Archive for May, 2003
Released: 1999
Tracklist
- WPLJ
- Twenty Small Cigars
- The Legend Of The Golden Arches
- Ya Hozna
- It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal
- Love Of My Life (live version)
- Disco Boy (live soundtrack version)
- Night School
- Sinister Footwear 2nd Mvt. (live version)
- The Idiot Bastard Son (live version)
- What’s New In Baltimore?
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Released: April 1997
Tracklist
- Bobby Brown Goes Down
- Disco Boy
- Goblin Girl
- In France
- He’s So Gay
- SEX
- Titties ‘n Beer
- We’re Turning Again
- Dumb All Over
- Catholic Girls
- Dinah-Moe Humm
- Tinsel Town Rebellion
- Valley Girl
- Jewish Princess
- Yo Cats
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Released: 1998
Tracklist
- I Could Be A Star Now
- Catholic Girls (live version)
- Bobby Brown Goes Down (live version)
- You Are What You Is
- We Are Not Alone
- Cheap Thrills
- The Mudshark Interview
- Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
- Zomby Woof (live version)
- The Torture Never Stops (original version)
- Joe’s Garage (live version)
- My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (live version)
- Going For The Money
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Released: 1995
Tracklist
- Peaches En Regalia
- Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow
- Dancin’ Fool
- San Ber’dino
- Dirty Love
- My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
- Cosmik Debris
- Trouble Every Day
- Disco Boy
- Fine Girl
- Sexual Harassment In The Workplace
- Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
- I’m The Slime
- Joe’s Garage
- Bobby Brown Goes Down
- Montana (single version)
- Valley Girl
- Be In My Video
- Muffin man
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Released: February 1998
Tracklist
- Dear Jeepers
- World’s Greatest Sinner
- How’s Your Bird
- Everytime I See You
- Cradle Rock
- Slow Bird
- Blind Man’s Buff
- Mr. Clean
- Jesse Lee
- Cathy My Angel
- ‘Til September
- Heavies
- The Cruncher
- Letter From Jeepers
- Memories of El Monte
Line-up
Frank Zappa (guitar, bass, drums), Bob Guy (vocals), Dave Aerni, Paul Buff (recording engineer), Ray Collins (vocals), Ronnie Williams (vocals)
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Released: October 1997
Tracklist
- Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
- Daddy, Dady, Daddy
- Mystery Roach
- Magic Fingers
- Lonesome Cowboy Burt
- Penis Dimension
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Released: June 1995
Tracklist
- as a matter of fact…
- Peaches En Regalia
- just imagine…
- I’m The Slime
- it has just been passed…
- Dirty Love
- Joe’s Garage
- you can get a point across…
- Sexual Harassment In the Workplace
- yeah, well…
- Murder By Numbers
- Cosmik Debris
- San Ber’Dino
- the guy on the Staten Island terry…
- Apostrophe (’)
- Valley Girl
- Whippin’ Post
- radio has helped to…
- RDNZL
Kill Ugly Radio Some More
Released: April 1996
Tracklist
- “It’s OK to be smart…”
- Plastic People
- Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow
- My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
- “Obscenity is a legal term…”
- Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
- Trouble Every Day
- Transylvania Boogie
- “Once upon a time…”
- Be In My Video
- Fine Girl
- “I think the first thing that I did…”
- Dancin’ Fool
- Goblin Girl
- “I go out there and give ‘em everything that I can…”
- Royal March From L’Histoire Du Soldat
- “The horrible part of it is…”
- Montana
- Drowning Witch
- “You have any last words…”
- NYC Halloween Audience
- ake Your Clothes Off When You Dance
Return Of The Son Of Kill Ugly Radio
Released: July 1996
Tracklist
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
- Stink-Foot
- Hungry Freaks, Daddy
- Concentration Moon
- Would You Go All The Way?
- I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted
- A Few Moments With Brother A. West
- I Don’t Even Care
- Alley Cat
- Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
- Lil’ Clanton Shuffle
- Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
- When The Lie’s So Big
- Dickie’s Such An Asshole
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Released: June 1995
Tracklist
- Peaches En Regalia
- Dirty Love
- Dancin’ Fool
- San Ber’Dino
- Fine Girl
- Trouble Every Day
- Cosmik Debris
- Blessed Relief
- Joe’s Garage
- Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow
- Nanook Rubs It
- I’m The Slime
- Valley Girl
- Be In My Video
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Released: 1990, reissue June 1994
Tracklist
- Peaches en Regalia
- Montana
- Cosmik Debris
- Muffin Man
- Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow/Nanook Rubs It
- Dinah-Moe Humm
- Oh No
- Elvis Has Just Left The Building
- Joe’s Garage
- Be In My Video
- Dancin’ Fool
- Catholic Girls
- Disco Boy
- Trouble Every Day
- America Drinks & Goes Home
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Released: March 19 1995
Tracklist
- How’s Your Bird?
