Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

(4 CDs + Blu-ray, Zappa Records/UME ZR20044, November 17, 2023)

disc 1

  1. Camarillo Brillo 3:58
  2. I'm The Slime 3:34
  3. Dirty Love 2:58
  4. Fifty-Fifty 6:12
  5. Zomby Woof 5:10
  6. Dinah-Moe Humm 6:03
  7. Montana 6:36
  8. Wonderful Wino (Complete Edit) (FZ/Simmons) 3:15
  9. Inca Roads (1973 Version, 2023 Mix) 3:48
  10. RDNZL (1973 Mix) 4:17
  11. For The Young Sophisticate (Dolby EQ Copy) 3:17
  12. I'm The Slime (Single Version) 3:04
  13. Montana (Single Edit With Intro) 5:28
  14. Inca Roads (Bolic Take-Home Mix) 3:46
  15. RDNZL (Take 2) 4:40
  16. X-Forts (Echidna's Arf (Of You)) 7:21

disc 2

  1. Camarillo Brillo (Alternate Mix) 3:34
  2. Face Down (I'm The Slime—Demo) 2:11
  3. I'm The Slime (Basic Track Outtake) 5:55
  4. Dirty Love (Session Rehearsal) 3:53
  5. Dirty Love (With Quad Guitar) 4:12
  6. Fifty-Fifty—Pipe Organ Intro Improvisations 4:01
  7. Fifty-Fifty (Basic Tracks, Take 7) 6:21
  8. Dinah-Moe Humm (Session Rehearsal) 2:05
  9. Dinah-Moe Humm (Bolic Take-Home Mix) 8:01
  10. Montana (Bolic Take-Home Mix) 7:23
  11. Montana 7:26
  12. Dupree's Paradise (Intro) 8:19
  13. Dupree's Paradise 12:39

disc 3

  1. Cosmik Debris 6:31
  2. "The Dynamic Sal Marquez!" 2:05
  3. Big Swifty 12:46
  4. ". . . The Successor To Willie The Pimp" 0:57
  5. The Curse Of The Zomboids (I'm The Slime) 6:09
  6. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? 23:26
  7. FZ & The Percussion Section 5:17
  8. Palladium Jam—Part 1 3:56
  9. Palladium Jam—Part 2 9:00

disc 4

  1. Cobo Hall '73 Band Intros And Sound Check 6:07
  2. Exercise #4 2:26
  3. Dog Breath 1:15
  4. The Dog Breath Variations 1:32
  5. Uncle Meat 2:29
  6. Fifty-Fifty 7:20
  7. Inca Roads 11:46
  8. FZ Introduces The Don't Eat The Yellow Snow Medley 1:20
  9. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 1:16
  10. Nanook Rubs It 6:04
  11. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast 2:13
  12. Father O'Blivion 2:33
  13. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast (Reprise) 5:24
  14. Join The March 0:59
  15. Cosmik Debris 7:33
  16. Medley: King Kong/Chunga's Revenge/Son Of Mr. Green Genes 12:35

Blu-ray Disc

Produced for release by Ahmet Zappa & Joe Travers
Essay by Mark Smotroff
Liner notes by Joe Travers
Sam Emerson—studio photos
Jeffrey Mayer—live photos, Hollywood Palladium
Melanie Starks—tape box photos
Art direction & design: Michael Mesker
Production director: Melanie Starks

CD & hi-res digital stereo master by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering, 2012
Dolby Atmos mixes by Karma Auger & Erich Gobel at Studio1LA, 2023
Vinyl analog stereo master by Chris Bellman, Bernie Groundman Mastering, 2023

Original album produced, arranged & conducted by Frank Zappa
Recorded at Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA; Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA; and Paramount Recording Studios, LA, CA, March-June 1973
Engineers: Barry Keene, Terry Dunavan, Fred Borkgren & Steve Desper
Re-mix: Kerry McNabb
Technicians: Paul Hof, Jay "Dunt" Sloatman, Kanzas J. Canzus
Otherwise: Steve Alsberg, Marty Perellis, Rhonda & Ramona
Cover illustration: David B. McMacken
Graphics: Cal Schenkel
Photography: Emerson-Loew

FZ—guitar & vocals
George Duke—keyboards & synthesizer
Jean-Luc Ponty—violin & baritone violin
Sal Marquez—trumpet & vocals
Ian Underwood—flute, clarinet, alto & tenor sax
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Tom Fowler—bass
Ruth Underwood—marimba, vibes & percussion
Ralph Humphrey—drums
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Ricky Lancelotti—vocals
Kin Vassy—vocals
Tina Turner, Debbie & Lynn (The Ikettes)—vocals

Disc 2, tracks 11-13 & Disc 3:
Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
March 23, 1973
Recording engineer: Barry Keene
Remix, audio restoration & mastering by John Polito, Audio Mechanics, 2023

FZ—guitar & vocals
George Duke—keyboards & synthesizer
Jean-Luc Ponty—violin & baritone violin
Ian Underwood—flute, clarinet, alto & tenor sax
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Tom Fowler—bass
Ruth Underwood—marimba, vibes & percussion
Ralph Humphrey—drums
+
Sal Marquez—guest trumpet & vocals
Ricky Lancelotti—guest vocals

Disc 4:
Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI
May 12, 1973
Recording engineer: Steve Desper
Remix, audio restoration & mastering by John Polito, Audio Mechanics, 2023

FZ—guitar & vocals
George Duke—keyboards & synthesizer
Jean-Luc Ponty—violin & baritone violin
Ian Underwood—flute, clarinet, alto & tenor sax
Sal Marquez—trumpet & vocals
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Tom Fowler—bass
Ruth Underwood—marimba, vibes & percussion
Ralph Humphrey—drums

 

disc 1

1. Camarillo Brillo 3:58

She had that Camarillo brillo
Flamin' out along her head
I mean her Mendocino bean-o
By where some bugs had made it red

She ruled the Toads of the Short Forest
And every newt in Idaho
And every cricket who had chorused
By the bush in Buffalo

She said she was a Magic Mama
And she could throw a mean Tarot
And carried on without a comma
That she was someone I should know

She had a snake for a pet
And an amulet
And she was breeding a dwarf
But she wasn't done yet
She had gray-green skin
A doll with a pin
I told her she was awright
But I couldn't come in
(I couldn't come in right then . . . )

And so she wandered through the door-way
Just like a shadow from the tomb
She said her stereo was four-way
An' I'd just love it in her room

Well, I was born to have adventure
So I just followed up the steps
Right past her fuming incense stencher
To where she hung her castanets

She stripped away her rancid poncho
An' laid out naked by the door
We did it till we were un-concho
An' it was useless any more

She had a snake for a pet
And an amulet
And she was breeding a dwarf
But she wasn't done yet
She had gray-green skin
A doll with a pin
I told her she was awright
But I couldn't come in
(Actually, I was very busy then)

And so she wandered through the door-way
Just like a shadow from the tomb
She said her stereo was four-way
An' I'd just love it in her room

Well, I was born to have adventure
So I just followed up the steps
Right past her fuming incense stencher
To where she hung her castanets

