Is this show still available to get anywhere?
Matt
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> >
> >
> > Mothers of Invention
> >
> > Fillmore West
> > San Francisco, CA
> > 11/06/1970
> >
> > # of Tracks: 15
> > Total Time: 63:49
> >
> > Have Gun, Will Travel 1:34
> > Call Any Vegetable 10:34
> > The Sanzini Brothers 2:02
> > Penis Dimension 8:05
> > The Sanzini Brothers 2:20
> > Little House I Used to Live In/Mudshark 4:57
> > Touring Can Make You Crazy 2:14
> > Would You Like a Snack? 1:39
> > Holiday in Berlin 4:07
> > Cruisin’ For Burgers 8:47
> > Easy Meat 5:19
> > **Frank talks to the crowd…** 1:53
> > Daddy, Daddy, Daddy/
> > Do You Like My New Car? 7:24
> > Happy Together 1:07
> > Who Are The Brain Police? 1:47
> >
> > George Duke - keyboards
> > Aynsley Dunbar - drums
> > Howard Kaylan - vocals
> > Jim Pons - bass (actually Jeff Simmons)
> > Mark Volman - vocals
> > Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals
> >
> > Like a tidal wave of total weirdness, the Mothers of Invention
> splashed down on the Fillmore West for a series of shows in November
> of 1970 before washing back into the seedy ocean of L.A., leaving
> the landscape forever changed (or at least confused and offended).
> >
> > Not to be outdone by the art school drop-outs and buck-skin fringe
> contingent then wandering the Sunset Strip, Frank Zappa had been
> steadily releasing incredibly strange records since the mid-‘60s.
> He abandoned the original Mothers at the close of that decade, only
> to reform a different line-up under the same name in 1970, this time
> including two members of the Turtles, Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
> (sometimes known as Flo & Eddie due to contractual problems), to
> help with Frank’s increasingly bizarre comedy routines and, almost
> incidentally, singing.
> >
> > The opening set by Boz Scaggs couldn’t possibly have prepared
> anyone for what was going to occur that night at the corner of Van
> Ness and Market, though it did prove that Bill Graham had a pretty
> good sense of humor. Eager to try out material from the upcoming 200
> Motels film and accompanying album, the Mothers don’t move in any
> one direction for too long; sometimes it’s as if they’re moving
> in all directions at once. There are hints of jazz-fusion and
> psychedelia, along with Zappa’s beloved doo-wop. They even make a
> brief stab at the Turtles’ "Happy Together" as part of the
groupie-
> baiting sleaze-fest "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy." This is a limber bunch,
> but they’re at their best when playing it straight ("Call Any
> Vegetable" from Absolutely Free is a prime example). Some songs are
> derailed by excessive hollering and dialogue, the delivery of which
> suggests the performers are nearly as bored as the audience
> they’re baffling. Provoking the crowd, however, is part of the
> plan and listening to Frank scold them for their indifference is
> highly satisfying for anyone who’s ever stood under stage lights.
> >
> > An appreciation for this performance depends entirely on one’s
> threshold for long and noodly instrumental explorations accented by
> dick jokes. But it can safely be said that no one else was doing
> anything quite like this at the time. During an age of weird, Frank
> Zappa had the distinction of being the unparalleled weirdest.
