| 1 | Once Upon A TimeBass, Vocals – Jim PonsDrums – Aynsley DunbarEngineer [Recording] – Unknown ArtistEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneKeyboards, Alto Saxophone – Ian UnderwoodKeyboards, Electronics – Don PrestonLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Vocals – Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman | 4:37 |
| 2 | The Dangerous KitchenBass – Scott ThunesDrums – Chad WackermanEngineer [Recording] – Mark PinskeEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar, Vocals – Ike Willis, Ray WhiteKeyboards – Alan ZavodKeyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin Lead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z. | 1:50 |
| 3 | The Florida Airport TapeBass – Jeff SimmonsDrums – Aynsley DunbarEngineer [Recording] – F.Z.Engineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar, Vocals – F.Z.Keyboards – George DukeKeyboards, Alto Saxophone – Ian UnderwoodVocals – Howard Kaylan, Mark VolmanWords By – Zappa, Kaylan, Volman | 1:04 |
| 4 | Sofa #2Bass – Scott ThunesDrums – Chad WackermanEngineer [Recording] – Mark PinskeEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar [Stunt] – Steve VaiGuitar, Vocals – Ray WhiteKeyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed Mann | 3:01 |
| 5 | Fine GirlBass – Scott ThunesDrums – Chad WackermanEngineer [Recording] – Mark PinskeEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar [Stunt] – Steve VaiGuitar, Vocals – Ray WhiteKeyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed Mann | 2:55 |
| 6 | The Torture Never StopsBass – Patrick O'HearnDrums – Terry BozzioEngineer [Recording] – Davey MoireEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar, Vocals – Adrian BelewKeyboards – Peter Wolf , Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed Mann | 15:48 |
| 7 | The Deathless HorsieBass – Scott ThunesDrums – Chad WackermanEngineer [Recording] – Mark PinskeEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar, Vocals – Ike Willis, Ray WhiteKeyboards – Alan ZavodKeyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin Lead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z. | 5:29 |
| 8 | Be In My VideoBass – Scott ThunesDrums – Chad WackermanEngineer [Recording] – Mark PinskeEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar, Vocals – Ike Willis, Ray WhiteKeyboards – Alan ZavodKeyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin Lead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z. | 3:30 |
| 9 | The Groupie RoutineBass, Vocals – Jim PonsDrums – Aynsley DunbarEngineer [Recording] – Barry KeeneEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneKeyboards, Alto Saxophone – Ian UnderwoodKeyboards, Electronics – Don PrestonLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Vocals – Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman | 5:41 |
| 10 | The Mammy AnthemBass – Scott ThunesDrums – Chad WackermanEngineer [Recording] – Mark PinskeEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar [Stunt] – Steve VaiGuitar, Vocals – Ray WhiteKeyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed Mann | 5:41 |
| 11 | Suicide ChumpBass – Scott ThunesDrums – Chad WackermanEngineer [Recording] – Mark PinskeEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar [Stunt] – Steve VaiGuitar, Vocals – Ray WhiteKeyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed Mann | 4:56 |
| 12 | Don't Eat The Yellow SnowBass – Arthur BarrowDrums – Vinnie ColaiutaEngineer [Recording] – Mike GlossopEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar – Warren CucurulloKeyboards – Peter Wolf Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed MannSlide Guitar, Vocals – Denny Walley | 20:16 |
| 13 | Ruthie-RuthieBass – Tom FowlerDrums – Chester ThompsonEngineer [Recording] – Brian KrokusEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneKeyboards, Vocals – George DukeLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Music By – Richard BerryPercussion – Ruth UnderwoodSaxophone, Vocals – Napoleon Murphy BrockWords By – Napoleon Murphy Brock | 2:57 |
| 14 | BabbetteBass – Tom FowlerDrums – Chester ThompsonEngineer [Recording] – Brian KrokusEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneKeyboards, Vocals – George DukeLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ruth UnderwoodSaxophone, Vocals – Napoleon Murphy Brock | 3:36 |
| 15 | Plastic PeopleAlto Saxophone – Ian UnderwoodBaritone Saxophone – Motorhead SherwoodBass, Vocals – Roy EstradaDrums – Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Jimmy Carl BlackEngineer [Recording] – Dick KuncEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar, Vocals – Lowell GeorgeKeyboards, Electronics – Don PrestonLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Music By – Richard BerryTenor Saxophone – Bunk GardnerTrumpet – Buzz Gardner | 4:39 |