She said she was a Magic Mama
And she could throw a mean Tarot
And carried on without a comma
That she was someone I should know

(Is that a real poncho . . . I mean
Is that a Mexican poncho or is that a Sears poncho?
Hmmm . . . no foolin' . . . )

2. I'm The Slime 3:34

I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I'm the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I'm the slime oozin' out
From your TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help . . . no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

That's right, folks . . .
Don't touch that dial

Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go

I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go

3. Dirty Love 2:58

Give me
Your dirty love
Like you might surrender
To some dragon in your dreams

Give me
Your dirty love
Like a pink donation
To the dragon in your dreams

I don't need your sweet devotion
An' I don't want your cheap emotion
Whip me up some dragon lotion
For your dirty love
Your dirty love

Give me
Your dirty love
Like some tacky little pamphlet
In your daddy's bottom drawer

Give me
Your dirty love
I don't believe you never seen
His book before

I don't need no consolation
I don't want your reservation
I only got one destination
An' that's your dirty love
Your dirty love

Give me
Your dirty love
Just like your mama
Make her fuzzy poodle do
(Oh, Frenchie . . . )

Give me
Your dirty love
The way your mama
Make that nasty poodle chew

I'll ignore your cheap aroma
And your little-bo-peep diploma
I'll just put you in a coma
With some dirty love
Some dirty love
That dirty love
That dirty love

The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Snap it!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Snap it!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Snap it!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Not a speck of cereal!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Nothing but the best for my dog!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Come on!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Little paws sticking up!)
The poodle bites!
(Little curly head!)
The poodle chews it!
(Little curly head!)

4. Fifty-Fifty 6:12

Well, my dandruff is loose
An' my breath is chartreuse
I know I ain't cute
An' my voice is ka-poot

But that's awright people
I'm just crazy enough to sing to you
Any old way

I figure the odds be fifty-fifty
I just might have some thing to say

Ain't gonna sing you no love song
How my heart is all sore
Will not beg your indulgence
'Cause you heard it before

An' that's awright people
I'm just crazy enough to sing to you
Any old way

I figure the odds be fifty-fifty
I just might have some thing to say
Ants in my pants!

I have taken your time
I have sung you my song
Ain't no great revelation
But it wasn't too long

An' that's awright people
I'm just crazy enough to sing to you
Any old way, ha ha!

I figure the odds be fifty-fifty
I just might have some thing to say

5. Zomby Woof 5:10

Three hundred years ago
I thought I might get some sleep
I stretched myself out onna antique bed
An' my spirit did a midnite creep

You know I'll never sleep no more
It seem to me that it just ain't wise

Didja ever wake up in the mornin'
With a Zomby Woof behind your eyes

Just about as evil as you could be

I am the Zomby Woof
I'm that creature all the ladies been talkin' about

I am the Zomby Woof
They all seek for shelter when I come chargin' out

Tellin' you all the Zomby troof
Here I'm is, the Zomby Woof

Tellin' you all the Zomby troof
Here I'm is . . .

Reety-awrighty, he da Zomby Woof
Reety-awrighty, he da Zomby Woof

They said aw-reety
An' they was aw-righty
An' I was a Zomby for you, little lady . . .

I got a great big pointed fang
Which is my Zomby Toof
My right foot's bigger than my other one is
Like a reg'lar Zomby Hoof

If I raid your dormitorium
Don't try to remain aloof
I might snatch you up screamin' through the window all nekkid
An' do it to you up on the roof
Don't mess with the Zomby Woof

I am about as evil as a Boogie Man can be!

Tellin' you all the Zomby Troof
Here I'm is, the Zomby Woof

Tellin' you all the Zomby Troof
Here I'm is, the Zomby Woof

6. Dinah-Moe Humm 6:03

I couldn't say where she's comin' from
But I just met a lady named Dinah-Moe Humm

She strolled on over, said look here, bum
I got a forty-dollar bill say you can't make me cum
Y'jes can't do it

She made a bet with her sister who's a little bit dumb
She could prove it any time all men was scum

I don't mind that she called me a bum
But I knew right away she was really gonna cum
So I got down to it

I whipped off her bloomers 'n stiffened my thumb
An' applied rotation on her sugar plum

I poked 'n stroked till my wrist got numb
But I still didn't hear no Dinah-Moe Humm
Dinah-Moe Humm

Dinah-Moe Humm
Dinah-Moe Humm
Where's this Dinah-Moe
Comin' from
I done spent three hours
An' I ain't got a crumb
From the Dinah-Moe, Dinah-Moe, Dinah-Moe
From the Dinah-Moe Humm

Got a spot that gets me hot
An' you ain't been to it
(No no no no!)
Got a spot that gets me hot
An' you ain't been to it
(No no no!)
Got a spot that gets me hot
But you ain't been to it
(No no no no no!)
Got a spot that gets me hot
But you ain't been to it

'Cause I can't get into it
Unless I get out of it
An' I gotta get out of it
Before I get into it
'Cause I never get into it
Unless I get out of it
An' I gotta be out of it
To get myself into it

She looked over at me with a glazed eye
And some bovine perspiration on her upper lip area
And she said . . .

Just get me wasted
An' you're half-way there
'Cause if my mind's tore up
Then my body don't care

I rubbed my chinny-chin-chin
An' said my-my-my
What sort of thing
Might this lady get high upon?

I checked out her sister
Who was holdin' the bet
An' wondered what kind of trip
The young lady was on

The forty-dollar bill didn't matter no more
When her sister got nekkid an' laid on the floor
She said Dinah-Moe might win the bet
But she could use a little ______ if I wasn't done yet

I told her . . .
Just because the sun
Want a place in the sky
No reason to assume
I wouldn't give her a try

So I pulled on her hair
Got her legs in the air
An' asked if she had any cooties in there

(Whaddya mean cooties! No cooties on me!)

She was buns-up kneelin'
(Buns up!)
I was wheelin' an' dealin'
(Wheelin' an' dealin' an' ooooh!)
She surrender to the feelin'
(She sweetly surrendered)
An' she started in to squealin'

Dinah-Moe watched
From the edge of the bed
With her lips just a-twitchin'
An' her face gone red
Some drool rollin' down
From the edge of her chin
While she spied the condition
Her sister was in

She quivered 'n quaked
An' clutched at herself
While her sister made a joke
About her mental health
Till Dinah-Moe finally
Did give in
But I told her
All she really needed
Was some discipline

Kiss my aura . . . Dora . . .
M-M-M . . . it's real angora
Would y'all like some more-a?
Right here on the flora?
An' how 'bout you, Fauna?
Y'wanna?

MMM . . . sound like you're chokin' on somethin'

Did you say you want some more?
Well, here's some more . . .

(Oh, baby . . . )

Oh, sure . . . look,
D'you think I could interest you
In a pair of zircon-encrusted tweezers?

MMM . . . tweezers!
Wait a minute, lemme sterilize 'em . . .
Gimme your lighter . . .

