View source for King Kong (1968 - Essen)

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''For other versions of this song, see: [[King Kong]].


==Lyrics==

'''FZ:''' ''Thank you very much for coming to see us. We'll play twice again tonight. Goodbye.<br>

==Players On This Song==

* [[Biography|Frank Zappa]] - guitar
* [[Roy Estrada]] - bass
* [[Don Preston]] - keyboards, electronics
* [[Ian Underwood]] - keyboards, woodwinds
* [[Bunk Gardner]] - woodwinds
* [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood]] - baritone sax
* [[Jimmy Carl Black]] - drums
* [[Arthur Tripp]] - drums

==Records On Which This Song Has Appeared==

===Singles===
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===FZ Albums & Side Projects===
*[[Electric Aunt Jemima (BTB)|Electric Aunt Jemima]]

===Tribute & Cover Albums=== 
*[[Jean-Luc Ponty]]: [[King Kong (The Album)|King Kong]]
*Various Artists: [[Sonora (Compact Disc)|Sonora]]
*[[The Muffin Men]]: [[God Shave The Queen]] as track 2 '''I Want You Kong''' and track 7 '''Kashmir Kong''', starting with '''Kashmir'''
*[[Zappatistas]]: [[Live In Leeds]]
*[[The Wrong Object]]: [[Play Zappa]] as '''King Kong (George W. Bush version)
*[[Colin Towns plus NDR Bigband|Colin Towns + NDR Bigband]]: [[Frank Zappa's Hot Licks (And Funny Smells)]]
*[[Meridian Arts Ensemble]]: [[Ear Mind I]]
*[[LeBocal]]: [[Oh No ! ... Just Another Frank Zappa Memorial Barbecue]]
*[[Nasal Retentive Orchestra]]: [[Fric Out!]]

==Notes About This Song==

*Recorded live at the [[68/09/28 Essen Germany Grugahalle|Grugahalle, Essen, Germany, 20 September 1968]].

*This version of "[[King Kong]]" follows a '''head-solo-head''' structure:
**Theme A (played twice)
**Bridge (not included in previous versions of the song)
**Solos (including a section of vocal improvisation similar to "[[Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask]]")
**Theme A (played twice)

==CC Clues In This Song==

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