December
21, 2005 Playlist
R =
Listener Request
FRANK
ZAPPA's 65th Birthday!
- The Mothers (feat. Flo
& Eddie) - Call Any Vegetable (live 1971)
- The Mothers (feat. Flo
& Eddie) - Once Upon A Time (live 1971)
- The Mothers (feat. Flo
& Eddie) - Lonesome Electric Turkey (live 1971)
- The Mothers (feat. Flo
& Eddie) - Peaches en Regalia (live 1971)
- Frank Zappa
& the Mothers - Cheepnis (live 1974)
- The Mothers - Zomby Woof
- Frank Zappa,
Captain Beefheart & the Mothers - Muffin Man (live 1975)
- Frank Zappa - Stinkfoot
-
- The Mothers of
Invention - My Guitar (Wants To Kill Your Mama)
(b-side
version)
- The Mothers of
Invention - Trouble Coming Every Day (R)
- Frank Zappa /
The Mothers (feat. Flo & Eddie) - What Will This
Evening Bring Me This Morning?
- Frank Zappa
& the Mothers - Sofa No. 2
- The Mothers of
Invention - Dog Breath In The Year Of The
Plague -->
- The Mothers of
Invention - The Legend of the Golden Arches
-->
- The Mothers of
Invention - Louie Louie -->
- The Mothers of
Invention - The Dog Breath Variations
- The Mothers of
Invention - What's The Ugliest Part of Your
Body? -->
- The Mothers of
Invention - Absolutely Free -->
- The Mothers of
Invention - Flower Punk
- The Mothers of
Invention - Stuff Up The Cracks
- The Mothers of
Invention - Agency Man (1967
unfinished studio outtake)
- The Mothers of
Invention - Plastic People (live c.
1965-66)
- The Mothers of
Invention - Rock Around The Clock / Sandwich
Song (rehearsal tape 1964)
- The Mothers of
Invention - How Could I Be Such A Fool? (rehearsal
tape 1965)
- The Mothers of
Invention - Boogie For Berkeley (rehearsal
tape 1968)
- The Mothers of
Invention - You Didn't Try To Call Me -->
- The Mothers of
Invention - Petroushka (Stravinsky) / Bristol Stomp (The Dovels) / Baby Love (The
Supremes)
-->
- The Mothers of
Invention - Big Leg Emma (live in
Sweden 1967)
- The Mothers of
Invention - Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown /
Aybe Sea
-
- Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (excerpt)
- Frank Zappa - N-Lite
-
- The Mothers of
Invention - Toads of the Short Forest
- The Mothers - Blessed Relief
- Frank Zappa - Little Umbrellas
-
- The Mothers - Montana
Frank
Vincent Zappa (Dec 21, 1940 - Dec 4, 1993)
Note on
artist credits:
From 1966
to 1969 Frank Zappa was the leader of "The Mothers of
Invention", and all albums from this period were originally
credited as such (with the exception of 1967's "Lumpy
Gravy" LP which is credited to "Frank Zappa.")
From 1970-1973, Zappa and his revolving cast of backup musicians
alternated releasing albums under the names "Frank
Zappa" and the simplified moniker "The Mothers."
In 1974-75 Zappa released a couple albums using the hybrid name
"Frank Zappa and the Mothers", then finally from 1976
on all of his records were simply credited to "Frank
Zappa." The artist names used on this week's playlist follow
the names used on the original LP releases.
However
because Zappa maintained ownership of his master recordings (with
the exception of the "200 Motels" soundtrack), all of
the various albums released over the years under permutations of
"The Mothers (of Invention)" have since been reissued
on CD under the name "Frank Zappa."
Here is a
partial list of some of the key Mothers from the 1966-75 period:
Frank
Zappa (lead guitar, vocals, compositions &
arrangements 1966-75)
Roy
Estrada (bass & falsetto vocals 1966-69)
Jimmy
Carl Black AKA "The Indian of the group" (drums
1966-69)
Ray
Collins (lead vocals 1966-68)
Jim
"Motorhead" Sherwood (roadie / tambourine &
baritone sax 1966-69)
Bunk
& Buzz Gardner (reeds 1967-69)
Don
Preston (keyboards & electronics 1967-72)
Ian
Underwood (keyboards & reeds 1967-74)
Howard
Kaylan and Mark Volman AKA "Flo & Eddie"
(lead vocals 1970-71)
Aynsley
Dunbar (drums 1970-74)
George
Duke (keyboards & vocals 1970-75)
Ruth
Underwood (xylophone & percussion 1972-75)
Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals, sax, flute 1973-75)
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