The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention—9 LPs Version: Possible Identifications

Volume I. Origins & Comparisons

I. Side One

1.1.01. "LOST IN A WHIRLPOOL" 2:09

 

1.1.02. THE BLACKOUTS 0:23

 

1.1.03. Ronnie Williams sings 1:10

 

1.1.04. Kenny Williams describes Ronnie's BOOGER-WINDOW 0:48

 

1.1.05. Ronnie Williams explains his "collection" 1:18

 

1.1.06. Ray Collins & THE BOOGER-FREAKS OF AMERICA 1:19

  • WATMATIWWSL (Columbia Test Pressing 6477) 6. Booger Freaks Of America 1:20
Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 1," ZappaCast, April 10, 2023

I definitely found this in the vault.

 

1.1.07. "ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS" 2:52

 

1.1.08. "FOUNTAIN OF LOVE" 2:13

 

1.1.09. "OPUS 5" excerpt & explanation 3:37

 

1.1.10. "TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF WHEN YOU DANCE" 3:55

 

1.1.11. "NED 'N NELDA" 1:18

 

I. Side Two

1.2.01. "RUN HOME SLOW" main title music 1:22

 

1.2.02. "DUKE OF PRUNES" 1:18

 

1.2.03. Opening night party at STUDIO 'Z' collage 1:49

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 1," ZappaCast, April 10, 2023

There's a lot of tape of that night, you know, with him sitting around the piano singing, jamming, having fun, being silly. The collage is Frank's edit of that, and so that's cool, but there's so many other outtakes from that.

 

1.2.04. Group introductions at THE VILLAGE INN 1:18

 

1.2.05. "STEAL AWAY" 2:43

 

1.2.06. "I WAS A TEEN-AGE MALT SHOP OVERTURE" demo 1:10

 

1.2.07. "STATUS BACK BABY" demo 1:34

 

1.2.08 "NED THE MUMBLER" demo 1:52

 

1.2.09. "TOADS OF THE SHORT FOREST" demo 1:48

 

1.2.10 Excerpt from THE UNCLE FRANKIE SHOW 0:41

 

1.2.11. "CHARVA" demo 1:58

 

1.2.12. "SPEED-FREAK BOOGIE" demo 4:14

 

I. Side Three

1.3.01. "METAL MAN HAS WON HIS WINGS (HUI-HUI)" 3:06

 

1.3.02. Live jam from THE SAINTS & SINNERS 0:34

 

1.3.03. "AZTEC METRONOME, PATENT PENDING" 1:46

 

1.3.04. "LOUISIANA BLUES" 1:19

 

1.3.05. Party music from MONDO HOLLYWOOD 1:55

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 1," ZappaCast, April 10, 2023

There's a lot more of that. The whole party was recorded but, the thing of it is that—and I even talked to Robert Carl Cohen about this and he knew it—he's the one that gave Frank either the original or a copy, because that was recorded during the film making of Mondo Hollywood and Robert Carl Cohen was like, "Yeah, it just didn't turn out that well . . ." You know, the recording is basically an ambient recording and the audience is pretty much louder than the band. But, there is more to that. And when, you know, when I hear that stuff I think to myself, "There's just gotta be more outtakes film-wise."

 

1.3.06. Random conversation from an early rehearsal tape 1:45

 

1.3.07. "HOW COULD I BE SUCH A FOOL" rehearsal 1:57

FZ, quoted by Steve Peacock, "Frank's Turtles In Disguise," Sounds, December 4, 1971

"Then there are examples of what our rehearsals sound like—I've got a tape of the original Mothers from before we recorded Freak Out. That's us doing 'How Could I Be Such A Fool', on side two of the first album [...]."

 

1.3.08. "BOOGIE FER BERKELEY" rehearsal 2:16

FZ, quoted by Steve Peacock, "Frank's Turtles In Disguise," Sounds, December 4, 1971

"[...] and then it goes forward in time to '68 when we had a 10-piece band rehearsing a song called 'Boogie For Berkley' [...]."

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 1," ZappaCast, April 10, 2023

This has been found along with the rest of the rehearsal. And this is with Lowell in the band. So you can hear Frank putting it together, rehearsing the "Boogie Fer Berkeley," and it's a really cool piece that really didn't get morphed into any other pieces of music at that time.

