(The Mothers Of Invention, LP, Bizarre/Reprise MS 2028, August 10, 1970)
Produced by Frank Zappa
Cover art by Neon Park
Art direction by John Williams
FZ--Lead Guitar and
Vocal ("My Guitar")
Ian Underwood--Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner--Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood--Baritone Sax
and Snorks
Buzz Gardner--Trumpet and Flugel
Horn
Roy Estrada--Bass and Vocal ("Gas
Mask")
Jimmy Carl Black--Drums
Art Tripp--Drums
Don Preston--Piano Organ and
Electronic Effects
Ray Collins--Vocal ("Oh
No")
Don "Sugar Cane" Harris--Electric
Violin and Vocal ("Directly From My Heart To You")
Lowell George--Rhythm Guitar
and Vocal ("Didja Get Any Onya?")
includes Charles Ives and The Jelly (only the CD mix)
Philadelphia Arena
March 2, 1969
FZ--guitar
Lowell George--guitar &
vocal
Don Preston--keyboards
Ian Underwood--woodwinds
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood--baritone sax
Buzz Gardner--trumpet &
flugel horn
Roy Estrada--bass
Jimmy Carl Black--drums
Art Tripp--drums
MOO-AHHH
MOO-AHHH
MOO-AHHH
Lowell: Years ago in Germany when I was a very small boy, zere was a lot of people standing around on ze corners asking questions: "Why are you standing on ze corner, acting ze way you act, looking like you look? WHY DO YOU LOOK THAT WAY?" And they ask me and I only would say: "I don't . . . I don't know, I'm just standing 'round ze corner waiting here . . . just in . . . in ze evening, and . . . and it's so nice outside . . . the night is so nice . . . why . . . are you just asking these questions . . . "
Didja
Get any
Onya onya onya onya . . .
(Onya . . . )
MOO-AHHH
MOO-AHHH
MOO-AHHH
MOO-AHHH
T.T.G. Studios, LA
c. July, 1969
Don "Sugar Cane"
Harris--electric violin and vocal
and probably:
FZ--guitar?
Lowell George--guitar?
Ian Underwood--organ?
Don Preston--organ?
Roy Estrada--bass
Jimmy Carl Black--drums
Direct
Directly from my heart to you
Direct
Directly from my heart to you
Oh, you know that I love you
That's why I feel so blue
Oh, I pray
Our love would last away
I pray
That our love would last away
Yeah, we'd be so happy together
But you're so far away
Well, I need
(Oh, baby, need you baby)
I need you by my side
Well, I need
Yes, I need you by my side
Oh, I'd loved you little darlin'
Your love I could never hide
includes a fragment from the 6th Symphony "Pathétique" (Tchaikovsky)
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
October 25, 1968
FZ--guitar
Don Preston--keyboards
Ian Underwood--keyboards &
woodwinds
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood--baritone sax
Buzz Gardner--trumpet &
flugel horn
Roy Estrada--bass & vocals
Jimmy Carl Black--drums
Art Tripp--drums
FZ: Blow your harmonica, son . . .
includes a quote from You Oughta Be In Pictures (Heyman/Suesse)
1st half:
Whitney Studios, Glendale
c. August, 1969
FZ--guitar
+ unknown rhtyhm section
2nd half:
Thee Image, Miami, Florida
February 7-8, 1969
FZ--guitar
Lowell George--guitar
Don Preston--keyboards
Ian Underwood--woodwinds
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood--baritone sax
& tambourine
Buzz Gardner--trumpet &
flugel horn
Roy Estrada--bass
Jimmy Carl Black--drums
Art Tripp--drums
FZ: At this very moment on stage we have drummer A playing in 7/8, drummer B playing in 3/4, the bass playing in 3/4, the organ playing in 5/8, the tambourine playing in 3/4, and the alto sax blowing his nose
HANDS UP!
POO-LAAAH!
