Frank Zappa 05/21/1982

Frank Zappa 05/21/82
Sporthalle, Köln, Germany

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Set I

Zoot Allures
Sofa
Fine Girl
Easy Meat
Dead Girls Of London
Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?
What's New In Baltimore?
Moggio
Drowning Witch
Envelopes
Bamboozled By Love
Let's Move To Cleveland
Tinseltown Rebellion
Approximate
Cosmik Debris
Doreen
Black Page #2
Sharleena

Strictly Genteel
No No Cherry
Man From Utopia
Whipping Post

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CJ (5/4.7)	CDR / 2			View
Drifty (5/4.9)	CDr / 1		A-	View	Soundboard
Notes:	Bootleg "As An Am"
MrSteve (5/5)	cd / 2		B-	View
Notes:	mic>?>cd
cucamonga (5/0)	/ 2	A	A	View
Rich Pucci (5/4.7)	CDR (shn) / 2			View
ManWithTheHorn (5/0)	2 x cd / 2		A	View	aud
Notes:	"Payback Cologne" (Moustache's Magic Music MMM04-44-12).
Craig Behymer (5/5)	flac / 2			View
Peter (5/0)	shn / 2			View
jt james (5/3)	SHN / 2		B	View
Matt D. (4/0)	CDR / 2		B+	View	Aud
Notes:	Frank Zappa Sporthalle Koeln, Germany 21-May 1982 Source: 126 min, Aud, B+ Lineage: ? > CDR > wav (EAC secure mode) > flac (frontend) Taped by: N/A Transfered by: N/A File Size: 885 MB (FLAC) source: http://home.swipnet.se/fzshows/8182.html == Frank Zappa's Band Sep 1981 - Jul 1982 == FZ, Steve Vai, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Bobby Martin. Note: Lisa Popeil was part of the band at the August rehearsals disc 1 01 Zoot Allures (incl. When No One Was No One) 02 Sofa 03 Fine Girl 04 Easy Meat 05 Dead Girls Of London 06 Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously (Asparagus Version)? 07 What's New In Baltimore? 08 Moggio [ 09 ] Drowning Witch (incl. But Who Was Fulcanelli?) 10 Envelopes 11 Bamboozled By Love 12 Let's Move To Cleveland 13 Tinseltown Rebellion [ 14 ] Approximate disc 2 15 Cosmik Debris 16 Doreen 17 Goblin Girl 18 Black Page #2 19 Sharleena [ ---> encore 20 ] Strictly Genteel [ ---> 2nd encore 21 ] No No Cherry 22 Man From Utopia ---> 3rd encore 23 Whipping Post Notes: a very dynamite show, partly overmodulated abbreviations: [ = cut at the end ] = cut at the beginning ~ = fading in/out or connects two or more tracks played like one (medley) -IC = incomplete & = added from dif source °°° = walk's notes
Nugneant (4/0)	FLAC / 2		B+	View	AUD
Notes:	2nd gen
zowie (3/5)	cd / 2		b	View	aud
Richard Warren (3/5)	flac /			View
Doug (3/0)	mp3 / 0		B+	View
EFC1878 (3/0)	CDR / 2	A	B+	View
Notes:	"That's Not Safe, Put It Down!"
Charlie Kidder (3/5)	SHN / 2			View	AUD>??>CD-Rs>EAC>SHN
Zappa Penguin (3/0)	FLAC / 2		B+	View	AUD
Notes:	2nd gen
Bill (3/5)	CDR / 2		B+	View	AUD > ? > CDR > EAC > SHN
OBIE (2/5)	FLAC / 1			View
Art (2/0)	FLAC / 1			View	Audience Cassette
Notes:	[130 min]
Supratik Chaudhuri (2/0)	/ 0			View
Jojo Fischer (2/5)	cdr / 2		A-	View
Curtis B (2/5)	SHN / 0			View
dave kreider (2/5)	CDR / 2		A-	View	AUD > ? > CDR > EAC > SHN
Notes:	Frank Zappa 5/21/82 Sporthalle Koln, Germany Source: AUD > ? > CDR > EAC > SHN Disc 1: 01. Tuning 02. Zoot Allures (incl. When No One Was No One) 03. Sofa 04. Fine Girl 05. Easy Meat 06. Dead Girls Of London 07. Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously? 08. What's New In Baltimore? 09. Moggio 10. Drowning Witch (incl. But Who Was Fulcanelli?) 11. Envelopes 12. Bamboozled By Love Disc 2: 01. Let's Move To Cleveland 02. Tinseltown Rebellion 03. Approximate 04. Cosmik Debris 05. Doreen 06. Goblin Girl 07. Black Page #2 08. Sharleena (Encore) 09. Strictly Genteel 10. No No Cherry 11. Man From Utopia 12. Whipping Post Lineup: Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals Chad Wackerman - drums Ed Mann - percussion Tommy Mars - keyboards Robert Martin - keyboards, tenor saxophone, vocals Scott Thunes - bass, vocals Steve Vai - guitar Ray White - guitar, vocals _________________________________________________________________________________ Review from Zappa Tape Reviews http://zappastuff.iwarp.com/tapes.htm May 21st, 1982 Sporthalle, Koln, Germany About 15 min into the show, FZ says "That's not safe, put it down!" to someone. The funny thing is, while listening to this tape, I felt an urge to yell back the same thing to Frank several times, in reference to his guitar. No folks, FZ does not play it safe tonight - fact is, he does things with his axe tonight that make Charles Manson look like a little school-girl in comparison. I hadn't listened to this show for quite a while, and though I remembered it was one of the better '82 shows, I didn't expect it to be this astounding. This is Zappa's night - 10 solos, while we only get one solo from another bandmember. The show kick-starts with Zoot Allures, which gives a strong hint that Frank is having one of those nights tonight. The first part of the solo is "When No One Was No