disc 2
2. The Illinois Enema Bandit
- See also ARF: Notes & Comments.
Liner notes by FZ, 1992
date: December, 1984 location: UNIVERSAL AMPHITHEATER, L.A.
original recording medium: 24 track digital recording engineer: MARK PINSKE
remote facility: UMRK MOBILE remix engineer: BOB STONE
Tan Mitsugu, quoted in ARF: Notes & Comments
After Ike shouts 'Isn't that amazing?' (6:29), an edit to '81/'82 band occurs. (Ike disappered, and Steve Vai's guitar and Ed Mann's marimba come in, and also, the bass is switched to Mini-Moog bass.)
flambay, October 13, 2014
the first part of the song and the FZ solo are indeed from Universal City, CA and the final part of the song ("It must be just what they all need . . . " etc.) is indeed from 1982.
For the middle part of the song, after the FZ solo you will have to add:
1984 12 17—Paramount Theater, Seattle, WA Early Show
and
1984 11 23—Bismarck Theatre, Chicago, IL Early Show
Sources
Thanks to flambay and Patrick Buzby.
| NYC Halloween Audience/The Illinois Enema Bandit YCDTOSA6 (Zappa Records, 1992) | NYC, October 31, 1981 (early show) | Universal City, CA, December 23, 1984 | Royal Oak, MI, November 21, 1984 | Seattle, WA, December 17, 1984 (early show) | Chicago, IL, November 23, 1984 (early show) | Pistoia, Italy, July 8, 1982 | NYC, October 27, 1978 (late show) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYC Halloween Audience | |||||||
| 0:11-0:16 | 0:07-0:12 | ||||||
| 0:16-0:26 | 0:33-0:43 | ||||||
| 0:26-0:28 | 0:49-0:51 | ||||||
| 0:28-0:44 | 1:14-1:30 | ||||||
| Bobby Brown | |||||||
| 0:44-0:46 | 0:00-0:02 | ||||||
| 0:46-2:03 | 0:00-1:17 | ||||||
| 2:03-2:29 | 1:19-1:44 | ||||||
| 2:29-2:54 | |||||||
| 2:54-5:32 | 2:07-4:44 | ||||||
| 5:32-6:28 | 6:03-7:00 | ||||||
| 6:28-7:16 | 6:42-7:30 | ||||||
| 7:16-8:35 | 6:15-7:35 | ||||||
| 8:35-8:39 | |||||||
| 8:39-8:43 | 7:39-7:42 | ||||||
| Thirteen Pt1 | |||||||
| 8:43-8:49 | 0:00-0:05 |
3. Thirteen
- See also ARF: Notes & Comments.
Liner notes by FZ, 1992
date: 31 October 1978 location: THE PALLADIUM, NEW YORK CITY
original recording medium: 24 track analog recording engineer: JOE CHICARELLI
remote facility: RECORD PLANT MOBILE remix engineer: JOE CHICARELLI
remix facility: SUN WEST RECORDERS, LOS ANGELES
Arthur Barrow, Of Course I Said Yes!, 2016, p. 79
Before the show, there was a meeting in Frank's dressing room. He had an electric piano in there, and had written a little C Lydian vamp in 13/8. [...] Frank said that we would use that as a vehicle for L. Shankar to improvise over. I thought to myself, "I'm sure glad I don't have to do this one since Pat [O'Hearn] is doing all the jams. Have fun, Pat!" Then Frank turned to me and said, "I want you to play bass on this one."
4. Lobster Girl
- See also ARF: Notes & Comments.
Liner notes by FZ, 1992
date: 31 October 1978 location: THE PALLADIUM, NEW YORK CITY
original recording medium: 24 track analog recording engineer: JOE CHICARELLI
remote facility: RECORD PLANT MOBILE remix engineer: JOE CHICARELLI
remix facility: SUN WEST RECORDERS, LOS ANGELES
Patrick O'Hearn interviewed by Robert L. Doeschuk, Keyboardist, April, 1994
Anything went. I remember writing down a story that had occurred to me, part of it personal and part of it fiction. I read it to Frank before one show, and he said, "Let's do this tonight!" Sure enough, at one point in the show, they improvised musical background, and I recited the story.
5. Black Napkins
- See also ARF: Notes & Comments.