I couldn't say where she's comin' from
But I just met a lady named Dinah-Moe Humm

She strolled on over, said look here, bum
I got a forty-dollar bill say you can't make me cum
Y'jes can't do it

I whipped off her bloomers 'n stiffened my thumb
An' applied rotation on her sugar plum

I poked 'n stroked till my wrist got numb
An' you know I heard some Dinah-Moe Humm
Some Dinah-Moe Humm
Dinah-Moe Humm
Dinah-Moe Humm
Dinah-Moe
Dinah-Moe
Some Dinah-Moe
An' a little Dinah-Moe
An' some Dinah-Moe
An' some Dinah-Moe
An' some Dinah-Moe
An' a little Dinah-Moe
An' some Dinah-Moe
An' some Dinah-Moe
An' some Dinah-Moe
An' a Dinah-Moe again
An' Dinah-Moe
An' Dora too, lil' Dinah 'n Dora
Dinah-Moe
An' kiss my aura, Dinah-Moe
Dinah . . .

7. Montana 6:36

I might be movin' to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of
Dental Floss

Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
That I can sell uptown

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Well I just might grow me some bees
But I'd leave the sweet stuff
To somebody else
But then, on the other hand I would

Keep the wax
'N melt it down
Pluck some Floss
'N swish it aroun'

I'd have me a crop
An' it'd be on top
That's why I'm movin' to Montana

Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon (yes I am)
Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a mennil-toss flykune

I'm pluckin' the ol'
Dental Floss
That's growin' on the prairie
Pluckin' the floss
I plucked all day an' all nite an' all
Afternoon

I'm ridin' a small tiny hoss
His name is Mighty Little
He's a good hoss
Even though
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
Any way

I'm pluckin' the ol'
Dental Floss
Even if you think it is a little silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks

I'm gonna find me a horse
Just about this big
An' ride him all along the border line

With a
Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Well I might
Ride along the border
With my tweezers gleamin'
In the moon-lighty night

And then I'd
Get a cuppa cawfee
'N give my foot a push
Just me 'n the pygmy pony
Over by the Dennil Floss Bush

'N then I might just
Jump back on
An' ride
Like a cowboy
Into the dawn to Montana

Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon

8. Wonderful Wino (Complete Edit) 3:15

(FZ/Simmons)

includes a quotation from Bringing In The Sheaves (Shaw/Minor)

Basic track:
Trident Studios, London, UK
June 21-22, 1970
Recording engineer: Roy Thomas Baker

Jeff Simmons—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

Overdubs:
Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA
May 30 & June 1, 1973
Recording engineer: Barry Keene

Ricky Lancelotti—vocal
FZ—guitar
George Duke—piano, clavinet
Ian Underwood—saxophone
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Sal Marquez—trumpet

Mixed by FZ & Kerry McNabb
Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
June 1973

L.A. in the summer of '69
I went downtown and bought me some wine
I wasted my head on a bottle of juice
And now the grape won't cut me loose
Well, I'm a wino man
Well, don't you know I am?
Great God Almighty, don't you know I'm a wino man?

36, 24, hips about 30
Seen a fine lady and I started talkin' dirty
She looked at me and then she raised her thumb
And said, "Jam down the road, you funky-ass bum"
Well, I'm a wino man
Well, don't you know I am?
Great God Almighty, don't you know that I'm a wino man?

I went to the country
And while I was gone
I lost control of my body functions
On a roller-headed lady's front lawn
I'm so ashamed, but I'm a wino man
And I can't help myself

I've been drinkin' all night till my eyes got red
Stumbled on the gutter and busted my head
Bugs in my zoot suit have me scratchin' like a dog
Can't stand no water and I stink like a hog
Give me a five-dollar bill
And an overcoat too
Give me a five-dollar bill
And an overcoat too
Five-dollar bill and an overcoat too
Five-dollar bill and a Florsheim shoe
Oh, I wanna . . . now . . .now [...] . . . no no, oh, no no no . . .
No no, no no no . . .
I wanna, a Florsheim shoe, a five-dollar bill, you can give me that too . . .

9. Inca Roads (1973 Version, 2023 Mix) 3:48

Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA
March 20, 1973
Recording engineer: Barry Keene

Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA
April 3, 1973
Recording engineer: Kerry McNabb

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, Winslow Ct. Studios, 2023

Sal Marquez—voice & trumpet
FZ—guitar
Jean-Luc Ponty—violin
George Duke—keyboard
Ian Underwood—woodwinds
Ruth Underwood—percussion
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Tom Fowler—bass
Ralph Humphrey—drums

Did a vehicle
Come from somewhere out there
Just to land in the Andes?
Was it round
And did it have a motor
Or was it something different

Did a vehicle
Did a vehicle
Did a vehicle
Fly along the mountains
And find a place to park itself
Or did someone build a place
Or leave a space
For such a thing
To land

Did a vehicle
Come from somewhere out there
Did a vehicle
Come from somewhere out there
Did the Indians, first on the bill
Carve up the hill

10. RDNZL (1973 Mix) 4:17

Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA
March 20, 1973
Recording engineer: Barry Keene

Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA
April 4, 1973
Recording engineer: Kerry McNabb

Mixed by FZ & Kerry McNabb
Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
June 13. 1973

FZ—guitar; guitar solo
Jean-Luc Ponty—violin
George Duke—keyboard
Ian Underwood—woodwinds
Ruth Underwood—percussion
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Tom Fowler—bass
Ralph Humphrey—drums

 

11. For The Young Sophisticate (Dolby EQ Copy) 3:17

includes a quotation from Woody Woodpecker (Tibbles/Idriss)

Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA
March 19, 1973

Mixed by FZ & Kerry McNabb
Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
June 1973

FZ—lead guitar, vocals
George Duke—keyboards
Tom Fowler—bass
Ralph Humphrey—drums
Ricky Lancelotti—vocals

Baby, baby, why you cryin'
I'm feeling sorry what she said
Put down that rag, I told her then
Don't wanna hear you cry again
Dear heart, dear heart
Tell me, tell me what's the reason
Dear heart, dear heart
Tell me, tell me what's the reason

You know I went to see the doctor
And then I read a magazine
Forget that book, I told her then
Don't wanna hear about the book again
Dear heart, dear heart
Tell me, tell me what's the reason
Dear heart, dear heart
Tell me, tell me what's the reason

There was a picture on the story
That showed a young sophisticator
Who falls in love three pages later
With some aggressive agitator
And by and by he comes to hate her
'Cause she don't shave her underarms
And he can't go for that
'Cause he's a young sophisticator
(He's so sophisticated!)

Baby, baby, why you cryin'
It made me wonder what she said
Forget that book I told her then
Don't wanna hear about the book again
Dear heart, dear heart
Tell me, tell me what's the reason
Dear heart, dear heart
Why don't you tell me what's the reason

Would you still love me if my hair grew
All down the side of my kimono
Well of course I would, it might be hip
If it did not cause you to trip
Dear heart, dear heart
Or radiate a bad aroma
Dear heart, dear heart
Or radiate a cheap aroma
Dear heart, dear heart
(Dearest heart)
Or radia-iate, or radia-ia-ia-iate a cheesy aroma

FZ: Sick!

