+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Rich Gregory | | | | | | email: rich.zappafans@mudshark.com Printed: 07/04/2000 | | | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | Tape grading system | | | | Grades: 84% perceived sound qual, 13% show content/perf, 3% my mood! | | | |A- & up for REALLY picky bastards (LOW-gen studio/FM boots & the like | |B+ & up are great. Even for ALL you critical types :-> :-> :-> | |B Loved by Zappa-philes, acceptable quality to most :-> :-) :-) | |B- Good enough for ALL Zappa-philes and many others :-) :-) :-) | |C+ OK, but not for everybody :-) :-| :-| | |C Some problems -- Just passable quality :-| :-| | |C- A weak "C" or a "C" w/some bad or very weak parts BARELY PASSABLE| |D+ A "C-" most of the way thru (1 gen too many?) Can be irritating | |D BAD sound, acceptable for historic reasons or the obsessed | |D- & lower only a MOTHER could love ! | | | | ----------------------------------- | | | | Haven't heard many of these in a while. | | Question about something? Ask! | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | Feel free to send me corrections as well as any comments you might | | have on anything you see here or especially on anything you | | might get from me. Do you agree w/ my rating on each tape, etc. | | If you've got an idea to rearrange my database report let me know! | | Let me know if: A) you've got a better quality, B) more complete | | show than what's here, or C) I need filler somewhere. Thanks... | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | I'll use standard high bias chrome (TDK SA / Maxell XLII) unless | | otherwise specified. I'd prefer to trade on XLII-S; let me know. | | Tapes sent w/o cases but w/ song cards filled out as best as I can. | | I prefer no Dolby. If necessary use Dolby use "C" please, thanks. | | All tapes dubbed at 1x speed ALWAYS. | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | All tapes intended for non-commercial, TRADE ONLY, | | historical reference. | | | | Support these musicians by purchasing official releases! | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ HELP !!! I've LOST a tape ! A 1970 Fillmore East show with Grace Slick helping out on the first number. (Was it Louie Louie?) New arrivals (all 90s): -------------------- London Sept 16, 72 Neukirchen Feb 25, 78 Buffalo Nov 15 , 74 Appleton May 23, 69 Eppelheim Mar 21, 79 Santa Monica #2 Dec 11, 81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / 20 min Qual: Some filler Look on Sydney 7/8/73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Apocrypha 270 min Qual: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / As An Am LP min Qual: Beat the Boots - Box#1 A: 5/21/82 B: 10/31/81 #2 + 5/19/81 Rockline interview ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Civilization: Phase3 Act2 STUDIO 50 min Qual: A Alternate takes ('93) Different song order, more dialog, more improv by Ensamble modern. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Demos, etc. '63 - '74 FM? 45 min Qual: B "Confidential" ??? Must Broadcast DJed by Frank. Demos, B sides, early Have practices, etc. (much w/Beefheart) QUAL varies A to B-. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Good Grief LP 45 min Qual: Lock Jaw Rap (London 6/19/82); Hail Ceaser (London 2/28/78); The Closer Youy Are + Johny Darling + Frogs with Dirty Little Lips (Santa Monica 12/11/81 E); Lisa's Dangerous Kitchen (same, Late Show w/ Lisa Popeil); Fine Girl (studio outtake); Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously (unknown date, loc); We're Turning Again Palladium 10/31/82, unedited ver); Heavy Duty Judy (early, w/ vocals); What's New In Baltimore? (Koln, 5/21/82) Filler: Texas Motel Medley (Springfield, MA 3/13/88, from "The Untouchables") ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Guitar World According to STUDIO 30 min Qual: A Frank Zappa ('86) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Lather STUDIO 180 min Qual: A Studio & Live recordings '74 - '77. Intended release date: 10/31/77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Leatherette STUDIO 91 min Qual: A Versions of songs from LATHER (which became ZAPPA IN NY, STUDIO TAN, SLEEP DIRT, & OCRH. FAVS). Has Van Morrison on "Dead Girls of London". This DOUBLE CD includes Camarillo Brillo and what looks like 3 interviews that are not on Leatherette / 1977 which, however, does includes "Tryin' to Grow a Chin" missing from here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Leatherette / 1977 STUDIO 56 min Qual: A Versions of songs from LATHER (which became ZAPPA IN NY, STUDIO TAN, SLEEP DIRT, & OCRH. FAVS). Has Van Morrison on "Dead Girls of London". This SINGLE CD also HAS "Tryin' to Grow a Chin" where "Leatherette", the double CD, does not. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Limited Edition Interview 51 min Qual: Picture Disk (CD) 3 interviews? 