FZ: Thank you
The Factory, The Bronx, NYC
February 13, 1969
FZ--lead guitar
Lowell George--guitar
Don Preston--keyboards
Ian Underwood--woodwinds
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood--baritone sax
Buzz Gardner--trumpet &
flugel horn
Roy Estrada--bass
Jimmy Carl Black--drums
Art Tripp--drums
Motorhead: Yes . . . be hot . . . and everybody workin' on it . . . so I figured I'd rip off her . . . her drawers and get a little
FZ: We'll be back in a little while
A&R Studios, NYC
June, 1969
FZ--guitar
Lowell George--guitar
Don Preston--keyboards
Ian Underwood--keyboards &
woodwinds
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood--baritone sax
Buzz Gardner--trumpet &
flugel horn
Roy Estrada--bass
Jimmy Carl Black--drums
Art Tripp--drums & percussion
Apostolic Studios, NYC
December, 1967-February, 1968
probably:
FZ--guitar
Ian Underwood--keyboards &
woodwinds
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Art Tripp--drums
Basic track:
Criteria Studios, Miami
February?, 1969
Overdubs:
T.T.G., Hollywood
Whitney Studios, Glendale
c. August-September, 1969
FZ--guitar & vocals
Lowell George--guitar
Don Preston--keyboards
Ian Underwood--woodwinds
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood--baritone sax
Buzz Gardner--trumpet &
flugel horn
Roy Estrada--bass
Jimmy Carl Black--drums
Art Tripp--drums
You know, your mama and your daddy
Saying I'm no good to you
They call me dirty from the alley
Till I don't know what to do
I get so tired of sneakin' around
Just to get to your back door
I crawled past the garbage and
Your mama jumped out, screamin'
"Don't come back no more"
I can't take it
My guitar wants to kill your mama
My guitar wants to kill your mama
My guitar wants to burn your dad
I get real mean when it makes me mad
Later I tried to call you
Your mama told me you weren't there
She told me don't bother to call again
Unless I cut off all my hair
I get so tired of sneakin' around
Just to get to your back door
I crawled past the garbage and
Your mama jumped out, screamin'
"Don't come back no more"
Later I tried to call you
Your mama told me you weren't there
She told me don't bother to call again
Unless I cut off all my hair
I get so tired of sneakin' around
Just to get to your back door
I crawled past the garbage and
Your mama jumped out, screamin'
"Don't come back no more"
My guitar wants to kill your mama
My guitar wants to kill your mama
My guitar wants to burn your dad
I get real mean when it makes me mad
Apostolic Studios, NYC
December, 1967-February, 1968
Ray Collins--vocals
FZ--guitar
Don Preston--keyboards
Ian Underwood--keyboards &
woodwinds
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Roy Estrada--bass & vocals
Jimmy Carl Black--drums
Art Tripp--drums
Oh no
I don't believe it
You say that you think you know
The meaning of love
You say love is all we need
You say
With your love you can change
All of the fools
All of the hate
I think you're probably
Out to lunch
Oh no
I don't believe it
You say that you think you know
The meaning of love
Do you really think it can be told?
You say that you really know
I think
You should check it again
How can you say
What you believe
Will be the key to a
World of love?
All your love
Will it save me?
All your love
Will it save the world
From what we can't understand?
Oh no
I don't believe it
And in your dreams
You can see yourself
As a prophet
Saving the world
The
Words from your lips
I just can't believe
You are such
A fool
First part from an unknown performance, 1969
FZ--guitar
Lowell George--guitar
Don Preston--keyboards
Ian Underwood--woodwinds
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood--baritone sax
Buzz Gardner--trumpet &
flugel horn
Roy Estrada--bass
Jimmy Carl Black--drums
Art Tripp--drums
The rest from Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
October 25, 1968
FZ--guitar
Don Preston--keyboards
Ian Underwood--keyboards &
woodwinds
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood--baritone sax
Buzz Gardner--trumpet &
flugel horn
Roy Estrada--bass
Jimmy Carl Black--drums
Art Tripp--drums
Ha ha ha ha ha ha . . .
Town Hall, Birmingham, UK
May 30, 1969
FZ--guitar
Lowell George--guitar
Don Preston--keyboards
Ian Underwood--woodwinds
Bunk Gardner--woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood--baritone sax
Buzz Gardner--trumpet &
flugel horn
Roy Estrada--bass
Jimmy Carl Black--drums
Art Tripp--drums
FZ: Good night boys & girls . . . Thank you for coming to our concert
Zappa!
All compositions by Frank Zappa except as noted