Zappa / Mothers - Roxy & Elsewhere

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Preamble	1:24
A2	Penguin In Bondage	5:24
A3	Pygmy Twylyte	3:22
A4	Dummy Up Written-By – Zappa*, Simmons*, Brock*	5:03
B1	Preamble	0:54
B2	Village Of The Sun	3:24
B3	Echidna's Arf (Of You)	3:54
B4	Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?	9:47
C1	Preamble	2:10
C2	Cheepnis Backing Vocals – Debbi*, George*, Lynn*, Froggy*, Ruben*	4:22
C3	Son Of Orange County	5:55
C4	More Trouble Every Day	6:08
D1	Preamble	1:25
D2	Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)	15:23

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Published By – Munchkin Music
• Copyright (c) – Frank Zappa Music
• Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Discreet Records, Inc.
• Recorded At – The Roxy
• Recorded At – Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
• Recorded At – Edinboro State College
• Overdubbed At – Bolic Sound
• Overdubbed At – Paramount Recording Studios
• Mastered At – Artisan Sound Recorders

Credits

• Bass – Tom Fowler
• Cover, Photography By – Sherwin Tilton
• Design, Graphics – Cal Schenkel
• Drums – Chester Thompson, Ralph Humphrey
• Engineer – Bill Hennigh
• Engineer [Remote Recording], Remix – Kerry McNab*
• Engineer [Road Tapes] – Bill Hennigh
• Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – George Duke
• Lead Guitar, Vocals, Producer – Frank Zappa
• Percussion – Ruth Underwood
• Photography By [Liner] – Coy Featherston, Sherwin Tilton, Steve Magedoff
• Recorded By [Remote Recording] – Wally Heider
• Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Jeff Simmons
• Synthesizer – Don Preston
• Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Lead Vocals – Napoleon Murphy Brock*
• Trombone, Other [Dancing (?)] – Bruce Fowler
• Trumpet – Walt Fowler
• Written-By – Frank Zappa (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to D2)

Notes

Most of the material in this double set was recorded Dec. 10, 11 & 12, 1973, at The Roxy, Hollywood. Other portions were extracted from road tapes (4-track 15-ips masters) of show #2, Mothers Day, 1974, at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, and the recent gymnasium extravaganza at Edinboro State College, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1974.

The sides are auto-coupled for continuous playback with
an automatic changer, (Disc 1 - Sides A & D / Disc 2 - Sides B & C

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 - Side A Runout Etching [variant 1]): 1 2D-2202 31797-1B B
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 - Side B Runout Etching [variant 1]): 1 2D-2202 31798-1B SX D
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 - Side C Runout Etching [variant 1]): 2D-2202 31799-1A A 2
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 - Side D Runout Etching [variant 1]): 2D-2202 31800 B
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 - Side A Runout Etching [variant 2]): 1 2D-2202 31797-1C
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 - Side B Runout Etching [variant 2]): 1 2D-2202 31798-1A
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 - Side C Runout Etching [variant 2]): 1 2D-2202 31799-1A
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 - Side D Runout Etching [variant 2]): 1 2D-2202 31800-1B
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 - Side A Runout Etching [variant 3]): 1 2D-2202 31797-1A SX A
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 - Side B Runout Etching [variant 3]): 2D-2202 31798-1
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 - Side C Runout Etching [variant 3]): 2D-2202 31799-1A
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 - Side D Runout Etching [variant 3]): 2D-2202 31800-1
• Matrix / Runout (All Sides Stamped): Ω [two sticks in a circle-Artisan Sound logo]

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
2DS 2202	Zappa* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Mothers* - Roxy & Elsewhere ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	Discreet	2DS 2202	US	1974
69201	Zappa* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Mothers* - Roxy & Elsewhere ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	DiscReet	69201	France	1974
2DS 2202	Zappa* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Mothers* - Roxy & Elsewhere ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	DiscReet	2DS 2202	Canada	1974
DIS 89200	Zappa* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Mothers* - Roxy & Elsewhere ‎(2xLP, Album, Gat)	DiscReet	DIS 89200	Netherlands	1974
none	Zappa* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Mothers* - Roxy & Elsewhere ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	ArsNova	none	Russia	Unknown

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