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martedì 31 marzo 2026

Frank Zappa - 1979-03-31 - Munchen, DE (SBD/FLAC) Early show

(Soundboard FLAC)

Frank Zappa 
Rudi-Sedlmayer Sporthalle 
München, Germany 
1979 03 31 

Early show 

~~ 3rd gen SBD, patched with Aud source ~~ 

This is our "complement" FZ Shows seed to Drew51's original 24 bit Shoebox upload, 
downsampled to 16bit/44.1kHz, speed corrected and patched-to-complete with 
material from Drew's own Aud source tape (samples), which will also be seeded in FZ Shows in its entirety later. 

Enjoy those particular monster versions of City Of Tiny Lites (incl. Outside Now) 
and Easy Meat (incl. Catholic Girls) in excellent SBD sound (A/A-) !!. 

available tapes according FZshows: 
1979 03 31 - Rudi-Sedlmayer Sporthalle, München, Germany 
Early show 
120 min, Aud, A- 
90 min, SBD, A- 
The SBD has various cuts and misses most of Cosmik Debris, Trying To Grow A Chin, Dancin' Fool, stops at the beginning of Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, with only Peaches at the end. 
Deathless Horsie, Dead Girls Of London, I Ain't Got No Heart, Brown Shoes Don't Make It, Cosmik Debris, Tryin' To Grow A Chin, City Of Tiny Lights / Outside Now [solo on JG, parts on Keep It Greasey, JG], Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat / Catholic Girls, Jumbo Go Away, Andy, Inca Roads, Florentine Pogen, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Peaches En Regalia, Montana, Dirty Love 

This copy: 114.30 min, SBD 3rd, A/A- (patched with AUD source, B+) 

Source: Third Generation soundboard cassette (FZ>WC>HB>SH(3rd gen)) 

Lineage: 
Maxell XLII Cassette(3rd gen) > Nakamichi CR-7A cassette deck > Tascam US-122L (24bit,96kHz) > Sound Forge 9.0 (record/edits) > FLAC Level 8 > 
wav > Soundforge 9: speed correction, downsample to (16bit,44.1kHz), tracking, patching Aud source material > flac TLH lvl7 w/SBA (750 MB) 

Acquired from: The Steve Hecht collection 
Transferred By: Drew51 
Edited By: Drew51, flambay 

Fills taken from unknown gen AUD version (Drew51): ~114.50 min, AUD, B+ 
Samples: http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=17321 
for all parts missing in the SBD source. 

Lineage: TDK SA90 Cassettes > Nakamichi CR-7A cassette deck > Tascam US-122L > Sound Forge 9.0 (record/edits/resample) > FLAC Level 8 > wav > 
Soundforge 9: speed correction, extracting patches, merging patches with main source 

taped by: unknown 
transferred by: Drew51 
edited by: Drew51, flambay 

Line Up: 
FZ, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Warren Cucurullo, Arthur Barrow, 
Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf 

01 Knick Knack Intro [0:58] °°° switch to SBD source at 0:53 
02 The Deathless Horsie [10:04] 
03 Band Introductions [0:54] 
04 Dead Girls Of London [2:31] 
05 I Ain't Got No Heart [2:06] 
06 Brown Shoes Don't Make It [6:57] 
07 Cosmik Debris [3:53] °°° switch to AUD source at 0:38 
08 Tryin' To Grow A Chin [3:21] 
09 City Of Tiny Lights / Outside Now [solo on JG, parts on Keep It Greasey, JG] [17:28] °°° SBD source {2:12-14:47} 
10 Dancin' Fool [3:39] 
11 Easy Meat / Catholic Girls [11:51] °°° switch to SBD source at 0:03, °°° tf/AUD patch {10:43-11:22} 
12 Jumbo Go Away [4:47] 
13 Andy [5:21] 
14 Inca Roads [11:51] °°° tf/ AUD source patch {0:28-1:25} 
15 Florentine Pogen [5:04] 
16 Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me? [4:19] °°° switch to AUD source at 0:15 
17 Keep It Greasey [3:47] 
18 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing [3:18] °°° switch to SBD source at 3:16 
19 Peaches En Regalia [3:18] °°° switch to AUD source at 3:03 
20 encore break [0:23] °°° cuts in, no music missing 
21 Montana [4:13] 
22 Dirty Love [4:16] 

Total time (patched version) 114.30 min 

Unpatched tracks (SBD version only) 
in separate subfolder (268 MB): 

01 Knick Knack Intro (unpatched) [0:07] °°° fades in 
07 Cosmik Debris (unpatched) [0:39] °°° fades out 
09 City Of Tiny Lights / Outside Now (unpatched) [12:39] °°° cuts in °°° cuts out 
11 Easy Meat / Catholic Girls (unpatched) [11:11] °°° cuts in °°° cut at 10:41 
14 Inca Roads (unpatched) [11:00] °°° tf/cut at 0:32 
16 Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me? (unpatched) [0:16] °°° fades out 
18 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (unpatched) [0:03] °°° fades in at end of song 
19 Peaches En Regalia (unpatched) [3:03] °°° cuts off 

Total time (SBD only) 76.50 min 

Credits: Thanks to Steve for this excellent find. Thanks also to HB (RIP). 
Thanks to the unknown taper of the audience source tape (fills).

giovedì 19 marzo 2026

Frank Zappa - 1979-03-19 - Brest, FR (SBD/FLAC)

(Sounboard FLAC)

Frank Zappa 
Live At Parc De Penfeld, Brest, France, March 19th 1979 
“Je suis une légende” Cosmic Top Secret Laboratories CTS - 012 1/2 

Lineage: 
My silvers. 
EAC (secure mode) > WAV (& spectrograms included) 
Trader’s Little Helper > FLAC Level 08 (checksums included) 
Tracker > You 

Frank Zappa - Guitar, Vocals 
Ike Willis - Guitar, Vocals 
Denny Walley - Slide Guitar, Vocals 
Warren Cucurullo - Guitar 
Tommy Mars - Keyboards 
Peter Wolf - Keyboards 
Arthur Barrow - Bass 
Ed Mann - Percussion 
Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums 

CD1
01 - Intro 
02 - Persona Non Grata 
03 - Band Introduction 
04 - Dead Girls Of London 
05 - I Ain't Got No Heart 
06 - Brown Shoes Don't Make It 
07 - Cosmik Debris 
08 - Tryin' To Grow A Chin 
09 - City Of Tiny Light 
10 - Dancin' Fool 
11 - Easy Meat 

CD2
01 - Jumbo Go Away 
02 - Andy 
03 - Inca Roads 
04 - Florentine Pogen 
05 - Honey Dont You Want A Man Like Me ? 
06 - Peaches En Regalia 
07 - Montana 
08 - Dirty Love 

sabato 14 marzo 2026

Frank Zappa - 1979-03-14 - Madrid, ES (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

Frank Zappa
14-Mar 1979
Pabellon de Deportes
Madrid, Spain

Source: 43 min, SBD, A-
Taped by: n/a
Transfered by: Mattias
Ripped by: BengoFury
Lineage: SBD>? >cassette>CDR>wav>flac (282 MB)

01 - Florentine Pogen (last 2 mins)
02 - Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
03 - Keep It Greasey
04 - The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
05 - For The Young Sophisticate
06 - Wet T-Shirt Night
07 - Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
08 - Peaches En Regalia
09 - Stinkfoot
10 - Dirty Love
11 - Watermelon In Easter Hay

Comments:
== Frank Zappa's Band July 1978 - April 1979 ==
FZ, Ike Willis (out between Oct 14-31), Patrick O'Hearn (October 13-31), Denny Walley, Warren Cucurullo (Halloween guest and spring tour member), L. Shankar (Berlin + Halloween guest), Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf.