 

1.3.09. "PFLUTED TRANSOMS" rehearsal 1:10

FZ, quoted by Steve Peacock, "Frank's Turtles In Disguise," Sounds, December 4, 1971

"[...] and the third one is the Mothers 1970 rehearsing 'Fluted Transoms'—the new organised Mothers rocking out on a sort of atonal jam."

 

1.3.10. "I'M NOT SATISFIED" excerpt from the original demo 0:29

Joe Travers & Scott Parker, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 1," ZappaCast, April 10, 2023

Joe: Frank cut it up like crazy. He didn't save it. It's literally in pieces on reels. And not for me not to even be able to have enough to put it back together because there's just not enough there. So God knows what happened to the original tape but this excerpt is probably the same length of the tape that I did find in the vault.

Scott: Now, wasn't there a version of "I'm Not Satisfied" that was sort of kind of released on zappa.com, God, years ago?

Joe: Might be this! [...] I forgot about that on zappa.com, so yeah. [...] That's probably this.

Román, July 7, 2023

The version of "I'm Not Satisfied (1965)" (2:03) available at zappa.com in May 2005, had at least two edits at 0:14 and 0:54. The verses edited out from the first one are the ones heard in the snippet from the David Walley interview.

 

1.3.11. Group introductions from FILLMORE WEST '66 1:11

 

1.3.12. "PLASTIC PEOPLE / RAGA ITEM" excerpts 1:58

 

1.3.13. "LEFTZE-RIGHTZE" excerpt 0:45

 

1.3.14. The first "Choral Rehearsal" excerpt 0:32

Chato Segerer, May 17, 2024

As known before, ["The First 'Choral Rehearsal' excerpt"] is on the David Walley track 34. Orig. Mothers At Fillmore East 2:06.

From 0:00-1:34 it's a longer edit of that track released on Mystery Disc (the part not on Mystery Disc might actually be from the Fillmore East, as that snippet preceding is obviously from the London Festival Hall show).

And from 1:34-2:06 that's the Choral Rehearsal track. Which fits the length of the liner notes (0:32). On the David Walley tape, you can hear Frank comment this with "the first time we were doing this" (the rest is hard to hear, but that sentence is audible). So we can be totally sure about that.

Now comes the revelation: this track was officially released as "PooYeahrg" on Disc 3 of Meat Light! Same length.

BTW it's also on the Uncle Meat demo that's on zappateers, the track being called "Right There?"

 

I. Side Four

1.4.01. The Old M.O.I. interview on KPFK 3:26

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 1," ZappaCast, April 10, 2023

I've found the tapes. But I've never transfered them.

 

1.4.02. "SPECIAL METAL TEETH" 3:44

  • WATMATIWWSL (Columbia Test Pressing 6477) 13. Lowell George Whips It Out 3:44

 

1.4.03. "ROY'S ECSTASY & ENCORE" 4:09

 

1.4.04. "KUNG FU" 2:06

 

1.4.05. "THE ORIGINAL IGOR'S BOOGIE" 1:41

 

1.4.06. "BUNK'S TENOR EXECUTION" 3:04

 

1.4.07. "HALLOWE'EN IN DÜSSELDORF" 2:07

  • The Weasel Music (Bizarre Records Test Pressing) 4. Some Zany MOI Bullshit
  • WATMATIWWSL (Columbia Test Pressing 6477) 18. Studio Piece 2:09

 

I. Side Five

1.5.01 "A POUND FOR A BROWN ON THE BUS" (Old M.O.I.) 1:56

 

1.5.02. "SLEEPING IN A JAR / SWORD ACT" (New M.O.I.) 4:21

 

1.5.03. "TINY SICK COOKIE JAR" (Old M.O.I.) 5:22

 

1.5.04. "MEANWHILE" (New M.O.I.) 4:42

 

1.5.05 "THE OTHER KIND OF IGOR'S BOOGIE" (New M.O.I.) 4:39

 

I. Side Six

1.6.01. "SHIRLEY-ANN" 2:09

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 1," ZappaCast, April 10, 2023

This stuff that is listed on this side comes from and album that Frank put together with Dick Kunc—because it's DIck Kunc's writing on the side—and it's called Ever Shall It Be, which is the short version of the title—there is a longer version of it. And this is one of the sides that was created for that record. And that record was a multi-side record as well. [...] So what Frank is doing is basically taking one side from that project and incorporating it into this project. Everything that you see here is Fillmore East, sixty—

Andrew Greenaway, "#16: Shirley-Ann," The Idiot Bastard Son, c. March 2022

On the planned (but unreleased) 9-LP iteration of The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention was a track titled Shirley-Ann. This was recorded at one of the two shows the Mothers performed at the Fillmore East on 22 February 1969. It featured the then twenty year old Shirley Ann, who had recorded a number of records for Philips in Sweden.

