Welcome to the List, Michael. As for your "question", I don't think anyone really knows why FZ made the choices he made in regards to what became a recorded artifact... As for Live renditions of Alfonzo (can't say I've seen the one on YouTube, tho' I may have), plenty of them exist: (the tune 'toured' in 73, 74, 78, & 79 as part of the Yellow Snow Suite, and as a stand alone song in 1980) Stage Series Volume 1 has it in the legitimate releases and I'm sure there's a boot of it making the rounds somewhere... Regards, SOFA ----- Original Message ----- From: stumpe22 To: Zappa-List@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 7:12 PM Subject: [Zappa-List] question about Zappa song
Hello, my name is Michael Smith and I'm new here. I'm a huge Zappa fan, my alltime favorite, and I'me very into his music and personality. There is one thing I don't understand about the song "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast". On Apostrophe it's only 1:50 minutes long. However, the live 1978 version I found on YouTube is over 7 minutes long and one of Zappa finest moments (in my opinion). There's also a live version on Saarbrucken 1979 but it's expensive and the quality isn't the best. What I don't understand is why Zappa didn't record this extended live version on any of his other live albums, it's such a better song than a lot of other live songs he recorded. It's especially frustrating because this extended live version is probably in my top 3 favorite Zappa songs and may be my favorite. Anyone care to comment? -Michael For further Z-related fun, please visit http://www.thebignote.com or http://www.killuglyradio.com , thank you. Yahoo! Groups Links