sabato 7 marzo 2026

Frank Zappa - 1970-03-07 - Los Angeles, CA (AUD/FLAC)


(Audience FLAC)

Frank Zappa
Olympic Auditorium
Los Angeles, CA
1970-03-07

zappateers says this is:
newly discovered upgrade from TMOQ master tapes

According To FZ Shows:
1970 03 07, Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA
70 min, AUD, B+

This Copy: 71.51, AUD, A-

Lineage: TMOQ Master > 24 Bit Remaster > FLAC > WAV (Soundforge, Cooledit) > FLAC
Remastered By: BB & Pigman
Speed Correction By: flambay
Edited By: JWB

Fills from complete 2nd Gen Version (between songs, Willie The Pimp)
Lineage: AUD MASTER REEL > REEL > REEL > M-AUDIO TRANSIT > WAV > CDR >EAC > WAVE > CD WAVE EDITOR > TRADERS LITTLE HELPER > FLAC
Wav > Soundforge 10 > Retracking, Renaming > Flac TLH Level 8 With SBA > WAV (Re-equalization to match main source, Editing in Cooledit) > FLAC
Edited By: davmar77, jimshoes, The Evil Prince, JWB

FZ
Max Bennett
Aynsley Dunbar
Sugarcane Harris
Ian Underwood

01 Intro~Tune Up [4.44]
02 Sharleena [10.48]
03 Twinkle Tits [7.17] *** cuts out
04 Interlude [3.59] *** cuts in
05 Directly From My Heart To You [6.55]
06 Chunga's Revenge [26.06]
07 Willie The Pimp [11.59] *** cut @ 10.25

Total Time: 71.51 min

giovedì 5 marzo 2026

Frank Zappa - 1979-03-05 - Copenhagen, DK (AUD/FLAC)


(Audience FLAC)

Frank Zappa 
1979 03 05 
Falkoner Teatret 
Copenhagen, Denmark 

~~ from AUD 1st gen tape source (fzmoi69-doctorzap DR-1 transfer) ~~ 

orig.Shoebox upload: http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=21288 

Flawed & missing bits in this 1st gen copy (all of track 01 Intro and a bit around the Easy Meat master tape flip cut) 
replaced or patched with material from Drew51's 2nd gen copy of the same AUD source (different dubline). 

Current FZshows entry: 
1979 03 05 - Falkoner Teatret, København, Denmark 
140 min, Aud, B+ 
The Deathless Horsie, Dead Girls Of London, I Ain't Got No Heart, Brown Shoes Don't Make It, Cosmik Debris, Tryin' To Grow A Chin, City Of Tiny Lights, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Jumbo Go Away, 
Andy, Inca Roads, Florentine Pogen, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, For The Young Sophisticate, Wet T-Shirt Nite, 
Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Peaches En Regalia, Yellow Snow Suite, A Pound For A Brown, Treacherous Cretins 

This copy: 140.12 min, AUD 1st, A/A- (flawed parts: B+/B) 

Lineage : 
TAPE 1ST GEN > Nakamichi DR-1 > Realtek HDAudio pentium i7 > 
Soundforge 10 Pro Highest quality setting Izotope 64 bit src downsampling / MBIT+dither> TLH > 
Soundforge 9: speed correction, volume level adjustments, drop out fixes (locally), tracking, 
patching in fills from alt.dubline copy of same source > flac TLH lvl8 w/SBA (891 MB) 

Taped by: unknown 
Collected by: Rob C 
tape hosted by: fzmoi69 
transferred by: doctorzap 
edited by: flambay 

Fills (Track 01 & around tape flip in 10 Easy Meat) 
from Drew51's 2nd gen AUD copy (140.XX min, AUD 2nd, A-/B, same source/diff.dubline) 
samples: http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=13639 

Lineage: Maxell XLII Cassette>Nakamichi DR-1 cassette deck>Gina20>Sound Forge 7.0 (record/edits)> 
FLAC Level 8 > Soundforge 9: extracting patches, speed correction, volume & phase adjustments, merging with main source 
Taped by: unknown 
Transferred By: Drew51 
Edited By: flambay 

Frank Zappa's Band, February - April 1979: 
FZ, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Warren Cucurullo, Arthur Barrow, 
Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf. 

01 Tuning, Läther Grout (via PA) (incl. Duck Duck Goose, Revenge Of The Knick Knack People) [1:38] °°° entire track from Drew51 2nd gen tape 
02 The Deathless Horsie (q: Thirteen/MRP) [9:28] °°° fzmoi69-doctorzap DR-1 source starts here, minor drop out flaws in first 3 mins 
03 Dead Girls Of London [2:29] 
04 I Ain't Got No Heart [2:05] 
05 Brown Shoes Don't Make It [6:56] 
06 Cosmik Debris [3:58] 
07 Tryin' To Grow A Chin [3:20] 
08 City Of Tiny Lights [10:34] 
09 Dancin' Fool [3:13] 
10 Easy Meat [7:57] °°° tf cut at 0:22; Drew51 2nd gen patch {0:21-0:24} 
11 Jumbo Go Away [4:47] 
12 Andy [5:10] 
13 Inca Roads [11:49] 
14 Florentine Pogen [5:05] 
15 Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me? [4:20] 
16 Keep It Greasey [3:16] 
17 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing [2:59] °°° tf/cut at 2:17; flawed portion {2:12-2:40} 
18 For The Young Sophisticate [2:30] 
19 Wet T-Shirt Nite [2:21] 
20 Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? [2:31] 
21 Peaches En Regalia [3:41] 
22 encore break [0:29] °°° cuts in, no music missing 
23 Yellow Snow Suite [14:13] 
24 encore break #2 [0:43] °°° fades in, no music missing 
25 A Pound For A Brown [15:18] 
26 Treacherous Cretins [9:11] 

Total time (patched) 140.12 min 

Unpatched track (from 1st gen fzmoi69 tape only) 
in separate subfolder (9 MB): 

01 Tuning, Läther Grout [1:37] °°° from fzmoi69 1st gen tape; flaws & drop outs over entire track 

Credits: 
Thanks to the unknown taper 
Thanks to Rob C. and to fzmoi69 for contributing this 1st gen tape 
Thanks to Drew51 for the patch material from his 2nd gen tape 

mercoledì 25 febbraio 2026

Frank Zappa - 1978-02-25 - Neunkirchen am Brand, DE (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

Hemmerleinhalle

Source A: 94:21 min, SBD, A+/A
Lineage: 2nd gen SBD tape->CDR->CDR->EAC->SoundForge (checking so everything was OK; it was)->FLAC Frontend

Source B: 23:56 min, SBD, B+ from M-walk tape (with MrSteve fill, B)
Lineage: SBD > ? > cass/? > A/D nakamichi/UA-5 USB > wav Audition 1.5 > Soundforge 5: speed correction, clicks removed, tracking, patching MrSteve fill > flac FFE lvl7 w/SBA

From source A:
01 The Purple Lagoon
02 Dancin' Fool
03 Peaches En Regalia
04 The Torture Never Stops
05 Tryin' To Grow A Chin
06 City Of Tiny Lights
07 Baby Snakes
08 Pound For A Brown
09 Is That Guy Kidding Or What?
10 I Have Been In You
11 Flakes
12 Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
13 King Kong (incl White Person)
14 Wild Love
15 Yo Mama (cuts out)

From source B:
16 San Berdino (MrSteve fill 5:09-5:15)
17 Watermelon In Easter Hay
18 Dinah Moe Humm
19 Black Napkins