Shirley Ann was born Ann-Marie Elisabeth Sanderwall on 19 March 1948 in Gothenburg. Her first big single was a cover of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" backed with her rendition of Phil Ochs' "There But For Fortune" (1965). Under the wing of writer/arranger Sandy Alexander, she went on to release "Om Och Men" (1966), "The Art Of Love" and "Yes! I've Got," which became Sweden's entry in the inaugural World Popular Song Festival—aka The Yamaha Music Festival—in 1970.

 

1.6.02. "THAT'S THE NICEST THING ANYBODY'S SAID TO ME ALL DAY" 5:01

 

1.6.03. DEAD AIR 0:27

  • Fillmore East, New York, NY, April 20, 1968, early show—6. Dead Air 4:48
FZ, Cirkus Krone, Munich, Germany, August 31, 1978

Listen, ladies and gentlemen, we're gonna perform a number. This number hasn't been performed since actually 1968. This piece is ten years old and we're gonna give it its 10th anniversary performance, right here at the Circus Krone. Now, the last time this piece was performed was at the Fillmore East, by the old Mothers Of Invention. Now, the name of this piece is "Dead Air."

Robin Richman, "The New Rock," Life, June 28, 1968

On stage there is the "possibility that anything can happen." Dolls are mutilated. A gas mask is displayed. A bag of vegetables is unpacked and examined. There are spaced intervals of "honks" and suddenly The Mothers perform Dead Air. They stop, sit down and ignore the audience. Zappa might get a shoeshine from Motorhead, the percussionist. They keep this going for as long as it takes the audience to become unsettled, uncomfortable and angry. Then Zappa calmly approaches the mike and says, "It brings out the hostilities in you, doesn't it?"

 

1.6.04. "RIGHT THERE" 13:23

 

Volume II. Life On The Road

II. Side One

2.1.01. "GARBANZO DUCK" 2:45

 

2.1.02. Jimmy Carl Black & Canzus Kansas, part I 2:10

 

2.1.03. "MUFFIN MAN MUSIC" 2:24

 

2.1.04. The lunch break 1:18

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 2," ZappaCast, May 12, 2023

I have found [it]. I believe that it is The Mothers sitting at like a diner having lunch and it's like Don Preston and Bunk Gardner and Roy Estrada—those are the three voices that I remember and they're just, you know, talking about what they're eating and all that stuff.

 

2.1.05. "ALL NITE LONG" 2:33

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 2," ZappaCast, May 12, 2023

I found that. That's recorded at Criteria Studios in Miami.

 

2.1.06. Jimmy Carl Black & Canzus Kansas, part II 2:16

 

2.1.07. The bus arrives at Yale 1:11

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 2," ZappaCast, May 12, 2023

This is another spoken word thing. And notice, by the way, that spoken things are underlined in this document. And then the things with quotations are music.

 

2.1.08. "THE BUZZ GARDNER TRUMPET CADENZA" 0:36

 

2.1.09. "HOT DAMN" 6:40

 

II. Side Two

2.2.01. "NACHT UND NEBEL" 4:07

Chato Segerer, June 30, 2021

Improvisation at German/Austrian concert? Meaning "Night and Fog."

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 2," ZappaCast, May 12, 2023

I have seen this on a tape box but I don't know if I've actually found the master that corresponds with it. But I definitely have seen it.