- The World’s Greatest Sinner
- Everytime I See You
- Letters From Jeepers
- Dear Jeepers
- Cradle Rock
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Released: March 15 1971
Tracklist
- Help I’m A Rock
- Anyway The Wind Blows
- Flower Punk
- You Didn’t Try To Call Me
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
- Motherly Love
- Mom And Dad
- Mother People
- Wowie Zowie
- Status Back Baby
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Released: April 11 1975
Tracklist
- Why Don’t You Do Me right
- Who Needs The Peace Corps
- Concentration Moon
- Mom And Dad
- Bow Tie Daddy
- Harry You’re A Beast
- What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body
- Absolutely Free
- Cheap Thrills
- Excerpt From Lumpy Gravy
- Wowie Zowie
- Flower Punk
- Later That Night
- Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
- Lonely Little Girl
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
- What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body (reprise)
- America Drinks
- Status Back Baby
- Uncle Bernie’s Farm
- Son Of Suzy Creamcheese
- Big Leg Emma
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Released: April 1969
Tracklist
- Brown Shoes Don’t Make It
- Mother People
- Duke Of Prunes
- Call Any Vegetable
- The Idiot Bastard Son
- It Can’t Happen Here
- You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here
- Who Are The Brain Police?
- Plastic People
- Hungry Freaks, Daddy
- America Drinks & Goes Home
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Released: April 1993
Tracklist
- Prologue (Bogus Pomp)
- Progress?
- Like It Or Not
- The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson
- Holding The Group Back
- Holiday In Berlin
- The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage
- Undaunted, The Band Plays On
- Agency Man
- Epilogue
- King Kong
- Help, I’m A Rock
- Transylvania Boogie
- Pound For A Brown
- Sleeping In A Jar
- Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
- Harry, You’re A Beast
- The Orange County Lumber Truck, Part 1
- Oh No
- The Orange County Lumber Truck, Part 2
Line-up
- Frank Zappa (guitar &vocals), Ian Underwood (alto sax & piano), Bunk Gardner (tenor sax & clarinet), Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood (baritone sax & tambourine), Roy Estrada (bass & vocals), Don Preston (electric piano & odd noises), Arthur Dyer Tripp III (drums & percussion), Jimmy Carl Black (drums)
- Assisted by members of The BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Released: December 1999
Tracklist
- Library Card
- This Is A Test
- Jolly Good Fellow
- Roland’s Big Event/Strat Vindaloo
- Master Ringo
- T’Mershi Duween
- Nap Time
- 9/8 Objects
- Naked City
- Whitey (Prototype)
- America Goes Home
- None Of The Above (Revised & Previsited)
- Wonderful Tattoo
Line-up
ENSEMBLE MODERN: Peter Rundel Hilary Sturt Thomas Fichter Catherine Milliken Wolfgang Stryi Franck Ollu William Formann Uwe Dierksen Daryl Smith Ueli Wiget Rumi Ogawa-Helferich Detlef Tewes Mathias Tacke Friedemann DS�hn Dietmar Wiesner Roland Diry Veit Scholz Stefan Dohr Michael Gross Michael Svoboda Hermann Kretzschmar Rainer Rs�mer Andreas Bs�ttger J¨rgen Ruck - L. Shankar, Frank Zappa
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Released: 1998
Tracklist
- Theme from Run Home Slow
- Original Duke Of Prunes
- Opening Night Party At Studio Z (Collage)
- The Village Inn
- Steal Away
- I Was A Teen-Age Malt Shop
- The Birth Of Captain Beefheart
- Metal Man Has Won His Wings
- Power Trio Segment From The Saints ‘n Sinners
- Bossa Nova Pervertamento
- Excerpt From The Uncle Frankie Show
- Charva
- Speed-Freak Boogie
- Original Mothers At the Broadside (Pomona)
- Party Scene From Mondo Hollywood
- Original Mothers Rehearsal
- How Could I Be Such A Fool?