Here is an excellent but incomplete soundboard tape from the Sheik Yerbouti tour. Of special interest is the unedited "White Person" improv that is free of the heavy echo that Frank applied to the official version in order to mask a ton of edits. So much for 100% live!




lunedì 23 febbraio 2026

Frank Zappa - 1969-02-23 - Toronto, ON (SBD/SHN)


(Soundboard SHN)

Pachuco Hop
Rockpile

Sbd - Sound: A-
Liberated bootleg: "Pachuco hop"
lineage: Cd-R>EAC>SHN>YOU

01 - Intro
02 - Bacon Fat
03 - (Those) Lonely Lonely Nights
04 - Corrido Rock
- Pachuko Hop
- Behind The Sun
05 - The String Quartet > Charles Ives
06 - WPLJ
07 - In The Sky
08 - All Night Long

This is a fun show. Frank is in great form. With all the Rockpile posts lately, I thought I would up this.

sabato 21 febbraio 2026

Frank Zappa - 1976-02-21 - Aarhus, DK (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Frank Zappa 
Vejlby Risskovhallen, Aarhus, Denmark 
21-Feb 1976 

153 min, Aud, B+ 

This copy: 151.45 min, Aud, B+ 
Main body (BF seed): 
Aud>?>CDR>EAC (secure mode)>wav (CEP, retracked)>flac (Frontend with SBE correction) (990 MB - 146min)

plus: 
BF flac > wav > Soundforge 5 (speed correction, re-tracking, editing globual patch) > FLAC FFE lvl7 w/SBA (1055 MB) 

01 Intro [3:08] 
02 Stinkfoot [12:09] 
03 Dirty Love [3:05] 
04 Filthy Habits [11:49] °°° (cut @ 11:11.378) 
05 How Could I Be Such A Fool? [4:00] 
06 I Ain't Got No Heart [2:23] 
07 I'm Not Satisfied [1:50] 
08 Black Napkins [14:39] 
09 Advance Romance [12:45] °°° (cut @ 5:57.396) 
10 Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me? [3:27] 
11 The Illinois Enema Bandit [11:50] 
12 Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station [2:58] 
13 Tryin' To Grow A Chin [4:37] °°° globual fill patched in @4:23.295 
14 The Torture Never Stops [9:15] °°° globual fill ends @0:47.010 (cut @ 0:33.419) 
15 Chunga's Revenge [17:14] 
16 Zoot Allures [6:46] °°° (cut @ 4:12.860) 
17 Ms Pinky [3:05] 
18 Dinah-Moe Humm [8:08] 
19 Camarillo Brillo [4:18] 
20 Muffin Man [3:44] 
21 I'm The Slime [3:46] 
22 San Ber'dino [6:49] °°° (cut @ 5:30.837) 

== The Mothers Of Invention Sep 1975 - Mar 1976 == 
FZ, Roy Estrada, Terry Bozzio, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Andre Lewis, Norma Bell (Oct 31 - mid Dec). 

Song Properties of this tour: 
* Intro = the post-solo theme from Inca Roads. 
* Stinkfoot is always followed by a Poodle Lecture. 
* Zoot Allures always includes a Ship Ahoy solo 

domenica 15 febbraio 2026

Frank Zappa - 1978-02-15 - Berlin, DE (SBD/AUD/FLAC)

(Soundboard/Audience FLAC)

Deutschlandhalle

SBD Low Gen / AUD MC (jaypfunk-Drew51-Dog Breath-WIU2B-flambay-mudsharknyc)

THIS IS THE FIXED FINAL VERSION with SBE's APPROPRIATED
IF YOU DOWNLOADED THE PREVIOUS FILE then you do NOT have to necessarily download this new version, you can simply fix the SBE's yourself when decoding the FLACs and get the same result here, although the fingerprints will change from those listed in the previous torrent upon fixing. Pardon any inconvenience.

(Note from ZP: If you downloaded this prior to midnight EST on Saturday (0500 GMT), you'll have to rename the folder to 1978 02 15 Berlin DE SBD AUD (jpf-D51-DB-WIU2B-fl-mnyc) - in other words, get rid of the word "FIXED". After that, everything should be great!)

Arrow JAYPFUNK LOW GEN SBD TAPE / DREW51 2011 NEW TRANSFER
This 2012 entry marks the long awaited return of the 1978 02 15 Berlin SBD recording to FZ Shows thanks to the generous tape contribution by jaypfunk and professional 2011 tape transfer by Drew51. This fresh transfer from JPF’s low generation SBD tape has been speed corrected and patched to completion using the excellent DogBreath AUD MC recording for fills (thanks to the generous tape contribution by DogBreath and professional 2012 tape transfer by WIU2B). The entire performance runs 153 minutes and 39 seconds and although the SBD tape does exhibit the element of tape hiss, it is an excellent solid A grade listen representing the best sounding version of the SBD tape acquired & assembled for FZ Shows to date. Enjoy this historic FZ time capsule performance of 34 years + past, presented to FZ Shows @ Zappateers this Leap Day 2012.

Arrow SOURCE INFORMATION
The SBD source tape used herein is indeed the same tape source used to provide the 2005 jaypfunk FZ Shows entry, which has long since been archived here:
1978 02 15 Berlin Germany SBD (jaypfunk)
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1420
The archived version was an excellent sounding transfer, although incomplete. It contained solely the SBD source (warts and all) yet also carried with it a sizeable mystery cut during the first verses of Yo Mama. The tape also required further speed correction to run at the proper pitch. Thankfully, a fresh transfer was granted. This new transfer of the low generation cassettes revealed a complete Yo Mama intact further benefited by being fully speed corrected along with countless millisecond glitches appropriated. For those who may ponder, yes, the exact same millisecond glitches appear on the jaypfunk 2005 version, so these glitches were nothing new to these excellent sounding source tapes.

SBD LINEAGE: Maxell XLII (tape 1) Maxell UDXII(tape 2) Cassettes > Nakamichi CR-7A cassette deck >Tascam US-122L > Sound Forge Pro 10.0 (record/resample) > FLAC Level 8 > WAV > PEAK > Speed Correction, Editing & Tracking > FLAC level 8
Tapes obtained from jaypfunk
Tapes transferred by Drew51 2011 11 30

The above SBD source has been patched to completion utilizing approx 73 seconds of material from the excellent AUD MC recently made available in the Shoebox here:
1978 02 15 Berlin DE 163.xx AUD MC (DogBreath-WIU2B)
http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=23395

AUD MC LINEAGE: AUD > MKE 2002 mics > 2X BASF Ferrochrom master cassette > Nakamichi DR-10 > Terratec DMX6 Fire 24/96 soundcard > Adobe Audition 3.0.1 > 32/96 bits WAV > iZotope RX Advanced resampling to 16/44 bits WAV > Flac Frontend encoding level 8 > FLAC > WAV > PEAK > Speed Corrected used for fills
Tapes recorded & provided by DogBreath
Tapes transferred by WIU2B 2012 01 20
“Thank you Dog Breath for trusting me with your precious and delicate cassettes. For some it was probably the last time they took a spin in a cassette-machine” – WIU2B

