Whisky a Go Go, 1968 (5-disc vinyl release)

~ Release by Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Annotation

The backside of vinyl disc 5 has no music on it, but only a picture.

Annotation last modified on 2024-06-26 17:13 UTC.

Tracklist

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1▼12" Vinyl: Side 1
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A1Whisky Improvisation: Episode I
alto saxophone [alto sax]:
Ian Underwood
baritone saxophone [baritone sax]:
Motorhead Sherwood
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Jimmy Carl Black and Art Tripp
electric bass guitar [bass]:
Roy Estrada
electric guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
flute and tenor saxophone [tenor sax]:
Bunk Gardner
gong and keyboard [keyboards]:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
percussion:
Jimmy Carl Black, Ray Collins, Motorhead Sherwood and Art Tripp
vocals:
Ray Collins, Roy Estrada and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recorded at:
Whisky a Go Go in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1968-07-23)
210:00
A2America Drinks & Goes Home
live recording of:
America Drinks & Goes Home (on 1968-07-23)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
22:55
A3Help, I’m a Rock / Transylvania Boogie
live recording of:
Help, I’m a Rock (on 1968-07-23)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
dedicated to:
Elvis Presley (“The King of Rock and Roll”)
live recording of:
Transylvania Boogie (on 1968-07-23)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
part of:
The Duke
28:23
2▼12" Vinyl: Side 2
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B1My Boyfriend’s Back
live partial cover recording of:
My Boyfriend’s Back (on 1968-07-23)
writer:
Bob Feldman (of The Strangeloves), Jerry Goldstein (producer, record label owner and publisher) and Richard Gottehrer (American songwriter and music executive)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department)
21:13
B2Bust His Head
21:23
B3Tiny Sick Tears Jam
live recording of:
Tiny Sick Tears (on 1968-07-23)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
parody version of:
96 Tears
revision of:
The Cookie Jar Lecture
28:18
B4“The Purpose of This Evening…”
21:40
B5Whisky Improvisation: Episode II – Part 1
2?:??
3▼12" Vinyl: Side 3
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A1Whisky Improvisation: Episode II – Part 2
2?:??
A2Status Back Baby
live recording of:
Status Back Baby (on 1968-07-23)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
25:04
A3Memories of El Monte
24:13
A4Oh, in the Sky
live recording of:
Oh, in the Sky
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
21:56
A5Valerie
live recording of:
Valarie (on 1968-07-23)
writer:
Clarence Lewis and Bobby Robinson
24:04
4▼12" Vinyl: Side 4
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B1“Fun & Merriment”
21:47
B2Hungry Freaks, Daddy
live recording of:
Hungry Freaks, Daddy (on 1968-07-23)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
23:49
B3King Kong – Part 1
live partial recording of:
King Kong (on 1968-07-23)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Frank Zappa Music
part of:
Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
27:57
5▼12" Vinyl: Side 5
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A1King Kong – Part 2
live partial cover recording of:
Getting to Know You (The King and I) (on 1968-07-23)
orchestrator:
Robert Russell Bennett (American composer and arranger)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer)
publisher:
Williamson Music Company
part of:
The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical)
live partial recording of:
King Kong (on 1968-07-23)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Frank Zappa Music
part of:
Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
live partial cover recording of:
This Is It (Bugs Bunny Overture) (on 1968-07-23)
writer:
Mack David (American lyricist and songwriter) and Jerry Livingston (songwriter)
27:48
A2Octandre
live partial recording of:
Octandre: I. Assez lent (on 1968-07-23)
composer:
Edgard Varèse (composer) (in 1923)
part of:
Octandre
21:00
A3Whisky Improvisation: Episode III
24:49
A4Meow
recording of:
Meow
22:28
A5God Bless America
live partial cover recording of:
God Bless America (on 1968-07-23)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Company and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
20:34
A6Presentation of Wings
21:32
A7Plastic People
live recording of:
Plastic People (on 1968-07-23)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
is based on:
Louie Louie
23:41
6▼12" Vinyl: Side 6
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B1Della’s Preamble
21:05
B2The Duke (take 1)
live recording of:
The Duke
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
is based on:
The Little House I Used to Live In
26:27
B3The Duke (take 2)
live recording of:
The Duke
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
is based on:
The Little House I Used to Live In
25:28
B4Khaki Sack
live recording of:
Khaki Sack (on 1968-07-23)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
210:14
7▼12" Vinyl: Side 7
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A1The Whip
210:22
A2Whisky Chouflée
live medley including a partial cover recording of:
Annie Had a Baby (on 1968-07-23)
writer:
Henry Glover and Lois Mann
211:45
8▼12" Vinyl: Side 8
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B1Brown Shoes Don’t Make It
live recording of:
Brown Shoes Don’t Make It (on 1968-07-23)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
27:48
B2Brown Shoes Shuffle
211:26
9▼12" Vinyl: Side 9 – Bonus Vintage Mixes
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A1The Whip (FZ mix)
remix of:
The Whip by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) & The Mothers of Invention
211:08
A2Hungry Freaks, Daddy (FZ mono mix)
remix of:
Hungry Freaks, Daddy by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) & The Mothers of Invention
live recording of:
Hungry Freaks, Daddy
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
23:54