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The Steve Allen Playhouse

Frank Zappa

1963
Frank Zappa demonstrates how to play a bicycle

Abstract Music Piece

The Steve Allen Playhouse

Frank Zappa

TV showUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 1731

In Memoriam Hieronymus Bosch

From The Bitter End

Frank Zappa

1967
First broadcast October, 1967. Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention

In Memoriam Hieronymus Bosch

From The Bitter End

Frank Zappa

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 24836

The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet

Vjoew

Frank Zappa

1968
First broadcast May 13, 1968. Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention

The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet

Vjoew

Frank Zappa

TV showNetherlandsB&WMimedEntry id = 23463

Includes - Tuning Up, Improvisation In A, Boogie Shuffle In A, Don Preston’s Dental Problem, King Kong, The String Quartet, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Jam In E, Uncle Meat, Lohengrin, Let’s Make The Water Turn Black, Octandre

Beat Club

Frank Zappa

1968
Edited version first broadcast October 6, 1968. Franz Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention.

Includes - Tuning Up, Improvisation In A, Boogie Shuffle In A, Don Preston’s Dental Problem, King Kong, The String Quartet, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Jam In E, Uncle Meat, Lohengrin, Let’s Make The Water Turn Black, Octandre

Beat Club

Frank Zappa

TV showGermanyB&WMimedEntry id = 6299

King Kong

Colour Me Pop

Frank Zappa

1968
Filmed October 23, 1968. Franz Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention.

King Kong

Colour Me Pop

Frank Zappa

TV showUKColourMimedEntry id = 10482

A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus), Sleeping In A Jar, Octandre

Forum Musiques

Frank Zappa

1968
First broadcast October 23, 1968. Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention

A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus), Sleeping In A Jar, Octandre

Forum Musiques

Frank Zappa

TV showFranceB&WLive performanceEntry id = 24837

Holiday In Berlin, The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage, Undaunted The Band Plays On, Agency Man, Epilogue

Concert (Royal Festival Hall)

Frank Zappa

1968
Royal Festival Hall, London, October 25, 1968. Featured in the 1987 video, Uncle Meat. Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention with members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Holiday In Berlin, The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage, Undaunted The Band Plays On, Agency Man, Epilogue

Concert (Royal Festival Hall)

Frank Zappa

Concert filmUKColourLive performanceEntry id = 24838

Call Any Vegetable, Groupies, Do You Like My New Car, Happy Together

Concert (Fillmore West)

Frank Zappa

1968
Fillmore West, San Francisco, November 1970. Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention

Call Any Vegetable, Groupies, Do You Like My New Car, Happy Together

Concert (Fillmore West)

Frank Zappa

Concert filmUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 24839

Includes - Mystery Roach, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich, Half A Dozen Provocative Squats, Daddy Daddy Daddy, Penis Dimension, What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning, Magic Fingers, Strictly Genteel (The Finale)

200 Motels

Frank Zappa

1971
Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention

Includes - Mystery Roach, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich, Half A Dozen Provocative Squats, Daddy Daddy Daddy, Penis Dimension, What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning, Magic Fingers, Strictly Genteel (The Finale)

200 Motels

Frank Zappa

FilmUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 10999

Well (Baby Please Don't Go), Jamrag (King Kong), Scumbag, Aü

Concert (Fillmore East)

Frank Zappa

1971
Fillmore East, New York, June 6, 1971. With John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Well (Baby Please Don't Go), Jamrag (King Kong), Scumbag, Aü

Concert (Fillmore East)

Frank Zappa

Concert filmUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 10456

Cosmik Debris, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Kung Fu, Penguin In Bondage, RDNZL, Montana, Dupree's Paradise, Join The March And Eat My Starch, Farther Oblivion

Concert (Stockholm)

Frank Zappa

1973
Skansen, Stockholm, August 21, 1973

Cosmik Debris, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Kung Fu, Penguin In Bondage, RDNZL, Montana, Dupree's Paradise, Join The March And Eat My Starch, Farther Oblivion

Concert (Stockholm)