Arrow SHEIK YERBOUTI PERFORMANCE NOTATION
This show yields 2 performances that were subsequently issued in drastically edited form on Sheik Yerbouti. The first being “Rat Tomago” in all it’s unedited glory, which appears as part of “The Torture Never Stops” performance. The second being “The Shiek Yerbouti Tango” in all it’s unedited glory, which appears as part of “Little House I Used To Live In” performance. It is indeed fascinating to experience these selections in their original context and lengthy form. Tonight’s show also highlights much of the material that would eventually come out with the release of Sheik Yerbouti. Hence, a superb performance of the developing material. Belew's finest "Flakes" moments could also be in this very show as he is allowed to conjure up an expanded seagull guitar section toward the end, where the end lyrics "we are millions & millions" have yet to be applied. A little more than a year following this performance & tour, the SY album was released (March 3rd, 1979) as the first release on Zappa Records. Most of the basic tracks were recorded from the live shows of this very band from this very tour whose journey began on 1977 09 08 at Arizona State University Activity Center, Tempe, AZ, USA and stretched 6 months spanning 10 countries through 1978 02 28 Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK. At the time of this performance, Terry Bozzio & Adrian Belew had but only 8 performance dates remaining with FZ. Belew was signed up with FZ solely for this tour, while Bozzio had been a veteran of the three prior consecutive FZ tours. Additional notes from pbuzby: According to Belew's blog http://elephant-blog.blogspot.com/2007/08/anecdote-37.html (a very interesting blog post for Zappa fans), the first show was 1977 09 08 in Tempe AZ (appearing corrected in the text above). Incidentally, it is presumably during the Yo Mama solo of this very Berlin show that Adrian Belew was offstage and met up with David Bowie, leading to Belew's departure from FZ's band.

Arrow GROUND CONTROL TO AVE MARIA
”Alright, you ready? Okay, all you people know the words to Ave Maria?” slight pause “Never mind” - FZ 1978 02 15 Shocked Now on with the show!

Arrow THIS COPY: 153.39 min SBD A (A- for AUD MC fills)

Arrow THE BAND: FZ, Adrian Belew, Patrick O’Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf

Arrow THE SHOW:
01 Knick Knack Purple Lagoon Intro (1:51)
02 Dancin Fool (3:41)
03 Peaches En Regalia (2:34)
04 The Torture Never Stops (14:44)
- incl. Rat Tomago SY
05 Tryin To Grow A Chin (3:39)
06 City Of Tiny Lites (7:38)
07 Baby Sankes (1:54)
08 A Pound For A Brown (6:04)
09 I Have Been In You (10:32)
- includes German Boutique Girl preamble
- AUD patch fill 00:04:56 - 00:05:17 during the German Boutique Girl preamble
- AUD patch fill 00:08:16 - 00:08:18
10 Flakes (7:37)
11 Broken Hearts Are For Assholes (3:51)
12 King Kong (9:24)
13 Wild Love (6:23)
- subtle millisecond blip sound @ 00:02:04.015, partially appropriated
14 Yo Mama (11:36)
- q: Mo’s Vacation, You Are What You Is
15 Titties & Beer (6:00)
- AUD patch fill 00:02:53 - 00:03:21
16 The Black Page (2:58)
17 Jones Crusher (3:05)
- millisecond mic bump (?) @ 00:00:06.644 – 00:00:06.761
- slight line interference from 00:02:53.013 - 00:02:53.523
- slight line interference from 00:03:05.264 - 00:03:05.451
18 Little House I Used To Live In (15:29)
- incl. Bowling On Charen riff
- incl. The Sheik Yerbouti Tango (SY)
19 Dong Work For Yuda (2:58)
20 Bobby Brown (3:01)
21 Envelopes (2:16)
22 Drum Solo (4:23)
23 Disco Boy (5:31)
- millisecond mic bump (?) @ 00:00:44.019
24 Berlin Audience #1 (1:25)
25 Ave Maria Ground Control Encore Intro (0:35)
26 Dinah Moe Humm (6:29)
- AUD patch fill 00:02:41 - 00:03:02
27 Camarillo Brillo (3:24)
- millisecond blip present @ 00:00:37.508 - 00:00:37.562, removal not an option, blip sound reminiscent of an apple computer volume toggle being pressed once
- subtle millisecond blip present @ 00:01:22.719 - 00:01.22.768, removal not an option, somewhat masked here because of guitar part that comes screaming in
28 Muffin Man (4:01)
- a few slight millisecond mic bumps (?) audible between 00:00:05.228 through 00:01:05.685, the most prominent being located @ 00:00:25.258-00:00:25.289, removal not an option
29 Berlin Audience #2 (0:24)
- lo line level but preserved as present on SBD tape

Total time 153.39 min

Arrow THE FIXES HEREIN:
- Speed Correction
- Millisecond tape source click glitches appropriated throughout
- Patch fills provided where noted in setlist

Arrow SUBFOLDER INCLUDED HEREIN: unpatched
07 Baby Snakes (unfixed) (1:54)
- no appropriations made from 00:01:46.000-00:01:47.130
09 I Have Been In You (unpatched) (10:15)
- contains tape flip / cut @ 00:04:56 during the German Boutique Girl preamble
- contains dropout @ 00:07:59.500
13 Wild Love (unfixed) (6:23)
- contains full millisecond blip sound @ 00:02:04.015, blip sound reminiscent of an apple computer volume toggle being pressed once
15 Titties & Beer (unpatched) (5:37)
- contains tape flip / cut @ 00:02:54 @ “there was Milhous”
19 Dong Work For Yuda (unfixed) (2:58)
- no appropriation made from 00:01:33.033-00:01:33.202
26 Dinah Moe Humm (unpatched) (6:11)
- contains tape flip / cut @ 00:02:42

sabato 14 febbraio 2026

Frank Zappa - 1988-02-14 - Upper Darby, PA (2xDVDfull pro-shot)

(2xDVDfull pro-shot)

Capture process:
VHS (S-VIDEO Output)> Sony DCR-TRV720 with Digial Pass-Thru> Firewire to PC> Adobe Premire Pro

Encoding:
NTSC 29.97 fps : Aspect ratio 4:3
Video encoding rate: 2-Pass VBR Target Max 8mbps / Min 7200mbps
Audio encoding rate: PCM Audio
Authored with: DVDIT!-PE
Ripped back to HD using DVDDECRYPTER

DVD1:
On-Camera Mic
01 - FZ Awaits His Guitar
02 - FZ Solo'sWatermelon
03 - FZ Solo'sLoops
04 - FZ plays Percussion
05 - FZ on Synclavier

Soundboard Feed
06 - Sleep Dirt/Black Napkins
07 - Sofa#1
08 - The Girl From Ipanema
09 - Zoot Allures

DVD2:
On-Camera Mic
01 - FZ Solo'sLoops
02 - FZ on Synclavier
03 - Sleep Dirt/Black Napkins
04 - Sofa#1
05 - The Girl From Ipanema
06 - Zoot Allures


Notes by the uploader/trader:
In 1998 I was fortunate to obtained the use of these tapes.They are 1st generation, direct professional  VHS dubs from the masters. I then had the 1st gen tapes professionally duplicated. These were then distributed to 6 other established FZ collectors. Any footage you have seen of these films prior to this DVD are at best, 2nd generation.

In the spring of 2006, I again secured the use of the 1st gen tapes, and this is the result. A direct transfer from the 1st gen tapes. Unedited.

These were professionally shot in one day. The date was Sunday, February 14, 1988. NOT February 12, 1988 as it is sometimes listed as. It is unknown where the original tapes are, could be they were recorded over, could be they are in the camera mans closet. I am told that they were NOT given to Frank. Nor were they ever lent to anyone else. The first 33 minutes of disc-1 are from the camera mic. The last 22 minutes are a feed from the soundboard.