| 16 | Tell Me You Love MeBass – Scott ThunesDrums – Chad WackermanEngineer [Recording] – Mark PinskeEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar [Stunt] – Steve VaiGuitar, Vocals – Ray WhiteKeyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed Mann | 2:09 |
| 17 | Big SwiftyBass – Tom FowlerDrums – Chester Thompson, Ralph HumphreyEngineer [Recording] – Kerry McNabbEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneKeyboards, Vocals – George DukeLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ruth UnderwoodSaxophone, Vocals – Napoleon Murphy BrockTrombone – Bruce Fowler | 8:47 |
| 18 | Heavenly Bank AccountBass – Scott ThunesDrums – Chad WackermanEngineer [Recording] – Mark PinskeEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar [Stunt] – Steve VaiGuitar, Vocals – Ray WhiteKeyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed Mann | 4:06 |
| 19 | Sweet LeilaniAlto Saxophone – Ian UnderwoodBaritone Saxophone – Motorhead SherwoodBass, Vocals – Roy EstradaDrums – Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Jimmy Carl BlackEngineer [Recording] – Dick KuncEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar, Vocals – Lowell GeorgeKeyboards, Electronics – Don PrestonLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Tenor Saxophone – Bunk GardnerTrumpet – Buzz GardnerWords By, Music By – Harry Owens | 4:39 |
| 20 | You Didn't Try To Call MeDrums – David LogemanEngineer [Recording, Remix] – Mike GlossopGuitar, Vocals – Ike Willis, Ray WhiteKeyboards – Tommy MarsKeyboards, Bass – Arthur BarrowLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z. | 3:39 |
| 21 | Tryin To Grow A ChinBass – Arthur BarrowDrums – Vinnie ColaiutaEngineer [Recording] – Mike GlossopEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar – Warren CucurulloKeyboards – Peter Wolf Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed MannSlide Guitar, Vocals – Denny Walley | 3:44 |
| 22 | Zomby WoofBass – Scott ThunesDrums – Chad WackermanEngineer [Recording] – Mark PinskeEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar [Stunt] – Steve VaiGuitar, Vocals – Ray WhiteKeyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed Mann | 5:39 |
| 23 | I'm The SlimeBass – Tom FowlerDrums – Chester Thompson, Ralph HumphreyEngineer [Recording] – Kerry McNabbEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneKeyboards, Vocals – George DukeLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ruth UnderwoodSaxophone, Vocals – Napoleon Murphy BrockTrombone – Bruce Fowler | 3:13 |
| 24 | Diseases Of The BandBass – Arthur BarrowDrums – Vinnie ColaiutaEngineer [Recording] – Mike GlossopEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar – Warren CucurulloKeyboards – Peter Wolf Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed MannSlide Guitar, Vocals – Denny Walley | 2:22 |
| 25 | Let's Make The Water Turn Black / Harry, You're A Beast / The Orange County Lumber TruckAlto Saxophone – Ian UnderwoodBaritone Saxophone – Motorhead SherwoodBass, Vocals – Roy EstradaDrums – Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Jimmy Carl BlackEngineer [Recording] – Dick KuncEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar, Vocals – Lowell GeorgeKeyboards, Electronics – Don PrestonLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Tenor Saxophone – Bunk GardnerTrumpet – Buzz Gardner | 3:28 |
| 26 | Oh NoAlto Saxophone – Ian UnderwoodBaritone Saxophone – Motorhead SherwoodBass, Vocals – Roy EstradaDrums – Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Jimmy Carl BlackEngineer [Recording] – Dick KuncEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar, Vocals – Lowell GeorgeKeyboards, Electronics – Don PrestonLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Tenor Saxophone – Bunk GardnerTrumpet – Buzz Gardner | 4:34 |
| 27 | Sofa #1Bass, Vocals – Jim PonsDrums – Aynsley DunbarEngineer [Recording] – Unknown ArtistEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneKeyboards, Alto Saxophone – Ian UnderwoodKeyboards, Electronics – Don PrestonLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Vocals – Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman | 2:53 |
| 28 | Dumb All OverBass – Scott ThunesDrums – Chad WackermanEngineer [Recording] – Mark PinskeEngineer [Remix] – Bob StoneGuitar [Stunt] – Steve VaiGuitar, Vocals – Ray WhiteKeyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin Keyboards, Vocals – Tommy MarsLead Guitar, Vocals – F.Z.Percussion – Ed Mann | 4:20 |
FZ approved master, 1993.
Package Design by Jeff Fey for Art Hotel, Inc.
All compositions published worldwide by The Zappa Family Trust d/b/a Munchkin Music (ASCAP), except:
- Tracks 1-5, 1-8 (Let's Make The Water Turn Black - Harry, You're A Beast) & 2-6 published by The Zappa Family Trust d/b/a Frank Zappa Music (BMI);
- Tracks 1-10 & 2-1 published by Longitude Music Co, (BMI);
- Track 2-5 published by Royal Music (ASCAP).
Liner Notes © 1988 The Zappa Family Trust.
