Waka/Wazoo

Waka/Wazoo

(4 CDs + Blu-ray, Zappa Records/UME ZR20041, December 16, 2022)

disc 1

  1. Your Mouth (Take 1) 5:28
  2. Big Swifty (Alternate Take) 15:11
  3. Minimal Art (Eat That Question—Version 1, Take 2) 10:28
  4. Blessed Relief (Outtake Version) 10:19
  5. Think It Over (The Grand Wazoo) (Outtake Version) 11:23
  6. For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) (Outtake Version) 8:10
  7. Waka/Jawaka (Outtake Version) 13:41

disc 2

  1. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus (Alternate Take) 2:51
  2. Eat That Question (Version 2, Alternate Take) 11:08
  3. Big Swifty (Alternate Mix) 14:52
  4. For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) (Alternate Mix) 6:29
  5. It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal (Alternate Mix) 4:18
  6. Waka/Jawaka (Alternate Mix) 15:53
  7. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus (Alternate Mix) 2:57
  8. Eat That Question (Alternate Mix) 5:43

disc 3

  1. For Love (I Come Your Friend) (Duke) 4:56
  2. Psychosomatic Dung (Duke) 5:12
  3. Uncle Remus (Instrumental) (Duke/Zappa) 3:57
  4. Love (Duke) 3:32
  5. For Love (I Come Your Friend) (Basic Track, Take 1) (Duke) 5:02
  6. Psychosomatic Dung (Basic Track, Take 2) (Duke) 2:51
  7. Love (Basic Track, Take 1) (Duke) 7:13
  8. Approximate (FZ Record Plant Mix) 11:06
  9. Winterland '72 Opening And Band Introductions 4:47
  10. Little Dots 18:09

disc 4

  1. America Drinks 6:48
  2. Montana 6:57
  3. Farther O'Blivion 15:02
  4. Cosmik Debris 8:11
  5. Chunga's Revenge 18:04

Blu-ray Disc

Original recordings produced by FZ
Original engineers: Kerry McNabb (Paramount Recording Studios, April-May, 1972); unknown (Boston Music Hall, September 24, 1972); Barry Keene (Winterland, December 15, 1972); Davy Moire (Record Plant, c. 1975)

Produced for release by Ahmet Zappa & Joe Travers
Digital transfers by Joe Travers
2022 mixes by Craig Parker Adams, Winslow St. Studios (Paramount Recording Studios), and John Polito, Audio Mechanics (Winterland)
Mastered by John Polito, Audio Mechanics 2022

Photography: Tony Esparza, Laurens Van Houten, Ed Caraeff, Philip Schwartz
Art direction & design: Michael Mesker
Original type and art elements: Cal Schenkel
Production director: Melanie Starks
Liner notes: Scott Parker, Joe Travers

Blu-ray Audio disc produced by Joe Travers and Jeff Fura
Dolby Atmos & 5.1 surround mix by Erich Gobel and Karma Auger at Studio1LA, 2022
Hi-res stereo mastered by Doug Sax with Robert Hadley and Sangwook "Sunny" Nam at The Mastering Lab, 2012
Blu-ray menu design, encoding and authoring: Meedja Limited

 

disc 1

1. Your Mouth (Take 1) 5:28

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 10, 1972

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, 2022

Sal Marquez—vocal
Kris Peterson—vocal
FZ—guitar
Tony Duran—slide guitar
George Duke—tack piano
Erroneous—electric bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

Kris: Is that what? Listen, I only do these things once, man. I mean, you know.
Sal: But don't think about it, honey. 'Cause, you know [...]. Cool it. All right. Listen . . .
Kris: Come on! Come on.
Sal: All right.

Sal:
Listen, honey, you drive me to drink!

Kris:
That's my line.

Sal:
Ha ha ha.

Kris & Sal:
Oo-oo-ooh!

Sal:
Mmmh! Give me a drink, will you.

Kris:
I don't want you sharing this bottle with me, man.

Sal:
You're so lame!

Kris:
I don't want you sharing this bottle with me, man. I might catch something, man.

