"The Downtown Talent Scout"
(Frank Zappa)
The Fillmore West, San Francisko, California; 1965
Original recording medium: mono analog (7 1/2 ips)
Recording Engineer: John Judnich
Remote Facility: AMPEX portable
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Lead Guitar, Vocal
Elliot Ingber - Rhythm Guitar
Roy Estrada - Bass
Jimmy Carl Black- Drums
Ray Collins - Tambourine
 
"Charles Ives"
(Frank Zappa)
"Here Lies Love"
(Martin/Dobard)
Columbia University, New York City; 1969
Original recording medium: 2 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remote Facility: SCULLY
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Guitar
Lowell George - Guitar, Lead Vocal
Roy Estrada - Bass, Vocal
Don Preston - Keyboards, Electronics
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet Solo
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax, Clarinet
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
 
"Piano / Drum Duet
(Frank Zappa)
The Ark, Boston, Massachusetts; 1969
Original recording medium: 4 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Steve
Remote Facility: SCULLY
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Ian Underwood - RMI Electric Piano
Arhtur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
 
"Mozart Ballet - Piano Sonata in B flat"
(words: Frank Zappa, music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Royal Albert Hall, London; 6/6/69
Original recording medium: 4 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: unknown
Remote Facility: Emi Records
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Conductor, Vocal
Noel Redding - Dance Stylings
Dick Barber - Rubber Chicken Strangulation
Kanzus J.Kanzus - Biological Masterpiece
Roy Estrada - Bass, Asthmatic Laughter
Don Preston - Electronics, Injured Chicken Noises
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet
Ian Underwood - Acoustic Piano Solo
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood - Victim of Evil Experiments
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
 
"Chocolate Halvah"
(Lowell George, Roy Estrada, Frank Zappa)
Thee Image, Miami, Florida; 1969
Original recording medium: 2 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remote Facility: SCULLY
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Guitar
Lowell George - Guiro, Swami Vocal 1
Roy Estrada - Bass, Swami Vocal 2
Don Preston - Keyboards, Electronics
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
"JCB & Kansas On The Bus # 1"
(words: Kanzus, Black, Kunc & Barber)
Greyhound Tour Bus Interior, 1969
Original recording medium: 2 track analog
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remote Facility: UHER portable (7 1/2 ips)
Remix Engineer: Bob Stone
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Jimmy Carl Black
Kanzus J.Kanzus
Dick Kunc
Dick Barber
 
"Run Home Slow: Main Title Theme"
(Frank Zappa)
"The Little March"
(Frank Zappa)
Columbia University, New York City; 1969
Original recording medium- 2 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remote Facility: SCULLY
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Guitar, Conductor
Lowell George - Guitar
Roy Estrada - Bass, Vocal
Don Preston - Keyboards, Electronics
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
 
"Right There"
(Roy Estrada, Frank Zappa)
Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida; 1969
Original recording medium: 8 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Guitar fx, Conductor
Lowell George - Guitar fx, Vocal
Roy Estrada - Bass, Lunatic Vocal
Don Preston - Keyboards, Electronics, Tape
Playback
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax, Vocal, Documentary
Recordist
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax, Vocal
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums, Vocal
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums, Vocal

"Where Is Johnny Velvet?"
(Frank Zappa)
"Return Of The Hunch-Back Duke"
(Frank Zappa)
"Trouble Every Day"
(Frank Zappa)
The Factory, The Bronx, New York; February 13, 1969
Original recording medium: 2 track analog(7 1/2 ips)
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remote Facility: UHER portable
Remix Engineer: Bob Stone
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Lead Guitar, Vocal
Lowell George - Guitar, Vocal
Roy Estrada - Bass
Don Preston - Keyboards
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
 
"Proto - Minimalism"
(Frank Zappa)
Columbia University, New York City; 1969
Original recording medium: 2 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remote Facility: SCULLY
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Guitar, Conductor
Lowell George - Guitar
Roy Estrada - Bass
Don Preston - Keyboards, Electronics
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
 
