Frank Zappa - 1980-11-13 - Pittsburgh, PA (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Stanley Theater

SBD 2nd (tranehead-Drew51-flambay-mudsharknyc)

PREAMBLE: This fantastic show is amongst the most common 1980 Fall Tour soundboard tapes to circulate and this FZ Shows entry serves an essential upgrade in preserving this fine historical document. Yes, many versions have appeared over the years here in FZ Shows and each have contained their share of flaws, but presented here is a very low generation clear upgrade to all other hitherto circulating versions. Overall SQ on this main source delivers improved definition with minimal hiss (apart from the very first 16 seconds of this entry).

FZ & the 1980 Fall Tour band certainly gave Pittsburgh an outstanding pair of shows and infinite thanks for this Late show main source tape provided by tranehead, which was originally seeded on Dime and “freshly ripped in 2010” to paraphrase the Dime entry. Additional patch, tape and bonus sources are provided by Drew51, also from a fresh NAK transfer as detailed below. Speed correction advice for both tapes by flambay.

note: Both sources experience SBD SQ adjustments inherent from sources at the very beginning of the tape through approximately 18 seconds.

MAIN tranehead LINEAGE: 2nd gen. SBD > DAT(HEADS) list trade > CDR > flac > Dime > wav > Peak > speed correction, patching, editing & retracking > FLAC (level8)

THIS COPY: 92:00 min, SBD, A

THE BAND:

FZ,

Ike Willis,

Steve Vai,

Ray White,

Arthur Barrow,

Vinnie Colaiuta,

Tommy Mars,

Bob Harris #2.

01 Black Napkins (5:39)

- contains (Drew51) choice replacement at the very beginning of the tape through 00:00:16.049, then switches to main (tranehead) source

02 You Are What You Is (4:00)

03 Love Of My Life (2:16)

- contains millisecond left channel drop out fix @ 00:01:37.6

04 Flakes (4:38)

05 Magic Fingers (2:22)

06 Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow (2:09)

07 Stick It Out (3:19)

08 The Blue Light (4:13)

09 Easy Meat (6:01)

- contains tape flip cut from 00:02:41.6 to 00:02:42.9

10 Mudd Club (2:46)

11 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:09)

12 Bamboozled By Love (5:24)

- contains tape sides duplicate edit @ 00:01:55.2, no music missing

13 Suicide Chump (5:55)

14 Jumbo Go Away (3:50)

15 If Only She Woulda (10:15)

- contains tape flip cut from 00:07:08.2 to 00:07:09.9

16 Drafted Again (2:52)

17 Encore Intro (0:45)

- contains (Drew51) patch 00:00:00.00 through 00:00:04.864, then switches to main (tranehead) source

18 Joe’s Garage (2:14)

19 Dancin’ Fool (3:24)

20 Heavy Duty Judy Intro (0:21)

- millisecond fade out applied to tape cut @ 00:00:20.9

21 Heavy Duty Judy (4:20)

22 Illinois Enema Bandit (12:02)

Total time 92:00 min