Date
Venue
City
State
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Family Dog
Denver
CO
"Electric Aunt Jemina" Feb ?? 1968
Soundboard
Little House I Used to Live In, Dog Breath Variations, Blue Danube, Hungry Freaks, Daddy, Dog Breath, King Kong, Trouble Every Day, A Pound For A Brown (On the Bus), English Tea Dancing Interlude, Plastic People, King Kong, America Drinks, Wipe Out
Studio
Unknown
Unknown
5 tracks- unkown
Studio
Unknown
Unknown
Lonely Little Girl
Oh No
Lonely LIttle Girl reprise :49
Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Mom and Dad
Bowtie Daddy :33
Harry You're a Beast
What's the Ugliest Part of your Body?
Stuff up the Cracks
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
Mother People
Idiot Bastard Son
Family Dog
Denver
CO
Little House I Used to Live in [excerpt]-/ Dog Breath Variations-/ Little House I Used to Live in [excerpt, continued]-/ An Der Sch?nen Blauen Donau [Strauss] [interpolated] (at/ Hungry Freaks, Daddy [interpolated] (atas well)
what [with a tilde (~) over the W]
Dog Breath [instrumental]
King Kong
Trouble Every Day [instrumental + variations]
A Pound for a Brown on the Bus / Sleeping in a Jar
English Tea-Dance Interludes-/ Plastic People [Berry/Zappa] (from/ King Kong [interpolated] (at/ America Drinks [interpolated] (at/ Wipe-Out [The Surfaris]-
Grande Ballroom
Detroit
MI
Mr. Green Genes
Hungry Freaks Daddy
America Drinks And Goes Home
King Kong
Handsome Cabin Boy/Wedding Dress Song/Dog Breath/Little House I Used To Live In
Status Back Baby
Orange County Lumber Truck Medley
Fillmore East
New York
NY
Jam (incl Blue Moon, I'm In The Mood For Love, q: Rite Of Spring,)
Absolutely Free
Duke Of Prunes
jam
You Didn't Try To Call Me
Petroushka
Bristol Stomp
Baby Love
Big Leg Emma
Mellow Lounge Music (including Easter Parade)
Hungry Freaks Daddy
King Kong
Hawaiian Music (including Hawaiian Eye)
Shotgun
Holiday In Berlin
Cruising For Burgers
Fillmore East
New York
NY
Early Show:
Improvisations >
Octandre >
Interlude
Trouble Every Day
Status Back Baby
Brahm’s Lullaby
Louie Louie
Plastic People
You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
America Drinks And Goes Home
King Kong
Hungry Freaks Daddy
Frank Zappa - Guitar, Vocals
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums, Vocals, Indian Of The Group
Ray Collins - Vocals, Tambourine
Don Preston - Keyboards
Bunk Gardner - Saxophone, Trumpet, Flute
Roy Estrada - Bass, Vocals
Jim “motorhead” Sherwood - Baritone Saxophone, Vocals
Arthur Dyer Tripp Iii - Percussion
Ian Underwood - Keyboards, Woodwinds
Grande Ballroom
Detroit
MI
Mr. Green Genes
Hungry Freaks Daddy
America Drinks and Goes Home
King Kong
Improv
Medley (Handsome Cabin Boy - Wedding Dress Song - Dog Breath - Little House)
Status Back Baby
The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley
This show was usually known as 10 april.
Ulrich's gig list gives as correct date 28 april.
