televised or broadcast on radio, so Zappa
tried to play even though he was very ill. He soon left the stage,
however, and the band carried on without him. A unique performance you
don't have to like. (The boot is taken from a 1977 broadcast in the series
"Rock fra.n underjorden" (Rock from the Underground)).

The color cover shows a caricature of Zappa with a huge right foot,
spraying a sweaty sock with deodorant, thinking "Warum tut es weh, wenn
ich pinkle?" (German for "Why does it hurt when I pee?") - drawn by the
French comic artist Jean Sole (with an accentuated e) for a comic version
of "Stink-Foot" he made in a French mag called Fluide Glacial (of comic
artists interpreting rock songs).

Back cover has a short story called 'Tis the Season to be Jelly by science
fiction writer Richard Matheson, beginning "Pa's nose fell off at
breakfast, it fell right into Ma's coffee and displaced it" (a line which
later became the title of another bootleg). Artwork for some re-issues
completely unkown. Some LP labels have the incorrect title "TIS THE SEASON
TO JELLY".

The CD re-issue track list:

1. You Didn't Try to Call Me
2. Petroushka [Stravinsky] / Bristol Stomp [Appel/Mann]
3. Baby Love [Supremes]
4. Big Leg Emma
5. No Matter What You Do (Tchaikovsky's 6th) [?]
6. Blue Suede Shoes [Perkins]
7. Hound Dog [Leiber/Stoller]
8. Gee Improvisation ["Gee", William Davis / Viola Watkins]
9. King Kong
10. It Can't Happen Here
11. Opus 5
12. We Are the Mothers & This Is What We Sound Like
13. Run Home Slow
14. The Jelly
15. Igor's Boogie

The Stockholm section is taken from Petrouska, not the original 'Tis the
Season to Be Jelly: track 1 has a longer spoken intro section, and tracks
9-10 are edited down ("King Kong" is the 5:20-14:10 section and "It Can't
Happen Here" the first 50 seconds). Tracks 11-15 are CD bonus tracks:
- Track 11 is like "Mount St. Mary's Concert Excerpt" on The Lost
Episodes, but starting 70-80 seconds before the official version and
ending some 45 seconds earlier (falsely listed as "live Dallas")
- Tracks 12 & 15 live in America 1967 (track 12 is probably and
introduction and a noisy jam)
- Track 13 possibly the "Run Home Slow Theme" on the The Lost Episodes
- Track 14 recorded in 1967, same as on Apocrypha

Cover depicts some cut-out paraphernalia, not unlike the Joe's Garage Acts
I-III booklet, on a yellow background.

See also: Petrouska
See also: Thigh
See also: Pa's nose fell off at breakfast, it fell right into Ma's coffee
and displaced it
See also: Apocrypha

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- TITLE: Petrouska
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- Konserthuset, Stockholm, 9/13/30-Sep-1967 (probably 30th)
- Long Beach Arena 31-Dec-1974

Cropped re-issue of 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly with 1974 material
Re-issued as record 8 (bright yellow label) of The History & Collected
Improvisations of Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention

Length: ~45 min
Sound quality: Soundboard B (Stockholm)
Label: ZX 3658
Cross-reference: Zappalog #207

Side 1 live in Stockholm 9/13/30-Sep-1967
Side 2 live at the Long Beach Arena 31-Dec-1974

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

Long Beach musicians: Frank Zappa, Ruth Underwood, Napoleon Murphy Brock,
Tom Fowler, Chester Thompson and George Duke

1. You Didn't Try to Call Me
2. Petrouska [Stravinsky]
3. Bristol Stomp [Appel/Mann]
4. Baby Love [Supremes]
5. Big Leg Emma
6. King Kong [edit]
7. It Can't Happen Here [edit]
8. No Matter What You Do (interpolating Tchaikovsky's 6th)

9. Pygmy Twylyte
10. Room Service

Tracks 6 and 7 are much shorter than on 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly: "King
Kong" is the 5:20-14:10 section and "It Can't Happen Here" the first 50
seconds. Track 1 has a longer spoken intro section.

Robbert Heederik

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| alt.fan.frank-zappa FAQ Bootlegs Information |

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| Original version by Rob Sweet (sw...@skat.usc.edu) |
| Maintained by Johan Wikberg (johan_...@ssco.se) |
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This is the start of a new section: the Huge Boxes section - box sets of
four or more LPs or CDs.

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- TITLE: The Godfather Meets the Untouchables (4-LP box)
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- Binghampton 17-Mar-1988
- Uniondale 25-Mar-1988
- Hartford 16-Feb-1988 & 17-Feb-1988
- Providence 16-Mar-1988
- Philadelphia 12-Feb-1988 & 13-Feb-1988
- Allentown 19-Mar-188
- Boston 20-Feb-1988
- Springfield 13-Mar-1988
- Chicago 3-Mar-1988 & 4-Mar-1988
- Uniondale 25-Mar-1988
- The Beacon, New York, 6-Feb-1988

Box set of four 1988 live compilation records.