"JCB & Kansas On The Bus # 2"
(Kanzus, Black, Kunc & Barber)
Greyhound Tour Bus Interior
Original recording medium: 2 track analog
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remote Facility: UHER portable
Remix Engineer: Bob Stone
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Jimmy Carl Black
Kanzus J.Kanzus
Dick Kunc
Dick Barber
"My Head?"
(all M.O.I. members)
Sunset Sound Studio, Hollywood, California; 1969
Original recording medium: 2 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Roy Estrada )
Don Preston ?
Ian Underwood ?
Bunk Gardner } - Party Animals
Motorhead Sherwood ?
Jimmy Carl Black ?
Arthur Dyer Tripp III0
 
"Meow"
(Frank Zappa)
The Whisky-A-Go-Go, Hollywood, California; 1968
Original recording medium: 8 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Wally Heider
Remote Facility: Heider Remote Truck
Remix Engineer: Bob Stone
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Conductor
Ray Collins - Tambourine, Vocal
Roy Estrada - Bass
Don Preston - Keyboards, Electronics
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
 
"Baked - Bean Boogie"
(Frank Zappa)
The Ark, Boston, Massachusetts
Original recording medium: 4 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: unknown
Remote Facility: SCULLY
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Lead Guitar
Lowell George - Guitar, Vocal
Roy Estrada - Bass
Don Preston - Keyboards
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
 
"Where's Our Equipment?"
(Frank Zappa)
The Falkoner Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; 1967
Original recording medium: mono analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: unknown
Remote Facility: NAGRA portable
Remix Engineer: Bob Stone
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Conductor
Ray Collins - Tambourine
Roy Estrada - Bass
Don Preston - Piano
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Billy Mundi - Drums
 
"F.Z./JCB Drum Duet"
(Frank Zappa)
Columbia University, New York City; 1969
Original recording medium: 2 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remote Facility: SCULLY
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - First Drum Solo
Jimmy Carl Black - Rhythm Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Second Drum Solo
 
"No Waiting For The Peanuts To Dissolve"
(Frank Zappa)
Thee Image, Miami, Florida; 1969
Original recording medium: 2 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remote Facility: SCULLY
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Second Guitar Solo
Lowell George - First Guitar Solo
Roy Estrada - Bass
Don Preston - Keyboards
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax Solo
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
 
"A Game Of Cards"
(Frank Zappa, Sherwood, Tripp, Underwood)
Dressing Room, Providence, Rhode Island; 1969
Original recording medium: mono cassette
Recording Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remote Facility: SONY cassette
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Jimmy Carl Black
Kanzus J.Kanzus
Dick Kunc
Dick Barber
 
"Underground Freak-Out Music"
(Frank Zappa)
Thee Image, Miami, Florida; 1969
Original recording medium: 2 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remote Facility: EMI Recorders
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Conductor, Vocal
Lowell George - Guitar
Roy Estrada - Bass
Don Preston - Keyboards, Electronics
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
 
"German Lunch"
(all M.O.I. members)
Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
Original recording medium: 8 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: Dick Kunc
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Lowell George *
Jimmy Carl Black ?
Roy Estrada ?
Bunk Gardner ?
Don Preston
Motorhead Sherwood
Ian Underwood
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
Buzz Gardner
Frank Zappa
 
"My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama"
(Frank Zappa)
A & R Studios, New York City; 1969
Original recording medium: 8 track analog (15 ips)
Recording Engineer: unknown
Remix Engineer: Frank Zappa
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Lead Guitar, Vocal
Roy Estrada - Bass
Don Preston - Keyboards, Electronics
Buzz Gardner - Trumpet
Ian Underwood - Alto Sax
Bunk Gardner - Tenor Sax
Motorhead Sherwood - Baritone Sax
Jimmy Carl Black - Drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III- Drums
 
Disc two:
Geneva, Munich, Balzano, Frankfurt; Summer, 1982
original recording medium: 24 track analog
Recording Engineer: Mark Pinske
Remote Facility: UMRK Mobile
Remix Engineers: Bob Stone & Spence Chrislu
Remix Facility: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Frank Zappa - Lead Guitar, Vocal
Ray White - Guitar, Vocal
Steve Vai - Stunt Guitar
Tommy Mars - Keyboards, Vocal
Bobby Martin - Keyboards, Sax, Vocals
Ed Mann - Percussion
Scott Thunes - Bass
Chad Wackerman - Drums
 
Arranged, Produced, Compiled and Edited by Frank Zappa