1998,
United States
00:47:34;
55M;
160JS;
237;
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I Could Be a Star Now
- 0:34
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Catholic Girls
- 4:04
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Bobby Brown Goes Down
- 2:39
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You Are What You Is
- 4:31
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We Are Not Alone
- 3:18
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Cheap Thrills
- 2:28
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The Mudshark Interview
- 2:39
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Hotplate Heaven at the Green H
- 6:40
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Zomby Woof
- 5:38
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The Torture Never Stops
- 9:13
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Joe's Garage
- 2:20
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My Guitar Wants to Kill Your M
- 3:19
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Going for the Money
- 0:11
Jay Anderson - bass [string] [4]
Arthur Barrow - bass guitar [4], bass guitar, bass [micro], rhythm guitar [5]
Captain Beefheart - harmonica, vocals [10]
Jimmy Carl Black - percussion [lewd pulsating rhythm] [6]
Terry Bozzio - drums [10]
Napoleon M. Brock - saxophone [10]
Paul Carman - alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, baritone saxophone [2], alto saxophone [8]
Ray Collins - lead vocals [6]
Steve Defuria - technician [synclavier programming] [4]
George Duke - keyboards [10]
Roy Estrada - bass guitar, vocals [high weazlings, dweaedy doop] [6]
Dick Fegy - mandolin [5]
Bruce Lambourne Fowler - trombone [2, 8, 10]
Tom Fowler - bass guitar [10]
Walt Fowler - trumpet, flugelhorn, synthesizer [2], trumpet [8]
Bunk Gardner - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone [6]
David Greenberg - compilation producer
Howard Kaylan - voice [13]
Mike Keneally - rhythm guitar, synthesizer, vocals [2], guitar, synthesizer, vocals [8]
Marty Krystall - saxophone [5]
Martin Lickert - voice [1]
Ed Mann - vibraphone, marimba, percussion [electronic] [2], percussion [4, 5, 8, 9]
Tommy Mars - keyboards [4, 5, 9]
Bobby Martin - keyboards, vocals [2, 8], keyboards, saxophone, vocals [3, 9, 11, 12], keyboards, saxophone [5]
Kurt McGettrick - baritone saxophone, saxophone [bass], clarinet [contrabass] [2], baritone saxophone [8]
Toby Mountain - mastered by [compilation, at northeastern digital recording]
David Ocker - technician [synclavier programming] [4]
Don Preston - voice [1], piano [redundant triplets] [6]
Cal Schenkel - artwork by
Motorhead Sherwood - baritone saxophone, tambourine [6]
Jeff Simmons - voice [13]
Craig Steward - harmonica [5]
Scott Thunes - bass guitar, electronics [minimoog] [2], bass guitar [3, 5, 8, 11, 12], bass guitar, vocals [9]
Martin Tickman - interviewee [hotel front office manager, the edgewater, seattle, washington] [7]
Art Tripp - percussion [lewd pulsating rhythm] [6]
Ian Underwood - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, piano [redundant triplets] [6]
Steve Vai - electric guitar [strat], acoustic guitar [5], electric guitar [stunts] [9]
Chad Wackerman - drums, percussion [electronic] [2], drums [3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12]
Denny Walley - slide guitar [10]
Ray White - rhythm guitar, vocals [3], rhythm guitar, vocals [sister owl - gonkwin - jane - cowhoon] [4], guitar, vocals [9, 11, 12]
Chuck Wild - piano [boadway] [4]
Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, vocals [2, 3], rhythm guitar, vocals [thing - fish] [4], guitar, vocals [8, 11, 12]
Albert Wing - tenor saxophone [2, 8]
Frank Zappa - producer, composed by, written by, lyrics by, arranged by, directed by [characterizations & album production], electric guitar [lead], synthesizer [computer], vocals [2], electric guitar [lead], vocals [3, 8, 9, 11, 12], electric guitar, electronics [synclavier] [4], electric guitar, instruments [linn drum machine & arp 2000] [5], electric guitar [lead], vocals [low grumbles, ooh wah], mixed by [piano, bass, drums] [6], interviewer [7], guitar [10]
Allan Zavod - keyboards [3, 11, 12]
CD contains an enhanced portion, credited as: "A complete listing of the Mighty & Majestic Rycodisc FZ CD Catalog can be found on the enhanced portion of this release. Or jump to www.rycodisc.com". It consists mainly of an iconographic hypertext-linked discography of Frank Zappa releases, available at the time.
Track 1: From the album "Playground Psychotics";
The audiovisual version of this track appears on "The True Story Of 200 Motels" Video.
Track 2: From the album "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6";
This song also graces "Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III" and "Have I Offended Someone?".
[Recorded at Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA., Feb 12, 1988 & Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Mar 03, 1988]
Track 3: From the album "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3";
This song also graces "Sheik Yerbouti", the European version of "Strictly Commercial" and "Have I Offended Someone?".
[Recorded at Paramount Theater, Seattle, Washington, Dec 17, 1984 (Late show)]
[Track time on liner notes at 4:20 is incorrect. It is corrected below. This is the "Hi-Yo, Silver!" version, not the version on the vinyl issues of "Sheik Yerbouti"]
Track 4: From the album "Thing-Fish";
This song also graces "You Are What You Is".
[Basic track: Recorded Jul-Sep, 1980 at UMRK]
[Track time on liner notes at 4:51 is incorrect. It is corrected below].
Track 5: From the album "The Man From Utopia".
[Recorded at UMRK c.1981-82]
Track 6: From the album "Cruising With Ruben & The Jets".
[Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC, Dec 1967-Feb 1968]
Track 7: From the album "Playground Psychotics";
Some Background research for "Fillmore East, June 1971".
Track 8: From the album "Broadway The Hard Way";
This song also graces "Does Humor Belong In Music".
[Recorded at Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria, May 08, 1988 & Rudi-Sedlmeyer Sporthalle, Munich, Germany, May 09, 1988]
Track 9: From the album "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.1";
This song also graces "Over-nite Sensation" and "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life".
[Recorded at Parco Redecesio, Milan, Italy, Jul 07, 1982. Guitar solo: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK., Jun 19, 1982 (Late show)].
Track 10: From the album "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.4";
This song (without the parenthetical statement) also graces "Zoot Allures", "YCDTOSA Vol.1" and the expanded CD version of "Zappa In New York".
[Recorded at Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Texas, May 21, 1975]
Track 11: From the album "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.3";
This song also graces "Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III" and the original single version is on "Strictly Commercial".
[Recorded at Bismarck Theater, Chicago, Illinois, Nov 23, 1984]
Track 12: From the album "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol.4";
This song also graces "Weasles Ripped My Flesh", "Strictly Commercial" and the original single version is on "YCDTOSA Vol.5"
[Recorded at Universal Amphitheater, Universal City, CA., Dec 23, 1984]
Track 13: From the album "Playground Psychotics";
The audiovisual version of this track appears on "The True Story Of 200 Motels" Video.
[Recorded at Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA., Nov, 1970]
Rykodisc, RCD 10579