 

2.2.02. "ANOTHER WALTZ" 15:30

Chato Segerer, May 17, 2024

In the bonus episode of the Zappacast about the boxset (Epilogue), Joe Travers discusses the content of another acetate he found. On the sleeve is written "Set 2, Side 2" and the contents are
- Tiny Sick Tears (longer version, soaked in reverb)
- from the Ark tapes: King Kong 2nd theme + solos + Piano Drum Duet.
Joe says he's pretty sure it's the same edit as on Uncle Rhebus on Finer Moments

This acetate does not reflect the liner notes document entirely (track 1 is not Tiny Sick Tears, it's Nacht und Nebel), but after that episode it seems *very* likely to me that "Another Waltz" + "Duet from Progress" is the same as "Uncle Rhebus" on Finer Moments, because the timing is almost the same (17:47 on document vs. 17:43 on Finer Moments)

It's still possible that Another Waltz might be a different edit of the jam that ended up on "Hot Rats Sessions " though, but it's more likely to be Uncle Rhebus

 

2.2.03. "DUET (FROM PROGRESS!)" 2:17

 

II. Side Three

2.3.01. "THE EYE OF AGAMOTO" 2:58

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 2," ZappaCast, May 12, 2023

That's a piece by Don Preston. I think he wrote that.

 

2.3.02. News of THE DISASTER 3:10

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 2," ZappaCast, May 12, 2023

This is spoken word. And notice the track after it ["A typical Copenhagen dressing room, circa 1967"]. So, I have found that. I have found that. And if we remember, in Copenhagen that was when their gear did not show up and they had to play a concert on John Mayall Bluesbreakers gear. So, my opinion on "News of THE DISASTER" is—and I've heard this—is a tape where, you know, Herb Cohen is dealing with the fact that the gear is not coming for their show and they are trying to figure out what they're gonna do.

 

2.3.03. A typical Copenhagen dressing room, circa 1967 2:30

 

2.3.04. "FULL BORE DUNCE WITH A BIG DRESS" 2:31

 

2.3.05. Introductory explanation at Festival Hall 1:25

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 2," ZappaCast, May 12, 2023

Well, it's the beginning of the concert, and Frank—there's a big gong, there's a gong that starts the show and then Frank comes out and talks to the audience and tells the audience about what they have planned, which is of course the theatrical presentation of the play and all that stuff. That's the explanation.

 

2.3.06. "PROGRESS!" part I 9:03

 

II. Side Four

2.4.02. Toronto dressing room Old M.O.I. interview 3:22

The Zappa Movie Official Soundtrack Album!—Exclusive Backer Reward Edition, liner notes

1. Toronto (Excerpt) 1 :48
lnterview recorded in Toronto, Ontario CA 1968
Original Recording Medium:1/4" 2-track analog tape

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 2," ZappaCast, May 12, 2023

This has been found in multiple edits and was also used—intended to be used on the album No Commercial Potential.

 

2.4.03. "THE COPENHAGEN NIGHT MUSIC, 1968" 3:00

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 2," ZappaCast, May 12, 2023

That has been found.

 

2.4.04. The New M.O.I. on CKGM-FM, Montreal: "ELEMENOH" 4:28

 

II. Side Five

2.5.01. "WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR GROUP?" 3:00

 

2.5.02. On stage in Buffalo 1:12

 

2.5.03. "TURN IT DOWN" 4:01

 

2.5.04. Preparations for departure to Spokane 1:00

 

2.5.05. Arrival / Bruce Bissel & The Living Garbage Truck 2:38

 

2.5.06. Sound-check in a Spokane skating rink 1:42

 

2.5.07. Driving to & registering at a typical motel 1:55

 

2.5.08. Cruising on the lounge therein 0:55

 

2.5.09. Up in the room 0:37

 

2.5.10. Arriving at the gig & entering the hall 1:13

 

2.5.11. Text rehearsal in the dressing room 1:01

 

2.5.12. "DIPTHERIA BLUES" 2:25

 

II. Side Six

2.6.01. Approaching the stage 0:50

 

2.6.02. The M.O.I. ANTI-SMUT LOYALTY OATH 2:31

 

2.6.03. "EASY MEAT" 4:25

Chato Segerer, June 30, 2021

shorter edit of EITHER the version on The official Mothers of Invention Bootleg album OR the version on Zappa Mothers 1970...but probably former

 

2.6.04. Group recreation & therapy 1:27

 

2.6.05. The breakfast report 1:51

 

2.6.06. Another typical airplane interior 1:38

 

2.6.07. The next motel 1:36

 

2.6.08. Excerpt from the Mark Volman cassette playback 1:52

 

2.6.09. Excerpt from the first '200 MOTELS' script reading 3:37

 

2.6.10. Excerpt from the following night: Jeff Simmons quits 1:59

 

Volume III. Things That Never Escaped From The Studio (And Elsewhere)

III. Side One

3.1.01. "FUNK IT" 3:06

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

It's a Studio Z composition. Something that was recorded with a bunch of musicians in the studio. It's kind of like jazzy. [...] You know what, it might be possible that "Funk It" was recorded at—when it was Pal. So it could be a Paul Buff session, with it being a Zappa composition being recorded by Paul and Paul's musicians. It could be one of those things.

