FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), and quoted in Dupree's Paradise, performed in Helsinki, August 24, 1973
• Halloween 73 (2019), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Chicago, IL, October 31, 1973, early show
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Los Angeles, December 8, 1973
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Los Angeles, December 9, 1973, late show
  • same performance on Roxy By Proxy (2014) as Echidna's Arf (Of You)
  • parts of the same performance on Roxy—The Movie (2015) as part of Echidna's Arf (Of You)
    • same version on Roxy—The Soundtrack (2015) as Echidna's Arf (Of You)
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Los Angeles, December 10, 1973, late show
  • same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) as Echidna's Arf (Of You)
    • same version on Zappa Picks by Larry LaLonde of Primus (2002)
  • parts of the same performance on Roxy—The Movie (2015) as part of Echidna's Arf (Of You)
    • same version on Roxy—The Soundtrack (2015) as Echidna's Arf (Of You)
• The Roxy Performances (2018), quoted in Tuning And Studio Chatter, recorded at Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA, December 12, 1973
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as Echidna's Arf (Of You)—In Session, recorded at Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA, December 12, 1973
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2 (1988), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Helsinki, September 22-23, 1974

 

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

• June-July, 1973 (MOI Pacific Tour)—known quotations: 1
• August-September, 1973 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 14
• October-December, 1973 (MOI)—known performances: 11
• February-March, 1974 (MOI)—known performances: 3
• June-August, 1974 (MOI)—known performances: 4
• September-October, 1974 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 7
• October-December, 1974 (MOI)—known performances: 11
• April-May, 1975 (MOI with Captain Beefheart)—known performances: 10
• October-December, 1984 (North America)—known quotations: 2
• February-March, 1988 (North America)—known quotations: 1
• April-June, 1988 (Europe)—known quotations: 1

 

Comments

Foggy G, "The Songs That Were Played," We're Only In It For The Touring

1973 Feb-Sep: Referred to as "Excentrifugal Forz" at this early stage in its career, this is one of those Frank classics that emerges on the scene fully developed and damn near perfect from the start. It is essentially performed as on "Roxy and Elsewhere", accounting for obvious differences in instrumentation. The early performances are somewhat rickety and do not flow as nicely as they eventually would, but by the end of the tour the band sounds completely comfortable with this tune.

1973 Oct-Dec: Essentially performed as on "Roxy and Elsewhere".

1974 Feb-Mar: Essentially performed as on "Roxy and Elsewhere", acounting for the obvious differences in instrumentation.

1974 Jul-Dec: Played as on YCDTOSA Volume II. Essentially the same nightly

1975: This song is not performed in its entirety. Instead, the closing section is frequently used as a segue from "Poofter's Froth" into the following song.