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Frank Zappa – The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life

This two-CD set is the second of three albums of material Frank Zappa compiled from the 1988 tour. While Broadway the Hard Way (released in 1988) mostly presented the new songs performed during that tour, this set focuses on older songs (Make a Jazz Noise Here would contain mostly instrumental pieces). This is the best band you never heard in your life because the 12-piece group disintegrated after only four months of touring through the U.S. East Coast and Europe. These shows took place during the Jimmy Swaggart scandal, when the televangelist was caught with a prostitute. Thus, many of the songs’ lyrics were rewritten to refer to this situation (the whole 1988 tour was strongly anti-preacher oriented). There are a lot of strong performances of old favorites and obscurities, all rearranged to include the horn section, and a few improbable covers. Highlights include Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire†(hilarious), the unexpected “Who Needs the Peace Corps?,†“Mr. Green Genes,†and “The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue,†and an extended rendition of “The Torture Never Stops†that includes the theme from the TV show Bonanza and a Swaggart version of “Lonesome Cowboy Burt.†To top it all off, the group performs a very entertaining reggae version of Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.†This band was incredibly talented and professional, and the selection of songs spans Zappa’s entire career. In short, this is one of the man’s best live albums. – by François Couture

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Track List

disc 1

1. Heavy Duty Judy 6:04

2. Ring Of Fire (Kilgore/Carter) 2:00

3. Cosmik Debris 4:32

4. Find Her Finer 2:42

5. Who Needs The Peace Corps? 2:40

6. I Left My Heart In San Francisco (Cory/Cross) 0:36

7. Zomby Woof 5:41

8. Bolero (Ravel) 5:19

9. Zoot Allures 7:07

10. Mr. Green Genes 3:40

11. Florentine Pogen 7:11

12. Andy 5:51

13. Inca Roads 8:19

14. Sofa #1 2:49

disc 2

1. Purple Haze (Hendrix) 2:27

2. Sunshine Of Your Love (Brown/Bruce/Clapton) 2:30

3. Let’s Move To Cleveland 5:51

4. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (Ball/Graff/Olcott) 0:46

5. “Godfather Part II†Theme (Rota) 0:30

6. A Few Moments With Brother A. West (West/FZ) 4:01

7. The Torture Never Stops Part One 5:20

8. Theme From “Bonanza†(Evans/Livingstone) 0:28

9. Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Swaggart Version) 4:54

10. The Torture Never Stops Part Two 10:47

11. More Trouble Every Day (Swaggart Version) 5:28

12. Penguin In Bondage (Swaggart Version) 5:05

13. The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue 9:18

14. Stairway To Heaven (Page/Plant) 9:20

All selections recorded live by the UMRK Mobile

February-June, 1988

FZ–lead guitar, computer-synth, vocal

Ike Willis–rhythm guitar, synth, vocal

Mike Keneally–rhythm guitar, synth, vocal

Bobby Martin–keyboards, vocal

Ed Mann–vibes, marimba, electronic percussion

Walt Fowler–trumpet, flugel horn, synth

Bruce Fowler–trombone

Paul Carman–alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax

Albert Wing–tenor sax

Kurt McGettrick–baritone sax, bass sax, contrabass clarinet

Scott Thunes–electric bass, Minimoog

Chad Wackerman–drums, electronic percussion

And the sampled voice of Senator Hawkins

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Feb 24 - Club Lambi - Montreal

Feb 25 - Barrymores - Ottawa

Feb 26 - The Garrison - Toronto (Turning Point)

Feb 27 - Sonar - Quebec City

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