12. I'm The Slime (Single Version) 3:04

I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I'm the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I'm the slime oozin' out
From your TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help . . . no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

That's right, folks . . .
Don't touch that dial

Well, I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go

I am the slime from your video
Oozin' along on your livin' room floor

I am the slime from your video
Can't stop the slime, people, lookit me go

13. Montana (Single Edit With Intro) 5:28

I might be movin' to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of
Dental Floss

Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
That I can sell uptown

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Well I just might grow me some bees
But I'd leave the sweet stuff
To somebody else
But then, on the other hand I would

Keep the wax
'N melt it down
Pluck some Floss
'N swish it aroun'

I'd have me a crop
An' it'd be on top
That's why I'm movin' to Montana

Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon (yes I am)
Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a mennil-toss flykune

I'm pluckin' the ol'
Dental Floss
That's growin' on the prairie
Pluckin' the floss
I plucked all day an' all nite an' all
Afternoon

I'm ridin' a small tiny hoss
His name is Mighty Little
He's a good hoss
Even though
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
He's a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
Any way

I'm pluckin' the ol'
Dental Floss
Even if you think it is a little silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks
I don't care if you think it's silly, folks

I'm gonna find me a horse
Just about this big
An' ride him all along the border line

With a
Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Well I might
Ride along the border
With my tweezers gleamin'
In the moon-lighty night

And then I'd
Get a cuppa cawfee
'N give my foot a push
Just me 'n the pygmy pony
Over by the Dennil Floss Bush

'N then I might just
Jump back on
An' ride
Like a cowboy
Into the dawn to Montana

Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon

14. Inca Roads (Bolic Take-Home Mix) 3:46

Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA
March 20, 1973
Recording engineer: Barry Keene

Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA
April 3, 1973
Recording engineer: Kerry McNabb

FZ—guitar
Jean-Luc Ponty—violin
George Duke—keyboard
Ian Underwood—woodwinds
Ruth Underwood—percussion
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Tom Fowler—bass
Ralph Humphrey—drums

 

15. RDNZL (Take 2) 4:40

Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA
March 20, 1973
Recording engineer: Barry Keene

FZ—guitar; guitar solo
Jean-Luc Ponty—violin
George Duke—keyboard
Ian Underwood—woodwinds
Ruth Underwood—percussion
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Tom Fowler—bass
Ralph Humphrey—drums

Kerry McNabb?: Rolling on 2.

FZ: One, two, three . . .

Kerry McNabb?: That's it.

16. X-Forts (Echidna's Arf (Of You)) 7:21

Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA
March 20, 1973
Recording engineer: Barry Keene

FZ—guitar; guitar solo
Jean-Luc Ponty—violin
George Duke—keyboard
Ian Underwood—woodwinds
Ruth Underwood—percussion
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Tom Fowler—bass
Ralph Humphrey—drums

 

disc 2

1. Camarillo Brillo (Alternate Mix) 3:34

She had that Camarillo brillo
Flamin' out along her head
I mean her Mendocino bean-o
By where some bugs had made it red

She ruled the Toads of the Short Forest
And every newt in Idaho
And every cricket who had chorused
By the bush in Buffalo

She said she was a Magic Mama
And she could throw a mean Tarot
And carried on without a comma
That she was someone I should know

She had a snake for a pet
And an amulet
And she was breeding a dwarf
But she wasn't done yet
She had gray-green skin
A doll with a pin
I told her she was awright
But I couldn't come in

And so she wandered through the door-way
Just like a shadow from the tomb
She said her stereo was four-way
An' I'd just love it in her room

Well, I was born to have adventure
So I just followed up the steps
Right past her fuming incense stencher
To where she hung her castanets

She stripped away her rancid poncho
An' laid out naked on the door
We did it till we were un-concho
An' it was useless any more

She had a snake for a pet
And an amulet
And she was breeding a dwarf
But she wasn't done yet
She had gray-green skin
A doll with a pin
I told her she was awright
But I couldn't come in

And so she wandered through the door-way
Just like a shadow from the tomb
She said her stereo was four-way
An' I'd just love it in her room

Well, I was born to have adventure
So I just followed up the steps
Right past her fuming incense stencher
To where she hung her castanets

She said she was a Magic Mama
And she could throw a mean Tarot
And carried on without a comma
That she was someone I should know

2. Face Down (I'm The Slime—Demo) 2:11

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
December 19, 1972
Recording engineer: Kerry McNabb

Mixed by FZ & Kerry McNabb
Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
December 1972

FZ—guitar, vocals
unknown—rhythm guitar
unknown—bass
unknown—drums

One, two, three, four . . .

I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I am the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I'm the slime oozin' out
From your TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help . . . no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

That's right, folks . . .
Don't touch that dial

3. I'm The Slime (Basic Track Outtake) 5:55

includes a quotation from Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

FZ: Oops! One, two, three . . . No, no, give me time right from the front. One, two, three . . .

I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I've existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I'm the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
Well, I'm the slime oozin' out
From your TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help . . . no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold

That's right, folks . . .
Don't touch that dial

FZ: Goddamit! [...].

4. Dirty Love (Session Rehearsal) 3:53

. . . consolation
And I don't want your reservation
I only got one destination
An' that's your dirty love
An' that's your dirty love

Give me
Your dirty love
Just like your mama
Make her fuzzy poodle do

Give me
Your dirty love
The way your mama
Make that nasty poodle chew

I don't need no consolation
And I don't want your reservation
I only got one destination
An' that's your dirty love
An' that's your dirty love
An' that's your dirty love
An' that's your dirty love
Give me your dirty love
Give me your dirty love
Give me your dirty love, give me your
Dirty love
Give me your dirty love
Give me your dirty love
Give me your dirty love
Just give me your dirty love
Just give me your dirty love
Just give me your dirty love
Just give me your dirty love
Just give me that dirty love
Dirty love

FZ: All right. How much tape we got?

FZ: A little faster . . . That push— That push beat, keep it a little even . . . No. Keep it even, sounds clumsy at that speed . . .

Give me
Your dirty love
Like you might surrender
To some dragon in your dreams

FZ: One . . .

5. Dirty Love (With Quad Guitar) 4:12

Give me
Your dirty love
Like you might surrender
To some dragon in your dreams

Give me
Your dirty love
Like a pink donation
To the dragon in your dreams

I don't need your sweet devotion
An' I don't want your cheap emotion
Whip me up some dragon lotion
For your dirty love
Your dirty love

Give me
Your dirty love
Like some tacky little pamphlet
In your daddy's bottom drawer

Give me
Your dirty love
I don't believe you never seen
His book before

I don't need no consolation
I don't want your reservation
I only got one destination
An' that's your dirty love
Your dirty love

Give me
Your dirty love
Just like your mama
Make her fuzzy poodle do

Give me
Your dirty love
The way your mama
Make that nasty poodle chew

I'll ignore your cheap aroma
And your little-bo-peep diploma
I'll just put you in a coma
With some dirty love
Some dirty love
That dirty love
That dirty love

The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Snap it!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Snap it!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Snap it!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Not a speck of cereal!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Nothing but the best for my dog!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Come on!)
The poodle bites!
(Come on, Frenchie)
The poodle chews it!
(Little paws sticking up!)
The poodle bites!
(Little curly head!)
The poodle chews it!
(Little curly head!)

