August 1, 2012 – 12:34 pm

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FRANK ZAPPA

Poughkeepsie 1978 [no label, 2CD]

Live at the Mid Hudson Center, Poughkeepsie, NY; September 21, 1978. Very good to excellent soundboard.

This is one show that appears well circulated among the fans. And it’s thanks to Yojimbo and the Zappateers Tracker!

“The story of this recording [the Peepers bootleg]: the highly famous taper had planned to make an audience recording, but John Smothers helped him get it plugged into the soundboard instead! My source made an open reel copy from this master.” - dickiebunk

Listening to Frank Zappa live shows, one realises how tight and proficient the band was.

“He rehearsed us to death,” Peter Wolf averred.” I’ve never rehearsed that way in my life, before or since. First, he would lay all this music on you which was a conglomerate of styles: ’50s rock and roll, punk rock, new wave, jazz, Bela Bartok, Greek folk music and weird 12-tone stuff. You had to put on all these different hats, and be quick and spontaneous about it.”

- Zappa: Electric Don Quixote, by Neil Slaven

Once again, thanks to everyone who helped to keep this show alive on the net over the years.

And thanks to the person who created and shared the artwork.

Lineage:

soundboard > cassette > reel > CDR > EAC > SoundForge (some editing, boosting levels, re-tracking) > FLAC Frontend

Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (224 kbps). As far as we can ascertain, these tracks have never been officially released on CD.

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Disc 1

Track 101. Deathless Horsie (14.6MB)

Track 102. Dancin’ Fool (5.7MB)

Track 103. Easy Meat (8.0MB)

Track 104. Honey Don’t You Want A Man Like Me? (6.9MB)

Track 105. Keep It Greasey (5.8MB)

Track 106. Village Of The Sun (10.0MB)

Track 107. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (5.5MB)

Track 108. City Of Tiny Lights (14.7MB)

Track 109. Pound For A Brown (11.7MB)

Track 110. Bobby Brown (4.9MB)

Track 111. Conehead (9.8MB)

Track 112. Mo’s Vacation (6.6MB)

Disc 2

Track 201. The Black Page (4.8MB)

Track 202. Is That Guy Kidding Or What? (3.8MB)

Track 203. I Have Been In You (8.6MB)

Track 204. Flakes (8.3MB)

Track 205. Magic Fingers (4.1MB)

Track 206. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow (3.8MB)

Track 207. Nanook Rubs It (7.0MB)

Track 208. St Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast (2.9MB)

Track 209. Father O’Blivion (3.9MB)

Track 210. Rollo (7.4MB)

Track 211. Little House I Used To Live In (17.3MB)

Track 212. Tell Me You Love Me (4.3MB)

Track 213. Yo Mama (16.3MB)

Track 214. Black Napkins (8.3MB)

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