Sal:
Oh, honey, I was just out the other night . . .

Kris:
Oh, good. What did you do when you were out?

Sal:
I was out with your sister, honey.

Kris:
I know where you're at then, ha ha ha.

Sal:
I went see your sister last night.

Kris:
Oh, was it good?

Sal:
She was lovely.

Kris:
She was?

Sal:
She was lovely.

Kris:
I know my sister's lovely! She comes from the same mother I came from. You don't have to tell me my sister's lovely.

Sal:
I know. But you're lovely too and I love every part of you.

Kris:
Yes, I know that.

Your mouth is your religion
You put your faith in a hole like that
You put your trust and your belief
Above your jaw and no relief
Have I found

I heard your story when you came/come home
You said you went to see your sister last night
Well, you might loose a bunch of teeth
And find a funeral wreath
While you'll be laying in the ground all alone

So tell me where are you coming from with all them lies
As you stumble in at break of day
(Tell me)
Where are you coming from, my shot-gun say
'Cause he just might wanna blow you away
(Dirty)
'Cause he just might wanna blow you away

An evil woman can make you cry
If you believe her every time she lies
But you can be a greater fool
If she can make you lose your cool
And so I got me some advice you should try
(Let her talk, let her talk, right, you gotta let her talk)

Just let her talk a little
(Let her talk and talk a little)
[...]
Just let her talk a little more
(Let her talk and talk a little more)
Oh! Just let her talk a little
(Let her talk and talk a little)
Oh, just let her talk a little more
(Just let her talk a little more)
And when she runs out of words
Just say that same thing I told you before
(Okay, okay, prove it, prove it, prove it)

Oh! Now tell me where are you coming from with all them lies
As you stumble in at break of day
Where are you coming from, my shot-gun say
Said he just about to blow you away
(And I can dig it if it does)
Said he just about to blow you away
([I got him do it to you])
Said it just about to blow you away
Mmm . . .
(Ooo-oo-ooh)
Oh! Yeah yeah . . . Oh, my . . .
You talk too much . . .
You talk too much . . .
Ooh, yeah! Oh . . .
(I talk to you)

2. Big Swifty (Alternate Take) 15:11

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 10, 1972

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, 2022

FZ—guitar
Tony Duran—slide guitar
George Duke—ring-modulated & echoplexed electric piano
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Erroneous—electric bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

 

3. Minimal Art (Eat That Question—Version 1, Take 2) 10:28

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 11, 1972
Mixed by Kerry McNabb, April 22, 1972

FZ—guitar
Tony Duran—slide guitar
George Duke—keyboards
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Erroneous—electric bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

 

4. Blessed Relief (Outtake Version) 10:19

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 11, 1972

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, 2022

FZ—lead guitar
Tony Duran—rhythm guitar?
George Duke—keyboards
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Erroneous—electric bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

 

5. Think It Over (The Grand Wazoo) (Outtake Version) 11:23

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 13, 1972

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, 2022

FZ—guitar
Tony Duran—guitar
Don Preston—Minimoog
Janet Neville-Ferguson—vocals
Sal Marquez—trumpet, vocals
Malcolm McNab—brass
Bill Byers—trombone
Ken Shroyer—brass
Ernie Tack—brass
Mike Altschul—woodwinds
Earle Dumler—woodwinds
Tony "Bat Man" Ortega—woodwinds
JoAnn Caldwell McNab—woodwinds
Johnny Rotella—woodwinds
Fred Jackson—woodwinds
Bob Zimmitti—percussion
Alan Estes—percussion
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

If something gets in your way
Just think it over
If something gets in your way
Just think it over

And
It will fall down
It will fall down
It will fall
Just wait 'n see

And
It will fall down
It will fall down
It will fall
Take it from me

Everything that gets in your way ain't real
Everything that gets in your way ain't real
Everything that gets in your way ain't real
It ain't real
It ain't real, so
What's the deal?

Engineer: Seven twenty-five.