6. Fifty-Fifty—Pipe Organ Intro Improvisations 4:01

FZ: One, two, three, four . . .

?: Do we play first and second time?
FZ: What?
?: We play first time and second time too this time, huh?
FZ: No, Jean-Luc plays it the first time, and then you come in on the second—

FZ: One, two, three . . .

That's for you!
Wallace, what are you doing up in the attic?
Wallace, what are you doing up in the attic?
It's for you!

7. Fifty-Fifty (Basic Tracks, Take 7) 6:21

 

8. Dinah-Moe Humm (Session Rehearsal) 2:05

She was buns-up kneelin'
I was wheelin' an' dealin'
She surrender to the feelin'
An' she started in to squealin'

Dinah-Moe . . .
. . . edge of the bed
. . . twitchin'
An' her face gone red
. . . rollin' down
From the edge of her chin
While she spied the condition
That her sister was in

She quivered 'n quaked
An' clutched at herself
While her sister made a joke
About her mental health
Till Dinah-Moe finally
Did give in
But I told her
All she needed
Was some discipline

9. Dinah-Moe Humm (Bolic Take-Home Mix) 8:01

I couldn't say where she's comin' from
But I just met a lady named Dinah-Moe Humm

She strolled on over, said look here, bum
I got a forty-dollar bill say you can't make me cum
Y'jes can't do it

She made a bet with her sister who's a little bit dumb
She could prove it any time all men was scum

I don't mind that she called me a bum
But I knew right away she was really gonna cum
So I got down to it

I whipped off her bloomers 'n stiffened my thumb
An' applied rotation on her sugar plum

I poked 'n stroked till my wrist got numb
But I still didn't hear no Dinah-Moe Humm
Dinah-Moe Humm

Dinah-Moe Humm
Dinah-Moe Humm
Where's this Dinah-Moe
Comin' from
I done spent three hours
An' I ain't got a crumb
From the Dinah-Moe, Dinah-Moe, Dinah-Moe
From the Dinah-Moe Humm

I got a spot that gets me hot
But you ain't been to it
(No no no no!)
I got a spot that gets me hot
But you ain't been to it
(No no no!)
Got a spot that gets me hot
But you ain't been to it
(No no no no no!)
Got a spot that gets me hot
But you ain't been to it

'Cause I can't get into it
Unless I get out of it
An' I gotta get out of it
Before I get into it
'Cause I never get into it
Unless I get out of it
An' I gotta be out of it
To get myself into it

She looked over at me with a glazed eye
And some bovine perspiration on her upper lip area
And she said . . .

Just get me wasted
An' you're half-way there
'Cause if my mind's tore up
Then my body don't care

I rubbed my chinny-chin-chin
An' said my-my-my
What sort of thing
Might this lady get high upon?

I checked out her sister
Who was holdin' the bet
An' wondered what kind of trip
The young lady was on

The forty-dollar bill didn't matter no more
When her sister got nekkid an' laid on the floor
She said Dinah-Moe might win the bet
But she could use a little ______ if I wasn't done yet

I told her . . .
Just because the sun
Want a place in the sky
No reason to assume
I wouldn't give her a try

So I pulled on her hair
Got her legs in the air
An' asked if she had any cooties in there

She was buns-up kneelin'
(Buns up!)
I was wheelin' an' dealin'
(Wheelin' an' dealin' an' ooooh!)
She surrender to the feelin'
(She sweetly surrendered)
An' she started in to squealin'

Dinah-Moe watched
From the edge of the bed
With her lips just a-twitchin'
An' her face gone red
Some drool rollin' down
From the edge of her chin
While she spied the condition
Her sister was in

She quivered 'n quaked
An' clutched at herself
While her sister made a joke
About her mental health
Till Dinah-Moe finally
Did give in
But I told her
All she really needed
Was some discipline

Kiss my boot
Put away those Virginia Slims and kiss my boot again
And don't forget the buckle

You know I think that a girl such as yourself could develop a taste for
Leather

10. Montana (Bolic Take-Home Mix) 7:23

I might be movin' to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of
Dental Floss

Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
That I can sell uptown

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Well I just might grow me some bees
But I'd leave the sweet stuff
To somebody else
But then, on the other hand I would

Keep the wax
'N melt it down
Pluck some Floss
'N swish it aroun'

I'd have me a crop
An' it'd be on top
That's why I'm movin' to Montana

Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon (yes I am)
Movin' to Montana soon
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon

I'm gonna find me a horse
Just about this big
An' ride him all along the border line

With a
Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Well I might
Ride along the border
With my tweezers gleamin'
In the moon-lighty night

And then I'd
Get a cuppa cawfee
'N give my foot a push
Just me 'n the pygmy pony
Over by the Dennil Floss Bush

'N then I might just
Jump back on
An' ride
Like a cowboy
Into the dawn to Montana

Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon
(Yippy-Yay-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin' to Montana soon

11. Montana 7:26

I might be movin' to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of
Dental Floss

Raisin' it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
That I can sell uptown

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Well I just might grow me some bees
But I'd leave the sweet stuff
To somebody else
But then, on the other hand I would

Keep the wax
'N melt it down
Pluck the Floss
'N swish it aroun'

I'd have me a crop
An' it'd be on top
That's why I'm movin' to Montana

I'm gonna find me a horse
Just about this big
An' ride him all along the border line

With a
Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand

By myself I wouldn't
Have no boss
But I'd be raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin' my lonely
Dental Floss

I might
Ride along the border
With my tweezers gleamin'
In the moon-lighty night
(Ooh! A little tweezer glint!)

And then I'd
Get a cuppa cawfee
'N give my foot a push
Just me 'n the pygmy pony
Over by the Dennil Floss Bush

'N then I might just
Jump back on
An' ride
Like a cowboy
Into the dawn to Montana

Movin' to Montana . . .

FZ: Ladies and gentlemen, for your dining and dancing pleasure, Mr. George Duke . . .

12. Dupree's Paradise (Intro) 8:19

 

13. Dupree's Paradise 12:39

FZ: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. The name of that song was "Dupree's Paradise." Okay . . .

disc 3

1. Cosmik Debris 6:31

includes a quotation from Who Knows (Hendrix)

FZ: The next thing we're gonna do for you is uh—well, sort of like a blues. Sort of. And uh, it's a song about the new thriving guru industry deflicting the United States right now. Just a minute . . .
Audience Member: Let's hear something dirty!
FZ: The name of this song is—let me, let's hear something dirty. How about "Eat It!"? The name of this song is "Cosmik Debris." One, two, three, four . . .

The Mystery Man came over
An' he said, "I'm outa-site!"
He said, for a nominal service charge
I could reach nervonna t'nite
If I was ready, willing 'n able
To pay him his regular fee
Well, he would drop all the rest of his pressing affairs
And devote His Attention to me
But I said . . .

Look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
(Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?)
Look here brother
Don't you waste your time on me

The Mystery Man got nervous
An' he fidget around a bit
He reached in the pocket of his Mystery Robe
An' he whipped out a shaving kit
Now, I thought it was a razor
An' a can of foamin' goo
But he told me right then when the top popped open
There was nothin' his box won't do
With the oil of Afro-dytee
An' the dust of the Grand Wazoo
He said, "You might not believe this, little fella
But it'll cure your Asthma too!"
An' I said . . .

