One really nice thing about collecting Frank Zappa recordings is the overwhelming majority of them sound very nice. Perhaps that is a testament to Frank’s demanding nature, that everything sounds tuned and balanced, I am sure he would not have been indifferent to the stage sound and what exactly his audience was hearing out front. This is why I am confident that you will enjoy every one of the shows in this collection, all recorded from the audience and some even rivaling soundboards in terms of overall enjoyment. A really great recording should transport you to the event, and most of these do just that. I really enjoyed hearing this excellent band Frank put together for this tour, a band that included one Steve Vai, and the chemistry between the two guitarists frequently meant you were in for some real fireworks. 14 CD’s worth of fireworks, to be precise.
Frank Zappa 1981 Can
Disc 1
Hartford Civic Center
Hartford, CT
November 6, 1981
1. Zoot Allures
2. Band Intro
3. Montana
4. Easy Meat
5. Cosmik Debris
6. A Pound for a Brown on the Bus
7. Society Pages
8. I’m a Beautiful Guy
9. Beauty Knows No Pain
10. Charlie’s Enormous Mouth
11. Fine Girl
12. Teen-Age Wind
13. Harder Than Your Husband
14. Bamboozled by Love
Disc 2
1. Sinister Footwear
2. Stevie’s Spanking
3. Cocaine Decisions
4. Nig Biz
5. Drowning Witch
6. What’s New in Baltimore?
7. Möggio
8. Strictly Genteel
9. Broken Hearts Are for Assholes
10. Whipping Post
Disc 3
Alladin Theatre
Las Vegas, NV
October 7, 1981
1. Crowd Noise
2. Black Napkins
3. Band Intro
4. Montana
5. Easy Meat
6. You Are What You Is
7. Mudd Club
8. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
9. Dumb All Over
10. Heavenly Bank Account
11. Suicide Chump
12. Jumbo Go Away
Disc 4
1. Envelopes
2. We’re Turning Again
3. Alien Orifice
4. Teenage Prostitute
5. Flakes
6. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
7. The Blue Light
8. Tinsel Town Rebellion
9. Yo’ Mama
10. Crowd Noise
11. Strictly Genteel
12. Dancin’ Fool
13. The Illinois Enema Bandit
Disc 5
Centennial Hall, University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
October 9, 1981
EARLY SHOW
1. Chunga’s Revenge
2. Radio Station Rap
3. Band Intro
4. Montana
5. Easy Meat
6. Society Pages
7. I’m a Beautiful Guy
8. Beauty Knows No Pain
9. Charlie’s Enormous Mouth
10. Fine Girl
11. Teen-Age Wind
12. Harder Than Your Husband
13. Bamboozled by Love
Disc 6
1. Band Intros
2. Sinister Footwear
3. Stevie’s Spanking
4. Cocaine Decisions
5. Nig Biz
6. Goblin Girl
7. The Black Page
8. Dancin’ Fool
9. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
Disc 7
LATE SHOW
1. Black Napkins
2. Band Intro
3. You Are What You Is
4. Mudd Club
5. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
6. Dumb All Over
7. Heavenly Bank Account
8. Suicide Chump
9. Jumbo Go Away
10. Envelopes
11. Drowning Witch
12. What’s New in Baltimore?
Disc 8
2. Möggio
3. We’re Turning Again
4. Alien Orifice
5. Teenage Prostitute
6. Flakes
7. Broken Hearts Are for Assholes
8. The Blue Light
9. Tinsel Town Rebellion
10. Yo’ Mama
11. Strictly Genteel
Disc 9
Johnson Gymnasium
Albuquerque, NM
October 11, 1981
1. Treacherous Cretins
2. Band Intro
3. Montana
4. Easy Meat
5. Fine Girl
6. Teen-Age Wind
7. Harder Than Your Husband
8. Bamboozled by Love
9. Sinister Footwear
10. Stevie’s Spanking
11. Cocaine Decisions
12. Nig Biz
13. We’re Turning Again
Disc 10
1. Alien Orifice
2. Teenage Prostitute
3. Flakes
4. Broken Hearts Are for Assholes
5. The Blue Light (with lines from “Jazz Discharge Party Hats”)
6. Tinsel Town Rebellion
7. Yo’ Mama
8. The Dangerous Kitchen
9. Whipping Post
10. Strictly Genteel
11. Doreen
12. Goblin Girl
13. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
Disc 11
CU Events Center, University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
December 6, 1981
1. Zoot Alures
2. Band Intro
3. Drowning Witch
4. What’s New in Baltimore
5. Moggio
6. We’re Turning Again – Alien Orifice
7. Teenage Prostitute
8. Montana
9. Easy Meat
10. A Pound For A Brown
11. Cosmik Debris
Disc 12
12. Suicide Chump
13. Jumbo Go Away
14. Envelopes
15. Dancin’ Fool
16. Sinister Footwear
17. Stevie’s Spanking
18. King Kong
19. Sharleena
20. Strictly Genteel
21. The Closer You Are (with “Johnny Darling” snippet at the end)
Disc 13
Cobo Arena
Detroit, MI
November 25, 1981
1. Treacherous Cretins
2. Band Intro
3. Cosmik Debris
4. Montana
5. A Pound for a Brown on the Bus
6. Joe’s Garage
7. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
8. Sharleena
9. Envelopes
10. Drowning Witch
11. What’s New in Baltimore?
12. Möggio
Disc 14
1. We’re Turning Again
2. Sinister Footwear
3. Stevie’s Spanking
4. Cocaine Decisions
5. Nig Biz
6. Doreen
7. Goblin Girl
8. The Black Page
9. Broken Hearts Are for Assholes
10. Tryin’ to Grow a Chin
11. Strictly Genteel
12. Bobby Brown
13. Camarillo Brillo
FZ ends show because someone throws a nickel at the stage
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