Frank Zappa

TV showSwedenColourLive performanceEntry id = 17394

Includes - Something Terrible Has Happened, Cosmik Debris, Penguin In Bondage, T'Mershi Duween, Dog, Meat (The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat), RDNZL, Inca Roads, Echidna's Art (Of You), Don't You Ever Wash That Thing, Cheepnis, I'm The Slime

Concert (Roxy Theatre)

Frank Zappa

1973
Roxy Theatre, Hollywood, December 1973

Includes - Something Terrible Has Happened, Cosmik Debris, Penguin In Bondage, T'Mershi Duween, Dog, Meat (The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat), RDNZL, Inca Roads, Echidna's Art (Of You), Don't You Ever Wash That Thing, Cheepnis, I'm The Slime

Concert (Roxy Theatre)

Frank Zappa

Concert filmUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 311

The Dog Breath Variations/ Uncle Meat, Montana, Earl Of Duke, Florentine Pogen, Stink-Foot, Pygmy Twylyte, Room Service, Inca Roads, Oh No/ Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, A Token Of My Extreme, Approximate, Cosmik Debris,

A Token Of His Extreme

Frank Zappa

1974
Filmed for TV broadcast at KCET, Hollywood, August 27, 1974. Issued as DVD A Token Of His Extreme. Includes George Duke - keyboards

The Dog Breath Variations/ Uncle Meat, Montana, Earl Of Duke, Florentine Pogen, Stink-Foot, Pygmy Twylyte, Room Service, Inca Roads, Oh No/ Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, A Token Of My Extreme, Approximate, Cosmik Debris,

A Token Of His Extreme

Frank Zappa

Concert filmUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 22941

Black Napkins

The Mike Douglas Show

Frank Zappa

1976
First broadcast November 11, 1976

Black Napkins

The Mike Douglas Show

Frank Zappa

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 6900

I'm The Slime

Saturday Night Live

Frank Zappa

1976
First broadcast December 11, 1976

I'm The Slime

Saturday Night Live

Frank Zappa

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 10454

Includes - Disco Boy, I Have Been In You, City Of Tiny Lites, Titties 'N Beer, Bobby Brown Goes Down, Jones Crusher, Punky's Whips, Broken Hearts Are For Assholes, Dinah-Moe-Humm, Camarillo Brillo,San Ber'dino

Concert (New York City)

Frank Zappa

1977
Palladium Theatre, New York, October 1977. Featured in the 1979 film Baby Snakes. Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention

Includes - Disco Boy, I Have Been In You, City Of Tiny Lites, Titties 'N Beer, Bobby Brown Goes Down, Jones Crusher, Punky's Whips, Broken Hearts Are For Assholes, Dinah-Moe-Humm, Camarillo Brillo,San Ber'dino

Concert (New York City)

Frank Zappa

Concert filmUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 11013

Includes - Pound For A Brown, Baby Snakes, Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me, Keep It Greasey, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee, Sofa #2 , Vinnie's Seal Call Fusion Music, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Dead Air/I'm On Duty

Concert (Munich)

Frank Zappa

1978
Circus Krone, Munich, September 8, 1978

Includes - Pound For A Brown, Baby Snakes, Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me, Keep It Greasey, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee, Sofa #2 , Vinnie's Seal Call Fusion Music, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Dead Air/I'm On Duty

Concert (Munich)

Frank Zappa

TV showGermanyColourLive performanceEntry id = 24840

Includes - Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Keep It Greasy, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Strictly Genteel, Dinah Moe Hum

Concert (Passaic)

Frank Zappa

1978
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey, October 13, 1978

Includes - Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Keep It Greasy, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Strictly Genteel, Dinah Moe Hum

Concert (Passaic)

Frank Zappa

Concert filmUSAB&WLive performanceEntry id = 14270

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Abstract Music Piece

In Memoriam Hieronymus Bosch

In Memoriam Hieronymus Bosch

The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet

The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet

Includes - Tuning Up, Improvisation In A, Boogie Shuffle In A, Don Preston’s Dental Problem, King Kong, The String Quartet, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Jam In E, Uncle Meat, Lohengrin, Let’s Make The Water Turn Black, Octandre

