FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Finer Moments (2012), "Some Ballet Music" improvisations as The Walking Zombie Music, performed in London, June 6, 1969
• BTB I: The Ark (1991), middle section of Part I as Some Ballet Music, performed in Boston, July 8, 1969
• Joe's Domage (2004), "The New Brown Clouds" as When It's Perfect . . ., The New Brown Clouds and part of Blessed Relief/The New Brown Clouds, recorded in 1972
• The Grand Wazoo (1972), the "New Brown Clouds" melody cited in For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers), recorded at Paramount Recording Studios, LA, CA, spring 1972
• Wazoo (2007), as The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary: Movement I, Movement II, Movement III and Movement IV—The New Brown Clouds, performed in Boston, September 24, 1972
• Imaginary Diseases (2006), the "Steno Pool" section as first part of Farther O'Blivion, performed c. October 27-December 15, 1972
• The Crux Of The Biscuit (2016), the "Steno Pool" section as part of Don't Eat The Yellow Snow/St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast (Live), performed in Sydney, Australia, June 24, 1973
• BTB I: Piquantique (1991), the "Steno Pool" section (including "Join The March And Eat My Starch") as first part of Father O'Blivion, performed in Stockholm, August 21, 1973
• Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013), the "Steno Pool" section as first part of Farther O'Blivion, performed in Helsinki, August 24, 1973
• Halloween 73 (2019), the "Steno Pool" section as part of Farther O'Blivion, recorded in Los Angeles, CA, October 21, 1973
• Halloween 73 (2019), the "Steno Pool" section as part of Farther O'Blivion—Part 1, performed in Chicago, IL, October 31, 1973, late show
• The Roxy Performances (2018), the "Steno Pool" section as part of Farther O'Blivion—In Rehearsal, performed in Los Angeles, December 10, 1973, rehearsal
• Studio Tan (1978), as The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary, recorded at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado, December 1974; The Record Plant, January 3-14, 1975; & Royce Hall, UCLA, September 17-19, 1975
  • same version, different edit on Läther (1996) as The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary
• Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary (2019), as The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary, performed at Royce Hall, UCLA, September 18, 1975
• Chicago '78 (2016), quoted in Paroxysmal Splendor, performed in Chicago, IL, September 29, 1978

 

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

Some Ballet Music

• November, 1968-May, 1969 (MOI)—known performances: 2
• May-August, 1969 (MOI)—known performances: 6

Greggery's Appartment

• September, 1972 (Grand Wazoo)—known performances: 4

Steno Pool

• October-December, 1972 (Petit Wazoo)—known performances: 10 (as part of "Farther Oblivion")
• February-May, 1973 (MOI)—known performances: 14 (as part of "Farther Oblivion")
• June-July, 1973 (MOI Pacific Tour)—known performances: 8 (as part of "Farther Oblivion")
• August-September, 1973 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 6 (as part of "Farther Oblivion")
• October-December, 1973 (MOI)—known performances: 2 (as part of "Farther Oblivion")
• September, 1975 (Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra) ("Steno Pool")—known performances: 1

Greggery Invents The Calendar/Greggery Is Attacked/New Brown Clouds

• September, 1972 (Grand Wazoo)—known performances: 5
• September, 1975 (Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra)—known performances: 1

 

Comments

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

1968 (It's 1969 actually): "Music that is better for you in the long run", or so says Frank to introduce this minimalist composed piece from "The Ark". Full of percussion and wind instruments, but with lots of space and taken at a very unhurried pace, this piece is a precursor to the mad sound of "Greggary Peccary", and contains parts that would later appear, though quite a bit more cartoonish, in that later piece.

1972 (The Grand Wazoo): This is basically an instrumental version of the "Studio Tan" track, minus one key musical section. As it is performed on this tour, Frank has divided it up into 4 movements- 1) GP going to work; 2) GP inventing the calendar (Bruce Fowler claims that this music does not appear in the studio version of "Greggary Peccary". I must admit to a dislike of this studio track, and a laziness in not doing an A/B with this version and the album version. Does anyone know if Bruce knows what he is talking about?); 3) GP being attacked by henchmen; and 4) GP meeting the greatest philosopher known to man (that Quentin guy). This fourth part is titled "New Brown Clouds", and appears as its own song, separate from the other parts, at the first two shows. According to the program Frank wrote for this tour, "New Brown Clouds" was intended to be used as the show opener at each show (with GP the show closer), but this only lasted 2 shows. All 4 parts basically correspond to their respective parts from the studio version, allowing for obvious differences in instrumentation, and with the standard deviation coming in the short solo in part 3. During each performance, Frank would narrate the story between the different parts, typically telling the audience to "Shut up!" while doing so :-). Note the conspicuous absence of the Steno Pool/Big Swifty section, possibly the best music in the song. Oddly enough, this music would not premiere until the following tour, when it would appear as part one of the "Farther O'Blivion" medley.

Conceptual Continuity

• Dental Hygiene Dilemma ("That was BILLY THE MOUNTAIN, dressed up like Donovan")
• Billy The Mountain
• Toads Of The Short Forest
• Big Swifty
• Thing-Fish (Quentin Robert De Nameland)
• Camarillo Brillo
• Farther Oblivion

Gas Stations:

• Opening Night At 'Studio Z' (". . . at a gas station or something like that.")
• The Uncle Frankie Show ("Then we have I Was A Teen-age Gas Station Attendant.")
• At The Gas Station
• The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary ("GREGGERY stops at a gas station and makes a mysterious phone call . . . ")
• Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station
• Clowns On Velvet ("gwine take a job at a gas statium in New Jersey")
• The White Boy Troubles ("de father o' de boy at de gas statium")