 

3.1.02. Roy in the piano 0:55

 

3.1.03. "WHO ARE THE BRAIN POLICE?" harpsichord variations 4:00

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

I found it. And it's part of the Uncle Meat sessions.

 

3.1.04. Aynsley & Phyllis ("Won't that hurt your kidneys?") 1:44

FZ, Unreleased Chunga's Revenge Original Liner Notes, 1970

1. WON'T THAT HURT YOUR KIDNEYS? features Aynsley Dunbar & Phyllis Altenhaus in a section of dialogue from the film "UNCLE MEAT", which we are still trying to raise money to finish. At one time a very famous film company had guaranteed completion money. The first time they saw any of the material edited together, they went berserk & took the money back. As of this writing, the film is about 1/3 complete. This scene deals with Mr. Dunbar's fetish for being flogged as part of any erotic procedure.

Scott Parker & Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

Scott: Now we know this was going to also be on the original 2-LP version of Chunga's Revenge, right?

Joe: That's right. And it's been found. I found it.

Scott: And, and you did release some of that tape, right?, on the 200 Motels Box, is that the same thing?

Joe: Yeah, well, that's, that's a little bit of it, yeah, that's—Frank set it. This is more of that.

Scott: Okay. Some of that dialog it's in the Uncle Meat movie, I think, but I'm not sure that it's the same thing at all.

Joe: Right. Yeah, I know, but I believe this is exclusive material from the Aynsley & Phyllis at the Record Plant session.

Scott: Oh, that's at Record Plant!

Joe: I think so.

 

3.1.05. "LOLA STEPONSKY" 2:33

Scott Parker & Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

Scott: It's not the same time. This is a 2:33 version that was going to be released in '72 and the one on Mothers 1970 is 3:29.

Joe: That's because the arrangement that they did in the studio is instrumental first and the vocals come in, and this 2:33 version starts right at the top from when the vocals come in.

 

3.1.06. "THE WEDDING DRESS SONG / HANDSOME CABIN BOY" 2:56

 

3.1.07. "DIEMOS TENDRIL" 4:38

 

3.1.08. "THE CHARLES IVES HARMONICA CONCERTO" 2:21

 

III. Side Two

3.2.01. An average day at the photography studio 1:44

 

3.2.02. "THE R.A.K. OVERTURE" 0:52

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

That's Dick Kunc. Richard A. Kunc. And it's preceeding "Dick Kunc's story."

 

3.2.03. Dick Kunc's story 1:22

 

3.2.04. "RANDOMONIUM" 1:28

The Zappa Movie Official Soundtrack Album!—Exclusive Backer Reward Edition, liner notes

8. Randomonium 1:28
Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC 1968
Engineers: FZ, Dick Kunc
Source: 1/4" 2-track analogtape

Richard Sandomir, "Reese Schonfeld, A Founder Of CNN And Food Netword, Dies At 88," The New York Times, July 28, 2020

Mr. Schonfeld adopted the word "randomonium," first used by the rocker Frank Zappa in 1980, to describe CNN's fluid mix of content.

 

3.2.05. "MOTORHEAD'S IMAGINARY BOOGIE" 1:48

 

3.2.06. You gotta turn it around / GROSS MAN 1:11

 

3.2.07. "FENJA 'N MENJA" 2:42

 

3.2.08. Cops & Buns 3:11

 

3.2.09. "HE'S REACHING THAT STAR" 4:36

 

3.2.10. "SALIVA CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH" 3:17

 

III. Side Three

3.3.01. "DELLA'S WHIPPING MUSIC" 11:07

Scott Parker & Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

Scott: We've got "Della's Whipping Music," which is speculated to be from the Whisky as maybe part of the song "The Whip."

