Wipe Out

(Bob Berryhill/Pat Connolly/Jim Fuller/Ron Wilson)

Originally recorded at Pal Studio, Cucamonga, and released by The Surfaris (DFS 11/2, 1962; reissued as Princess 50, 1962; then as Dot 16479, 1963)

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared:

BTB II: Electric Aunt Jemima (1992) as part of English Tea Dancing Interludes, performed in Denver, May 3, 1968
quoted in Joe's Garage from Joe's Garage Act I (1979), recorded at Village Recorders, LA, April 1979
- same version, different edit, released as a single (Zappa Z-31, September 1979)
  - same version (single edit) on Strictly Commercial (1995)
quoted in Joe's Garage from Buffalo (2007), performed in Buffalo, NY, October 25, 1980
quoted in Joe's Garage from You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 (1989), performed in Chicago, November 23, 1984
- same version on Cheap Thrills (1998)

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

December, 1967-August, 1968 (MOI)
November, 1968-May, 1969 (MOI)
June-December, 1970 (MOI) <quoted>
September-December, 1975 (MOI) <quoted>
January-March, 1976 (MOI Pacific & European Tour) <quoted>
January-February, 1978 (Europe) <quoted>

Comments:

Touring versions from Foggy G's We're Only In It For The Touring:

1968
This song is briefly quoted at the chaotic end of the February Denver "King Kong", which is captured and can be heard on the "Electric Aunt Jemima" boot from Beat the Boots Volume II.

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

5/3/68 Denver
8/3/68 New York
5/17/69 Detroit
12/6/70 (late) Amsterdam (quoted in Penis Dimension)
10/29/75 (late) Waterbury (included in Chunga's Revenge)
2/15/76 Ludwigshafen (quoted in The Torture Never Stops)
1/27/78 London (quoted during audience participation)

Any more?

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