6. For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) (Outtake Version) 8:10

includes a quotation from The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 13, 1972

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, 2022

FZ—guitar
Tony Duran—guitar
Don Preston—Minimoog
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Malcolm McNab—brass
Bill Byers—trombone
Ken Shroyer—brass
Ernie Tack—brass
Mike Altschul—woodwinds
Earle Dumler—woodwinds
Tony "Bat Man" Ortega—woodwinds
JoAnn Caldwell McNab—woodwinds
Johnny Rotella—woodwinds
Fred Jackson—woodwinds
Bob Zimmitti—percussion
Alan Estes—percussion
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

FZ: One, two, three, one, two, three . . .

FZ: Take a look at Part 2. Okay? One, two, three, one, two, three . . .

Engineer: Intercut 1.
FZ: One, two, three, one, two, three . . .

7. Waka/Jawaka (Outtake Version) 13:41

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 19, 1972

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, 2022

FZ—guitar
Don Preston—piano, Minimoog
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

I'm only human!

Ah-one, two, ah-one, two, three, four . . .

disc 2

1. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus (Alternate Take) 2:51

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
May 23, 1972

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, 2022

FZ—guitar
George Duke—keyboards
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

One, two, three, four . . .

2. Eat That Question (Version 2, Alternate Take) 11:08

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
May 24, 1972

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, 2022

FZ—guitar
George Duke—keyboards
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Erroneous—electric bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

 

3. Big Swifty (Alternate Mix) 14:52

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 10, 1972
Mixed by Kerry McNabb, April 22, 1972

FZ—guitar
Tony Duran—slide guitar
George Duke—ring-modulated & echoplexed electric piano
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Erroneous—electric bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

 

4. For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) (Alternate Mix) 6:29

includes a quotation from The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 13, 1972
Mixed by Kerry McNabb

FZ—guitar
Tony Duran—guitar
Don Preston—Minimoog
Janet Neville-Ferguson—vocals
Sal Marquez—trumpet, vocals
Malcolm McNab—brass
Bill Byers—trombone
Ken Shroyer—brass
Ernie Tack—brass
Mike Altschul—woodwinds
Earle Dumler—woodwinds
Tony "Bat Man" Ortega—woodwinds
JoAnn Caldwell McNab—woodwinds
Johnny Rotella—woodwinds
Fred Jackson—woodwinds
Bob Zimmitti—percussion
Alan Estes—percussion
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

Where did they go?
When did they come from?
What has become of them now?
How much was the leakage
From the drain in the night
And who are those dudes
In the back seat of Calvin's car?

Where did they go?
When they got off the car?
Did they go get a sandwich
And eat in the dark?

5. It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal (Alternate Mix) 4:18

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 19 & 21, 1972
Mixed by Kerry McNabb

FZ—acoustic guitar, electric bed springs & vocal
Tony Duran—slide guitar & vocal
Jeff Simmons—Hawaiian guitar & vocal
"Sneaky Pete" Kleinow—pedal steel solo
Sal Marquez—trumpet & vocal
Janet Ferguson—vocal
Erroneous—electric bass & vocal
Aynsley Dunbar—drums, washboard & tambourine

If a froggy come up
A-with a satchel in his hand
Then he reach in the front
And dump a mile of sand
Across the rug, along the hall
Up to the umbrella stand
That you've been watchin' all the time
Watchin' all the time

And if a forest grows up
From the dirt on the floor
That the frog with the satchel
Had just dumped beside the door
You're just starting to get worried
You ain't going out no more
And it's confusin' to your mind

Just consider this
You can be scared when it gets too real
You can be scared when it gets too real
But you should be diggin' it
While it's happening
(Yes! You should be diggin' it while it's happening!)
'Cause it just might be a one-shot deal

You can be lost
And you can wanna be found
But keep an eye on that frog
Whenever he jump around
Just keep a-watchin' him
You oughta be watchin' him
Just keep a-watchin' him
You wanna be askin' him
(And see if he's brought along a little bag for you, rant!)