Look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
(Now who jivin' with that Cosmik Debris anyway?)
Look here brother
Don't you waste your time on me

I've got troubles of my own, I said
An' you can't help me out
So take your meditations an' your preparations
An' ram it up yer snout
"But I've got a Kristl Bol," he said
An' held it to the light
So I snatched it
All away from him
An' I showed him how to do it right

I wrapped a newspaper 'round my head
So I'd look like I was Deep
I said some Mumbo Jumbos then
An' I told him he was goin' to sleep
I robbed his rings
An' pocket watch
An' everything else I found
I had that sucker hypnotized
He couldn't even make a sound
I proceeded to tell him his future then
As long as he was hanging around, I said
"The price of meat has just went up
An' yer ol' lady has just went down"

Look here brother
(Look here brother!)
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
(What kind of a geroo are you anyway?)
Go tell that jive in San Francisco
But don't you waste your time on me
(Don't waste it, don't waste your time on me)

FZ: Thank you! Thank you.

2. "The Dynamic Sal Marquez!" 2:05

FZ:

All right. I'd like to say that, you know it's, it's interesting, if you live, if you live in Los Angeles and you're in a rock 'n roll band and you play in Los Angeles when you're in a rock 'n roll band it's, it's different than being in a rock 'n roll band from someplace else playing in Los Angeles. You know, when we play here, when we play here it's just like uh, playing for your neighbors or something, and there's always plenty of people . . . Wait a minute, folks! And there's always plenty of people who are sort of friends of the band who are making it to the concert and so forth. And in this instance, we have some friends of the band who have made it to the concert. I'd like to bring one of them out right now if we can find him. His name is Sal Marquez and he plays the trumpet. Is Sal back there?

Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, the dynamic Sal Marquez! . . . What? Barry, Sal is going to uh, play the trumpet on, on this here microphone. I think we're gonna play "Big Swifty" for you. Try and do it. Try and do an exquisite version.

By the way, ladies and gentlemen, in case you didn't know, this is Big Swifty, here he is . . .

One, two, one, two, three, four . . .

3. Big Swifty 12:46

Sal Marquez—guest trumpet

FZ: Sal Marquez.

4. ". . . The Successor To Willie The Pimp" 0:57

FZ:

All right. We have another new song for you. Now this—listen carefully—this song, this song is a riddle. This song is a riddle and it answers itself right in the middle. Okay? ("The Curse Of The Zomboids") The name of this song is "The Curse Of The Zomboids."

This just might be the successor to "Willie The Pimp."

All right, here we go. One . . .

5. The Curse Of The Zomboids (I'm The Slime) 6:09

I am gross and perverted
I'm obsessed 'n deranged
I have existed for years
But very little has changed
I'm the tool of the Government
And industry too
For I am destined to rule
And regulate you

I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I am the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
Well, I'm the slime oozin' out
From your TV set

You will obey me while I lead you
And eat the garbage that I feed you
Until the day that we don't need you
Don't go for help . . . no one will heed you
Your mind is totally controlled
It has been stuffed into my mold
And you will do as you are told
Until the rights to you are sold, hey!

That's right, folks . . .
Don't touch that dial

6. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? 23:26

includes Echidna's Arf (Of You) and quotations from Be-Bop Tango

 

7. FZ & The Percussion Section 5:17

 

8. Palladium Jam—Part 1 3:56

 

9. Palladium Jam—Part 2 9:00

Ricky Lancelotti—guest vocals

Rick Lancelotti:

[...]

Came here to play
You know, I, I am a new generation
Smokin' baby
They call me
Ooooooh
Smog Sucker
Yeah, what's they called me, y'all
They call me Smog, Smog Sucker
Back in '71 just one of the many
Midnight runners I been around

I been around and had my fun
One of the men that did not run
I thought I could escape on a roller-skate
But look like I never meet my fate
Shuffling on from mate to mate
And in between wondering what I am
Keep on going on I bump into a gate
Seems like I'm heading for an eight
Aaaaaaah
Smog!
Oooooooh
Smog!
Smog Sucker!
It's all right
What do you mean, you my sister
Just lay it down
Long as you're out
I can be anybody
I got a swimming pool full of beer
I got a . . .

disc 4

1. Cobo Hall '73 Band Intros And Sound Check 6:07

includes a quotation from Uncle Meat

FZ: Hello! Hello! Hello! Sure is a lot of people here tonight. That's good. Okay, I'll tell you, before we get started I'd like to introduce all the members of the group and make sure their equipment is all working so we don't have to have any delays in the show. Steve, there's no vocal in this monitor here, so you can pump it up a little bit. Hello, hello. Ah, audible. Wonderful. Do Sal's.

Steve: Thank. Testing Johnny to Sal. Johnny.

FZ: Ha ha.

Steve: All right.

FZ: All right. Down here on the end, if we can get a spotlight on him, is Mr. Jean-Luc Ponty on the violin . . . Really loud! Really loud!

Steve: Yeah?

FZ: Yeah. And standing next to him is Bruce Fowler on trombone . . . And Ian Underwood on woodwinds . . .

Steve: A little more level from Bruce.

FZ: And this is Sal Marquez on trumpet . . . Okay. Back in the corner, with the enormous tits and the little jerkin, is Ruth Underwood on vibes, marimba, little bongos, timpani and bass drum . . . Play the vibes . . . Keep playing the vibes! . . .

Audience Member: "Wowie Zowie"!

FZ: Okay. Marimba . . .

Another Audience Member: "Trouble Every Day"!

FZ: More marimba . . .

Another Audience Member: "Trouble Every Day"!

FZ: Okay. Bongos . . . Timpani . . . Bass drum . . . And the rest of our percussion section consists of Mr. Ralph Humphrey. Why don't you go through the set, Ralph? . . .

Steve: All right.

FZ: Okay. Tom Fowler on bass . . . George Duke on multiple keyboards . . .

Steve: [...].

FZ: And the grand piano . . .

Steve: Organ . . . Right.

FZ: No, it's a big thing. How do you get [...]?

Another Audience Member: "Trouble Every Day"!

Audience Member: "Wowie Zowie"!

Another Audience Member: "Trouble Every Day"!

FZ: Okay. Now I'm gonna see if this sucker's working . . .

Steve: No, not getting any signal.

FZ: Not receiving from here? Better check it out. Give me an E, George . . .

Audience Member: Happy Mother's Day!

FZ: Happy Mother's Day to you too . . . I'd like to thank those people that sent me the card, the Mother's Day card. Thank you very much.

Steve: Not getting— Right there . . . [...] very high.

FZ: Gonna check the rest of my noise makers here . . .

Steve: Got it!

FZ: Is that better, Steve?

Steve: Yeah.

FZ: Okay . . . Okay, I think we're ready to begin. We're gonna start off with some stuff from the Uncle Meat album. First piece we're going to play—Where's that feedback coming from?—The first piece we're going to play is called "Exercise #4" and that goes into "Dog Breath" and then "The Dog Breath Variations" and then "Uncle Meat" itself. Ready? . . . One, two, three, four . . .