Length: ~200 min
Sound quality: Audience
Label: Showtime Records 003

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

1. The Black Page
2. Dickie's Such an Asshole
3. Stick Together
4. My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
5. Willie the Pimp

6. Packard Goose
7. The Torture Never Stops [part 1]
8. Lonesome Cowboy Burt

9. Confinement Loaf [Bacon Fat (Andre Williams)]
10. Stolen Moments
11. Big Swifty
12. The Untouchables [Broadway the Hard Way version]

13. The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbeque
14. Uncle Remus
15. Catholic Girls
16. Crew Slut

17. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
18. Let's Move to Cleveland
19. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling /
Theme from The Godfather (Mix) ["Mix"?]
[The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life version]
20. King Kong

21. Find Her Finer
22. Outside Now
23. Disco Boy
24. Murder by Numbers (with Sting) [Broadway the Hard Way version]
25. What Kind of Girl (Would Suck His Rod)?
[one source of the Broadway the Hard Way mix]

26. The Orange County Medley:
Let's Make the Water Turn Black /

Harry, You're a Beast /
Oh No /

Theme from Lumpy Gravy
27. Sharleena
28. Watermelon in Easter Hay
29. Peaches en Regala

30. Heavy Duty Judy
31. Eat That Question
32. Black Napkins

- Side 1 live in Binghampton 17-Mar-1988
- Side 2 live in Uniondale 25-Mar-1988
- Tracks 9-10 live in Hartford 17-Feb-1988
- Tracks 11-12 live in Providence 16-Mar-1988
- Side 4 live in Philadelphia, track 13 13-Feb-1988 and 14-16 12-Feb-1988
- Tracks 17-19 live in Binghampton 17-Mar-1988
- Track 20 live in Allentown 19-Mar-1988
- Track 21 live in Boston 20-Feb-1988
- Tracks 22-23 live in Springfield 13-Mar-1988
- Tracks 24-25 live in Chicago, 24 on 3-Mar-1988 and 25 on 2-Mar-1988
- Tracks 26-27 live in Uniondale 25-Mar-1988
- Tracks 28-29 live in Hartford 17-Feb-1988
- Track 30 live in New York 6-Feb-1988
- Tracks 31-32 live in Hartford 17-Feb-1988

Tracks 12, 19 & 24-25 ended up on official albums ("What Kind of Girl?" on
Broadway the Hard Way was edited together from this version and a March 1
recording), but of course these mixes sound a little different.

The cover shows Zappa in an Uncle Sam outfit, holding a giant pen or
pencil. A similar picture can be seen on page 98 of Miles' book A Visual
Documentary. Back cover has liner notes and two pictures of Zappa, one
holding and one playing guitar. It also says: "If you like this great
music, you will love The Untouchables (Showtime Records 002)" and "Special
thanks to Jesse Belvin and Johny Otis [!], owners of Showtime Records, for
their faith in Frank Zappa and his music".

See also: The Rondo Hatton Band

See also: Chalk Pie
See also: Crush All Boxes
See also: Return of the Son of Serious Music
See also: Randomonium
See also: A Token of His Extreme

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- TITLE: Twenty Years of Frank Zappa (12 LP-box)
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- Various live
- Various studio
- Various radio & TV
- Interview

12-LP box including re-issues of Gas Mask and Show & Tell

Length: ~514 min
Sound quality: Various
Label: Mud Shark MZ4801-4812

This is another one of those deluxe retrospective boxes: a 12-album set
with a 16-page booklet. The classic recycled sentence is "1000 pressed;
565 seized in one raid; other legal problems netted a further 100 copies".
Another recycled sentence, that I've never been able to quite figure out,
is "25 sets with 11.5"x11.5" B&W covers front and back". It was released
in April 1981. The records were in black & white paper covers. Since then,
it has been re-issued twice. Some copies have been pressed on grey vinyl.

These are the 12 records:

1. The Basic Primer: Z-A
2. The Soundtracks
3. The Cucamonga Era
4. Gas Mask
5. Hotel Dixie
6. The Grand Wazoo Orchestra
7. Show & Tell
8. Night of the Iron Sausage
9. Warts & All I
10. Warts & All II
11. Soup & Old Clothes
12. Advanced Study: World Pop Domination

All the records have been sold separately and have been given autonomous
entries. Their locations and dates are taken from available sources but
could very well be quite wrong.

It should be noted that the titles The Cucamonga Era, Show & Tell, Soup &
Old Clothes and Hotel Dixie (in that order) are real Zappa titles in that
he planned to use them in his own 12-record set The History & Collected
Improvisations of Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention. Those plans were
never realized, and should not be confused with the 10-LP boot box so
named. Soup & Old Clothes, of course, was later used for a solo in the
Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar set. Warts & All, too, is a real Zappa title;
almost everything he planned seems to have been called Warts & All at some
stage, up to the Lost Episodes. Night of the Iron Sausage was the title of
an album planned before Zoot Allures. (Anybody have a clue what I had in
mind months ago when I included Hotel Dixie in this list?)

See also: The Basic Primer: Z-A
See also: The Soundtracks
See also: The Cucamonga Era
See also: Gas Mask
See also: Hotel Dixie
See also: The Grand Wazoo Orchestra
See also: Show & Tell
See also: Night of the Iron Sausage
See also: Warts & All I
See also: Warts & All II
See also: Soup & Old Clothes
See also: Advanced Study: World Pop Domination

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- TITLE: Apocrypha (30 Years of Frank Zappa) (4-CD box)
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- Various live
- Various studio

Length: 4:01:45
Sound quality: Various, often from vinyl
Label: Great Dane Records GDR9405/ABCD (Italy 1994)

This is some kind of ultimate super-bootleg with very luxurious packaging.
It comes with a 40-page color booklet, containing (mis)information about
the 61 tracks.