Disc-2 is the 2nd camera and uses on camera mic,this will contain duplicate material from disc-1, but is shot from the front of the stage. I have not edited these in any way. There will be times when the camera man stops recording and then resumes.

giovedì 12 febbraio 2026

Frank Zappa - 1979-02-12 - Manchester, UK (SBD/AUD/FLAC)




(Soundboard/Audience FLAC)

12-Feb 1979, Apollo Theater, Manchester, England 
133 min, SBD, A+
150 min, Aud, B+ 
The SBD cuts in Pound For A Brown. Persona Non Grata, Dead Girls Of London, I Ain't Got No Heart, Brown Shoes Don't Make It, Cosmik Debris, Tryin' To Grow A Chin, City Of Tiny Lights, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Jumbo Go Away, Andy, Inca Roads, Florentine Pogen, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, For The Young Sophisticate, Wet T-shirt Nite, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Peaches En Regalia, Yellow Snow Suite, Strictly Genteel, Montana, Pound For A Brown, Mystery Rehearsal Piece (incl. Deathless Horsie, Five-Five-Five)

This version: 149:00 min, SBD/Aud, A+/B+

Lineage: SBD->?->CDR->EAC->SoundForge (retracking)->FLAC Frontend

The SBD is used up through 8:58 into Pound For A Brown, from there on it's from an Aud tape of unknown generation, with a whole lot of compression on it. Throughout the board recording, the levels are very high, and clipped peaks are in abundance. Strangely enough, I'm not sure this has harmed the sound quality, which is among the best you'll ever hear on a Zappa boot. This version doesn't have any of the problems that previously circulating copies had.

01 intro
02 Persona Non Grata
03 Dead Girls Of London
04 Ain't Got No Heart
05 Brown Shoes Don't Make It
06 Cosmik Debris
07 Tryin' To Grow A Chin
08 City Of Tiny Lights
09 Dancin' Fool
10 Easy Meat
11 Jumbo Go Away
12 Andy
13 Inca Roads
14 Florentin Pogen
15 Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
16 Keep It Greasey
17 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
18 For The Young Sophisticate
19 Wet T-Shirt Nite
20 Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
21 Peaches En Regalia
22 Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
23 Nanook Rubs It
24 St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
25 Father O'Blivion
26 Rollo
27 Strictly Genteel
28 Montana
29 Pound For A Brown
30 Mystery Rehearsal Piece
31 Deathless Horsie
32 Five-five-five

sabato 7 febbraio 2026

Frank Zappa - 1980 - US-Citiies - Fall Tour (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

1980 - Oct.-Dec.
US Cities

Fall Tour 1980

FZ - guitar, vocals
Ike Willis - guitar, vocals
Ray White - guitar, vocals
Steve Vai - guitar, vocals
Tommy Mars - keyboards, vocals
Bob Harris - keyboards, trumpet, vocals
Arthur Barrow - bass, keyboards, vocals
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums

DISC 01
01 Intro (12/3 Salt Lake City #2)
02 Black Napkins (12/3 Salt Lake City #2)
03 Panty Rap (12/3 Salt Lake City #2)
04 Tell Me You Love Me (12/3 Salt Lake City #1)
05 Cosmik Debris (12/3 Salt Lake City #1)
06 Keep It Greasy (10/31 New York City)
07 Outside Now (10/31 New York City)
08 Dead Girls Of London (12/3 Salt Lake City #1)
09 Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously? (12/3 Salt Lake City #1)
10 City Of Tiny Lites (12/2 Fort Collins)
11 Mudd Club (12/3 Salt Lake City #1)
12 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (12/3 Salt Lake City #1)
13 Love Of My Life (12/2 Fort Collins)
14 Flakes (12/2 Fort Collins)
15 Magic Fingers (12/2 Fort Collins)
16 The Blue Light (12/2 Fort Collins)
17 Tinseltown Rebellion (12/2 Fort Collins)
18 Pick Me I’m Clean (12/3 Salt Lake City #2)

DISC 02
01 You Didn't Try To Call Me (10/13 Phoenix #1)
02 Easy Meat (10/17 Dallas)
03 Ain’t Got No Heart (10/17 Dallas)
04 The Torture Never Stops (12/11 Santa Monica #2)
05 Heavy Duty Judy (12/11 Santa Monica #2)
06 Jumbo Go Away (11/13 Pittsburgh #2)
07 If Only She Woulda (11/13 Pittsburgh #2)
08 I Don't Wanna Get Drafted (10/17 Dallas)
09 Doreen (10/31 New York City)
10 Goblin Girl (10/31 New York City)
11 Encore Break (10/31 New York City)
12 Stick It Out (10/31 New York City)
13 Watermelon In Easter Hay (10/31 New York City)

This collection was lovingly compiled from several painfully fragmentary soundboard tapes. I thought it would be fun to present the highlights of these tapes as a coherent setlist. Vinnie makes this band, as far as I'm concerned, and I kept his performances in mind when picking the versions to include. Sound quality was also a factor and it ranges from good to excellent. Some of these tapes seem to have been made while someone was fiddling around with multi-tracks, so there are anomalies in the mix here and there, but nothing too distracting. Remastering consisted of EQ, limiting & sometimes some compression to smooth out the mix. Only the Dallas tracks suffer from excessive noise reduction (unfortunately applied by the original surfacer). None of the performances on this set have been officially released. All in all, it's a nice companion to the official releases "Tinseltown Rebellion" and "Buffalo".

giovedì 5 febbraio 2026

Frank Zappa - 1978-02-05 - Bern, CH (AUD/FLAC)



(Audience FLAC)

"WILLIAM TELL EDITION" 070 

Festhalle

original lineage
AGFA Fe Master Cassettes>Nakamichi 682 ZX Cassette Tape deck(normal eq/no noise reduction)>Sony CDR-W66 Standalone CD Burner w/"super bitmapping on">CDR>Plexwriter Premium II CD-Transport>iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core Duo with iTunes 9.2.1 into WAW>DVDR>WAV>TLH>FLAC

Recorded on; AGFA Fe Master Cassettes>Phillips Deck(Mono)>second generation EL3302 

Recording provided by; "William Tell" 

Frank Zappa- Guitar/Vocals 
Adrian Belew- Guitar 
Patrick O'Hearn- Bass 
Peter Wolf- Keyboards 
Tommy Mars- Keyboards 
Terry Bozzio- Drums 
Ed Mann- Percussion 

CD1 Tape 1 Side A 
01 - Band Members Introduced 
02 - Dancin' Fool/Peaches En Regalia 
03 - The Torture Never Stops 
04 - Tryin' To Grow A Chin 
05 - City On Tiny Lights 
06 - Baby Snakes 
07 - A Pound For A Brown 
08 - I Have Been In You(Intro Dialogue) 

CD2 Tape 1 Side B 
01 - I Have Been In You(Intro Dialogue Cont.) 
02 - I Have Been In You 
03 - Flakes 
04 - Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 
05 - Wild Love 
06 - Improvisations 
07 - Yo' Mama 
08 - Titties-N-Beer 

CD3 Tape 2 Sides A & B 
01 - Titties-N-Beer(Cont.) 
02 - The Black Page 
03 - Jones Crusher 
04 - Little House I Used To Live In 
05 - Improvisations 
06 - Dong Work For Yuda 
07 - Bobby Brown 
08 - Envelopes 
09 - Disco Boy 
10 - Dinah-Moe Humm 
11 - Camarillo Brillo 
12 - Muffin Man 
13 - Watermelon In Easter Hay 

martedì 3 febbraio 2026

Frank Zappa - 1967-1990 - Scrapings From The Vault (SBD/FLAC)




(Soundboard FLAC)

FRANK ZAPPA
SCRAPINGS FROM THE VAULT 
(1967-1990)