1st: '70 FZ's house; 2nd: 10/31/81 MTV; 3rd: 12/78 w/ Jerry Kay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Mystery box disk 2 45 min Qual: Son of Pigs & Repugnant '68 - '69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Mystery box disk 4 AUD/LP 45 min Qual: B Zut Alors Alrington, TX + elsewhere. Tracks 1-4 are the entire side 3 of the unreleased double album version of "Zoot Allures" (partly recorded 3/11/73); Black Napkins features the Mike Douglas Band. (Ponty, T&B Fowler, I&R Underwood, Humphrey, Duke) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Mystery box disk 6 min Qual: A Token of His Extreme See 12/74 for info ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Mystery box disk 7 (?) SBD 90 min Qual: A "Chalk Pie" My set list different/ longer than the Mystery box disk shows!?? Alternate takes (mostly?) A: Drowning Witch, Envelopes, Teenage Prostitute, Dangerous Kitchen, Chalk Pie, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice B: Jazz Discharge Party Hats, unknown solo, What's New In Baltimore?, Moggio, Black Page #2 solo (in the notes rcv'd w/ this tape it says: "Them or Us"), Clowns on Velvet (Ritz w/ DiMeola), Frogs w/ Dirty Little Lips (w/ Ahmet on dance) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Mystery box disk 8 STUDIO 45 min Qual: A Crush All Boxes (1980) Great Sound !! Test-press LP (pre-YAWYI). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Only in it For the Gravy SBD 45 min Qual: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Outtakes 'n Swine SBD 45 min Qual: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Pa's Nose Fell Off at STUDIO 40 min Qual: A- Breakfast, It Fell Right . in Ma's Coffee and Displaced it. Alternate cuts from the Lather sessions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Remington Electric Razor LP 45 min Qual: Freak Me Out, Frank; Jumbo Go Away; Moe's Vacation (w/ Black Page, not listed); Dong Work for Yuda (orig a capella ver); Tricky Dickie (Dickie's Such An Asshole); Nite Owl; My Name is Fritz (German Lunch, YCDTOSA #5); Interview (unreleased orch f voc track from 200 Motels); I Can't Get Me No Satisfaction; Remington Electric Razor (w/ Linda Ronstadt) ---------------------------------------------------------- 1: YCDTOSA #1, Capitol Theater, Passaic 11/8/74 E; 2,3,9: Fall '78 (3 Poughkeepsie 9/21/78) (Walley, Mars, Barrow, Colaiuta, Wolf, Mann, Willis); 4: late '76 / early '77 (O'Hearn, Bozzio, Mars, Wolf, Belew, Mann); 5: Roxy, LA 12/73 (Duke, T&B Fowler, R Underwood, Brock, Humphrey, Thompson); 6: Fall '80 (Willis, White, Coliauta, Barrow, Vai, Harris, Mars); 7: '68; 8: 2/71 London Philharmonic; 10: ca '68 ---------------------------------------------------------- Filler: St Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast, Father O'Blivion, Black Napkins from lp: Peepers, Pt 3; America the Beautiful (Burlington, VT 3/12/88) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / The Greatest Flops 71 min Qual: B+ CD boot Asst'd cuts from asst'd shows. Filler material. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Trance-fusion 60 min Qual: A- Tightly edited together series of great guitar leads from assort unidentified shows. Takes up 1 side then half another of a 90min tape. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / Trick or Treat LP 45 min Qual: A- Great I understand there's a DIFFERENT version than this made Tape up of 3 shows spliced together. A: early singles incl: "Gas Mask" & "In The Sky". B: 10/25/68 London: a live instrumental medley of "Let's Make...Black", "Harry...Beast", "Orange County...Truck", Oh, No", & back to "OCLT" w/ a little "King Kong" (all live) thrown in! (Is this last piece now on Playground Psycotics) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / / We Are the Mothers & This 45 min Qual: Is What We Sound Like ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / /67 London 68 / Stockholm 67 CD 60 min Qual: A- Live in Europa Stockholm '67: Mdeley: You Didn't Try to Call Me, Petruska, Bristol Stomp, Baby Love, Big Leg Emma, No Matter What You Do, Blue Suede Shoes, Hound Dog, Gee, King Kong. London '68: Uncle Meat Big Medley ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07/ /67 NYC AUD 45 min Qual: Garrick Theater ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/30/67 Stockholm, " 'tis the LP 35 min Qual: B Season to be JELLY " Beat the Boots - Box#1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04/10/68 Detroit, Mich 90 min Qual: B- 90min w/ filler: 9/28/68 Grughalle, Essen and some original (non-FZ) versions of Doo-Wop stuff. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07/ /68 "Ark" 45 min Qual: B Good Where did that 'effect' (LP needle sliding across a Tape record) during "My Guitar..." come from? **COULD** be (most likely is) another version (or another night?) of the Beat the Boots LP "The Ark". Valerie is missing, but I think "My Guitar..." is longer. Probably the same nite but edited differently. (Nearly identical, but 45 min as opposed to whatever the Beat the Boots ver is.