6. Waka/Jawaka (Alternate Mix) 15:53

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
April 19, 1972
Mixed by Kerry McNabb

FZ—guitars
Don Preston—piano, Minimoog
Sal Marquez—trumpets
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

 

7. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus (Alternate Mix) 2:57

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
May 23, 1972 (basic track)
Mixed by Kerry McNabb

FZ—guitar, vocals
George Duke—keyboards
Ernie Watts—sax solo
Mike Altschul—woodwinds
Ken Shroyer—multiple trombones
Sal Marquez—brass, vocals
Lauren "Chunky" Wood—vocals
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

La la-da-la-la-la la-da-la la la-la
(La la la-la-la-la-la la la-la la-la-la la-la-la-la
La-la la-la-la la-la la-la-la la-la la-la-la)

Teeh tee-tee-tee-tee-teeh tee-tee-teeh yah-ho!
(Pom-pom pom-pom-po-po-pom pom
Po-po-po pom-pom bro-po-po-po-pom
A-rum-pa-pom-pom a-rum-pa-pom-pom
A-rum-pa-pom-pom)
La la la la la la la la la la la la rum-pam!
Rat-ta-da da-dah!

8. Eat That Question (Alternate Mix) 5:43

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
May 24, 1972
Mixed by Kerry McNabb

FZ—guitar
George Duke—keyboards
Erroneous—electric bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

 

disc 3

1. For Love (I Come Your Friend) 4:56

(George Duke)

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
May 23, 1972
Mixed by Kerry McNabb

FZ—guitar
George Duke—keyboards, vocals
Lauren "Chunky" Wood—vocals
Ernie Watts (probably)—sax
Mike Altschul (probably)—woodwinds
Ken Shroyer (probably)—brass
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

Life's love, like time don't end
Left, right, they spin within
Come to me, I'll come your friend

False hopes, they're growing old
Love waits for you to mold
Come to me, I'll rest your soul

Time will show
Time will know
Time will slow
Time will go

On, on, like earth and sand
Why wait for my command
Come for me, I'll come for man

Time will show
Time will know
Time will slow
Time will go

On, on, like earth and sand
Why wait for my command
Come for me, I'll come for man

2. Psychosomatic Dung 5:12

(George Duke)

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
May 24, 1972
Mixed by Kerry McNabb

FZ—guitar
George Duke—keyboards
Ernie Watts (probably)—sax?
Mike Altschul (probably)—woodwinds
Ken Shroyer (probably)—brass
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Emil Richards or Bob Zimmitti (possibly) or maybe Alan Estes?—percussion
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

 

3. Uncle Remus (Instrumental) 3:57

(George Duke/Frank Zappa)

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
May 24, 1972
Mixed by Kerry McNabb

FZ—guitar
George Duke—keyboards
Lauren "Chunky" Wood or Susie Glover—vocals
?—tambourine
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

 

4. Love 3:32

(George Duke)

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
May 23, 1972
Mixed by Kerry McNabb

FZ—guitar
George Duke—keyboards, vocals
Lauren "Chunky" Wood—vocals
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

Love can move
All the world
Love can cure
Everyone who hears
And adheres

Love contained
Can be love too great
For it can't
Manifest itself

People wake up and go save
The world
From within

5. For Love (I Come Your Friend) (Basic Track, Take 1) 5:02

(George Duke)

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
May 23, 1972

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, 2022

FZ—guitar
George Duke—keyboards
Ernie Watts (probably)—sax
Mike Altschul (probably)—woodwinds
Ken Shroyer (probably)—brass
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

One, two, three . . .

6. Psychosomatic Dung (Basic Track, Take 2) 2:51

(George Duke)

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
May 24, 1972

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, 2022

FZ—guitar
George Duke—keyboards
Ernie Watts (probably)—sax?
Mike Altschul (probably)—woodwinds
Ken Shroyer (probably)—brass
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

Three . . .

