Frank Zappa - 1980 - October to December the US Concerts - Soundboard Pt II.

This collection was lovingly compiled from several painfully fragmentary soundboard tapes. I thought it would be fun to present the highlights of these tapes as a coherent setlist. Vinnie makes this band, as far as I’m concerned, and I kept his performances in mind when picking the versions to include. Sound quality was also a factor and it ranges from good to excellent. Some of these tapes seem to have been made while someone was fiddling around with multi-tracks, so there are anomalies in the mix here and there, but nothing too distracting. Remastering consisted of EQ, limiting & sometimes some compression to smooth out the mix. Only the Dallas tracks suffer from excessive noise reduction (unfortunately applied by the original surfacer). None of the performances on this set have been officially released. All in all, it’s a nice companion to the official releases “Tinseltown Rebellion“ and “Buffalo“. The Band : Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Ray White - guitar, vocals Steve Vai - guitar, vocals Tommy Mars - keyboards, vocals Bob Harris - keyboards, trumpet, vocals Arthur Barrow - bass, keyboards, vocals Vinnie Colaiuta - drums The Setlist : 01 You Didn’t Try To Call Me (10/13 Phoenix #1) 02 Easy Meat (10/17 Dallas) 03 Ain’t Got No Heart (10/17 Dallas) 04 The Torture Never Stops (12/11 Santa Monica #2) 05 Heavy Duty Judy (12/11 Santa Monica #2) 06 Jumbo Go Away (11/13 Pittsburgh #2) 07 If Only She Woulda (11/13 Pittsburgh #2) 08 I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted (10/17 Dallas) 09 Doreen (10/31 New York City) 10 Goblin Girl (10/31 New York City) 11 Encore Break (10/31 New York City) 12 Stick It Out (10/31 New York City) 13 Watermelon In Easter Hay (10/31 New York City)