The Roxy Performances

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The Roxy Performances
Released February 2018
See also: Roxy & Elsewhere Roxy By Proxy Roxy: The Movie

Players

• Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
• Napoleon Murphy Brock (tenor saxophone, flute, lead vocals)
• George Duke (keyboards, synthesizer, vocals)
• Bruce Fowler (trombone)
• Tom Fowler (bass)
• Ralph Humphrey (drums)
• Chester Thompson (drums)
• Ruth Underwood (percussion)

Tracks

CD

Disc 1

12-9-73 Show 1

1. Sunday Show 1 Start (4:59)
2. Cosmik Debris (11:33)
3. "We're Makin' A Movie" (3:16)
4. Pygmy Twylyte (9:08)
5. The Idiot Bastard Son (2:19)
6. Cheepnis (3:44)
7. Hollywood Perverts (1:07)
8. Penguin In Bondage (5:54)
9. T'Mershi Duween (1:56)
10. The Dog Breath Variations (1:44)
11. Uncle Meat (2:29)
12. RDNZL (5:14)
13. Montana (7:49)
14. Dupree's Paradise (15:25)

Disc 2

1. Dickie's Such An Asshole (10:29)

12-9-73 Show 2

2. Sunday Show 2 Start (4:08)
3. Inca Roads (8:27)
4. Village Of The Sun (4:19)
5. Echidna's Arf (Of You) (4:01)
6. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? (13:22)
7. Slime Intro (0:59)
8. I'm The Slime (3:34)
9. Big Swifty (9:01)

Disc 3

1. Tango #1 Intro (3:50)
2. Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church) (18:12)
3. Medley: King Kong, Chunga's Revenge, Son Of Mr. Green Genes (9:46)

12-10-73 Show 1

4. Monday Show 1 Start (5:31)
5. Montana (6:57)
6. Dupree's Paradise (21:26)
7. Cosmik Intro (1:05)
8. Cosmik Debris (8:05)

Disc 4

1. Bondage Intro (1:52)
2. Penguin In Bondage (6:54)
3. T'Mershi Duween (1:52)
4. The Dog Breath Variations (1:48)
5. Uncle Meat (2:29)
6. RDNZL (4:59)
7. Audience Participation - RDNZL (3:08)
8. Pygmy Twylyte (4:05)
9. The Idiot Bastard Son (2:21)
10. Cheepnis (4:49)
11. Dickie's Such An Asshole (10:21)

12-10-73 Show 2

13. Monday Show 2 Start (5:13)
14. Penguin In Bondage (6:33)
15. T'Mershi Duween (1:52)
16. The Dog Breath Variations (1:46)
17. Uncle Meat (2:28)
18. RDNZL (5:11)

Disc 5

1. Village Of The Sun (4:05)
2. Echidna's Arf (Of You) (3:54)
3. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? (6:56)
4. Cheepnis - Percussion (4:08)
5. "I Love Monster Movies" (2:10)
6. Cheepnis (3:35)
7. "Turn The Light Off"/Pamela's Intro (3:59)
8. Pygmy Twylyte (7:23)
9. The Idiot Bastard Son (2:22)
10. Tango #2 Intro (2:01)
11. Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church) (22:08)

Disc 6

1. Dickie's Such An Asshole (15:39)

Bonus Section: 12-10-73 Roxy Rehearsal

2. Big Swifty - In Rehearsal (2:50)
3. Village Of The Sun (3:13)
4. Farther O'Blivion - In Rehearsal (5:34)
5. Pygmy Twylyte (6:17)

Unreleased Track

6. That Arrogant Dick Nixon (2:19)

12-12-73 Bolic Studios Recording Session

7. Kung Fu - In Session (4:50)
8. Kung Fu - with guitar overdub (1:17)
9. Tuning and Studio Chatter (3:38)
10. Echidna's Arf (Of You) - In Session (1:22)
11. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow - In Session (9:49)
12. Nanook Rubs It - In Session (5:41)
13. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast - In Session (2:46)
14. Father O'Blivion - In Session (2:31)
15. Rollo (Be-Bop Version) (2:36)

Disc 7 12-8-73 Sound Check/Film Shoot

1. Saturday Show Start (2:20)
2. Pygmy Twylyte/Dummy Up (20:25)
3. Pygmy Twylyte - Part II (14:25)
4. Echidna's Arf (Of You) (3:42)
5. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? (6:01)
6. Orgy, Orgy (3:39)
7. Penguin In Bondage (6:30)
8. T'Mershi Duween (1:53)
9. The Dog Breath Variations (1:45)
10. Uncle Meat/Show End (4:01)

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
111	1 Original Stereo	7	CD	Zappa/UMe ZR 20028	2018-02-02	0824302002827		US edition box-set.
		7	CD	Zappa/UMG Intl 0200282	2018-02-02	0824302002827		EU edition box-set.

See Also

• Roxy & Elsewhere
• Roxy By Proxy
• Roxy: The Movie