That day there were two Mothers shows, this is the early one
Family Dog
Denver
CO
Improvisations (Including Octandre)
Plastic People (Including Octandre, King Kong, America Drinks)
Wipe Out
Little House I Used To Live In (Including Dog Breath, Coquette, Tchaikovsky's 6th, Blue Danube, Hungry Freaks Daddy, Funiculi Funicula)
Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder (Snippet)
Improvisations
Status Back Baby
Trouble Every Day Variations
Duke Of Earl
King Kong
A BengoFury tape rip
The Ark
Boston
MA
Big Leg Emma, Some Ballet Music, Status Back Baby, Valerie, My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama, Uncle Meat > King Kong
The Ark
Boston
MA
Big Leg Emma, Some Ballet Music, Status Back Baby, Valerie, My Guitar, Uncle Meat > King Kong
The Ark
Boston
MA
Big Leg Emma, Some Ballet Music, Status Back Baby, Valerie, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Uncle Meat -> King Kong
The Ark
Boston
MA
Big Leg Emma, Some Ballet Music, Status Back Baby, Valerie, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Uncle Meat -> King Kong
Central Park
New York
NY
Don Cherry improv
Help I'm A Rock
The MOI:
Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals
Bunk Gardner - tenor sax/clarinet
Don Preston - keyboards
Motorhead Sherwood - baritone sax/tambourine
Roy Estrada - bass/vocals
Arthur Dyer Tripp III - drums/percussion
Ian Underwood - woodwinds/keyboards
Jimmy Carl Black - drums
Wollman Rink, Central Park
New York
NY
Jazz Rock Heavily Influenced By Al Kooper--->
Help I'm A Rock--->
Baby Love--->
Big Leg Emma
Holiday In Berlin 10:15
Trouble Every Day 11:45
Orange County Lumber Truck Medley
Kerrisdale Arena
Vancouver
BC
The Importance Of An Earnest Attempt (By Hand)
Help, I'm A Rock >
Transylvania Boogie
Flopsmash Musics
Hungry Freaks, Daddy
The Orange County Lumber Truck
The Rewards Of A Career In Music
Trouble Every Day
Shortly: Suite Exists Of Holiday In Berlin Full Blown
Pound For A Brown
Sleeping In A Jar
Oh, In The Sky
Octandre (Varèse)
King Kong
Frank Zappa - Guitar, Vocals
Don Preston - Keyboards
Ian Underwood - Keyboards, Woodwinds
Bunk Gardner - Woodwinds, Vocals
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Saxophone, Tambourine, Harmonica
Roy Estrada - Bass, Vocals
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums, Vocals
Art Tripp III - Drums, Percussion
WFMT-FM Interview by Studs Terkel
Chicago
IL
Who Are The Brain Police? (excerpt)
introduction / fan response to the music
Brain Police lyrics
FZ musical background / growing up
Mothers
Varese
equipment
FZ comments on Brown Shoes Don't Make It
Brown Shoes Don't Make It (MOI)
FZ recites Brown Shoes lyrics
basic audience / concert halls / sound reproduction
Concentration Moon story
Mom and Dad story
Concentration Moon / Mom and Dad / Telephone Conversation /
Bow Tie Daddy / Harry, You're A Beast / What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
Trouble Every Day story
Trouble Every Day (MOI)
lyric discussion
I don't understand that / school system
stupidity is an epidemic
Lumpy Gravy story
Lumpy Gravy (excerpt)
Lumpy Gravy construction / chance / improvisation
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance comments
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (excerpt)
Grugahalle
Essen
Germany
King Kong
Tivoli Gardens
Copenhagen
Denmark
improvisations,
Hungry Freaks Daddy,
Bongo Madness,
God Bless America,
King Kong,
improvisations,
Trouble Every Day,
Absolutely Free (including There's A Small Hotel, Rockabye Baby),
Teddy Bears' March,
In The Sky,
The String Quartet (incl Oh No,
Transylvania Boogie),
improvisations*,
Octandres
Grande Ballroom
Detroit
MI
Mr. Green Genes,
Hungry Freaks Daddy,
America Drinks And Goes Home,
King Kong,
Handsome Cabin Boy/Wedding Dress Song/Dog Breath/Little House I Used To Live In,
Status Back Baby,
Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (q: Oh No)
Beat Club
Bremen
Germany
Noodling, soundcheck, tuning up
Improvisation in A
Boogie Shuffle in A
Don Preston’s Dental Problem
King Kong (incl. Interlude)
The String Quartet
- Pound For A Brown
- Sleeping in a Jar
- Jam in E
Uncle Meat / Gas Mask
Lohengrin
Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
Octandre
Jimmy Carl Black (drums, vocals, Indian of the group)
Don Preston (keyboards, electronics)
Bunk Gardner (saxophone, trumpet, flute)
Roy Estrada (bass, vocals)
Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood (baritone sax, vocals)
Arthur Dyer Tripp III (percussion)
Ian Underwood (keyboards, woodwinds, vocals)
Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals)
Source from the German TV program "Liederliches" runs ~ 35 min.