HEY! The track list and details below (courtesy of Jon Naurin) are
unaltered and formatted completely differently from everything else in
this FAQ, but are included that way because that's the kind of list people
want for this - what is for many people the only bootleg that matters.
Hold on to your managua now:

Disc 1 (61:58):

1. LOST IN A WHIRLPOOL [2:13]
album(s) in which song has appeared: THE LOST EPISODES
date: 1958/59
location: Lancaster, Ca
musicians: Don van Vliet (vocals), FZ (lead guitar), Bobby
Zappa (rhythm guitar)
2. DO IT IN C aka RONNIE SINGS? [1:35]
album(s) in which song has appeared: THE LOST EPISODES
date: 1961/62
location: Living room in Ontario, Ca
musicians: FZ (guitar), Ronnie Williams (vocals)
3. ANYWAY THE WIND BLOWS [2:36]
album(s) in which song has appeared: FREAK OUT, CRUSING WITH
RUBEN & THE JETS, THE LOST EPISODES
date: 1963
location: Studio Z
musicians: FZ (drums, bass, guitar), Ray Collins (vocals)
The original version from the Dot demos.
4. FOUNTAIN OF LOVE [2:16]
(Zappa/Collins)
album(s) in which song has appeared: CRUSING WITH RUBEN AND
THE JETS, THE LOST EPISODES
date: 1963
location: Studio Z
musicians: FZ (drums, bass, guitar, background vocals), Ray
Collins (vocals)
This track differs from the one on Ruben & The Jets in that
it has fuzz bass.
5. DESERI [2:30]
(Collins/Buff)
album(s) in which song has appeared: CRUISING WITH RUBEN &
THE JETS (see below)
date(?): 1962
location: UNKNOWN
musicians: Baby Ray and the Ferns (?) FZ (drums), Ray Collins
(vocal), Ronny Williams (guitar)
This track also appears on the album LOOKING UP GRANNY'S
DRESS by the Grandmothers.
6. THE STORY OF ELECTRICITY [2:20]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
7. METAL MAN HAS HORNET WINGS [2:56]
album(s) in which song has appeared: THE OLD MASTERS BOX ONE:
MYSTERY DISC.
"Correct" title: "Metal Man Has Won His Wings."
8. I WAS A TEENAGE MALTSHOP [8:30]
STATUS BACK BABY
NED THE MUMBLER
NED HAS A BRAINSTORM
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED (see below)
date(?): 1963
location: STUDIO Z, CUCAMONGA, CA, USA
musicians: The Soots (?), FZ (vocal, piano), Vic Mortenson
(drums), Jimmy Sherwood (sax), Allison Buff (vocal), Don Van
Vliet (vocal)
The first part of this track (the instrumental "overture"
plus Captain Beefheart's narration which follows) appears on
THE OLD MASTERS BOX ONE: MYSTERY DISC.
"Correct" title: "I Was A Teen-Age Malt Shop" plus "The Birth
Of Captain Beefheart."
9. WHISKEY GONE BEHIND THE SUN [1:18]
(Actually "Louisiana Blues" by Muddy Waters)
album(s) in which song has appeared: THE OLD MASTERS BOX ONE:
MYSTERY DISC.
date: 1964
location: Broadside Bar, Pomona
musicians(?): FZ (lead guitar, vocal), Ray Collins (vocal),
Jimmy Carl Black (drums), Roy Estrada (bass, vocal)
"Correct" title: "Original Mothers At The Broadside
(Pomona)."
10. MONDO HOLLYWOOD [1:51]
album(s) in which song has appeared: THE OLD MASTERS BOX ONE:
MYSTERY DISC.
date: 1965
location: Hollywood, CA, USA
musicians(?): FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Ray Collins (vocal),
Jimmy Carl Black (drums), Roy Estrada (bass, vocal), Elliot
Ingber (guitar)
"Correct" title: "Party Scene From Mondo Hollywood."
11. SANDWICH SONG [1:40]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED (see below)
date: 1964
location: STUDIO Z, CUCAMONGA, CA, USA
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Ray Collins (vocal), Jimmy
Carl Black (drums), Roy Estrada (bass, vocal)
A fragment of this track, not including the actual "Sandwich"
song itself, appears on THE OLD MASTERS BOX ONE: MYSTERY
DISC.
"Correct" title: "Original Mothers Rehearsal."
12. HOW COULD I BE SUCH A FOOL [1:53]
album(s) in which song has appeared: FREAK OUT, CRUISING WITH
RUBEN & THE JETS, THE OLD MASTERS BOX ONE: MYSTERY DISC.
date: 1965
location: UNKNOWN
musicians(?): FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Ray Collins (vocal),
Jimmy Carl Black (drums), Roy Estrada (bass, vocal)
First studio rehearsal. FZ presents the songs from 6 to 12
(and other stuff) on a KWST radio broadcast on November 1,
1975. This is the "Mystery Disc" version.
13. AGENCY MAN [5:42]
album(s) in which song has appeared: AHEAD OF THEIR TIME, THE
OLD MASTERS BOX TWO: MYSTERY DISC.
date: 1967
location: Apostolic, NYC, NY, USA
This is the Mystery Disc version, differently edited.
14. RANDOMONIUM [1:31]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: 1967
location: UNKNOWN
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Jimmy Carl Black (drums),
Roy Estrada (bass), Don Preston (electric piano), Billy Mundi
(drums), Bunk Gardner
(horns), Ian Underwood (keyboard, saxes), Artie Tripp (drums,
percussions), Euclid James Sherwood (sax)
From the recording sessions of Uncle Meat
15. MY HEAD (noted as LUMPY GRAVY (DIALOGUE OUTTAKE)) [0:45]
album(s) in which song has appeared: YCDTOSA 5
date: 1969
location: Sunset Sound Studios, Hoolywood
"musicians": Jimmy Carl Black, Roy Estrada, Don Preston, Bunk
Gardner, Ian Underwood, Artie Tripp, Motorhead Sherwood
Same as "My Head" on YCDTOSA 5.
16. IN MEMORIAM HIERONYMUS BOSCH [5:05]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: 1967
location: TV Studio, NYC
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Jimmy Carl Black (drums),
Roy Estrada (bass), Don Preston (electric piano), Billy Mundi
(drums), Bunk Gardner (horns), Ian Underwood (keyboard,
saxes), Artie Tripp (drums, percussions), Euclid James
Sherwood (sax)
A live improvisation from the "Bitter End" TV Show.
17. IN THE SKY [2:00]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: 1968
location: BBC-TV, London, UK
musicians: FZ (lead guitar), Jimmy Carl Black
(drums), Roy Estrada (bass/vocal), Don Preston (electric
piano), Bunk Gardner (horns), Ian Underwood (keyboard,
saxes), Artie Tripp (drums, percussions), Euclid James
Sherwood (sax)
18. REMINGTON ELECTRIC RAZOR [1:00]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: 1968
location: UNKNOWN
musicians: Mothers with Linda Ronstadt
Meant as a commercial, never used. "cleans you, thrills
you...may even keep you from getting busted".
19. DIRECTLY FROM MY HEART TO YOU [5:50]
(Composer: R.W. Penniman)
album(s) in which song has appeared: WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH
20. TWINKLE TITS [10:20]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED (see below)
date: March 7, 1970
location: Olympic Auditorium, LA, CA, USA
musicians: FZ (lead guitar), Ian Underwood (keyboard, saxes),
Aynsley Dunbar (drums), Don Sugar Cane Harris
(violin/vocals), Max Bennett (drums)
"Twinkle Tits" shares some musical material with "Little
House I used to live in" on BURNT WEENY SANDWICH and FILLMORE
EAST JUNE 1971