Includes - Tuning Up, Improvisation In A, Boogie Shuffle In A, Don Preston’s Dental Problem, King Kong, The String Quartet, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Jam In E, Uncle Meat, Lohengrin, Let’s Make The Water Turn Black, Octandre

King Kong

King Kong

A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus), Sleeping In A Jar, Octandre

A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus), Sleeping In A Jar, Octandre

Holiday In Berlin, The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage, Undaunted The Band Plays On, Agency Man, Epilogue

Holiday In Berlin, The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage, Undaunted The Band Plays On, Agency Man, Epilogue

Call Any Vegetable, Groupies, Do You Like My New Car, Happy Together

Call Any Vegetable, Groupies, Do You Like My New Car, Happy Together

Includes - Mystery Roach, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich, Half A Dozen Provocative Squats, Daddy Daddy Daddy, Penis Dimension, What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning, Magic Fingers, Strictly Genteel (The Finale)

Includes - Mystery Roach, Lonesome Cowboy Burt, This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich, Half A Dozen Provocative Squats, Daddy Daddy Daddy, Penis Dimension, What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning, Magic Fingers, Strictly Genteel (The Finale)

Well (Baby Please Don't Go), Jamrag (King Kong), Scumbag, Aü

Well (Baby Please Don't Go), Jamrag (King Kong), Scumbag, Aü

Cosmik Debris, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Kung Fu, Penguin In Bondage, RDNZL, Montana, Dupree's Paradise, Join The March And Eat My Starch, Farther Oblivion

Cosmik Debris, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, Kung Fu, Penguin In Bondage, RDNZL, Montana, Dupree's Paradise, Join The March And Eat My Starch, Farther Oblivion

Includes - Something Terrible Has Happened, Cosmik Debris, Penguin In Bondage, T'Mershi Duween, Dog, Meat (The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat), RDNZL, Inca Roads, Echidna's Art (Of You), Don't You Ever Wash That Thing, Cheepnis, I'm The Slime

Includes - Something Terrible Has Happened, Cosmik Debris, Penguin In Bondage, T'Mershi Duween, Dog, Meat (The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat), RDNZL, Inca Roads, Echidna's Art (Of You), Don't You Ever Wash That Thing, Cheepnis, I'm The Slime

The Dog Breath Variations/ Uncle Meat, Montana, Earl Of Duke, Florentine Pogen, Stink-Foot, Pygmy Twylyte, Room Service, Inca Roads, Oh No/ Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, A Token Of My Extreme, Approximate, Cosmik Debris,

The Dog Breath Variations/ Uncle Meat, Montana, Earl Of Duke, Florentine Pogen, Stink-Foot, Pygmy Twylyte, Room Service, Inca Roads, Oh No/ Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, A Token Of My Extreme, Approximate, Cosmik Debris,

Black Napkins

Black Napkins

I'm The Slime

I'm The Slime

Includes - Disco Boy, I Have Been In You, City Of Tiny Lites, Titties 'N Beer, Bobby Brown Goes Down, Jones Crusher, Punky's Whips, Broken Hearts Are For Assholes, Dinah-Moe-Humm, Camarillo Brillo,San Ber'dino

Includes - Disco Boy, I Have Been In You, City Of Tiny Lites, Titties 'N Beer, Bobby Brown Goes Down, Jones Crusher, Punky's Whips, Broken Hearts Are For Assholes, Dinah-Moe-Humm, Camarillo Brillo,San Ber'dino

Includes - Pound For A Brown, Baby Snakes, Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me, Keep It Greasey, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee, Sofa #2 , Vinnie's Seal Call Fusion Music, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Dead Air/I'm On Duty

Includes - Pound For A Brown, Baby Snakes, Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me, Keep It Greasey, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee, Sofa #2 , Vinnie's Seal Call Fusion Music, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Dead Air/I'm On Duty

Includes - Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Keep It Greasy, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Strictly Genteel, Dinah Moe Hum

Includes - Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Keep It Greasy, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Strictly Genteel, Dinah Moe Hum

Dancin' Fool, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast*

Dancin' Fool, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast*

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