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07/18/68 Boston LP 50 min Qual: B+ The Ark Beat the Boots - Box#1 Also have 45min version; some banter edited out; "My Guitar..." shorter here? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/20/68 Amsterdam, Netherlands 90 min Qual: B- Concertgebouw Sound C+ thru B (filler qual BITES). (Estrada, Black, Tripp, I Underwood, Preston, Sherwood, Gardner) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/08/68 Fullerton, CA 41 min Qual: Our Man in Nirvana Beat the Boots #2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/08/69 Framingham, MA 25 min Qual: Carousel Theatre ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/23/69 Appelton, WI 90 min Qual: D Univ. of Wisconsin Need "Gas Mask" Contains "The Return of the Hunchback Duke" Upgrade (aka "The Duke") which evolved into "Penis Demension" & what else? "That Arrogant Dick" = "The Idiot Bastard Son" & predates it? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / /70 '70s various shows, 90 min Qual: A outtakes, ettara Great A: Randomonium (Uncle Meat outtake); Igor's Boogie; Tape 3/7/70: Directly from My Heart to You, Twinkle Tits; 3/11/73: Mr Green Genes, King Kong, Chunga's Revenge. B: Remington Electric Razor commercial; This is What We Sound Like; Take Your Clothes Off (marimba beat?); RDNZL; Inca Roads; T'mershi Duween; Purple Lagoon; Son of St Alphonso; Black Napkins; Moe's Vacation; Black Page; While You Were Art #1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / /70 unknown 25 min Qual: Call Any Vegetable, King Kong, Igor's Boogie. (versions are "strange, cool") ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/07/70 Olympic Theater 50 min Qual: C+ Los Angeles "Hot Rats at the Olympic" On a 90 w/ 11/21/81 @ Santa Monica ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/15/70 200 Motels Live w/ Zubin 3RDGEN 45 min Qual: B- Mehta & the LA Philharmon The MOI: Collins, Simmons, Dunbar, I Underwood, B Mundi, Preston, Sherwood ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/ /70 NYC, NY 90 min Qual: B- Show #1 Fillmore East Must (Some B-) (Help me list the songs!) Flo & Eddy vocals Have on Holiday in Berlin. God Bless America, Sieg Hiel! A very early "Wonderful Wino". "Inca Roads" lead in "A Pound for a Brown..." (Dunbar, Volman, Kaylan, R Underwood, et al) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/14/70 Fillmore East, NYC LP min Qual: Freaks & Motherf*%!!@# Beat the Boots - Box#1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/14/70 NYC SBD 90 min Qual: Fillmore East ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/15/70 Paris, France 135 min Qual: B- Palais Gaumont Great 135 min with Fillmore E/200 motels era filler. Tape "Disconnected Synapses" is an EXCERPT of this show. (Flo & Eddy, Jeff Simmons, Don Preston, Dunbar, Jm Pons, I Underwood, Ponty) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07/ /71 El Monte Legion Stadium LP 60 min Qual: B "Safe Muffinz" 2 sides of 3 that (w/ 11/27/71 Rotterdam) make up "Vitamin Deficiency" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/27/71 Rotterdam 50 min Qual: "Poot Face Boggie" aka "No Commercial Potential" 1 side of 3 that (w/ 7/71 El Monte Legion Stadium) make up "Vitamin Deficiency" The Lord puts aside his HUGE CIGAR and The MOI sing in Dutch! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/04/71 Montreux, Switzerland CD 54 min Qual: B Some casino Must Some stupid w/ a flair gun nite? (Is this "Swiss Have Cheese/Fire"?) The name of _THIS_ CD is "Tears Began to Fall". Sound drops to C/C+ at about 1/2 way thru but who cares? GREAT Wonderful Wino. (Flo, Eddie, ????) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/10/72 Grand Wazoo Orchestra AUD 90 min Qual: D+ Hollywood Bowl, CA "Low Budget Dog Meat" & 2 or 3 movements of The Adventures of Greggry Peckary (Grand Wazoo Orchestra) Filler: Some 200 Motels Interview ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/15/72 Berlin, Germany 90 min Qual: Grand Wazoo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/02/72 , MO 90 min Qual: Cowtown Palace ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/24/73 Durham, NC AUD/LP 90 min Qual: B- Duke University (Could it be the 22nd?) Parts C+. "Dupree's Paradise" 2nd apperance this lineup. Early versions: Montana, others ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/11/73 Arlington, TX 22 min Qual: B- This 22min is the 1st 1/2 of the Zut Alors boot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/11/73 Arlington, TX 110 min Qual: imaginary diseases of the future. Side 3 is "Zut Alors" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/09/73 Passaic, NJ 180 min Qual: B- Capitol Theatre Range: C+ to B. Mother's Day "It's just like a bunch of little ducks" (Ponty, Marquez, Fowler, I&R Underwood, Duke, T Fowler, Humphrey) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 06/24/73 Sydney, Austrailia SBD 135 min Qual: Horden Pavillion ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 06/24/73 Sydney, Austrailia SBD 110 min Qual: Horden Pavillion 135min w/ St petersbrg fla 7/13/74 filler ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 06/29/73 Melbourne 45 min Qual: C- Festival Hall Good "Ultra Modern Stringbean" Show #2? Instrumental Show "50/50" jam! "Mudshark" story & dance --> "Father O'Blivion Tango"! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07/08/73 Sydney, Australia 90 min Qual: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/21/73 Stockholm VHS 70 min Qual: B+ Video has 60 min performance (off of stations' coded master, pretty lo-gen, no commercials) and 10 min interview. (Ponty, R & I Underwood, B & T Fowler, Humphries, Duke) Live Iron Maiden filler! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/21/73 Stockholm min Qual: C- Piquantique ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/30/73 Bologna, Italy AUD 90 min Qual: C- Great Definitive "Dupree's Paradise". Any one have better Show Qual? (R & I Underwood, B & T Fowler, JL Ponty, R Humphries, Duke) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/26/73 Austin, TX SBD 90 min Qual: B Armadillo World Headqrtrs Great (Some overmodulation) Great "Inca Roads"! Debut perf: Tape San Clemente Magnetic Deviation (Dickie's Such an Asshole). (Brock, R "K" Underwood, B Fowler, T Fowler, Duke, Drums: Thompson & Humphries) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/06/73 Hofstra & Waterloo, CA 90 min Qual: C+ "Hofstra & Elsewhere" I'll give it a B- (for presentation!) (R Underwood, G Duke, B & T Fowler, R Humphrey, Thompson, Brock) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/02/73 KC, MO 90 min Qual: Cowtown Palace ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/05/74 Dallas, TX AUD 135 min Qual: Memorial Auditorium ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/12/74 Notre Dame AUD 145 min Qual: C Quality: much C-, some to B. Yet another (great) version of Inca Roads (w/ 1 uncomfortable edit). Great Dupree's Paradise, OCLT. (T,W,B Fowler, Brock, Preston, Humphrey, Thompson, Simmons, Duke) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/12/74 Notre Dame University LP 48 min Qual: D- "Unmitigated Audacity" Need Beat the Boots - Box#1 Upgrade ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07/13/74 St Petersberg, FL 30 min Qual: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07/19/74 San Carlos, CA 45 min Qual: C- Circle Star Theater Need "FZ vs the Tooth Fairy" Text to "Cheepnis" recited. Upgrade Road story (during "Gloria") about Ruth. (Brock, R Underwood, Perillis, Thompson, T Fowler, Duke) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/09/74 Bologna, Italy 90 min Qual: C+ "Our Man in Italy"? Parts B- (R Underwood, Brock, Thompson, T Fowler, Duke) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/11/74 Vienna, Austria 45 min Qual: C+ Need From boot LP ("Ein Monster en der Musikhalle") Great Upgrade show. (R Underwood, Thompson, Brock, T Fowler, Duke) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/25/74 Goteborg, Sweden 135 min Qual: (B Fowler, W Fowler, T Fowler, Brock, Preston, Humphrey, Thompson, Simmons, Duke) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/01/74 Basel 90 min Qual: Show #1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/01/74 Basel 90 min Qual: Show #2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/ /74 Harrisburg, PA SBD 90 min Qual: B- Couple of unfortunate edits at begining of show. Show ends when venue cuts power to stage! (R Underwood, NMB, Thompson, T Fowler, Duke) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/17/74 Philadelphia, PA SBD 180 min Qual: B- The Spectrum Varies B- to C+. "All thru this song Ruth has been thinking. RUTH HAS BEEN THINKING!?!" Aud participation = "Cum" during "Dinah Moe Humm". During "Pygmy Tywlyte" NMBrock tells audience which hotel they're at! Some filler at end "Absolutely Free" outtakes?? (R Underwood, Brock, Thompson, T Fowler, Duke) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/ /74 Los Angeles, CA 60 min Qual: C- KCET-TV studios For TV: "A Token of My Extreme", labeled "Indiscreet Picture Show". Aired: ?? Parts became "Dub Room Special"? Good "Stinkfoot" --> "Inca Roads". (R Underwood, Brock, T Fowler, Thompson, Duke) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/ /74 Los Angeles, CA VHS min Qual: KCET-TV studios For TV: "A Token of My Extreme", labeled "Indiscreet Picture Show". Aired: ?? Parts became "Dub Room Special"? Good "Stinkfoot" --> "Inca Roads". (R Underwood, Brock, T Fowler, Thompson, Duke) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04/11/75 , CA 45 min Qual: D- Show #2 Clairmont College Need (Duke, B Fowler, T Fowler, Beefheart, Bozzio, Walley, Upgrade Brock) 1st stop this tour! Early version "Token..Extreme", Beefheart's "Someone Get Him A Pepsi" (aka "The Torture Never Stops"). What was cut from this show between "Stinkfoot" & "Sleeping..Jar"? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04/27/75 Boston, MA 90 min Qual: Boston Music Hall ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04/27/75 Boston, Mass 22 min Qual: D+ Need 45 min w/ 10/23/75 Great "Willie the Pimp" Upgrade ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/01/75 Vancouver, BC 90 min Qual: C "Teen Hop" says Frank Good Intro: Instrumental Road Ladies! "New" songs: Baby, Show Don't You Want..., Ill Enema Bndt (w/story!), Carolina HC Xtasy. Great: T'Mershi Dween (w/story), Any Dnrs? Different: Lonely Lttl Grl, Take Yer Cloths Off, Ugliest Part. "From the world of heavy metal: Swallow My Prd, Any Dwnrs" (Brock, Lewis, Bozzio, Estrada) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/23/75 Boston, Mass 22 min Qual: D Need 45 min w/ 4/27/75 "You Can Swallow My Pride"; Very Upgrade early "Any Downers" w/ a couple o' lines that became "Packard Goose" (Brock, Bozzio, Estrada, others unintelligible) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01/24/76 Adelaide, Australia 45 min Qual: C Need Good content. Good early cuts of Big Hits! (Brock, Upgrade Lewis, Bozzio, Estrada) (90min w/ 10/31/77) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/03/76 Osaka, Japan 135 min Qual: B- "Eyes of Osaka" boot. Great "Filthy Habits". (Brock, Lewis, Bozzio, Estrada) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/16/76 Miami AUD_LP 90 min Qual: B- "Miami Matinee" A C+ if not for uniqueness (incldng: B Odin on vocals) Great selections and a very extended Black Napkins. 2 songs frm NYC: Stranded in a Jungle, Muffin Man (very poor sound) (White, Bozzio, O'Hearn, Jobson, Bianca Odin kb/v) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/06/76 Troy, NY min Qual: Filler on: 4/27/88 Oslo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/19/76 Detroit 90 min Qual: C+ Cobo Hall Need rest of show (White, O'Hearn, Bozzio, Jobson, w/spec appearence: Flo & Eddie) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/28/76 NYC, NY 45 min Qual: The Palladium ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/03/77 Paris, France AUD 180 min Qual: B- Pavillion de Paris Down to a C. 2nd show (2nd nite?) "Titties & Sometimes a Nice Chatau L'Tour 1918" (with a whole different 1st verse then T+B) plus... X-lnt FZ+Jobson solos in Blk Npkns and an a-cappella "Dong Work for Yuda"! (White, O'Hearn, Bozzio, Jobson) 180min w/ filler: 9/14/78 interview in Miami ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/25/77 Amsterdam AUD/LP 90 min Qual: C+ (Could be the 5th?) "The Black Page" GREAT Black Napkins (1st solo: Jobson)!! Different versions: Jones Crusher (Cptn Beefhart feel to vocals); Titties & Beer (different/additional 1st verse). (White, Jobson, Bozzio, O'Hearn) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/20/77 Boston, MA AUD 90 min Qual: Show #1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/30/77 NYC, NY AUD 180 min Qual: C The Palladium (O'Hearn, Belew, Mars, Bozzio, Wolf, Mann, Roy Estrada on Gas Mask) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/31/77 New York City AUD 225 min Qual: B- The Palladium ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/31/77 Sounds from Baby Snakes 135 min Qual: B+ Palladium, NYC, NY Gotta Really good sound (SBD ?) of that nite('s shows) plus Love It banter, backstage and otherwise. (Belew, O'Hearn, Mars, Wolf, Mann, Bozzio) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/31/77 NYC, NY FM1GEN 45 min Qual: B+ Show #1 The Palladium Need (I was here) What's the intro tune? (Parts became Whole "Baby Snakes"?) Great Cammarillo Brillo --> Black Napkns. "Joey Psychotic, Ladies & Gentlemen!" (Bozzio, Belew, O'Hearn, Mars, Wolf, Mann) (90min w/ 1/24/76) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/31/77 Los Angeles, CA 100 min Qual: D+ UCLA Pauley Pavillion Great New Years Eve Show (Auld Lang Syne). Much is D, but some Show significant parts are C, and up to B-. Poor vocals. What is that great piece refered to as "Conehead"? From: Wax Flags (aka Punky's Whips: Live on Stage) (Belew, O'Hearn, Mars, Wolf, Mann, Bozzio) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01/28/78 London 90 min Qual: C Hammersmith Odeon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/15/78 Berlin SBD 180 min Qual: B- Duetschlandhalle In What's that lead in TheTNStops? What's that in German in Stereo Dancin' Fool? GREAT: Dong Work for Yuda Titten und Bier; so THAT'S what SMPTE REALLY means! (O'Hearn, Belew, Mars, Bozzio, Wolf, Mann) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/16/78 UMRK Rehersals 90 min Qual: D+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/03/78 Saarbrucken, Germany LP 75 min Qual: C+ Saarbrucken '78 Beat the Boots - Box#1 Sometimes: C (Caliudo, Barrow, Mars, Willis, Walley, Wolf, Mann) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/21/78 Po'keepsie, NY 42 min Qual: A- Mid-Hudson Civic Center Need Boot: Project-Object Place & date correct? Good "Yo Whole Mama". Song's that get cut: "Moe's Vacation", "Flakes" & what else? Wagner had a panty fetish? (Colaiuta, Barrow, Willis, Walley, Mars, Wolf, Mann) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/21/78 Po'keepsie, NY 90 min Qual: C+ Mid-Hudson Civic