One", but the mix on Guitar doesn't do it justice, in this reporter's opinion. On this tape, where Frank's Strat is crisp and cutting, the solo becomes much more touching. For the first three minutes, he keeps playing creative and beautiful melodies (including two nice "Squirm" teases), then he seems to be planning where to go next for a minute. The direction he chooses, is one he would follow for much of the evening: loop madness! For three minutes, Frank mangles out chords and noises, from which he makes loops, tries out various combinations and plays melodies on top (some of this can be heard on Guitar). Quite cool, and only the beginning. The band plays nice versions of Sofa and Fine Girl, before it's time for the second guitar-tour-de-force: Easy Meat. The first lines in Frank's solo are so beautiful, we begin to believe he's about to compose a new Sinister Footwear. Then, abruptly, he kicks off one of his thunder-like loops, adds another one, and on top of this chaos, he reprises the great first melody. The rest of this great solo continues like this - a big variety of loops, mixed with neat melodies. The beauty and the beast in one! Dead Girls Of London is nice, and even a song like Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously? is unusually interesting tonight. FZ tells the full story behind it, how German concert promotor Fritz Rau once made a fuzz about people eating asparagus. One Peter Eggers in invited onstage to translate Frank's words into German, and he also get to do Fritz Rau impersonations during the song, cracking up the vocalists (which is probably while Bobby Martin sings some ugly out-of-tune harmonies). What's New In Baltimore?, a song that would rarely disappoint on this tour, comes with another great guitar solo, which deviates into a boogie jam. Moggio is just as tight as we've come to expect from these guys, and leads us right into the next highlight of the show. Drowning Witch brings us two awesome solos. Frank squeals out some typical Eastern-European-influenced melodies on the first one, utilizing his "Bulgarian Bagpipe" and feedback techniques to great effect. The second one is even better, much because some brilliant support from Thunes. Frank used half of it on Guitar as "But Who Was Fulcanelli?", but he should have used it in its entirety. And once again, I prefer the sound on this tape. This is one of the best years for Bamboozled By Love (in my opinion, nobody sang it better than Bobby, though I know I'm in minority here). The vamp, a groovy mix of blues and reggae, brings a short and good FZ solo. It feels like he was simply catching his breath here - we're just about to get another one of Dr Zappa's cruel guitar treatments. The Young & Monde solo (which can be heard on "As An Am") is...well, I can't think of a better word than "violent". For the first half it's a regular - though very nasty - solo, and for the second half, Frank once again freaks out with his loops. I'm trying to imagine the looks on the faces in the audience - this must have been quite a thing to experience live. Tinseltown Rebellion gives us some comic relief, with another one of those weird, but hilariously funny Grandma Variations, and the equally weird segue into Approximate. In Cosmik Debris comes the only non-FZ solo of the show, a really good Vai solo. Doreen is always great to hear, and the Goblin Girl/Black Page segue on this tour is one of my favorites ever. However, the BP solo does turn out disappointing. Maybe my expectations were to high, and maybe my ears were saturated with nasty FZ notes, but this solo doesn't come near the heights the previous ones did. Frank is back in gear for Sharleena, though. This time he chooses a straighter R&R-approach, though he skillfully avoids becoming predictable - on the contrary, he uses the old blues scale in very creative ways, over Scott's bouncy bass. The encores are of the unsurprising kind: Strictly Genteel, No No Cherry, Man From Utopia, and Whippin' Post. Frank's final solo is not one of his best of the evening, but good for a WP, one of the worst guitar vehicles of the 80s, if you ask me. Some loops near the middle, but not as deranged as the previous orgies. Well, there is actually one more surprise tonight, when WP ends on a big C major chord, instead of the expected Am. A strange ending to a sick show. 'Nuff said - this is one of the very best '82 tapes, and hence, one of the most essential of all Zappa tapes. If you don't already have it - go get it! --JN
Richard (1/5)	CD-R / 2		B+	View
Boedi-taper (1/4.8)	CDR / 2	A	A-	View	Audience Recording
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Curtis Ensler (1/0)	CDR / 2			View	AUD
Mike (1/5)	CDR / 2		B+	View	aud
huntr (1/0)	/ 0			View
Norton Zenger (1/0)	/ 0			View