- Band Introductions At The Fillmore West
- Harry You’re A Beast
- Don Interrupts
- Piece One
- Jim/Boy
- Piece Two
- Agency Man
- Agency Man (studio version)
- Lecture From Festival Hall Show
- Wedding Dress Song/The Handsome Cabin Boy
- Skweezit Skweezit Skweezit
- The Story Of Willie The Pimp
- Black Beauty
- Chucha
- Mothers At KPFK
- Harmonica Fun
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Released: March 1997
Tracklist
- Uncle Meat Main Title Theme
- Regyptian Strut
- Pedro’s Dowry
- Outrage At Valdez
- Little Umbrellas
- Run Home Slow Theme
- Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula
- Dupree’s Paradise
- Opus 1, No. 3, 2nd Movement, Presto
- Duke Of Prunes
- Aybe Sea
- Naval Aviation In Art?
- G-Spot Tornado
- Bob In Dacron, First Movement
- Opus 1, No.4, 2nd Movement, Allegro
- Dog Breath Variations
- Uncle Meat
- Strictly Genteel
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Released: 1996
Tracklist
- Re-gyptian Strut
- Naval Aviation In Art?
- A Little Green Rosetta
- Duck Duck Goose
- Down In The Dew
- For The Young Sophisticate
- Tryin’ To Grow A Chin
- Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
- The Legend Of The Illinois Enema Bandit
- Lemme Take You To The Beach
- Revised Music For Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra
- RDNZL
- Honey Don’t You Want A Man Like Me
- The Black Page
- Big Leg Emma
- Punky’s Whips
- Flambé
- The Purple Lagoon
- Pedro’s Dowry
- Läther
- Spider Of Destiny
- Duke Of Orchestral Prunes
- Filthy Habits
- Titties ‘n Beer
- The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution
- The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary
- Regyptian Strut (1993)
- Leather Goods
- Revenge Of The Knick Knack People
- Time Is Money
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Released: 1996
Tracklist
- The Blackouts
- Lost In A Whirlpool
- Ronnie Sings?
- Kenny’s Booger Story
- Ronny’s Booger Story
- Mount St. Mary’s Concert Excerpt
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
- Tiger Roach
- Run Home Slow Theme
- Fountain Of Love
- Run Home Cues, # 2
- Any Way The Wind Blows
- Run Home cues, # 3
- Charva
- The Dick Kunc Story
- Wedding Dress Song
- Handsome Cabin Boy
- Cops & Buns
- The Big Squeeze
- I’m A Band Leader
- Alley Cat
- The Grand Wazoo
- Wonderful Wino
- Kung Fu
- RDNZL
- Basement Music # 1
- Inca Roads
- Lil’ Clanton Shuffle
- I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted
- Sharleena
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Released: December 1994
Tracklist
DISC ONE
- “This Is Phaze III”
- Put A Motor In Yourself
- “Oh-Umm”
- They Made Me Eat It
- Reagan At Bitburg
- “A Very Nice Body”
- Navanax
- “How The Pigs’ Music Works”
- Xmas Values
- “Dark Water!”
- Amnerika
- “Have You Heard Their Band?”
- Religious Superstition
- “Saliva Can Only Take So Much”
- Buffalo Voice
- “Someplace Else Right Now”
- Get A Life
- “A Kayak (On Snow)”
- N-Lite
DISC TWO
- “I Wish Motorhead Would Come Back”
- Secular Humanism
- “Attack! Attack! Attack!”
- I Was In A Drum
- “A Different Octave”
- “This Ain’t CNN”
- “The Pigs’ Music”
- A Pig With Wings
- “This Is All Wrong”
- Hot & Putrid
- “Flowing Inside-Out”
- “I Had A Dream About That”
- Gross Man
- “A Tunnel Into Muck”
- Why Not?
- “Put A Little Motor In ‘Em”
- “You’re Just Insultin’ Me, Aren’t You!”
