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transfered from a low gen cassette 110 minutes

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85 minutes

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Improvisations Camarillo Brillo Muffin Man (instrumental) Stinkfoot I'm Not Satisfied Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy Velvet Sunrise A Pound For A Brown (spliced) Why Doesn't Someone Give Him A Pepsi? (AKA The Torture Never Stops) Montana Improvisations (incl. Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top) Penguin In Bondage (spliced) Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead Echidna's Arf (Of You) Drums Advance Romance Encore: Willie The Pimp

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Improvisations, Apostrophe ('), Stinkfoot, I'm Not Satisfied, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Velvet Sunrise, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead, Echidna's Arf, improvisations (q: 200 Years Old), Debra Kadabra, Camarillo Brillo, Willie The Pimp, Advance Romance

Frank Zappa: lead guitar, vocals Terry Bozzio: drums, moisture Napoleon Murphy Brock: saxophone, vocals George Duke keyboards, vocals Bruce Fowler: trombone, fantastic dancing Tom Fowler: bass, also dancing Denny Walley: slide guitar, vocals Don Van Vliet/Captain Beefheart: harmonica, saxophone, vocals, shopping bags ---------- Stan Ivester: My own experience of that 1975 band was very different, largely due to the venue -- the Universal Amphitheater in Chicago. God knows how big the thing is -- it's where the 1968 Democratic Convention was held -- but Frank has been quoted as saying that the echo is one of the longest in the world. The night I remember began with the same spooky opening, with Beefheart's horn sort of summoning the rest of the band onstage, like Bela Lugosi's Igor summoning the Karloff monster in Son of Frankenstein. (Given his love of monster movies, that's not too unlikely an association for Frank.) I sure wish there had been compact camcorders in those days. I had seen the Mothers live in 1970 (Atlanta Pop Festival), 1971 (Fillmore East), 1973 (Tampa), and 1974 (Tampa again, with Tom Waits opening), so -- given the tremendous variety in those touring ensembles -- I had no idea what to expect. Frank and Napoleon seemed to appreciate the echo and even played off the slap-back effect in their solos. Plus the Chicago crowd enjoyed the blues orientation, as I did, being a big fan of Chicago blues. Beefheart was fumbling with the doodads from the bag at this show as well. One of the encores was truly amazing -- Andy, featuring Napoleon's vocal. The echo effect seemed especially appropriate. It seemed to hit right 'on the beat' with the music, and Frank's solo was inspired.

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Bongo Fury Tour Remastered @ Dub Central Station

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Presentation Bongo Fury Tour Intro Apostrophe (') Intro Of Band Stink-Foot I'm Not Satisfied Carolina Hard-core Ecstasy Velvet Sunrise A Pound For A Brown On The Bus You're So Fine* Those Lonely, Lonely Nights* Debra Kadabra Montana Strange Things Advance Romance Florentine Pogen

Musicians: Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, George Duke, Terry Bozzio, Tom Fowler, Bruce Fowler and Napoleon Murphy Brock plus special guest Jimmy Carl Black*

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Cucamonga [Bongo Fury Version] Orange Claw Hammer [Don Van Vliet] Debra Kadabra / Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy [Bongo Fury Versions] The Smegmates: Will You Drink My Water? Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Pachuco Cadaver [Don Van Vliet] [Trout Mask Replica Version] I Was A Teenage Maltshop Status Back Baby Ned The Mumbler Toads Of The Short Forest Charva [The Lost Episodes Version] Speed-Freak Boogie [Mystery Disc Version] Metal Man Has Won His Wings [Don Van Vliet / Zappa] [Mystery Disc Version] Instrumental Louisiana Blues [McKinley "Muddy Waters" Morganfield] Instrumental ["Party Scene From Mondo Hollywood" - Mystery Disc Version] Studio Rehearsal ["Sandwich Song"] How Could I Be Such a Fool? Boogie For Berkeley Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Neon Meat Dream Of A Octafish [Don Van Vliet] [Trout Mask Replica Version] Muffin Man [Bongo Fury Version] 200 Years Old [Extended Version]

This is a recording of a radio show on KWST radio, 1-Nov-1975, where Zappa and Beefheart played oldies and oddities. (There is a completely unsubstantiated rumour that this radio show was actually a broadcast of a Warner Brothers promo record with these songs on it, which has never been found, and never been confirmed to have existed.) Tracks 1, 3, 5, 10-12, 15, 19 & 20 have been officially released on Bongo Fury, The Lost Episodes, Mystery Disc and Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica. As for the other tracks: Track 2 was performed live in the studio; the Captain sings the song to a simple guitar backing Track 4 is a very strange track, announced as a recording of a group called "The Smegmates" Tracks 6-8 are CBS demos from 1965 - track 6 has been officially released (approximately) on the Mystery Disc. Track 8 may or may not include "Ned Has a Brainstorm". Track 9 recorded at Studio Z, Cucamonga, 1964 Track 13 is from 1964 (very informative, isn't it?) Track 14 has been officially released (perhaps in a shorter edit) on the Mystery Disc (as "Original Mothers at the Broadside (Pomona)"); it is the first live recording of the Mothers, from 1965 Tracks 16-17 are from the first Mothers rehearsal in 1965; a small fragment of track 16 has been officially released on the Mystery Disc, as "Original Mothers Rehearsal" Track 18 is a 1968 rehearsal Track 21 is NOT directly from Bongo Fury, but a longer version from an acetate, clocking in at 07:55 instead of 04:31. What has been cut out on Bongo Fury is 39 seconds just before the guitar solo (a slide solo by Denny Walley), 2 minutes and 43 seconds just after the guitar solo (effectively a piano solo and one verse), and 2 seconds of the fade-out. It's a CD bonus track from another radio broadcast, on WPLR, New Haven, 18-Apr-1975, and it also appears on Chronicle and Bongo Fury El Paso TX. Adding to this very impressive cast of characters, the album retains some radio-station chatter from Zappa and the Captain. From Patrick Neve: I think the Mystery Disc tracks sound A LOT better [here] than ... on the Mystery Disc. The cover/"booklet" is a single sheet folded once; no staples. The front of it is a black & white image of a 1950s American suburban family of 12 gatherered around a TV set; the title is printed in colour. The back of it has a black & white photograph of Zappa and Captain Beefheart sitting at a table - the Captain is brushing his moustache and product-placing a Coca-Cola can on the table; Zappa is watching him, cigarette in hand, bemused (or slightly drunk). Back cover has a colour photograph of Zappa on stage playing his guitar. The inside picture is a black & white photo of Zappa on stage, with his guitar, but with one hand held high over his head; Captain Beefheart sits in a chair on stage, surrounded by some Mothers.

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Radion Promotion For Bongo Fury

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