℗ 1988 Rykodisc.
© 1988, 1995 The Zappa Family Trust.
Reproduced under license.
"This series took 20 years to put together. It provides for those interested in my music a comprehensive collection of unreleased live material (absolutely no over dubs), recorded in every available medium (7½ ips analog two-tracks up through 24 track digital), beginning with the earliest tapes (October, 1968, Royal Festival Hall, London, England), to the most recent (featuring material from our 1988 "Broadway The Hard Way" world tour).
Great care has been taken to ensure the best audio quality, however early selections of historical interest performed by the original Mothers Of Invention, though not exactly "hi-fi", have been included for the amusement of those fetishists who still believe the only "good" material was performed by that particuliar group. Hopefully, comparisons to recordings by the later ensembles will put an end to that peculiar misconception."
Album(s) in which song has appeared - date - location - original recording medium - remote facility - remix faciliy:
- Track 1-1: Unreleased - June, 1970 (corrected on YCDTOSA#2: April, 1970) - An airport in Florida - 2 track analog - UHER portable - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 1-2: Unreleased - December 10, 1971 - Rainbow Theater, London, England, - 8 track analog - EMI Remote - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 1-3: One Size Fits All - December 10, 1971 - Rainbow Theater, London, England, - 8 track analog - EMI Remote - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 1-4: Thing-Fish - July 12, 1982 - Stadio Communale, Palermo, Sicily - 24 track analog - UMRK Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 1-5: Freak Out/Cruisin' With Ruben & The Jets - July 3, 1980 - Olympia Hall, Munich, W. Germany - 2 track direct digital - PCM 1600 in dressing room - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 1-6: Unreleased - February 18, 1979 - Odeon Hammersmith, London, England - 24 track analog - Island Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 1-7: Sheik Yerbouti - February 18, 1979 - Odeon Hammersmith, London, England - 24 track analog - Island Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 1-8: We're Only In It For The Money/Weasels Ripped My Flesh - February, 1969 - The Ballroom, Stratford, Connecticut - 2 track analog - UHER portable (7½ ips) - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 1-9: Fillmore East, June 1971 - July 8, 1971 (corrected on YCDTOSA#2: July 7, 1971) - Pauley Pavillion, UCLA, California - 4 track analog - Scully 4tk at mix console - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Tracks 1-10 & 1-11: Unreleased - November 18, 1974 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey - 4 track analog - Scully 4tk at mix console - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 1-12: Over-Nite Sensation - December 12, 1973 - The Roxy, Hollywood, CA - 16 track analog - Record Plant Remote - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 1-13: Waka-Jawaka - December 12, 1973 - The Roxy, Hollywood, CA - 16 track analog - Record Plant Remote - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 1-14: Apostrophe - February 18, 1979 - Hammersmith Odeon, London, England - 24 track analog - Island Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 2-1: Absolutely Free - February 13, 1969 - The Factory, The Bronx, New York - 2 track analog - UHER portable (7½ ips) - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 2-2: Zoot Allures - March, 1977 (corrected on YCDTOSA#2: February 25, 1978) - Hemmerleinhalle, Nurnberg, W. Germany - 4 track analog - Scully (at mix console) - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 2-3: Tinsel Town Rebellion - July 6, 1982 - Parco Redecessio, Milan, Italy - 24 track analog - UMRK Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 2-4: Over-Nite Sensation - July 6, 1982 - Parco Redecessio, Milan, Italy - 24 track analog - UMRK Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 2-5: Unreleased - February, 1969 - The Ballroom, Stratford, Connecticut - 2 track analog - UHER portable (7½ ips) - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 2-6: Weasels Ripped My Flesh/Lumpy Gravy - February, 1969 - The Ballroom, Stratford, Connecticut - 2 track analog - UHER portable (7½ ips) - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 2-7: Them Or Us - July, 1984 (corrected on YCDTOSA#2: August 26, 1984) - The Pier, New York City - 24 track digital - UMRK Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 2-8: Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar - July, 1984 (corrected on YCDTOSA#2: August 26, 1984) - The Pier, New York City - 24 track digital - UMRK Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 2-9: Man From Utopia - July, 1984 (corrected on YCDTOSA#2: August 26, 1984) - The Pier, New York City - 24 track digital - UMRK Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Tracks 2-10, 2-11 & 2-12: You Are What You Is - October 31, 1981 - The Palladium, NYC - 24 track analog - UMRK Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 2-13: Chunga's Revenge - July 7, 1982 - Soccer Stadium, Genoa, Italy - 24 track analog - UMRK Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
- Track 2-14: One Size Fits All/Zappa In New York - July 7, 1982 - Soccer Stadium, Genoa, Italy - 24 track analog - UMRK Mobile - Utility Muffin Research Kitchen.