Source from LPCM Audio SBD runs ~ 79 min.
Track list is from LPCM source.
National TV
Paris
France
Introduction, The String Quartet, Octandre
Concertgebouw
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Jam*, Help I'm A Rock, Transylvania Boogie, Drums, Jam, Dog Breath In The Year Of The Plague, The String Quartet, Gas Mask, Let's Make The Water Turn Black -> Harry You're A Beast -> Orange County Lumber Truck, Oh No, Theme From Lumpy Gravy, Brown Shoes Don't Make It
* = "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" Tease.
Concertgebouw
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Jam (incl Smoke Gets In Your Eyes)
Help I'm A Rock/Transylvania Boogie/drum duet
Jam
Dog Breath
The String Quartet
Gas Mask
Orange County Lumber Truck Medley
French TV program "Forum Musiques"
Paris
France
A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)
Sleeping In A Jar
Octandre (Varèse)
Fz - Guitar
Don Preston - Keyboards
Motorhead Sherwood - Tambourine
Roy Estrada - Bass Vocals
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III - Drums
Ian Underwood - Clarinet
Bunk Gardner - Soprano Sax
BBC2 TV Colour Me Pop show
London
England
King Kong
In The Sky
Apathy Interview
Royal Festival Hall
London
England
Uncle Meat Variations
In The Sky
Orange County Lumber Truck Medley
Olympia Theatre
Paris
France
Improvisations
King Kong
Plastic People
Hungry Freaks Daddy
Son Of Mr. Green Genes
Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention
Frank Zappa, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner & Motorhead Sherwood
Royal Festival Hall
London
England
1. Prologue (bogus pomp)
2. Progress ?
3. Like it or not
4. The Jimmy Carl Black philosophy lesson
5. Holding the group back
6. Holiday in Berlin
7. The rejected Mexican pope leaves the stage
8. Undaunted, the band plays on
9. Agency man
10. Epilogue
11. King Kong
12. Help, i'm a rock
13. Transylvania boogie
14. Pound for a brown
15. Sleeping in a jar
16. Let's make the water turn black
17. Harry you're a beast
18. The Orange County lumber truck (Pt 1)
19. Oh no
20. The Orange County lumber truck (Pt 2)
BBC Studios
London
England
king Kong
In the Sky
Fullerton College
Los Angeles
CA
Feet Light Up
Bacon Fat
A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
Sleeping In A Jar
The Wild Man Fischer Story*
I'm The Meany*
Valarie
King Kong
Frank Zappa - Electric Guitar, Vocals
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums, Vocals
Roy Estrada - Electric Bass, Vocals
Bunk Gardner - Saxophone, Trumpet, Flute
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet
Lowell George - Guitar, Vocals
Don Preston - Keyboards, Electronics
Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood - Baritone Saxophone, Vocals
Arthur Dyer Tripp III - Percussion
Ian Underwood - Trumpet
* - w/ Larry "Wild Man" Fischer On Vocals
KSAN-FM Interview by Don Donaghue
San Francisco
CA
America Goes Home Intro / Agency Man (outtake)
50's music
Handsome Cabin Boy story
Handsome Cabin Boy (Ewan McColl and A.L. Lloyd)
Roshaman Japanese play comments
Grunion Run story
Tijuana Surf (The Hollywood Persuaders)
more Grunion Run story
El Monte - 50's movies
Le Marteau Sans Maitre comments
Le Marteau Sans Maitre (Pierre Boulez)
advertisment for MOI concert in Berkeley
When We Get Married comments
When We Get Married (Dreamlovers)
Memories Of El Monte (Penguins)
Memories Of El Monte story
Lucy Mae Blues (Frankie Lee Sims)
FZ childhood / teenage years
surf music
fuzz tone / flanging
Blue Cheer
The Letter comments
The Letter (Vernon Green & The Medallions)
more The Letter comments
Richard Berry
Daddy, Daddy (Richard Berry & The Dreamers)
more about Richard Berry
Twlight (The Paragons)
Florence (The Paragons)
Florence, Don't Leave Me (The Paragons)
hot circles burned on your chest from her...
