Freaks & Motherfuckers (BTB)

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Freaks And Motherfu#@%!
Released July 1991
See also: Beat The Boots I Beat The Boots (the series) Tengo Ná Minchia Tanta

Note: The correct title of this album is "Freaks And Motherfu#@%!". Since it contains characters that don't work well with the wiki system, the article-name had to be changed accordingly!

Players

• Frank Zappa: guitar, vocals
• Mark Volman: vocals
• Howard Kaylan: vocals
• Jeff Simmons: bass, vocals
• George Duke: keyboards, trombone
• Ian Underwood: keyboards
• Aynsley Dunbar: drums

Tracks

1. Happy Together (01:26)
2. Wino Man - With Dr. John Routine (07:44)
3. Concentration Moon (01:19)
4. Pallidan Routine (01:14)
5. Call Any Vegetable (08:35)
6. Little House I Used To Live In (including Penis Dimension) (04:34)
7. Mudshark Variations (01:25)
8. Holiday In Berlin (including lyrics from Would You Like A Snack?) (03:34)
9. Sleeping In A Jar (including melodies from Inca Roads & Easy Meat themes) (07:23)
10. Cruising For Burgers (02:51)

Release Notes

This album is part of Beat The Boots I.

Background Information

Live recording from "Fillmore East", NYC November 13, 1970.

The Mothers Of Invention played 4 shows at The Fillmore on November 13th & 14th 1970. The recordings on Freaks And Motherfu#@%! (and on Tengo Ná Minchia Tanta) are from the 2 shows played on the 13th.

The correct playing order on Freaks And Motherfu#@%! is:

From early show:

• Little House I Used To Live In (including Penis Dimension)
• Mudshark Variations (including Penis Dimension recall)
• Holiday In Berlin (including lyrics from Would You Like A Snack?)
• Inca Roads/Easy Meat (approx. 60 seconds here, but 7 min. on Tengo Ná Minchia Tanta)
• Cruising For Burgers
• Concentration Moon
• Pallidan Routine

From late show:

• Call Any Vegetable

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
n/a	1 Original Stereo	1	LP	Rhino/Foo-Eee R1 70539	1991-06-04			US edition. Included in the Beat The Boots I box set.
		1	CS	Rhino/Foo-Eee R4 70539	1991-06-04			US edition. Included in the Beat The Boots I box set.
		1	CD	Rhino/Foo-Eee R2 70539	1991-07-16	0081227053925		US edition. Matrix # IFPI 2U2Z WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L901 W3134 3 R2 70539-2 04 M1S2
		1	CD	Rhino/Castle/Essential ESMCD 958	1991-08	5017615515824		UK edition.
		1	CD	Barking Pumpkin/MSI MSI 70030	1991?			Japanese edition.
		1	CD	Intercord i.r.s. 973159		?		German edition.
		1	CD	Nippon Crown CRCL-7504	1997-10-22	4988007133777		Japanese edition.
		n/a	256kbps MP3	Zappa/Amazon.com B001CBD15C	2008-07-08	n/a		Digital download edition.
		n/a	256 kbps AAC without DRM	Zappa/iTunes 284979652	2008-07-08	n/a		Digital download edition.

See Also

• Tengo Ná Minchia Tanta