01 Black Napkins ("Orchestral Favorites" Outtake 1975)
02 Sinister Footwear III (Original Backing w/ Vai Overdub 1978/80)
03 Rustic Protrusion (Mothers Outtake 1969)
04 Remington Electric Razor (Unused Radio Commercial 1967)
05 Outside Now ("Sheik Yerbouti" Outtake 1978)
06 The Black Page (Synclavier Outtake 1986)
07 Big Sequence (Synclavier Outtake 1986)
08 Bognor Regis ("Hot Rats" Outtake 1969)
09 Weasel Music (Mothers Outtake 1969)
10 While You Were Art (Synclavier Outtake 1984)
11 Mo's Vacation ("Them Or Us" Outtake 1982)
12 Valdez (Synclavier Outtake 1990)
13 What's The Name Of Your Group? ("200 Motels" Outtake 1971)
14 Passacaglia (Mothers Outtake 1969)

Excellent Stereo Soundboard Quality
All Tracks Are Lossless & Unreleased

Vinyl Transfers, Remaster & Compilation by JWB - October 2014
Thanks to the various original uploaders.
Support the ZFT and purchase official product.
HP HDD > TLH

Frank Zappa - 1976-02-03 - Osaka, JP (AUD/FLAC)


(Audience FLAC)

Recorded February 3, 1976 @ Kosei Nenkin Kaikan in Osaka, Japan
Excellent Stereo Audience

Analog To Digital Transfer by LC from 1st Gen Cassette
Edit & Original Torrent by Yojimbo - June 2011
Remastered by JWB - June 2013 - NOT FOR SALE

FZ
BROCK
ESTRADA
LEWIS
BOZZIO

CD1
01 Naval Aviation In Art? 
02 Incan Intro 
03 Stinkfoot 
04 Poodle Lecture 
05 Dirty Love 
06 Filthy Habits 
07 How Could I Be Such A Fool? 
08 I Ain't Got No Heart 
09 I'm Not Satisfied 
10 Black Napkins 
11 Advance Romance 
12 Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me? 

CD2
01 The Illinois Enema Bandit 
02 Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station 
03 Tryin' To Grow A Chin 
04 The Torture Never Stops 
05 Chunga's Revenge 
06 Zoot Allures 
07 Incan Outro 
08 Encore Break
09 I'm The Slime 
10 San Ber'dino 
11 Incan Outro

notes
Here is the best sounding recording from Frank Zappa's 1975/1976 world tour. The recording has an incredible stereo image and sounds similar to Frank's own recording of the show, which is also largely ambient. Here you can find the complete performance of "Black Napkins" as heard on "Zoot Allures". Another amazing thing about this show is that it was recorded with two staggered recorders, so it is is 100% complete! The main recording is used for the bulk of the show, and a backup recording was used to fill in a reel change at the end of "Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?". Superb sound, complete performance, it doesn't get any better than this, folks!

lunedì 26 gennaio 2026

Frank Zappa - 1978-01-26 - London, UK (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

Frank Zappa
Hammersmith Odeon
London, England
1978 01 26

This copy: 90.25 min, SBD 2nd (or 1st), A/A- (bass-heavy)

Lineage: 
SBD > First or second generation cassette (TDK D-C90) > Nakamichi CR-3A (azimuth adjusted) > Alesis Masterlink (tracking) > CDR > FLAC (xACT, level 8) > Bowtie Dad's server > Flambay > wav > Soundforge 9: speed correction (-15cts), volume level adjustments, patching tape flip cut with Aud source material > flac TLH lvl7 w/SBA (502 MB)

taped by: unknown
copy obtained from: anonymous
transferred by: TFEC
edited by: flambay

Fill from Yojimbo-Overnitefreak Aud source (73.42 min, Aud, B+/B)
full seed: http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=15726

Source: Audience Unknown Generation

Lineage: Audience tape (TDK SA90, unknown gen) -> Denon DRM-800A -> M-Audio Audiophile 2496 -> Soundforge -> wav > FLAC Level 8 > Nero 9 WAV editor (tracking & overlap fix) > flac seed > wav > Soundforge 9: extracting patch, merging with main source

Taped By: Unknown
Transferred By: Yojimbo
Edited By: Overnitefreak, flambay

== Frank Zappa's Band Sep 1977 - Apr 1978 ==
FZ, Adrian Belew, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Ed Mann,
Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf.

01 Intro [0:27]
02 Purple Lagoon Intro  [1:16]
03 Dancin' Fool [3:38]
04 Peaches En Regalia [2:31]
05 The Torture Never Stops [13:10]
06 Tryin' To Grow A Chin [3:39]
07 City Of Tiny Lites [6:59]
08 Baby Snakes [1:51]
09 Pound For A Brown [6:07]
10 Is That Guy Kidding Or What ? (incl.IHBIY false start) [7:45] °°° tape flip/Yojimbo Aud source patch {4:12-4:39}
11 I Have Been In You [6:09]
12 Flakes [6:19]
13 Broken Hearts Are For Assholes [3:46]
14 Punky's Whips [10:22]
15 Titties And Beer [4:48]
16 Dance Contest [3:33]
17 The Black Page 2 [2:50]
18 Jones Crusher [3:04]
19 Little House I Used To Live In [2:04] °°° cuts off

Total time (patched version) 90.25 min

Unpatched track (SBD source only)
in separate subfolder (38 MB):

10 Is That Guy Kidding Or What ? (unpatched) [7:22] °°° tf/cut at 4:14

Total time (SBD source only) 90.02 min

Several years ago, and old tape trader buddy - who wishes to remain anonymous -  sent me all of his Zappa tapes.  He mostly traded in the late 70s and early 80s, and most of the stuff was high-ish generation copies of the most common and widely circulated shows.  There were a few rare gems marked "do not trade," but this was before I found Zappateers - which made most of these items irrelevant.  So for the past few years I have scarcely given these tapes any thought.

Well, a couple of weeks ago I acquired a new cassette deck (the below-mentioned CR-3A).  I was playing a few tapes in it, to check out the speed and mechanics of the machine, when I grabbed a tape innocently (mis-)labeled "Hammersmith 26-2-78."  I popped it in the machine, assuming it was the circulating audience recording.  I quickly realized it was not.

So, what IS it?  Well, I thought it would be interesting to make up a story about it and introduce a new legend into the FZ-trader community (the mix is a bit Adrian-heavy, so maybe it's Adrian's monitor mix, and I got it from a guy who used to work for Adrian), but really I have no idea where this came from.  I asked the guy I got it from, and he has no idea either (he's not being secretive, he just doesn't remember).  But hey, it's a previously uncirculated soundboard recording with six tracks that are missing from the audience tape.  What more do you want?  Oh, you want it patched with the missing bit from the audience source?  Okay, flambay will do that for you, and he'll make it run at exactly the right speed too.

giovedì 1 gennaio 2026

Frank Zappa & The Mothers - The Fillmore 1970 Tapes (SBD/FLAC)




(Soundboard FLAC)

REMASTERING NOTES:
All 3 discs have been re-equalized and volume fluctuations smoothed over. There was no NR or compression done to these recordings. 
Disc 1 has a tape flip during Track 07 that has been smoothed over. 
Disc 1 has an unknown fill during the "bull*censored* chant" at the end of Track 10.
Disc 1 originally had clicks between tracks. These have been removed. 
Disc 2 crudely switches sources during Track 13. The original lineage doesn't explain this. This section has been remastered and smoothed over to better fit in with the rest of the show. 