2. Exercise #4 2:26

includes Uncle Meat

 

3. Dog Breath 1:15

 

4. The Dog Breath Variations 1:32

 

5. Uncle Meat 2:29

 

6. Fifty-Fifty 7:20

 

7. Inca Roads 11:46

FZ: Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time it gives me great pleasure . . .

Sal?: Yes . . .

FZ: To present to you a song about the airfields used by the Peruvian air force 40,000 years ago, featuring the mystic lips of Sal Marquez. The name of this song is "Inca Roads."

Sal:
Smile . . .

Did a vehicle
Come from somewhere out there
Just to land in the Andes?
Was it round
And did it have a motor
Or was it something different

Did a vehicle
Did a vehicle
Did a vehicle
Fly along the mountains
And find a place to park itself
Or did someone build a place
To leave a space
For such a thing
To land

Did a vehicle
Come from somewhere out there
Did a vehicle
Come from somewhere out there
Did the Indians, first on the bill
Carve up the hill

FZ: Thank you. Thank you very much.

8. FZ Introduces The Don't Eat The Yellow Snow Medley 1:20

FZ: Okay. Now we have an extravaganza for you that deals with uh—It's in three big parts. The first big part is a song called "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow," which is dealing with the sensitive subject of baby seal mutilation in the Arctic. And then it goes into a religious item called "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast," which deals with the uses of margarine. And then it goes into an instrumental event called "Farther Oblivion," which contains as its main features a violin solo, a tango, a trombone solo, a drum solo, and an angelic out-chorus. Okay? This is the uh, "Don't Eat The Yellow Snow Medley."

George: [...]

FZ: Okay, you want to make sure that George's vocal mike is on?

George: Hey.

FZ: Hey.

George: Hey.

FZ: George is happening. All right, here we go. One, two, three, four . . .

9. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 1:16

includes a quotation from Midnight Sun (Hampton/Burke/Mercer)

No, no, don't eat it
No, no, don't eat it
No, no, don't eat it
No, no, don't eat it

Dreamed I was an Eskimo
Frozen wind began to blow
Under my boots 'n around my toe
Frost had bit the ground below
It was a hundred degrees below zero
My momma cried
Nanook, no no
Save your money, don't go to the show

I turned around an' I said, Ho ho
And she got perturbed, but she looked at me and she said . . .

Watch out where the huskies go
An' don't you eat that yellow snow
Watch out where the huskies go
An' don't you eat that yellow snow

10. Nanook Rubs It 6:04

includes a quotation from Midnight Sun (Hampton/Burke/Mercer)

Well right about that time, people
A fur trapper
Who was strictly commercial
(Strictly Commershil)
Jumped up from behind my igyaloo
(Peek-a-boo)
And had the audacity to start whippin' on [Brado's] fav'rite baby seal
With a lead-filled snow shoe . . .

With a lead
(Lead)
Filled
(Lead-filled)
Snow shoe
(Snow shoe)
Peak-a-boo
(Peak-a-boo)

With a lead
(Lead)
Filled
(Lead-filled)
Snow shoe
(Snow shoe)
Peak-a-boo
(Peak-a-boo
Peak-a-boo
Peak-a-boo)
Oh, with a snow shoe

And that got me just about as evil
As an Eskimo can be

Whereupon I proceeded to gather up
A generous mitten full of the deadly
(Yellow Snow)
The deadly Yellow Snow from right there where the huskies go

And then I proceeded to
And then I
I proceeded to
I pounced
And I pounced again
And I pounced one more time
And I jumped up 'n down on the . . .

I took the deadly Yellow Snow
And I started rubbing it all into his beady little eyes
With a vigorous circular motion like this . . .

Until the extract of the Northern dog
Until the extract of the Northern dog
Produced in him a terrible case of
Temporary snow blindness

I can't see
(I can't see temporarily)
I can't see
(I . . . I can't see temporarily)
What if there's something good on TV
(I . . . I can't see temporarily)
Oh, Lord, why did this had to happen to me
(I . . . I can't see temporarily)

He took a dog-doo sno-cone
An' stuck it in my right eye
(I can't see temporarily)
An' he took a dog-doo sno-cone
An' stuffed it in my other eye
(I can't see temporarily)
I never dreamed that en Eskimo
Could jump bad on me
(I can't see)
And goddamn it now I can't see
(Temporarily)

Well, this left the evil fur trapper in a terrible predicament
There he was, temporarily snow-blinded
By the waste product of a Northern dog
Combined with a few little ice crystals
And he's trying to figure out what he's gonna do about his defliction
So he sticks his hand up inside of his little parka
And he scratches his head like people do when they're thinking
And suddenly it comes to him in a burst of illuminated
High level energy direct from Detroit, ladies and gentlemen
He remembers a legend that he had heard in his childhood
About a mysterious individual
Who is lurking somewhere near the Columbia River delta
A man of the cloth
With legendary powers
His name was Father Vivian O'Blivion
DUNT-DUN-DUN
And so the evil fur trapper
Injurer of baby seals
Penitent though
You know it bummed him out when he got it in his eye
He decided he's gonna make it down there
To Saint Alfonzo's parish
Right down there the Columbia River delta
Saint Alfonzo, the patron saint of the smelt fishermen of Portuguese extraction
And so he starts trudgin' across the tundra
He's a tundra-trudgin' motherfucker
Let's everybody trudge across the tundra one time
You see, it was his theory
That if he made it down to Saint Alfonzo's just in time for the big annual Pancake Breakfast
That a liberal portion of the special margarine that they use on the pancakes there
If he rubbed that on his eyes they would get back to normal
'Cause he'd seen that commercial on TV where the hat goes on your head
You know, with the "Good morning, your highness"
Well, that's where it comes from down there

11. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast 2:13

includes Rollo Interior

FZ: Moderately now . . .

At Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
Where I stole the mar-juh-rene
An' widdled on the Bingo Cards in lieu of the latrine
I saw a handsome parish lady
Make her entrance like a queen
Why she was totally chenille
And her old man was a Marine
As she abused a sausage hoagie
And said why don't you treat me mean?
(Hurt me)
Hurt me!
(Hurt me)
Hurt me!
(Hurt me, oooooh!)
At Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
(Good God!)
(Get on the bus!)
Where I stole the mar-juh-rene

Saint Alfonzo
Saint Alfonzo
Saint Alfonzo
Saint Alfonzo

12. Father O'Blivion 2:33

Father Vivian O'Blivion
Resplendent in his frock
Was whipping up the batter
For the pancakes of his flock
He was looking rather bleary
(He forgot to watch the clock)
'Cause the night before
Behind the door
A leprechaun had stroked his smock . . .
Set him off in such a frenzy
He sang Lock Around The Crock
An' he topped it off with a . . .
An' he topped it off with a . . .
An' he topped it off with a . . .
Woo woo woo
Woo woo woo
Woo woo woo
As he stumbled on his cock
He was delighted as it stiffened
And it ripped right through his sock
Oh, Saint Alfonzo would be proud of me
(Proud of me)
He shouted down the block

(Arriba, arriba!)