Sources & Edits
Special thanks to Patrick Buzby and Tan Mitsugu.
| NYC, December 26, 1976 | Chicago, IL, November 23, 1984 (early show) | 5.08. Black Napkins—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019) | 1.05. Black Napkins—YCDTOSA Vol. 6 (CD, 1991) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23. Black Napkins | |||
| 00:00-00:42 | 00:00-00:42 | 0:00-0:42 | |
| 00:42-01:15 | 00:42-01:15 | ||
| 01:15-01:23 | 01:15-01:23 | 0:42-0:50 | |
| 01:23-01:56 | |||
| 01:56-04:31 | 01:23-03:59 | 0:50-3:25 | |
| 04:31-11:57 | |||
| 11:57-18:49 | 03:59-10:53 | ||
| 1:12-2:36 | 3:25-4:50 | ||
| 2:36-3:33 | |||
| 3:33-3:54 | 4:50-5:12 | ||
| 3:54-4:02 | |||
| 4:02-4:12 | 5:12-5:22 |
10. Tryin' To Grow A Chin
- See also ARF: Notes & Comments.
Sources & Edits
| "Tryin' To Grow A Chin" (October 31, 1977, early show) Halloween 77 (2017) | "Tryin' To Grow A Chin" YCDTOSA Vol. 6 (Zappa Records, 1992) |
|---|---|
| 0:00-3:33 | 0:00-3:33 |
| 3:33-3:35 |
11. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
- See also ARF: Notes & Comments.
Liner notes by FZ, 1992
date: 31 October, 1978 location: THE PALLADIUM, NEW YORK CITY
original recording medium: 24 track analog recording engineer: JOE CHICARELLI
remote facility: RECORD PLANT MOBILE remix engineer: JOE CHICARELLI
remix facility: SUN WEST RECORDERS, LOS ANGELES
12. Lisa's Life Story
- See also ARF: Notes & Comments.
Liner notes by FZ, 1992
date: 12/11/80 location: SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUDITORIUM
original recording medium: 24 track analog recording engineer: GEORGE DOUGLAS
remote facility: 24 track analog in dressing room
- See notes for "Soup 'N Old Clothes" on Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (1981).
Well, then there was a quest for the perfect hunk
I spell that h-u-n-k, hunk
You know, I like them tall and blonde.
Lisa Popeil, interviewed by Andrew Greenaway, The Idiot Bastard, May 29, 2010
The lyric idea in "Lisa's Life Story" was to make it seem as though Frank was the 'perfect hunk', but then at the end, throwing in the zinger 'and BLOND' to deflate the build-up.
John Livzey, johnlivzey.com
Frank Zappa conducting a performance by Lisa Popeil in Santa Monica, California.
13. Lonesome Cowboy Nando
- See also ARF: Notes & Comments.
My name is Nando
I am a marine biologist
Onno Gross, The David Ocker Internet Interview, 1994-1995
F. Boero (1987): Life cycles of Phialella zappai n. sp., Phialella fragilis and Phialella sp. (Cnidaria, Leptomedusae, Phialellidae) from Central California.—Journal of Natural Histors, 21, 465-480. and it says in the ending: "I have the pleasure in naming this species after the modern music composer Francis (Frank) Vincent Zappa.
Francesco Gentile, The David Ocker Internet Interview, 1994-1995
Nando is Fernando Boero, a marine biologyst from Genoa, the Italian city where the 88 part of "Lonesome Cowboy Nando" was recorded. Nando wrote for us the story of his friendship with FZ, it's a very nice story, I hope I'll find someone from affz that will want to translate it in English. Meanwhile here is a rough translation of the begining of the article:
"There is nothing I'd like better than having a jellyfish named after me" (FZ).
In 1982, after becoming a researcher in the University of Genoa, I asked for a work fund that could allow me to be for a long time in the Bodega Marine Laboratory of the University of California, Berkeley. The purpose was to study the taxonomy and the ecology of the local jellyfish fauna (yes, there exist people who earn a living studing jellyfish). Actually the true purpose was another one: to meet Frank Zappa. My strategy was a simple one:
—that fauna was (and is) not well known;—I would find some new species for sure;—once I have found them I would have to give them a name;—I would dedicate one of them to FZ;—I would tell him about it;—He would invite me for a visit.
And that's how it went.