ORIGINAL LINEAGES:
Disc 1: Normal bias cassette once owned by Carlos Santana (no NR)>Nakamichi Dragon>Macintosh with DigiDesign AudioMedia II soundcard>Pro Tools>AIFF>Toast Titanium>CDR>Toast Titanium>WAV>FLAC
Disc 2, Tracks 1-14: 10" Master Reel>7" Reel>RevoxB77 playback>AlesisMasterlink>CDR >EAC (Ripped by D. Winters)>WAV
Disc 2, Tracks 15-18: 10" Master Reel>Revox B77 playback>Alesis Masterlink>CDR>EAC (Ripped by D. Winters)>WAV
Disc 3: Master Reel>Reel>Alesis Masterlink>CDR>EAC (Ripped by D. Winters)>WAV

LINEAGE FOR THIS TORRENT:
WAV>WAVMerge>CoolEdit Pro (Remastering)>CDWAVE (Retracking)>FLAC (Level 

DISC 1
November 6, 1970
Fillmore West, San Francisco

01 Palladin and Hey Boy 
02 Call Any Vegetable 
03 The Sanzini Brothers 
04 Penis Dimension
05 The Sanzini Brothers
06 Little House I Used To Live In
07 Mudshark (w/ Dr. John references)
08 Holiday In Berlin
09 Cruising For Burgers
10 Easy Meat
11 Daddy Daddy Daddy
12 Do You Like My New Car?
13 Happy Together
14 Who Are The Brain Police (cut)

DISC 2
November 13, 1970
Fillmore East, New York City
(Early Show)

01 Grace Slick Jam 
02 The Sanzini Brothers
03 Little House I Used To Live In
04 Mudshark
05 Holiday In Berlin 
06 Cruising For Burgers
07 The Sanzini Brothers' Pyramid Trick
08 What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening?
09 What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?
10 Bwana Dik
11 Latex Solar Beef
12 Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
13 Do You Like My New Car?
14 Happy Together
15 Wonderful Wino
16 Concentration Moon (w/ bass solo)
17 Mom And Dad
18 Improvisations (cut)

DISC 3
November 13, 1970
Fillmore East, New York City
(Late Show)

01 Kip Cohen Intro
02 Palladin and Hey Boy 
03 Call Any Vegetable 
04 The Sanzini Brothers 
05 Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You?
06 Pound For a Brown (On The Bus)
07 Sleeping in a Jar
08 El Porko the Magnificent 
09 Sharleena 
10 The Air 
11 Dog Breath 
12 Mother People 
13 You Didn't Try to Call Me
14 King Kong

SOUND QUALITY: A+ Stereo Soundboard

Remastered, Retracked & Re-ecnoded by JWB.

martedì 23 dicembre 2025

Frank Zappa - 1984-12-23 - Universal City, CA (SBD/AUD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Frank Zappa 
Universal Amphitheater, 
Universal City, CA 

SBD Source: jaypfunk version

Speed corrected, 
volume level & phase offset adjusted 
for this new FZ Shows upload. 

This upload includes patches 

from Teddy-pbuzby AUD MC (Source #1) 
1984 12 23 Los Angeles CA 79.22 AUD MC (Teddy-pbuzby) tape 1 only - Shoebox seed 2013-16-11 

and from JS-doctorzap AUD MC (Source #3) 
1984 12 23 Universal City CA 109.26 AUD MC (J.S.-doctorzap-flambay) - FZ Shows seed 2014-10-15 

Current FZshows entry: 
1984 12 23 - Universal Amphitheater, Universal City (a.k.a. Los Angeles), CA 
105 min, Aud, A- 
90 min, SBD, A 

The SBD cuts in Enema Bandit. With Dweezil Zappa on Guitar (*). 

Stick Together, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama [YCDTOSA4], Willie The Pimp [YCDTOSA4], Montana [parts on YCDTOSA4], Brown Moses [YCDTOSA4], Drowning Witch, The Black Page, Tinsel Town Rebellion (q: The Torture Never Stops), Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage (q: Auld Lang Syne), Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore? [parts on DHBIM], Cock-Suckers' Ball [DHBIM], WPLJ [DHBIM], Let's Move To Cleveland [parts on DHBIM], Sharleena* [YCDTOSA3], The Illinois Enema Bandit [YCDTOSA6], Whipping Post* [DHBIM] 

This copy: 109.09 min, SBD, A/A- (w.AUD patches, A-) 

Lineage: 
SBD source > Low Gen Maxell XLII 90min tape > Kenwood KX-W8020 Cassette Deck > Sound Blaster Awe32 PC Soundcard > Recorded To WAV And Edited With Cool Edit Pro > WAV Files Split with CDWave > FLAC (EZT) > wav > Soundforge 10: speed correction, volume level & phase offset adjustments, re-tracking, 
patching in fills > flac TLH lvl8 w/SBA (731 MB) 

Taped by: unknown 
Transferred by: jaypfunk 
Edited by: jaypfunk, flambay 

Fills included from 2 AUD sources: 

1) Fills (to drop outs in Teenage Wind & My Guitar and to tf cut in Penguin In Bondage) included from Teddy-pbuzby AUD MC (AUD Source #1: 79.22 min, AUD MC, A-) 1984 12 23 Los Angeles CA 79.22 AUD MC (Teddy-pbuzby) tape 1 only - Shoebox seed 2013-16-11 

Lineage: 
AUD MC (TDK MA 90) -> Sony TC-WE475 -> REALTEC AC-97 -> Goldwave -> FLAC 8 -> FLAC -> Soundforge 10: speed correction, volume level & phase offset adjustments, extracting patches, merging with main source 

taped by: Teddy 
transferred by: pbuzby 
edited (patch) by: flambay 

2) Fills (last two tracks and to flaw in Sharleena) 
included from J.S.-doctorzap AUD MC (AUD Source #3: 108.59 min, AUD MC, A-) 
full FZ Shows seed: 
1984 12 23 Universal City CA 109.26 AUD MC (J.S.-doctorzap-flambay) - AUD Source #3 

Recording eqipment: 
1984-88 Sony d-5 / Sony ECM-939LT STEREO mic 

Lineage : Master Tapes Sony FeCr (unless noted) > Nakamichi DR-1 > Realtek HDAudio pentium i7 24/96 > Soundforge 10 Pro Highest quality setting Izotope MBIT+dither,64 bit src downsampling > TLH > wav > Soundforge 10: speed correction, volume level & phase offset adjustments, tracking, extract patches, merge with main source 

Taped by: J.S. 
Transferred by: doctorzap 
Raw files hosted by: Drew51 
Edited by: flambay 

Line-up (The 1984 band): 
FZ, Ike Willis, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Allan Zavod, 
Bobby Martin, Napoleon Murphy Brock (July 17 - August 1) 
*guest: Dweezil Zappa 

01 Crowd, Intro [1:17] °°° AUD Source #1 (Teddy MC) patch {0:00-0:18} 
02 Stick Together [2:44] 
03 Teenage Wind [2:25] °°° drop out patched with AUD Source #1 material {1:53-2:02} 
04 Truck Driver Divorce [3:17] 
05 My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama [YCDTOSA4] [3:21] °°° flaw micro-patched with AUD Source #1 material {1:19-1:20} 
06 Willie The Pimp [YCDTOSA4] [2:16] 
07 Montana [parts on YCDTOSA4] [3:47] 
08 Brown Moses [YCDTOSA4] [2:38] 
09 Drowning Witch [10:10] 
10 Black Page #2 [5:07] 
11 Tinsel Town Rebellion (q: The Torture Never Stops) [4:21] 
12 More Trouble Every Day [4:07] 
13 Penguin In Bondage (q: Auld Lang Syne) [5:37] °°° tf/AUD Source #1 (Teddy MC) patch {1:39-1:48} 
14 Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel [6:11] 
15 What's New In Baltimore? [parts on DHBIM] [4:48] 
16 Cock-Suckers' Ball [DHBIM] [1:05] 
17 WPLJ [DHBIM] [1:31] 
18 Let's Move To Cleveland [parts on DHBIM] [15:32] 
19 encore break (introducing Dweezil) [YCDTOSA3] [0:52] 
20 Sharleena* [YCDTOSA3] [10:08] °°° flaw/AUD Source #3 micro patch around {1:04-1:05} 
21 encore break #2 [0:52] 
22 The Illinois Enema Bandit [parts on YCDTOSA6] [8:16] °°° SBD source cuts off, switch to AUD Source #3 at 2:19 
23 Whipping Post* [DHBIM] [8:46] °°° entire track from AUD Source #3 (J.S.-doctorzap MC) 