Disc 2 (61:22):

1. MAGIC FINGERS [2:33]
album(s) in which song has appeared: 200 MOTELS, YCDTOSA
VOL.6
2. STUDEBAKER HOCH [6:06]
album(s) in which song has appeared: JUST ANOTHER BAND FROM
L.A., PLAYGROUND PSYCHOTICS
date: 1971
location: UNKNOWN
musicians(?): FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Marc Volman (vocals),
Howard Kaylan (vocal), Ian Underwood (keyboard/vocals),
Aynsley Dunbar (drums), Jim Pons (bass/vocal), Don Preston
(keyboards)
Excerpt from "Billy the Mountain"
3. INTERVIEW [3:00]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: 1971
location: LONDON, UK
musicians: ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
from the 200 Motels soundtrack, not used on LP
4. RDNZL [4:08]
album(s) in which song has appeared: STUDIO TAN, YCDTOSA
VOL.2, YCDTOSA VOL.5, THE LOST EPISODES
5. INCA ROADS [3:05]
album(s) in which song has appeared: ONE SIZE FITS ALL,
YCDTOSA VOL.2, THE BEST BAND YOU NEVER HEARD IN YOUR LIFE,
THE LOST EPISODES
date: 1972
location: Whitney Studios, Glendale, Ca
musicians: FZ (guitar), George Duke (keyboards/vocals),
Ian Underwood (woodwinds), Ruth Underwood (percussion),
Bruce Fowler (trombone), Tom Fowler (bass), Ralph
Humphrey (drums), Jean-Luc Ponty (violin)
These are the "Lost Episodes" versions.
6. T'MERSHI DUWEEN [2:18]
album(s) in which song has appeared: YCDTOSA VOL.2, MAKE A
JAZZ NOISE HERE
date: Oct 1 1975
location: War Memorial Gym, Vancouver
musicians: FZ (guitar), Napoleon Murphy Brock (sax), Andre
Lewis (keyboard), Roy Estrada (bass), Terry Bozzio (drums)
7. STINK FOOT [4:06]
album(s) in which song has appeared: APOSTROPHE, MAKE A JAZZ
NOISE HERE
date: December 1974
location: KCET-TV studio, Los Angeles, USA
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Ruth Underwood
(percussion), Napoleon Murphy Brock (sax/vocal), Chester
Thompson (drums), Tom Fowler (bass), George Duke (keyboards)
Recorded for the "A Token of my Extreme" TV show.
8. DOWN IN THE DEW [2:56]
album(s) in which song has appeared: THE GUITAR WORLD
ACCORDING TO FRANK ZAPPA, L=C4THER
date: UNKNOWN
location: Electric Lady Studios, NYC, NY, USA;
Paramount Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA
musicians: F.Z. (guitar/bass), Jim Gordon (drums)
Correct Title "Down In De Dew"
9. THE PURPLE LAGOON [3:57]
album(s) in which song has appeared: ZAPPA IN NEW YORK
date: Dec. 11 1976
location: NYC
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Ray White (guitar/vocal),
Eddie Jobson (keyboard/violin/vocal), Patrick O'Hearn
(bass/vocal), Terry Bozzio (drums/vocal), Ruth Underwood
(percussion/synthesizer), David Samuels (vibes), Randy
Brecker (trumpet), Mike Brecker (tenor sax), Lou Marini (alto
sax/flute), Ronnie Cuber (baritone sax/clarinet), Tom Malone
(trombone/trumpet/piccolo), John Belushi (be bop samurai)
Recorded at the "Saturday Night Live" TV show
10. ST. ALFONSO PANCAKE BREAKFAST/ROLLO [4:18]
album(s) in which song has appeared: APOSTROPHE, YCDTOSA 1
date: Oct. 21 1978
location: NYC
musicians: FZ (lead guitar), Denny Walley (guitar), Tommy
Mars (keyboards), Arthur Barrow (bass), Vince Colaiuta
(drums), Peter Wolf (keyboards), Ed Mann (percussion), Ike
Willis (guitar/vocal)
Recorded at the "Saturday Night Live" TV show
11. BLACK NAPKINS [4:33]
album(s) in which song has appeared: ZOOT ALLURES, MAKE A
JAZZ NOISE HERE, YCDTOSA VOL.6, FZ PLAYS THE MUSIC OF FZ
date: October 29, 1976
location: NBC studios
musicians: FZ (lead guitar)
featuring the Mike Douglas Band
12. HEIDELBERG [5:26]
album(s) in which song has appeared: THE GUITAR WORLD
ACCORDING TO FRANK ZAPPA.
date: Febraury 24, 1978
location: Heidelberg, Germany
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Tommy Mars (keyboars),
Adrian Belew (guitar), Peter Wolf (keyboards), Ed Mann
(percussion), Patrick O'Hearn (bass), Terry Bozzio (drums)
Correct title: "A Solo From Heidelberg."
13. THE SQUIRM [6:06]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: October 31, 1977
location: Palladium, NYC, NY, USA
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Adrian Belew
(guitar/vocals), Patrick O'Hearn (bass), Tommy Mars
(keyboards), Terry Bozzio (drums), Ed Mann (percussion),
Peter Wolf (keyboards)
Actually the coda to the "Wild Love" improvisations.
14. DONG WORK FOR YUDA [3:00]
album(s) in which song has appeared: JOE'S GARAGE
date(?): 1977
location: UNKNOWN
musicians: FZ (lead vocal), Terry Bozzio (drums/vocal),
Ray White (vocal), Eddie Jobson (vocal), Patrick O'Hearn
(vocal)
15. MOE'S VACATION (a)/BLACK PAGE (b) [7:05]
album(s) in which song has appeared: (a) LONDON SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA / (b) ZAPPA IN NEW YORK, BABY SNAKES, YCDTOSA
VOL.4, YCDTOSA VOL.5, MAKE A JAZZ NOISE HERE, L=C4THER
date: September 21, 1978
location: Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
musicians: FZ (lead guitar), Denny Walley (guitar), Tommy
Mars (keyboards), Arthur Barrow (bass), Vince Colaiuta
(drums), Peter Wolf (keyboards), Ed Mann (percussion), Ike
Willis (guitar/vocal)