Help I'm A Rock (excerpt)
Frank Zappa plays some of his favorite records
Cal State Fullerton
Fullerton
CA
It’s The Law!
Bacon Fat
Intro to A String Quartet
A Pound for a Brown on the Bus
Sleeping in a Jar
The Wild Man Fischer Story
I'm the Meany
Valarie
King Kong
KPPC Studios 106.7 FM
Pasadena
CA
Worcester
England
UK
Return of the son of monster magnet,
It cant happen here,
Help im a rock w/guitar solo,
King Kong,
Trouble Every Day,
Absolutely Free (including There's A Small Hotel, Rockabye Baby),
Teddy Bears' March,
In The Sky,
The String Quartet,
improvisations*,
Octandres
w don cherry (*)
A mix of 3-Oct 1968 and 5-Jun 1969
Thee Image
Miami
FL
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (instrumental), Lonely Lonely Nights,
Orange County Lumber Truck Medley,
Toads Of The Short Forest Part 2 (Weasels version), All Night Long, Bacon Fat, Gregorian Chant, Little House I Used To Live In, Interlude,
Pachuko Hop, Unknown R&B Instrumental
We're Only In It For The Money outtakes
Unknown
Unknown
Lonely Little Girl
Oh No
Lonely Little Girl reprise
Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Mom and Dad
Bowtie Daddy
Harry You're a Beast
What's the Ugliest Part of your Body?
Stuff up the Cracks
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
Mother People
Idiot Bastard Son
Swedish Radio
N/A
Sweden
Frank is interviewed on Swedish radio.
The Mothers were in Swden on October 1st, perhaps this is the date of this??
this clip came in the "Frank Zappa: Interview Pack #1" compilation seeded at Sharing The Groove once upon a time.
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Lumpy Gravy Instrumental Version
Lumpy Gravy Acetate Tableaux 1
Lumpy Gravy Acetate Tableaux 2
Sink Trap (single side)
Gypsy Airs (single side)
Unknown Studio (Uncle Meat Demos)
Los Angeles
CA
Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague (Different Ending)
The Legend Of The Golden Arches
Louie Louie (At The Royal Albert Hall In London)
Dog Breath Variations
Project X (Excerpt)
Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula
A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
Electric Aunt Jemima
Our Bizzare Relationship (Ending)
We Can Shoot You (Ending)
"If We'd All Been Living In California..." (Slightly Extended)
Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Monologue Only)
"All The Way Down The Tonsils"
The Air
Mr. Green Genes (Spoken Intro From 'We Can Shoot You)
Right There
Uncle Meat Variations
Our Bizzare Relationship
Sleeping In A Jar
Cops And Buns
King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio)
King Kong II (It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Dom Dewild)
King Kong III (As Motorhead Explains It)
King Kong IV (The Gardner Varieties)
King Kong V (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks)
Burnt Weeny Sandwich promo film
unknown
unknown
A totally off-the-wall Bizarre records promotional video that was never used for the "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" LP, but mostly has music from The "Uncle Meat" project. Alot of this footage has never been seen before. It also contains some of the only living footage of "The GTO's" prior to the release of "Permanent Damage" in 1969. Features Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention (1968 lineup), Pamela )Des Barres) Miller, Miss Sparky, Miss Christine, Sparky, Cynderella, Captain Beefheart and others.