7. Love (Basic Track, Take 1) 7:13

(George Duke)

Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA
May 23, 1972

Mixed by Craig Parker Adams, 2022

FZ—guitar
George Duke—keyboards
Erroneous—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

 

8. Approximate (FZ Record Plant Mix) 11:06

Music Hall, Boston, MA
September 24, 1972

Mixed by FZ & Davy Moire, Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, c. 1975

FZ—guitar, vocals
Tony Duran—slide guitar
Ian Underwood—synthesizer
Malcolm McNab—trumpet
Sal Marquez—trumpet
Tom Malone—brass & woodwinds
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Glenn Ferris—trombone
Ken Shroyer—trombone
Jay Migliori—flute, saxophone, clarinet
Mike Altschul—woodwinds
Ray Reed—saxophone, clarinet
Charles Owens—saxophone, clarinet
JoAnn Caldwell McNab—bassoon
Earle Dumler—woodwinds
Jerry Kessler—cello
Tom Raney—percussion
Ruth Underwood—percussion
Dave Parlato—bass
Jim Gordon—drums

Thank you.

9. Winterland '72 Opening And Band Introductions 4:47

Winterland, San Francisco, CA
December 15, 1972

Recording engineer: Barry Keene
Mixed by John Polito, 2022

FZ—guitar, vocals
Tony Duran—slide guitar
Malcolm McNab—trumpet
Gary Barone—trumpet
Tom Malone—brass & woodwinds
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Glenn Ferris—trombone
Earle Dumler—woodwinds
Dave Parlato—bass
Jim Gordon—drums

FZ:

Can you— Can you please sit down and get comfortable?

All right. I think we're ready to begin. All I've got to do is make a couple of little adjustments here. Barry, there's no vocal in the monitor system at all. Can you put some in? Hello, hello, hello, hello. Hello, hello. Nothing, nothing.

Guy From The Audience:

Claremont, California.

FZ:

Claremont, California. Hello, hello. There's—

That just about woke me up. Ahem. Okay, I'd like to— There's still nothing happening in the monitor, Barry, except that noise. But we're gonna go ahead. I'd like to introduce the members of the group to you now. Over here on the end, with the oboe in his mouth, is Earle Dumler. Malcolm McNab on trumpet. Gary Barone on trumpet. Tom Malone on pygmy trumpet. Bruce Fowler on trombone. Do you have a level on him, Barry? He's not coming through the monitor system. Okay. This is Glenn Ferris on trombone. Tony Duran on slide guitar. Dave Parlato on bass. Jim Gordon on drums. And the name of this song we're gonna start off with—

Barry:

[...]

FZ:

What?

Barry:

Bruce is going to [...]

FZ:

Well, can you switch him there?

Barry:

No.

FZ:

All right.

Barry:

[...]

FZ:

No. Very little, Barry.

Barry:

Okay.

FZ:

The trombones have been reversed, Barry.

Barry:

With Bruce [...]

FZ:

He's tappin' it.

Barry:

Ah . . .

FZ:

Okay. Organize.

Okay, we'd like to get some audience participation on this if we could. Here's what happens. There's four bars of music goes by, and then the trombones make a noise that goes like this . . . Okay. They do that three times in the first part of the song. Would you sing along with that? All you have to do is pick any note of your choosing, put your finger on your throat and go "WA-A-A-A-AH" like that. Well, let's try it once with the trombones. You ready?

Excellent. Very tasty group— Okay. Remember, this happens three times.

Barry:

[...]?

FZ:

No.

Barry:

No.

FZ:

Here we go.

One, two, three, four . . .

10. Little Dots 18:09

Winterland, San Francisco, CA
December 15, 1972

Recording engineer: Barry Keene
Mixed by John Polito, 2022

FZ—guitar, vocals
Tony Duran—slide guitar
Malcolm McNab—trumpet
Gary Barone—trumpet
Tom Malone—brass & woodwinds
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Glenn Ferris—trombone
Earle Dumler—woodwinds
Dave Parlato—bass
Jim Gordon—drums

 

disc 4

1. America Drinks 6:48

Winterland, San Francisco, CA
December 15, 1972

Recording engineer: Barry Keene
Mixed by John Polito, 2022

FZ—guitar, vocals
Tony Duran—slide guitar
Malcolm McNab—trumpet
Gary Barone—trumpet
Tom Malone—brass & woodwinds
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Glenn Ferris—trombone
Earle Dumler—woodwinds
Dave Parlato—bass
Jim Gordon—drums

FZ: Thank you. The name of this song is "America Drinks & Goes Home."
Guy From The Audience: Happy birthday, Frank!
FZ: Thank you!