Disc 3 (71:45):

1. SUICIDE CHUMP [9:00]
album(s) in which song has appeared: YOU ARE WHAT YOU IS,
YCDTOSA VOL.1
date: October 15, 1978
location: Stonybrook, NY, USA
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Denny Walley (guitar/lead
vocal), Tommy Mars (keyboards), Arthur Barrow (bass), Vince
Colaiuta (drums), Peter wolf (keyboards), Ed Mann
(percussion), Ike Willis (guitar/vocal)
2. NITE OWL [2:15]
(Composer: Tony Allen)
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: 1980
location: UNKNOWN
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Ike Willis (guitar/vocal),
Ray White (guitar/vocal), Vince Colaiuta (drums), Arthur
Barrow (bass), Steve Vai (stunt guitar), Bob Harris
(keyboards/vocal), Tommy Mars (keyboards)
3. HEAVY DUTY JUDY [4:17]
album(s) in which song has appeared: SHUT UP 'N PLAY YER
GUITAR, THE BEST BAND YOU NEVER HEARD IN YOUR LIFE
date: UNKNOWN
location: UNKNOWN
musicians: UNKNOWN
4. PICK ME I'M CLEAN [3:32]
album(s) in which song has appeared: TINSELTOWN REBELLION
5. TEENAGE WIND [3:07]
album(s) in which song has appeared: YOU ARE WHAT YOU IS,
YCDTOSA VOL 4
6. HARDER THAN YOUR HUSBAND [2:32]
album(s) in which song has appeared: YOU ARE WHAT YOU IS
7. BAMBOOZLED BY LOVE [3:04]
album(s) in which song has appeared: TINSELTOWN REBELLION,
YCDTOSA VOL.3
date(?): 1980
location: UMRK, Hollywood, Ca
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/drum machine), Ike Willis (vocal),
Ray White (vocal), ?
UMRK rehearsals.
8. FALLING IN LOVE IS A STUPID HABIT [1:56]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date(?): 1980
location: UNKNOWN
musicians: FZ (piano?/vocal) and/or Jimmy Carl Black (piano?)
A song FZ claimed he never wrote.
9. THIS IS MY STORY [1:20]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
10. WHIPPING POST [6:25]
(Composer: Gregg Allman)
album(s) in which song has appeared: THEM OR US, DOES HUMOR
BELONG IN MUSIC
11. CLOWNS ON VELVET [6:17]
album(s) in which song has appeared: THING FISH
date: November 17, 1981
location: The Ritz, NYC, NY, USA
musicians: FZ (guitar), Scott Thunes (bass), Tommy Mars
(keyboards), Ray White (guitar), Chad Wackerman (drums),
Steve Vai (stunt guitar), Bobby Martin (keyboards/sax), Ed
Mann (percussion), Al DiMeola (guitar solo)
12. FROGS WITH DIRTY LITTLE LIPS [2:05]
album(s) in which song has appeared: THEM OR US
date: 1981
location: UMRK
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal) Scott Thunes (bass), Tommy
Mars (keyboards/vocals), Ray White (guitar/vocal), Chad
Wackerman (drums), Steve Vai (stunt guitar), Bobby Martin
(keyboards/vocal/sax), Ed Mann (percussion), Bob Harris
(vocal)
13. IN FRANCE [2:35]
album(s) in which song has appeared: THEM OR US, YCDTOSA 3
date: July 22, 1984
location: Palace Theater, Hollywood, Ca
musicians: FZ (guitar/vocal), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (lead
vocal) Scott Thunes (bass), Alan Zavod (keyboards), Ray White
(guitar/vocal), Chad Wackerman (drums), George Duke
(keyboards), Bobby Martin (keyboards/vocal/harmonica),
Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocal)
14. BROKEN HEARTS ARE FOR ASSHOLES [4:05]
album(s) in which song has appeared: SHEIK YERBOUTI
date: December 11, 1981
location: Santa Monica, CA, USA
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Scott Thunes (bass), Tommy
Mars (keyboards/vocal), Ray White (guitar/vocal), Chad
Wackerman (drums), Steve Vai (stunt guitar), Bobby Martin
(keyboards/vocals/sax), Ed Mann (percussion), Pete Ribcoss
(food thrower)
15. TEXAS MEDLEY [9:00]
(LENNON/MC CARTNEY LYRICS ADAPTED BY FRANK ZAPPA)
NORWEGIAN JIM (NORWEGIAN WOOD)
LOUISIANA HOOKER WITH HERPES (LUCY IN THE SKY)
TEXAS MOTEL (STRAWBERRY FIELDS)
16. I'M THE WALRUS (LENNON/MCCARTNEY) [3:40]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: March 13, 1988
location: Springfield, MA, USA
17. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL (TRADITIONAL) [3:14]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: March 12 1988
location: Burlington, VT, USA
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Ike Willis (guitar/vocal),
Mike Keneally /guitar/syntesizer/vocal), Bobby Martin
(keyboards/vocal/sax), Ed Mann (percussion), Walt Fowler
(trumpet), Paul Carman (alto sax), Albert Wing (tenor sax),
Kurt McGettrick (baritone sax), Scott Thunes (bass), Chad
Wackerman (drums)

