I agree with SOFA on that. I've always felt that FZ was robed of the years he should have had later to reflect on and release some of the live shows. He recorded so many live shows in multi track format that, one can only speculate what would have happened by now. Of course many of these shows have leaked out as free bootlegs.
Jim L _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Zappa-List] question about Zappa song Welcome to the List, Michael. As for your "question", I don't think anyone really knows why FZ made the choices he made in regards to what became a recorded artifact... As for Live renditions of Alfonzo (can't say I've seen the one on YouTube, tho' I may have), plenty of them exist: (the tune 'toured' in 73, 74, 78, & 79 as part of the Yellow Snow Suite, and as a stand alone song in 1980) Stage Series Volume 1 has it in the legitimate releases and I'm sure there's a boot of it making the rounds somewhere... Regards, SOFA ----- Original Message ----- From: stumpe22 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[email protected]> ups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:12 PM Subject: [Zappa-List] question about Zappa song Hello, my name is Michael Smith and I'm new here. I'm a huge Zappa fan, my alltime favorite, and I'me very into his music and personality. There is one thing I don't understand about the song "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast". On Apostrophe it's only 1:50 minutes long. However, the live 1978 version I found on YouTube is over 7 minutes long and one of Zappa finest moments (in my opinion). There's also a live version on Saarbrucken 1979 but it's expensive and the quality isn't the best. What I don't understand is why Zappa didn't record this extended live version on any of his other live albums, it's such a better song than a lot of other live songs he recorded. It's especially frustrating because this extended live version is probably in my top 3 favorite Zappa songs and may be my favorite. Anyone care to comment? -Michael For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebigno <http://www.thebignote.com> te.com or http://www.killugly <http://www.killuglyradio.com> radio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links (Yahoo! ID required) mailto:Zappa- <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
