Road Tapes, Venue 3

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Road Tapes, Venue #3
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ReleasedMay 27, 2016 (2016-05-27)
RecordedJuly 5, 1970 (two shows)
Venue Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN
Genre Rock
Length144:09
Label Vaulternative Records
Catalog Number: VR 2016-1 [1]
Producer Ahmet Zappa, Joe Travers
Frank Zappa chronology
Roxy The Soundtrack
(2016)
Road Tapes, Venue #3
(2016)
The Crux Of The Biscuit
(2016)

Road Tapes, Venue #3 is a posthumous album of Frank Zappa, released in May 2016, consisting of the recording of the two (early & late) shows on July 5, 1970, at Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN. The album was recorded as one of the first shows with the (then) newly formed Mothers of Invention featuring Flo & Eddie, Aynsley Dunbar, George Duke, Jeff Simmons and returning member Ian Underwood. This release is notable for being one of the few tapes in the Zappa Vault from this time period, and line up. [2] It is the ninth installment on the Vaulternative Records label that is dedicated to the posthumous release of complete Zappa concerts, following the releases of FZ:OZ (2002), Buffalo (2007), Wazoo (2007), Philly '76 (2009), Hammersmith Odeon (2010), Carnegie Hall (2011), Road Tapes, Venue #1 (2012) and Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013).

Contents

Overview

The track "Nancy & Mary Music" off the album Chunga's Revenge was made up from the tracks "King Kong/Igor's Boogie" and "The Clap (Chunga's Revenge)". Disc 1, tracks 1–14 make up the 1st show and tracks 15, 16 and all of disc 2 make up the 2nd show. [3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Zappa, except where noted

Disc one
No.TitleSongwriterLength
1."Tyrone Start The Tape" 1:59
2."King Kong" 3:37
3."Wonderful Wino"Frank Zappa, Jeff Simmons4:47
4."Concentration Moon" 4:07
5."Mom & Dad" 3:25
6."The Air" 3:46
7."Dog Breath" 2:01
8."Mother People" 2:06
9."You Didn't Try to Call Me" 4:10
10."Agon – Interlude" Igor Stravinsky 0:36
11."Call Any Vegetable" 7:59
12."King Kong/Igor's Boogie" 20:25
13."It Can't Happen Here" 3:05
14."Sharleena" 4:59
15."The 23rd "Mondellos"" 3:13
16."Justine" Don Harris, Dewey Steven Terry1:46
Total length:72:01
Disc two
No.TitleLength
1."Pound for a Brown"5:07
2."Sleeping in a Jar"3:37
3."Sharleena"5:49
4.""A Piece of Contemporary Music"" (includes an excerpt of "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Juan Tizol))7:03
5."The Return of the Hunchback Duke" (including "The Little House I Used to Live In", "Holiday in Berlin")10:00
6."Cruising for Burgers"3:44
7."Let's Make the Water Turn Black"1:42
8."Harry, You're a Beast"1:29
9."Oh No/Orange County Lumber Truck" (includes an excerpt of "Lucy Lu" (Ray Sharpe))11:01
10."Call Any Vegetable"11:29
11."Mondello's Revenge"1:46
12."The Clap (Chunga's Revenge)"13:01
Total length:75:48

Personnel

Musicians

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