Disc 4 (66:29):

1. THE WORLD GREATEST SINNER [11:54]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: 1961
location: UNKNOWN
musicians: Pomona Valley Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fred
E. Graff, Paul Frees (narrator/Satan), Timothy A. Carey
(Clarence "God" Hillard)
2. GYPSY AIRS (?) [1:48]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: 1967 or Sep 17/18 1975 (?)
location: UNKNOWN or Royce Hall, UCLA
musicians: UNKNOWN or The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony
Orchestra.
From the "Lumpy Gravy" sessions. Intended to be released as
single with "Sink Trap". Other sources claims this to be
"Sink Trap" from the "Orchestral Favorites" sessions.
3. SOME BALLET MUSIC [4:58]
album(s) in which song has appeared: THE ARK (BTB#1)
date: July 18, 1968
location: Boston, MA, USA
musicians: FZ (lead guitar/vocal), Jimmy Carl Black (drums),
Roy Estrada (bass), Don Preston (electric piano), Bunk
Gardner (horns), Ian Underwood (keyboard/saxes), Artie Tripp
(drums/percussions), Euclid James Sherwood (sax)
4. THE JELLY [2:10]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: 1967
location: UNKNOWN
musicians: UNKNOWN
5. THE REVENGE OF THE KNICK KNACK PEOPLE [6:20]
album(s) in which song has appeared: L=C4THER
date: 1978
location: UMRK
musicians: UNKNOWN
Ballet for piano, percussion and tape effect
6. SPONTANEOUS MINIMALIST COMPOSITION [1:59]
album(s) in which song has appeared: UNRELEASED
date: UNKNOWN
location: UNKNOWN
musicians: UNKNOWN
7. SINISTER FOOTWEAR [26:00]
ALBUM(S) IN WHICH SONG HAS APPEARED: YOU ARE WHAT YOU IS,
THEM OR US, MAKE A JAZZ NOISE HERE
date: June 15, 1984
location: Zellerback auditorium, San Francisco, CA, USA
musicians: Berkeley Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent
Nagano
8. THE BLACK PAGE [2:02]
album(s) in which song has appeared: ZAPPA IN NEW YORK, BABY
SNAKES, YCDTOSDA VOL.4, YCDTOSA VOL.5, MAKE A JAZZ NOISE
HERE, L=C4THER
date: 1986
location: UMRK
musicians: FZ (synclavier)
9. WHILE YOU WERE ART #1 [7:15]
album(s) in which song has appeared: JAZZ FROM HELL
date(?): 1985
location: UMRK
musicians: FZ (synclavier)

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This is the start of a new section: the Counterfeit section. These issues
are unauthorized and illegal, but contain material that either has seen
official release but become rare or withdrawn, or that has been intended
for official release but been pirated before that. (The Chalk Pie boot in
the Live Compilations section also contains some such material.) The
counterfeited items are the Mothermania compilation, 200 Motels, Cruising
with Ruben & the Jets, Roxy & Elsewhere, Studio Tan, Sleep Dirt, Crush All
Boxes, the Mystery Discs from The Old Masters Boxes I and II and the
cassette The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa. Two different boots
called Broadway the Hard Way have nothing to do with the official Broadway
the Hard Way album.

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- TITLE: MOI: AMERICAN PAGEANT (Musical Underground Oratorios) (LP/CD)
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- Almost identical to the legitimate Mothermania compilation

Length: ~40 min
Sound quality: CD "Remastered" from vinyl
Label: Duchesse No. CD352076 (EEC), re-issued on Universe with a different
cover

1. Absolutely Free (3:27)
2. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:28)
3. It Can't Happen Here (3:54)
4. Duke of Prunes (5:06)
5. Call Any Vegetable (4:21)
6. The Idiot Bastard Son (2:24)
7. Mother People (1:44)
8. Who Are the Brain Police? (3:22)
9. You're Probably Wondering Why I'am Here (3:37)
10. Plastic People [Berry/Zappa] (3:40)
11. Brown Shoes Don't Make It (7:26)
12. America Drinks & Goes Home (2:43)

Issued with the Mothermania cover and a track listing very similar to
Mothermania's. The order is different, and "Absolutely Free" has been
added, but whether these are the original LP versions or the versions on
Mothermania I don't know. The CD was issued in 1989 and remastered from
vinyl (crackling).