Dominus Vo-bisque 'em
Et come spear a tu-tu, Oh!
Won't you eat my sleazy pancakes
Just for Saintly Alfonzo

They're so light 'n fluffy-white
We'll raise a fortune by tonite
They're so light 'n fluffy-white
We'll raise a fortune by tonite

They're so light 'n fluffy-brown
They're the finest in the town
They're so light 'n fluffy-brown
They're the finest in the town

Good morning, your Highness
Ooo-ooo-ooo
I brought you your snow shoes
Ooo-ooo-ooo

Good morning, your Highness
Ooo-ooo-ooo
I brought you your snow shoes

13. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast (Reprise) 5:24

includes Mar-Juh-Rene and Father O'Blivion

FZ: Very fast now, very fast.

At Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
Where I stole the mar-juh-rene
An' widdled on the Bingo Cards in lieu of the latrine
I saw a handsome parish lady
Make her entrance like a queen
Why she was totally chenille
And her old man was a Marine
As she abused a sausage hoagie
And said why don't you treat me mean?
(Hurt me, hurt me, hurt me, oooooh!)
At Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
(Ha!)
(Good God!)
(Ants in my pants!)

Where I stole
Where I stole
And liberated
A little mar-juh-rene to rub on my eye
After trudging across the tundra
You know I wouldn't lie
I reached into the pantry
Stuck my hand in there and I pulled out the 'M'
Which stands for the majesty of the mar-juh-rene itself
And the 'A'
Which stands for acromegaly that you might get if the mar-juh-rene was wasted
And the 'R' which stands for . . .
Remus
And then a hyphen
Which could be used as a dildo for an ant
If you were down there close enough to push it in and out like that
And then there's a 'J'
The 'J' of the mar-juh-rene
The 'J' of—see, what I could . . .
(For Dunt)
Ah . . . 'J' . . .
Jive, of course
The 'J' is for the jive of the mar-juh-rene
Then the 'U'
Is for the unguentine which the mar-juh-rene would taste like if you left it out too long on the table
And then the 'H'
Is for happiness which is what everybody should be contagious with
And then another hyphen
Which you could use as a toothpick
For a pygmy pony
And then an 'R' again
Which stands for rancid
Which usually happens to butter but doesn't happen to mar-juh-rene
And then 'E' to the 14th power to make it sound that it was over-extended
And then another 'N' which is a number
And then another 'E' which is silent and you don't give it a word
Ladies and gentlemen, mar-juh-rene . . .

Ooh, I stole the mar-juh-rene
Ooh, I stole the mar-juh-rene
Ooh, I stole the mar-juh-rene
Ooh, I stole the mar-juh-rene

I stole the mar-juh-rene
I admit it, I did it
I stole the mar-juh-rene
I admit it, I did it
Because I
Trudged across the tundra to get my eyes fixed up
All the way down to the Columbia River delta
I came in the Saint Alfonzo's parish
With one thing in mind
And that was to see the legendary Father Vivian O'Blivion
And you know I did
I caught him

Father Vivian O'Blivion
Resplendent in his frock
Was whipping up the batter
For the pancakes of his flock
He was looking rather bleary
'Cause he forgot to watch the clock
The night before
Behind the door
A leprechaun had
Stroked his smock . . .
And that set him off in such a frenzy
He sang Lock Around The Crock
An' then he topped it off with a woo woo woo
He topped it off with a woo woo woo
He topped it off with a woo woo woo
As he stumbled on his cock
He was delighted when it stiffened
And it ripped right through his sock
Oh, Saint Alfonzo would be proud of me
He shouted down the block

Now as soon as he did that
A bunch of people gathered around him right out there in the street
Came up to him and he knew he was being watched
So he whipped out a special gesture that he picked up in Divinity School
He turned to them all and he went like this, and he says
In a pseudo-Irish accent
He says
(Bring the band on down behind me, boys, this is very sensitive)
He says . . .

14. Join The March 0:59

Join the march and eat my starch!

FZ: We're gonna dwindle into another song right now that deals with the uh, subject of the, of the religious industry in the United States. The name of this song is "Cosmik Debris." One, two . . .

15. Cosmik Debris 7:33

includes a quotation from Who Knows (Hendrix)

The Mystery Man came over
An' he said, "I'm outa-site!"
He said, for a nominal service charge
I could reach nervonna t'nite
If I was ready, willing 'n able
To pay him his regular fee
He would drop all the rest of his pressing affairs
And devote His Attention to me
But I said . . .

Look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
(Now who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?)
Look here brother
Don't you waste your time on me

The Mystery Man got nervous
An' he fidget around a bit
He reached in the pocket of his Mystery Robe
An' he whipped out a shaving kit
Now, I thought it was a razor
An' a can of foamin' goo
But he told me right then when the top popped open
There was nothin' his box won't do
With the oil of Afro-dytee
An' the dust of the Grand Wazoo
He said, "You might not believe this, little fella
But it'll cure your Asthma too!"
An' I said . . .

Look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
(Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?)
Look here brother
Don't you waste your time on me

I've got troubles of my own, I said
An' you can't help me out
So take your meditations an' your preparations
An' ram it up yer snout
"But I've got a Kristl Bol," he said
An' held it to the light
So I snatched it
All away from him
An' I showed him how to do it right

I wrapped a newspaper 'round my head
So I'd look like I was Deep
I said some Mumbo Jumbos then
An' told him he was goin' to sleep
I robbed his rings
An' pocket watch
An' everything else I found
I had that sucker hypnotized
He couldn't even make a sound
I proceeded to tell him his future then
As long as he was hanging around, I said
"The price of meat has just gone up
An' yer ol' lady has just went down"

Look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
(Now who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?)
Go sell that stuff in San Francisco
But don't you waste your time on me

FZ: We'd like to thank you very much for coming to the concert tonight. Jean-Luc Ponty on violin, Bruce Fowler on trombone, Ian Underwood on sax, Sal Marquez on trumpet, Ruth Underwood on percussion, Tom Fowler on bass, Ralph Humphrey on drums, George Duke on keyboards. Thank you very much. Hope you liked it. Good night!

Audience: More! More! More! More! . . . You promised a drum solo.

FZ: Hey, Steve, are you receiving the guitar out there direct or do I have to leave it turned up on stage?
Steve: Leave it up. Leave it up.
FZ: Oh, that's horrible. Can't you get a microphone on it or something?

16. Medley: King Kong/Chunga's Revenge/Son Of Mr. Green Genes 12:35

includes King Kong, Chunga's Revenge, Mr. Green Genes, and a quotation from Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss)

FZ: Thank you very much. I think we're going to play some old stuff for you now. We'd like to play . . .

Steve: Leave it direct. Leave it direct, Jay. I'll figure out a way of getting that.

FZ: Okay. We're going to play, um, "King Kong" and "Chunga's Revenge."

FZ: Thank you very much, good night.

 

All compositions by Frank Zappa except as noted
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Transcription for new material by Román with corrections by Charles Ulrich
Further corrections and additions by Patrick Buzby
"Smog Sucker" transcription from JB
The parts on original LPs are printed this way
The parts on original CDs are printed this way
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