FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• BTB II: Electric Aunt Jemima (1992), as part of English Tea Dancing Interludes, performed in Denver, CO, May 3, 1968
• Road Tapes, Venue #1 (2012), as Octandre, performed in Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 25, 1968
• Zappa/Erie (2022), quoted in Dupree's Paradise (Intro), performed in Edinboro, PA, May 8, 1974
• Varèse: The Rage & The Fury (unreleased), as Octandre, recorded at The Warner Bros. Soundstage, Burbank, Los Angeles, CA, July 1993

 

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

• September-October 1967 (1st MOI European Tour)—known quotations: 1
• October 1967-August 1968 (MOI)—known performances: 4; known quotations: 2
• September-October 1968 (2nd MOI European Tour)—known performances: 3; known quotations: 1
• November 1968-May 1969 (MOI)—known performances: 2; known quotations: 1
• April-May 1974 (MOI 10th Anniversary Tour)—known quotations: 4
• January-March 1976 (MOI Pacific & European Tour)—known quotations: 1
• May-July 1980 (Europe)—known quotations: 3
• May-July 1982 (Europe)—known quotations: 1
• July-September 1984 (North America)—known quotations: 1
• February-March 1988 (North America)—known quotations: 1 (soundcheck)

 

Comments

A partial list of FZ's performances/quotations of "Octandre" compiled by Charles Ulrich

67/10/01 Copenhagen
68/04/20 (early) New York (quoted in improvisations)
68/05/03 Denver (Electric Aunt Jemima) (by itself and vs. Plastic People)
68/07/24 Steve Allen Show
68/08/03 New York
68/08/25 Vancouver (Road Tapes, Venue #1)
68/10/03 Copenhagen
68/10/06 Bremen
68/10/23 Paris
68/10/26 Paris (quoted in King Kong)
69/02/21 (early) New York
69/05/17 Detroit
69/05/23 Appleton (quoted against improvised vamp)
74/04/20 Toledo (quoted in Dupree's Paradise)
74/05/01 Binghamton (quoted in Cheepnis)
74/05/04 (late) Washington (quoted in Dupree's Paradise)
74/05/08 Edinboro (quoted in Dupree's Paradise)
76/03/08 Paris (quoted in Filthy Habits)
80/06/11 (early) Paris (quoted in Pound For A Brown)
80/06/14 Nantes (quoted in Easy Meat)
80/06/18 London (quoted in Pick Me, I'm Clean)
82/07/08 Pistoia (quoted in Drowning Witch)
84/08/22 (late) Indianapolis (quoted in Truck Driver Divorce)
88/03/13 Springfield (soundcheck)

Any more?

 

Conceptual Continuity

More Varèse:

• Hyperprism (Varèse)
• Octandre (Varèse)
• Intégrales (Varèse)
• Ionisation (Varèse)
• Density 21.5 (Varèse)
• Déserts (Varèse)
• Poème électronique (Varèse)