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- Bootlegged CD version of official vinyl original

200 Motels is yet not officially released on CD - it has been hard to
straighten out the rights to the tapes. Any CD is a bootleg version.

Length: 86:52 (some issues have bonus tracks)
Sound quality: "Remastered" from vinyl
Label: Liberty? FZ005/06 / UAS 969956

Musicians: The Mothers, The Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Top Score
Singers

Here's the track list for issues that copy the vinyl exactly:

1. Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-from-Hollywood Overture (01:59)
2. Mystery Roach (02:33)
3. Dance of the Rock & Roll Interviewers (00:48)
4. This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue) (00:56)
5. Tuna Fish Promenade (02:30)
6. Dance of the Just Plain Folks (04:39)
7. This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise) (00:59)
8. The Sealed Tuna Bolero (01:40)
9. Lonesome Cowboy Burt (03:51)
10. Touring Can Make You Crazy (02:53)
11. Would You Like a Snack? (01:23)
12. Redneck Eats (03:03)
13. Centerville (02:31)
14. She Painted up Her Face (01:42)
15. Janet's Big Dance Number (01:18)
16. Half a Dozen Provocative Squats (01:57)
17. Mysterioso (00:48)
18. Shove It Right In (02:32)
19. Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist & Postlude (04:00)

20. I'm Stealing the Towels (02:14)
21. Dental Hygiene Dilemma (05:12)
22. Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? (03:00)
23. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy (03:11)
24. Penis Dimension (04:35)
25. What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning? (03:27)
26. A Nun Suit Painted on Some Old Boxes (01:09)
27. Magic Fingers (03:55)
28. Motorhead's Midnight Ranch (01:30)
29. Dew on the Newts We Got (01:10)
30. The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts (00:41)
31. The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth (01:10)
32. The Girl's Dream (00:55)
33. Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce (01:01)
34. Strictly Genteel (the Finale) (11:09)

Another more deluxe version (UAS 969956) has bonus tracks. On disc one a
track "Larry the Dwarf" (01:57) is inserted between tracks 1 and 2; a
"Rance Muhammitz & Lonesome Cowboy Burt" (02:28) after "Lonesome Cowboy
Burt"; and a "Penis Mobile / Do You Like My New Car?" (02:08) at the end.
Then, following the regular tracks on disc two are the following bonus
tracks:

- Ringo: When You Go on Tour with a Musical Group (02:17)
- Howard Kaylan: The Character I Play (01:00)
- The Pleated Gazelle Part 1 (00:30)
- Zappa: The True Story of the Girl Who Wants to Fix Him Some
Broth (03:43)
- Zappa: If You Have Not Professional Actors in the Movie ... (00:27)
- The Pleated Gazelle Part 2 (01:09)
- Theodore Bikel: The True Story About Rance Muhammitz (00:34)
- Mark Volman: I Play a Version of Myself (01:03)
- Jeff Simmons, Zappa, Martin Lickert, Mark Volman:
Why Jeff Simmons Quit the Group and Was Replaced by Lickert (02:26)

They all seem to be taken from the film 200 Motels and the home video The
True Story of 200 Motels. This issue includes a deluxe 14-page booklet and
a "gigantic" (I guess it must have been folded a few times then) film
poster.

So there are several bootlegs of this sought-after item; among other
things, a Greek counterfeit vinyl is is circulation. 200 Motels is well
below Zappa's usual audio standards, so don't expect these unofficial
copies to sound too great. See Zappa's discography for more info.

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- TITLE: Cruisin' with Ruben & the Jets (CD-R)
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- Bootlegged CD-R version of official vinyl original

Cruising with Ruben & the Jets was heavily overdubbed and remixed on the
CD re-release. This is the old vinyl mix on a CD-R.

Length: ~40 min
Sound quality: "Remastered" from vinyl
Label: Cheekbone Crush Records CCRFZ-01

Musicians: The Mothers

1. Cheap Thrills (02:30)
2. Love of My Life (03:17)
3. How Could I Be Such a Fool? (03:33)
4. Deseri (Collins/Buff) (02:04)
5. I'm Not Satisfied (03:59)
6. Jelly Roll Gum Drop (02:17)
7. Anything (Collins) (03:00)
8. Later That Night (03:04)
9. You Didn't Try to Call Me (03:53)
10. Fountain of Love (Zappa/Collins) (02:57)
11. No No No (02:27)
12. Anyway the Wind Blows (02:56)
13. Stuff Up the Cracks (04:37)

See Zappa's discography for more info.

Comes with a fold-out lyric sheet and thick hand-stapled booklet,
containing credits, remastering details, list of bootlegs in which the
songs have appeared (!) and the story of Ruben & the Jets re-written about
how Zappa made and later remixed the album. Clear plastic jewel box with
glossy color insert. Color cover: computer graphic pastiche of the
original cover (the call-out reads "REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL VINYL").
Back cover has what appears to be a photo of a teenage Frank on stage
playing guitar - but the quality is so bad it could be a fake. Probably
made in Sweden in 1996.

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- Bootleg CD from before the official CD came out

For some reason this album was bootlegged on CD before the official CD
came out.

