Disc on the way to John G.
--- In Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com, Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Disc received. Thanks John K.
This is a great show (IMHO) and the audio quality is superb.
Vaudeville shtick notwithstanding (whatever the fuck that means), I
love this era of The Mothers, and George and Ian and Aynsley and
Frank and even Jeff play great here. Too bad it ends prematurely. I
saw them one week later (11/13, my first Frank show) at the
Fillmore
East (photos of program are in the photo section here) and I
remember the audience not responding at all after Penis Dimension
and Frank getting pissed and walking off stage and being
cajoled/pushed back out on stage(by Herbie Cohen?/Bill Graham?).
Anyway...
I'll send this out to John G in Kansas in a day or two.
--- In Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com, Nokeating4@ wrote:
Sending this out tomorrow to Guy.
John K
Guy (US) john g in kansas (US) SOFA (US) Skipsign (US)
Conehead (BE) Ashley H (UK) ???
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From: Nokeating4@
To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 10:15 PM
Subject: [Zappa-List] VO: MOI Fillmore West 11-06-70 (Audio CD)
OK - Sorry for the delay, but I was listening to this disc and
heard one edit between tracks that I wanted to fix.
So, I'm ready to send this off - Guy, send me your address.
John K
John K (US) Guy (US) john g in kansas (US) SOFA (US)
Skipsign (US) Conehead (BE) Ashley H (UK) ???
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Mothers of Invention
Fillmore West
San Francisco, CA
11/06/1970
# of Tracks: 15
Total Time: 63:49
Have Gun, Will Travel 1:34
Call Any Vegetable 10:34
The Sanzini Brothers 2:02
Penis Dimension 8:05
The Sanzini Brothers 2:20
Little House I Used to Live In/Mudshark 4:57
Touring Can Make You Crazy 2:14
Would You Like a Snack? 1:39
Holiday in Berlin 4:07
Cruisinâ For Burgers 8:47
Easy Meat 5:19
**Frank talks to the crowdâ¦** 1:53
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy/
Do You Like My New Car? 7:24
Happy Together 1:07
Who Are The Brain Police? 1:47
George Duke - keyboards
Aynsley Dunbar - drums
Howard Kaylan - vocals
Jim Pons - bass (actually Jeff Simmons)
Mark Volman - vocals
Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals
Like a tidal wave of total weirdness, the Mothers of Invention
splashed down on the Fillmore West for a series of shows in
November
of 1970 before washing back into the seedy ocean of L.A., leaving
the landscape forever changed (or at least confused and offended).
Not to be outdone by the art school drop-outs and buck-skin
fringe
contingent then wandering the Sunset Strip, Frank Zappa had been
steadily releasing incredibly strange records since the mid-â60s.
He abandoned the original Mothers at the close of that decade, only
to reform a different line-up under the same name in 1970, this
time
including two members of the Turtles, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
(sometimes known as Flo Eddie due to contractual problems), to
help with Frankâs increasingly bizarre comedy routines and,
almost
incidentally, singing.
The opening set by Boz Scaggs couldnât possibly have prepared
anyone for what was going to occur that night at the corner of Van
Ness and Market, though it did prove that Bill Graham had a pretty
good sense of humor. Eager to try out material from the upcoming
200
Motels film and accompanying album, the Mothers donât move in any
one direction for too long; sometimes itâs as if theyâre moving
in all directions at once. There are hints of jazz-fusion and
psychedelia, along with Zappaâs beloved doo-wop. They even make a
brief stab at the Turtlesâ Happy Together as part of the
groupie-
baiting sleaze-fest Daddy, Daddy, Daddy. This is a limber bunch,
but theyâre at their best when playing it straight (Call Any
Vegetable from Absolutely Free is a prime example). Some songs are
derailed by excessive hollering and dialogue, the delivery of which
suggests the performers are nearly as bored as the audience
theyâre baffling. Provoking the crowd, however, is part of the
plan and listening to Frank scold them for their indifference is
highly satisfying for anyone whoâs ever stood under stage lights.
An appreciation for this performance depends entirely on oneâs
threshold for long and noodly instrumental explorations accented by
dick jokes. But it can safely be said that no one else was doing
anything quite like this at the time. During an age of weird, Frank
Zappa had the distinction of being the unparalleled weirdest.
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