- “Cold Light Generation”
- Dio Fa
- “That Would Be The End Of That”
- Beat The Reaper
- Waffenspiel
Line-up
1967 VOICES: Spider Barbour, All-Night John, Frank Zappa, Euclid James, “Motorhead” Sherwood [a.k.a. Larry Fanoga], Roy Estrada, Louis “The Turkey” Cuneo, Monica, Gilly Townley, Unknown Girl #1, Unknown Girl #2
1991 VOICES: Moon Unit Zappa, Michael Rappaport, Ali N. Askin, Catherine Milliken, Walt Fowler, Todd Yvega, Michael Svoboda, Michael Gross, William Formann, Uwe Dierksen, Stefan Dohr, Daryl Smith, Franck Ollu, Hermann Kretzschmar, Dweezil Zappa
+ The Ensemble Modern
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Released: November 1993
Tracklist:
- Intro
- Dog Breath Variations
- Uncle Meat
- Outrage At Valdez
- Times Beach II
- III Revisited
- The Girl In The Magnesium Dress
- Be-Bop Tango
- Ruth Is Sleeping
- None Of The Above
- Pentagon Afternoon
- Questi Cazzi Di Piccione
- Times Beach III
- Food Gathering In Post Undustrial America, 1992
- Welcome To The United States
- Pound For A Brown
- Exercise # 4
- Get Whitey
- G-Spot Tornado
Line-up
Frank Zappa (composer), The Ensemble Modern: Peter Rundel (conductor, violin), Dietmar Wiesner (flute), Catherine Milliken (oboe, english horn, didgeridoo), Roland Diry (clarinet), Wolfgang Stryi (bass clarinet, contrabass, clarinet, tenor saxophone), Veit Scholz (bassoon, contrabassoon), Frankck Ollu (horn), Stefan Dohr (horn), William Formann (trumpet, flügelhorn, piccolo trumpet, cornet), Michael Gross (trumpet, flügelhorn, piccolo trumpet, cornet), Uwe Dierksen (trombone, soprano trombone), Michael Svoboda (trombone, euphonium, didgeridoo, alphorn), Daryl Smith (tuba), Herman Kretzschmar (piano, harpsichord, celeste, dramatic reading), Ueli Wiget (piano, harpsichord, celeste, harp), Rainer Rsmer (percussion), Rumi Ogawa-Helferich (percussion, cymbalom), Andreas Böttger (percussion), Detlef Tewes (mandolin), Jürgen Ruck (guitar, banjo), Ellen Wegnere (harp), Mathias Tacke (violin), Claudia Sack (violin), Hilary Sturt (viola, dramatic reading), Friedemann Dähn (violoncello), Thomas Richter (contrabass, electrocontrabass)
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Released: 1992
Tracklist:
- Typical Day On The Road
- Here Comes The Gear Lads
- The Living Garbage Truck
- A Typical Sound Check
- “This Is Neat”
- The Motel Lobby
- Getting Stewed
- The Motel Room
- “Don’t Take Me Down”
- The Dressing Room
- Learning “Penis Dimension”
- “You there, with the hard on!”
- Zanti Serenade
- Divan
- Sleeping In A Jar
- “Don’t Eat There”
- Brixton Still Life
- Super Grease
- Wonderful Wino
- Sharleenah
- Cruisin’ For Burgers
- Diptheria Blues
- Well
- Say Please
- Aaawk
- Scumbag
- A Small Eternity With Yoko Ono
- A Typical Day On The Road Part Two
- Beer Shampoo
- Champagne Lecture
- Childish Perversions
- Playground Psychotics
- The Mudshark Interview
- “There’s No Lust In Jazz”
- Botulism On The Hoof
- You Got Your Armies
- The Spew King
- I’m Doomed
- Status Back Baby
- The London CabTape
- Concentration Moon, Part One
- The Sanzini Brothers
- “It’s A Good Thing We Get Paid To Do This”
- Concentration Moon, Part Two
- Mom & Dad
- Intro To Music For Low Budget Orchestra
- Billly The Mountain
- The True Story Of 200 Motels
- He’s Watching Us
- If You’re Not A Professional Actor
- He’s Right
- Going For The Money
- Jeff Quits
- A Bunch Of Adventures
- Martin Lickert’s Story
- A Great Guy
- Bad Acting
- The Worst Reviews
- A Version Of Himself
- I Could Be A Star Now
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Released: February 4 2003
Tracklist:
- NY Audience
- Ancient Armaments
- Dancin’ Fool
- Easy Meat
- Magic Fingers
- Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow
- Conehead
- “Zeets”
- Stink-Foot
- Dinah-Moe Humm
- Camarillo Brillo
- Muffin Man
- Black Napkins (interpolating The Deathless Horsie)
Line-up:
Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals), Vinnie Colaiuta (drums), Arthur Barrow (bass), Patrick O’Hearn (bass), Tommy Mars (keyboards), Denny Walley (guitar, vocals), Peter Wolf (keyboards), Ed Mann (percussion), L. Shankar (special guest on electric violin)
Dweezil Zappa (producer), Joe Chicarelli (original remote engineer, 2002 stereo and multi-channel mix), Steve Genewick (second engineer), Bill Smith (third engineer), David Duncan (DTS encoding), Jeff Levison (DVD authoring production), Len Dell’Amico (”Suicide Chump” video director), Dave Wilson (”Dancin’ Fool” video director for Saturday Night Live)
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