Length: ~40 min
Sound quality: proably "remastered" from vinyl
Label: CDT, Berlin, 54374

1. Penguin in Bondage
2. Pygmy Twylite
3. Dummy up
4. Village of the Sun
5. Echidna's Arf (of You)
6. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?
7. Cheepnis

8. Son of Orange County

9. More Trouble Every Day
10. Be-Bop Tango (of the Old Jazzmen's Church)

This came in an unusual cover: a CD-size facsimile of the original LP
cover, with the CD in a little inner sleeve.

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- TITLE: Sleep Dirt (CD)
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- Bootlegged CD-R version of official vinyl original

These albums are on CD somewhat different from the vinyl originals -
differing mixes and vocal and drum overdubs. These are the old vinyl mixes
on one CD. (Sleep Dirt has also been bootlegged separately on unkown
labels.)

Length: ~75 min
Sound quality: "Remastered" from vinyl
Label: FZCD 7500

1. The Adventures of Greggery Peccary
2. Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra
3. Lemme Take You to the Beach
4. RDNZL

5. Filthy Habits
6. Flambay
7. Spider of Destiny
8. Regyptian Strut
9. Time Is Money
10. Sleep Dirt
11. The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution

This came out around 1991, on a nameless label but with a bear logo on it.

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- Officially unreleased album from around 1980

Parts also issued on another Crush All Boxes - record 8 in the Mystery
Box.

Length: ~43 min
Sound quality: Presumably soundboard? FM?
Label: ZB (LP) / MRDAT/FZRec FZ 008 (CD)

1. Doreen
2. Fine Girl
3. Easy Meat
4. Goblin Girl
5. Society Pages
6. Beautiful Guy
7. Beauty Knows No Pain
8. Charlie's Enormous Mouth
9. Any Downers
10. Conehead

Apparently, this is an album Zappa planned to release in 1980 but the
bootleggers somehow beat him to it. It was played on the radio before it
was released; maybe it was bootlegged then. (The songs were released
later, on Tinsel-Town Rebellion and You Are What You Is, but in different
mixes.) It is sometimes said to even have stolen Cal Schenkel artwork on
it (the Crush all Boxes cover was used for Tinsel-Town Rebellion; the old
title is still vaguely visible). 60 copies are picture discs in 4-colour
fold-out covers.

The Crush All Boxes version in the Mystery Box is very different. It has
the track list:

1. Fine Girl
2. Pick Me, I'm Clean
3. Teenage Wind
4. Harder Than Your Husband
5. Bamboozled By Love
6. Drafted Again
7. Falling in Love Is a Stupid Habit

Quoth the liner notes: "'Fine Girl' and 'Drafted Again' are outtakes.
Tracks 2-5 are studio rehearsals with drum machine. ('Teenage Wind' and
'Harder Than Your Husband' are instrumentals.) 'Falling in Love Is a
Stupid Habit' is a demo for Jimmy Carl Black (FZ: piano & vocal)." (Frank
Zappa later denied that he ever wrote that last song in a Society Pages
interview.) Tracks 2-5 and 7 also appear on Apocrypha.

8. Teenage Wind
9. Doreen
10. Fine Girl
11. Easy Meat
12. Goblin Girl

The liner notes ramble on: "Tracks 2-5 [on this side] represent the entire
side one of the unreleased Crush All Boxes. Bonus track 'Teenage Wind' is
an outtake. It does not feature Bob Harris on vocals."

See also: Mystery Box
See also: Apocrypha

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- TITLE: Mystery Disc from the Old Masters Box I (LP/CD)
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- Bootlegged version of official vinyl original

When Zappa re-issued his albums on CD, the digital remixes were also made
available on vinyl in three "Old Masters" boxes. The first two included
"Mystery Discs" full of rarities. You had to buy limited edition boxes of
ten albums or so that you already had (sometimes the box versions had new
overdubs that you hated) to get your hands on these, so someone bootlegged
them. The cover is copied in genuine counterfeit style, a with even a
Barking Pumpkin logo on it.

Length: ~40 min
Sound quality: transfer from vinyl, no doubt
Label: Collectorecord Limited, Montreaux

1. Run Home Slow Theme
2. Original Duke of Prunes
3. Opening Night at Studio Z
4. Village Inn
5. Steal Away
6. I Was a Teenage Maltshop
7. The Birth of Captain Beefheart
8. Metal Man Has Won His Wings
9. Excerpt from the Saints & Sinners
10. Bossa Nova Pervertamento
11. Excerpt from the Uncle Frankie Show
12. Charva
13. Original Mothers at the Broadside (Pomona)
14. Mondo Hollywood
15. Original Mothers Rehearsing
16. Speed Freak Boogie
17. How Could I Be Such a Fool?
18. Band Intro from the Fillmore West
19. Plastic People [Berry/Zappa] / Solo
20. Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?
21. Original Mothers at the Fillmore East
22. Big Leg Emma

This album has only a small part of "I Was a Teenage Maltshop", which can
be heard in full on Apocrypha and I Was a Teenage Maltshop. Track 12 has
also been released on The Lost Episodes. Track 13 is also known as
"Whiskey Gone Behind the Sun"; the song they're playing is "Louisiana
Blues" by McKinley Morganfield, known as Muddy Waters. The number
rehearsed on track 15 is "Sandwich Song".

See also: Mystery Disc from the Old Masters Box II
See also: Apocrypha

Andrew Fignar Jr.

unread,

Jun 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/9/97

> Isn't this show now believed to be from Ann Arbor, MI, 3-Dec-1967?

It is the same show, but most likely it's NYC.
I got this tape in about 82 labeled NYC, in 84 labeled Ann Arbor, so the
earliest ID is NYC.

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