Total time (patched version) 109.09 min

Unpatched tracks (jaypfunk SBD source only) 
and alternate AUD source patch tracks (w.jaypfunk AUD source material) 
included in separate subfolder (277 MB): 

01 Crowd, Tuning Up (SBD unpatched) [1:03] °°° SBD fades in, missing FZ intro words 
03 Teenage Wind (SBD unpatched) [2:25] °°° drop out portion {1:55-2:01} 
05 My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (SBD unpatched) [3:21] °°° flaw around 1:20 
13 Penguin In Bondage (SBD unpatched) [5:30] °°° tf cut at 1:39 
20 Sharleena* (SBD unpatched) [10:08] °°° flaw at 1:05 

22 The Illinois Enema Bandit [8:12] °°° SBD source cuts off, switch to AUD Source #2 at 2:19 
23 Whipping Post* [8:06] °°° entire track from AUD Source #2 (orig.jaypfunk EZT) 

Total time (jaypfunk SBD source only) 94.02 min 

Total time (jaypfunk SBD source & orig.AUD fills) 108.02 min 

Note: 
jaypfunk's original EZT upload includes AUD source filler material to the last two tracks only, no patches included to cuts and drop outs in other tracks. jaypfunk's original AUD source fills turn out to be from the same source as our AUD Source #2 seed in FZ Shows 1984 12 23 Universal City CA 108.00 AUD 1st (PencilGeek-Drew51-flambay) - seeded 2014-10-16 (with the same audience voice shouting "one more time ..." at the end of Whipping Post) The PencilGeek version sounds much more muffled than the original jaypfunk AUD fill material included here in the bonus subfolder tracks.

lunedì 15 dicembre 2025

Frank Zappa - 1970-12-15 - Paris, FR (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention
Palais Gaumont
Paris, France
1970 12 15

~~ From 3rd gen soundboard recording ~~

An upgrade to our current version, and possibly the lowest generation available. Here's what my source, LC, told me about it:
"The board of the MOI at Gaumont Palace, Paris, 12/15/70 originated from the KSAN FM tape archive. A friend had access to their tape library and ran a copy. I’m relatively certain that is how that board surfaced."

The tape suffers from some drop-outs, especially the first minutes. I experimented with removing them, but decided to leave them as they were.

FZShows entry:
1970 12 15 - Palais Gaumont, Paris, France
105 min, SBD, A+
With Jean Luc Ponty on violin (*). Parts of this concert are available as pro-shot video and on Disconnected Synapses - BTB2.
Call Any Vegetable, The Sanzini Brothers, Penis Dimension, A Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Porko The Magnificent (incl. There's No Business Like Show Business, I Can't Give You Anything But Love), Sharleena, improvisations (incl. La Marseillaise), The Air, Dog Breath, Mother People, You Didn't Try To Call Me, King Kong* (incl Ain't She Sweet?, Blue Danube, and Suite: Judy Blue Eyes), Who Are The Brain Police?*

This version: 107:29 min, SBD, A+/A (mono)

Lineage: 3rd gen soundboard reel > CDR (standalone burner) > EAC > Soundforge 10 (speed correction, editing, tracking > Traders Little Helper (FLAC level 7)

Taped by: unknown
Transferred by: LC
Edited by: Yojimbo

01 Call Any Vegetable
02 The Sanzini Brothers
03 Penis Dimension
04 A Pound For A Brown
05 Sleeping In A Jar
06 Porko The Magnificent
07 Sharleena
08 improvisations (cuts in)
09 The Air
10 Dog Breath
11 Mother People
12 You Didn't Try To Call Me
13 King Kong
14 Who Are The Brain Police?

venerdì 12 dicembre 2025

Frank Zappa - 1981-12-12 - San Diego, CA (AUD/FLAC) Early show


(Audience FLAC)

Frank Zappa
Fox Theatre, San Diego, CA
December 12th, 1981
Early show

~~ from 1st gen Aud tape ~~

available tapes according FZshows:
1981 12 12 - Fox Theatre, San Diego, CA
Early show
110 min, Aud, B
Zoot Allures, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Dumb All Over, Heavenly Bank Account, Suicide Chump, Jumbo Go Away, Envelopes, Drowning Witch, What's New In Baltimore?, Moggio, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Teenage Prostitute, Doreen, Goblin Girl, The Black Page, Strictly Genteel, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, The Closer You Are, Frogs With Dirty Little Lips

This copy: 103.10 min, Aud 1st, B/B-

Source: 1st generation audience cassette

Lineage:
Maxell XLII Cassettes(1st gen) > Sony TC-WE8258 cassette deck > Gina20 > Sound Forge 7.0 (record/edits) > FLAC Level 8 > wav > Soundforge 5: speed correction, volume level & phase offset adjusted, tracking, inserting patches from Yojimbo version > flac lvl7 w/SBA (606 MB)

Taped By: Unknown (do not recall name)
Transferred By: Drew51
Edited By: Drew51, Flambay

Fills from (unknown gen) Yojimbo version, same master source (Aud, B)
Lineage: Maxell XLII -> Denon DRM-800A -> Creative SB Live! -> wav, samples -> FLAC Frontend-> wav -> Soundforge 5: patching fills with main body
Taped By: Unknown (sample source)
Transferred By: Yojimbo
Edited By: Yojimbo, Flambay

Frank Zappa's Band, September 1981 - July 1982
FZ, Steve Vai, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Bobby Martin.

01 Zoot Allures (very beginning missing) 8:36 °°° Yojimbo patch {0:00-0:02}
02 Introduction 2:09
03 The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou 4:52
04 Dumb All Over 4:21
05 Heavenly Bank Account 4:01
06 Suicide Chump 5:37
07 Jumbo Go Away 3:38
08 Envelopes 2:44
09 Drowning Witch 10:22 °°° tf/cut at 9:48, Yojimbo patch {9:48-10:20}
10 What's New In Baltimore? 6:20
11 Moggio 2:28
12 We're Turning Again 4:53
13 Alien Orifice 5:08
14 Teenage Prostitute 2:22
15 Doreen 2:04
16 Goblin Girl 2:24
17 The Black Page #2 10:44
18 Strictly Genteel 6:05 °°° tf/cut at end, no music missing
19 Crowd noise-Band Return 1:53
20 Joe's Garage 2:19
21 Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? 2:21
22 Crowd noise 1:20
23 The Closer You Are 2:18
24 Johnny Darling 0:54
25 Frogs With Dirty Little Lips 3:08

Total time 103.10 min

also included: bonus subfolder (4 MB) with these unpatched fragments:
01 Zoot Allures (beginning, unpatched) 0:29 °°° as it cuts in
09 Drowning Witch (after tf, unpatched) 0:08