FZ: Thank you! Before we go any further we have to do some balancing in the monitor system here—we're not hearing ourselves well enough. Can we hear some more horns in the monitors, please, Barry? Let me hear the two trumpets together . . . All right. Did most of that hum go away out there? Okay. Nothing. What did you do?
Barry: Nothing!
FZ: All right. The name of this song is "Montana."

2. Montana 6:57

Winterland, San Francisco, CA
December 15, 1972

Recording engineer: Barry Keene
Mixed by John Polito, 2022

FZ—guitar, vocals
Tony Duran—slide guitar
Malcolm McNab—trumpet
Gary Barone—trumpet
Tom Malone—brass & woodwinds
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Glenn Ferris—trombone
Earle Dumler—woodwinds
Dave Parlato—bass
Jim Gordon—drums

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 cheesy little box
That I can sell uptown

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

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

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

Shit, 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

My horse is little but mighty
So I ride him on the middle
And he's known to the world as
Mighty Little

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

And then I'd
Get a cuppa cawfee
'N give my foot a push
Just me and Mighty Little
Over by the Dennil Floss Bush

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

FZ: Thank you. Okay. The name of this song is "Farther Oblivion" and it has a tango in the middle of it. ("Farther Oblivion") . . . Barry, turn on the tuba mike and the trumpet mike. Tommy— Tom? No, Tom was just testing his trumpet and tuba mike. [...] One, two, three, one, two, three . . .

3. Farther O'Blivion 15:02

Winterland, San Francisco, CA
December 15, 1972

Recording engineer: Barry Keene
Mixed by John Polito, 2022

FZ—guitar, vocals
Tony Duran—slide guitar
Malcolm McNab—trumpet
Gary Barone—trumpet
Tom Malone—brass & woodwinds
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Glenn Ferris—trombone
Earle Dumler—woodwinds
Dave Parlato—bass
Jim Gordon—drums

FZ: Thank you. The name of this song is "Cosmik Debris."

4. Cosmik Debris 8:11

Winterland, San Francisco, CA
December 15, 1972

Recording engineer: Barry Keene
Mixed by John Polito, 2022

FZ—guitar, vocals
Tony Duran—slide guitar
Malcolm McNab—trumpet
Gary Barone—trumpet
Tom Malone—brass & woodwinds
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Glenn Ferris—trombone
Earle Dumler—woodwinds
Dave Parlato—bass
Jim Gordon—drums

Well, the Mystery Man came over
An' he said, "I'm outa-site!"
He said, for a nominal service charge
I can 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?
Look here brother
Don't you waste your time on me

Well, 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 may not believe this, little fella
But it'll cure your Asthma too!"
An' I said . . .

Look here brother
I just can't go for what you say
(I ain't going no more!)
I've been on the streets since Tuesday
Now why don't you just go away

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
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 gone up
An' yer ol' lady has just gone down"

Look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
Go sell that jive in Sausalito
But don't you waste your time on me

FZ: Thank you. ("Chunga's Revenge.") The name of this song is "Chunga's Revenge" [...] Take the middle out. [...] (Okay?)

5. Chunga's Revenge 18:04

Winterland, San Francisco, CA
December 15, 1972

Recording engineer: Barry Keene
Mixed by John Polito, 2022

FZ—guitar, vocals
Tony Duran—slide guitar
Malcolm McNab—trumpet
Gary Barone—trumpet
Tom Malone—brass & woodwinds
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Glenn Ferris—trombone
Earle Dumler—woodwinds
Dave Parlato—bass
Jim Gordon—drums

FZ: Thank you very much for coming to the concert tonight. Hope you enjoyed it. We haven't played in San Francisco for about three or four years and I hope it isn't that long before we come back again. Thanks a lot!

 

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