Joe: That's correct. From Meat Light. It's the 11-minute version of "Della's Whipping Music." It was recorded live at the Whisky. Della also let Frank whip her at the Shrine Auditorium. It happened on two different occasions. There are pictures of the Shrine incident and there is film of the Whisky incident. And I have found this 11:07 edit, I'm pretty sure. I remember.

 

3.3.02. The German Lunch 8:32

 

3.3.03. "MY GUITAR WANTS TO KILL YOUR MAMA" (single version) 2:12

 

III. Side Four

3.4.01. "LIGHTNING ROD MAN" 2:03

 

3.4.02. Viscosity 2:44

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

Found it. It's spoken word—see the underline, it is spoken word, and it is Bunk—Bunk and Jimmy Carl Black—it's taken from No Commercial Potential and, yeah, it's Bunk talking about the viscosity.

 

3.4.03. Dense Light Compression 0:15

 

3.4.04. "THE TOMMY/VINCENT COMPRESSED GREGORIAN BOOGIE" 6:42

Tim Peacock, "Frank Zappa Rarities Collection 'Funky Nothingness' Set For June Release, " Udiscovermusic, April 21, 2023

Another awe-inspiring jam is "Tommy/Vincent Duo II," showcasing the magic between Zappa and Dunbar in their earliest days together. An unedited version, which stretches to nearly 22 minutes long, appears on Disc 3.

drdork, "ZappaCast: History And Collected Improvisations," Zappateers, July 7, 2023

The first time I heard Tommy/Vincent Duo II, I recognized a repeated phrase that FZ played in the 69/02/08 Miami Beach show, which he said was a Gregorian chant.

 

3.4.05. "THE AWARD-WINNING COUGH DROP MUSIC" 0:43

 

3.4.06. "HOTEL DIXIE / HOTEL EARL" 3:28

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

Found it. Yes, this is a piece that was—to my knowledge was recorded at Apostolic—it's soprano saxophone and piano, so that means it would be Bunk and either Don or Bunk and Ian. And, you know the part on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" that goes, "Do it again and do it some more . . .," okay, it's that section played by a soprano and a piano. That's what it is. And it goes on for a long time. So that's that melody and then it's solos, then they solo over it, and there's a slate by Dick Kunc and it goes, "Hotel Dixie, take 1," and then it cuts to the harpsichord and the piano.

 

3.4.07. Both Herbies 0:23

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

It's Lumpy Gravy dialog. 23 seconds of Lumpy Gravy dialog.

 

3.4.08. Soothing Membranes 1:48

Scott Parker & Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

Scott: Would "Soothing Membranes" be the piece that was released on Meat Light as "JCB Spits It"?

Joe: Yes. Coffee spit. Yes, and that is part of No Commercial Potential yet again.

 

3.4.09. "STICKS TRIPP" 1:07

Scott Parker & Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

Joe: Found it. It's a percussion piece improvised by Art and, it's only 1:07 but there's actually a way longer version of it that I've found. Multiples. Uhm, isn't something like this on Finer Moments?

Scott: Yeah, there's a lengthy percussion piece—

Joe: I believe it's that. It's a part of that.

Scott: Reall? Okay. Yeah, because that's also on Evening With Wild Man Fischer, some of that type of stuff.

 

3.4.10. "THE WHISKY A-GO-GO INEVITABLE CONCLUSION" 0:49

Joe Travers, "The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention, Vol. 3," ZappaCast, June 7, 2023

That is 49 seconds and it goes, "Teet-tee-dee-tee-dee-tee-dee-tee-dee ta-dah!, Teet-tee-dee-tee-dee-tee-dee-tee-dee ta-dah!, Teet-tee-dee-tee-dee-tee-dee-tee-dee ta-dah!" It's really funny.

 

III. Side Five

3.5.01. "CHUCHA" 2:48

 

3.5.02. "ENIGMAS ONE THRU FIVE" 11:19

 

3.5.03. "BOGNOR REGIS" 8:11

 

III. Side Six

3.6.01. "RED TUBULAR LIGHTER" 4:50

 

3.6.02. "THE HARRY PARTCH BONGO EXTRAVAGANZA & LIMBO CONTEST" 3:22

 

3.6.03. "PORTUGUESE FENDERS" 3:30

 

3.6.04. The Mudshark Interview 2:54

 

Informants: Ben Jenkins, Charles Ulrich, Tan Mitsugu, Chato Segerer, Tony Roche.

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