Frank Vincent Zappa was an American musician, composer, activist and filmmaker. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity, and satire of America culture. This broadcast collection contains 5 CDs with live material between 1970 and 1981. Including a live radio broadcast recorded at VPRO FM in 1970 and a concert at Ahoy Rotterdam in The Netherlands in 1980. This collection also contains the classic New York Ritz broadcast in 1981.
CD 1: Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention – The New Maternity 1970
1. Silence Fools
2. Interview & Band Intro
3. Wonderful Wino
4. Concentration Moon
5. Mom & Dad
6. The Air
7. Dog Breath
8. Mother People
9. You Didn’t Try To Call Me
10. Agon
11. Call Any Vegetable
12. King Kong Pt. 1
13. Igor’s Boogie
14. King Kong Pt. 2
CD 2: Frank Zappa – Ahoy There! [Disc 1]
1. Chunga’s Revenge
2. Keep It Greasey
3. Outside Now
4. City Of Tiny Lites
5. Teenage Wind
6. Bamboozled By Love
7. Pick Me I’m Clean
8. Society Pages
9. I’m A Beautiful Guy
10. Beauty Knows No Pain
11. Charlie’s Enormous Mouth
12. Cosmik Debris
13. You Didn’t Try To Call Me
14. I Ain’t Got No Heart
15. Love Of My Life
16. You Are What You Is
17. Easy Meat
18. Joe’s Garage
19. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
CD 3: Frank Zappa – Ayoh There! [Disc 2]
1. Dancin’ Fool
2. Bobby Brown
3. Ms. Pinky
4. Encore Break
5. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted
6. The Illinois Enema Bandit
CD 4: Frank Zappa – Puttin’ On The Ritz [Disc 1]
1. Treacherous Cretins
2. Montana
3. Easy Meat
4. You Are What You Is
5. Mudd Club
6. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
7. Dumb All Over
8. Heavenly Bank Account
9. Suicide Chump
10. Jumbo Go Away
11. Envelopes
12. Drowning Witch
13. What’s New In Baltimore
14. Moggio
15. Bamboozled By Love
16. Sinister Footwear
CD 5: Frank Zappa – Puttin’On The Ritz [Disc 2]
1. Stevie’s Spanking
2. Cocaine Decisions
3. Nig Biz
4. Doreen
5. Goblin GIrl
6. Black Page #2
7. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin
8. Strictly Genteel
9. Clowns On Velvet
10. Ride Like The Wind
11. Zoot Allures
12. This Is My Story
13. Whipping Post
14. Watermelon in Easter Hay