Center Parts B- Some songs from "Project-Object" (Yo Mama, for one) do not appear here! Isn't there a good copy of the WHOLE show? (Walley, Willis, Barrow, Mars, Wolf, Mann, Vince (sore thumb) Colaiuta) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/29/78 NYC, NY 90 min Qual: C+ The Palladium All (?) vocals Frank. The whole of "Lobster Girl"; Sofa #2 German/English; Suicide Chump w/story. (Colaiuta, Barrow, O'Hearn, Mars, Walley, Wolf, Mann, John Smothers on Bludgeon) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/31/78 NYC AUD 225 min Qual: B- The Palladium ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/12/79 Manchester, England FM 45 min Qual: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/24/79 Paris SBD min Qual: Show #1 Anyway the Wind Blows Beat the Boots - Box#1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/05/79 Copenhagen, Denmark 90 min Qual: C (Walley, Willis, Mars, Mann, Wolf, Colaiuta, Barrow, Cuccurollo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/19/79 Brest, France SBD 90 min Qual: A- Best VERY LOW GEN. (I got this tape in '80) What tune is Bet intro? "Tryin' to Grow a Dick", "Dead Girls of London". Great "Easy Meat", but "Montana" gets cut. (Walley, Willis, Mars, Mann, Cuccurollo, Wolf, Colaiuta, Barrow) "Now, get me some schmuck out here to tell 'em in French!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/31/79 Munich 90 min Qual: B Rudy Seldmayer Halle Great GREAT tape except for some unfortunate edits. Great Deathless Horsie and "Catholic Meat" Filler: Interview (re: Warner Bors.) and a slow bluesy ver. of Suicide Chump (anyone have date/loc?) (Walley, Willis, Mars, Wolf, Colaiuta, Mann, Barrow, Cucurullo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 01/28/80 UMRK Rehersals 45 min Qual: C Sounds like a garage-band practice! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/06/80 UMRK Rehersals 45 min Qual: C Sounds like a garage-band practice! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/25/80 Seattle, WA AUD 135 min Qual: Seattle Center Arena ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04/18/80 Fort Lauderdale, Fla 90 min Qual: C+ Show #1 Sunrise Music Theater Much pre-release versions of YAWYI songs (Crush All Boxes tour?) GREAT versions: Pick Me I'm Clean, Any Downrs, Easy Meat, Hvnly Bank Acct (a capalla), If Only She Woulda. (Willis, Mars, Logeman, Barrow, White) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04/18/80 Fort Lauderdale, Fla 90 min Qual: C+ Show #2 Sunrise Music Theater Good Outside Now, GREAT Pound for a Brown! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/11/80 Baltimore AUD 110 min Qual: Civic Center 135min w/Berkley 7/27/84 filler ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/24/80 Rotterdam, Netherlands FM 90 min Qual: B Need "Personality"? Aaaarrrrrgggggggghhh !!! An Whole absolutely *GREAT* "Ill Enema Bandit" GETS CUT! Does anyone have it intact?? (Please!) (Willis, Barrow, Mars, Logeman, White, & who else?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07/03/80 Munich, W. Germany FM-CD 48 min Qual: A- Olympiahalle Low "Songs Einstien Jr Never Heard" FM (King Biscuit: Gen 6/28/81) - Real good show in spite of some splices, edits, & censoring! Part of a 2 record set. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / /81 Mystery tape 45 min Qual: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/31/81 NYC, NY VHS 115 min Qual: A- Palladium From video: "The Torture Never Stops", a mix of early & late shows. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/31/81 NYC, NY FM 90 min Qual: A Show #2 Palladium 2nd (White, Mars, Thunes, Wackerman, Mann, Martin, Vai) Gen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/17/81 NYC, NY FM 180 min Qual: C+ The Ritz (I was here) Some unfortunate edits (commercials?) (White, Mars, Thunes, Wackerman, Mann, Martin, Vai, w/ Al DiMeola) Filler: 10/1/74 Basil, Swtzrlnd: Dupree's Paradise ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/21/81 Santa Monica 40 min Qual: B+ (Long Beach Arena?) On a 90 w/ 3/7/70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/11/81 Santa Monica 90 min Qual: B Show #1 Where's the rest of this show? Great SATLTSADW --> Whats new in Balt --> Turning Again Some guy's made to lick up his mess on stage. (White, Mars, Thunes, Wackerman, Mann, Martin, Vai, Nicholas Slonimsky (piano solo), Craig Stewart's harmonica solo (King Kong) gets cut) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/07/82 Stockholm 90 min Qual: A- Realistic Dream GREAT: Blue Light! "Tax the FUCK out of the churches" (White, Mars, Wackerman, Mann, Martin, Thunes, Vai) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 06/19/82 London, England 135 min Qual: C- Show #2 Hammersmith Odeon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ / /84 Big Mother is Watching yo 45 min Qual: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 07/21/84 Los Angeles, CA 90 min Qual: B+ The Palace Do you love our hair? Crystal clear vocals. (Willis, Smothers, Wackerman, Thunes, Zavod, Martin, White, Brock) "...Her favorite group was Echo & the Bunnymen." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/10/84 Madison, WI SBD/FM 90 min Qual: B+ Oscar Meyer Theatre GREAT sound, but a couple of poor edits (the tape opens 1/2 way thru CoTLites and the solo in Dumb All Over is excised!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/12/84 Cuyahoga Falls 90 min Qual: B- Blossom Music Hall (White and his sunglasses, Wackerman, Scott "Tamp-unes", Zavod, Mr Mega Health: Bobby Martin, Willis) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/25/84 NYC, NY 135 min Qual: C Pier 84 Need (I was here) Parts became: "Does Humor...Music" Upgrade Levels low, tape hiss, audience noise. (White, Wackerman, Thunes, Martin, Zavod, Willis) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 08/26/84 NYC, NY 135 min Qual: C- Pier 84 Need (I was here) Parts became: "Does Humor...Music" Upgrade Would be a C but for the audience noise. Homemade tape! (White, Wackerman, Thunes, Martin, Zavod, Willis) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/01/84 Saratoga, NY 135 min Qual: B- Perf. Arts Center Great Great "Kreega Bondola" (aka "Let's Move To Cleveland") Show *FZ on women* 120min w/o filler. (White, Willis, Wackerman, Thunes, Zavod, Martin) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/14/84 Fits Your 34B... 90 min Qual: B- Stockholm See pg 170 of the Real FZ Book re this show. "Spoo" What's the full name of this boot? (White, Thunes, Wackerman, Martin, Zavod, Willis) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/16/84 Rotterdam 120 min Qual: B- Ahoy (?) "Zapped Again" Down to C. 2x60 (Willis, Thunes, Zavod, White, Martin, Wackerman) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/31/84 NYC, NY 90 min Qual: C Show #1 Felt Forum Need Homemade boot! Parts C+ but w/much audience noise (it'd Upgrade be Paul, Steve, Janis, Sue & whoever was near 'em!). (Cut) Apostrophe (') opens show! (White, Wackerman, Thunes, Red Underpants, Zavod, Lavender Brazier, Martin, Willis, Crimson Belt) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10/31/84 NYC, NY 135 min Qual: C Show #2 Felt Forum Need Parts C+, audience noise. (Another homemade) (White, Upgrade Thunes, Zavod, Wackerman, Willis, Martin, "Spunky the Pumpkin") ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/03/84 Stony Brook, NY 90 min Qual: C+ Show #1 SUNY Tape somewhat hissy. Show (seems to) represent tunes played this tour. "Illinois Enema Bandit" is cut during encore. (Thunes, Zavod, Willis, White, Wackerman, Martin) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/03/84 Stony Brook, NY SBD 90 min Qual: B- Show #2 SUNY (White, Wackerman, Zavod, Thunes, Willis, Martin) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/10/84 Philadelphia, PA 90 min Qual: B- Show #1 Tower Theater Low (White, Wackerman, Willis, Vai, Mars, Thunes, Allan Gen Brisp(?), Shemp(?), Mann, Martin) (2 Questions Re filler: Is it 11/10/84 late show or is it 11/17/81; and what tune is intro ?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/23/84 Chicago, Il 90 min Qual: Bismark Hotel ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11/30/84 Ft Lauderdale 90 min Qual: C Sunrise Theater Parts C+. Drowning Witch (tasty sucker w/long solos) / Ride My Face to Orrin Hatch / Sharleenas Do Not March ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12/21/84 San Carlos, CA AUD 90 min Qual: Circle Star Theater ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 09/15/85 Larry King - CNN / WOR-AM 35 min Qual: A 10min on early days / 25min on PMRC 1st Gen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/ /88 NYC, DC, Philly 180 min Qual: C+ Beacon, Warner, Tower Parts are B-. NYC: 2/4 Full show? w/"Torture...Cowboy Burt" w/ orig lyrics. Filler: DC: 2/9 (1st set), Philly: 2/13 (xnd set) (Willis, Keneally ("the new guy"), W & B Fowler, Carmen, Wing, McGettrick, Wackerman, Mann, Martin, Thunes, "and Ira Herzog of Herzog & Strauss") ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/04/88 NYC VHS 120 min Qual: Beacon Theater ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/04/88 NYC, NY min Qual: C+ Beacon Theater Parts B-. REALLY on Broadway! Good "Turning Again". The 2/ /88 tape above is all (most?) of this show w/ filler from 2 other venues. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/14/88 Upper Darby, PA AUD 180 min Qual: A- Tower Theater Great 3rd gen; all edits/tape flips are perfect. a cappella Show "The Closer You Are". (Just as practiced at intermission) FZ conducts the AUD during The Torture Never Stops (for the screams and moans that belong there). The great (Scott) Tunisimo! Filler: '70 (somewhere, sometime): Call Any Veg/KingKong/Igor's Boogie 25min ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/19/88 Boston, Mass AUD 180 min Qual: B+ Orpheum Theater May you never hear surf music again! Who blew that verse in Advance Romance? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/20/88 Boston, Mass 135 min Qual: B ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 02/27/88 Detroit AUD 90 min Qual: B 1st of 2 nites. Tape 2 of 2 for this nite, need tape #1! 3 Beatles songs done straight. (Eric Buxton) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/04/88 Chicago, IL AUD 135 min Qual: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/12/88 Burlington, VT AUD 180 min Qual: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/13/88 Springfield, MA 90 min Qual: D Civic Center Need Ranges D+ to D-. Great show. What is the (lame) jam Upgrade after King Kong and before the Beatles medly (that gets cut @ end)? (Willis, Keneally, W Fowler, B Fowler, Carmen, Wing, McGettrick, Wackerman, Mann, Martin, Thunes, (& Merle?)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/20/88 Farleigh Dickinson Univ AUD1GN 90 min Qual: C- Rotham Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 03/25/88 Uniondale, NY AUD 180 min Qual: D+ Nassau Coliseum (I was here) Last US show ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04/16/88 Brighton, England AUDLP2 135 min Qual: C Brighton Centre "Zappenstance" Catch the mistake in Planet of the Baritone Women? Really good Bolero ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04/25/88 Copenhagen, Denmark 45 min Qual: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 04/27/88 Oslo, Norway 180 min Qual: Skedsmohallen Sofa #1: Ich bin hier und du bist mein Sausage. 180min w/ Troy, NY '76 filler. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/17/88 Barcelona, Spain VHS 120 min Qual: B+ Palacio des Sportes Video (2 or 3 commercial breaks edited out) At 1 hr into show what is it that Frank is playing (synclavir)? (Willis, Keneally, W Fowler, B Fowler, Carmen, McGettrick, Wing, Wackerman, Mann, Martin, Thunes) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/25/88 Mannheim, Germany 125 min Qual: B Mozarthalle Stairway to Cornhole! Frank forgets a verse in "Ill Enema Bandit" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 05/28/88 Linz, Austria 135 min Qual: B- Levels a little low for a "B" 135min w/ MAE: Big Swifty; 180min w/ more MAE: Harry, You're A Beast, Orange Cty Lumber Truck, T'mershi Duween, Dupree's Paradise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 /27/88 Troy, MI 30 min Qual: Norw. Wood & L.S.D. done straight (& w/King Kong in the middle!) (Little Wazoo Band) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ****** WISH LIST, REQUESTS FOR INFO, ETC ****** Jones Beach 7/16/84 Commercials, promos, etc Tiny Nightmares The History & Collected Improvisations of FZ / Invocations Revenge of the Knick Knack People 1st 90min of 2/27/88 mid '78 thru mid '79 and '80 (esp. NYC, London) London 6/19/82 / November '84 Orlando / 11/19/74 Rochester The rest of 12/11/81 (2 shows, 2 nites???) 10/31/77 Whole late &/or early / Salem '84 Instrumental Crew Slut (as in GREAT Snd Chk @ Pier84 NYC 8/25,26/84) The whole show that Warren's "Ms X" thing came from 11/10/84 Show #2 ===================================================================== ****** Also have for trade ****** ( Ask for info on these if you're interested ) Jackson Browne - 9/7/75 The MainPoint, Philly Eric Clapton - 11/5/78 Santa Monica Auditorium 60min Ornette Coleman 8/29/59 (feature I Underwood - 3 tracks) 50min lo gen A Dead - SPAC 6/27/85 180min tape - "Last Days of the Fillmore West" 2LPs - 1 3/4 Hrs - "Out West - Hollywood Palladium, Pt 2" 2LPs - "Dead/Live" LP Felt Forum 12/5/71 - unidentified LP: A) Me+BMcGe,Brtha,BgBsMn; B) DrkStr/Me+MUncl Dixie Dregs - 6/19/79 My Father's Place, Old Roslyn, LI, NY Peter Gabriel - 4/9/77 The Roxy - AUD tape 1st GEN frm Reel to Reel @ 3 3/4 ips labled "Green Bullfrog"?? Genesis - American tour '81 "Super Groups in Concert" - 10/2/82 Milton Keynes (?) "Lamb Lies Down..." tour '74 - WAPP 60min Gentle Giant - "Amongst the Darkers" 10/75 A - "Playing the Foole in Wonderland" 1/75 & unreleased A Gong - 6/28/77 Paris Gong's Last show 90min Qual: A Hendrix - "Goodbye, Jimi" LP w/13 songs, '67-'68 48min C- - "Good Karma 2" LP (gold vinyl!) 5/30/70 Berkley? 45min C- Hot Tuna - 11/16/76 Queens College 180min Jethro Tull - 4/6/77 Anaheim Cnvntn Ctr Hi C+/Low D- AUD NOISE King Crimson - 2/28/82 Stony Brook 90min C- to D+ - 6/26/84(?) Pier 84, NYC 135min Quality blows it! Nirvana - "In Utero" Demos - USA '93 Acoustic versions 45min - 12/93 Pier 84, Seattle, WA 45min - 2/22/94 The Palaghiaccio, ROME, Italy Pearl Jam - Ass't US tour '92 140min (more than 1 ver of some songs) Jean-Luc Ponty - King Kong (JLP Plays the music of FZ) 45min A Stone Temple Pilots - 7/2/93 L.A., CA 60min "Mighty Joe Young" Talking Heads - 8/28/82 The Orpheum, Boston, Mass The Who - 3/28/81 Essen, W Germany SBD(?)Stereo Real good show A - 8/6/72 Amsterdam Lotsa "Tommy" A - NYC (72?) Quadrophenia Tour (pre-album release) 90min B- They Might Be Giants - 10/14/94 NYC Qual: A+ (CD master) 56min Yes - MSG 5/14/84 135min 1st gen from master AUD tape Zappas Universe 11/10/91-last nite <200min Rated D- to C depending...