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02/08/70 (Sun)  San Diego Sports Arena - San Diego, CA

Set 1: Blues Jam, King Kong, Chunga's Revenge (very early version, referred to as "a bolero in G"), Pound For A Brown, Sleeping in a Jar
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Lineup: Hot Rats band: Frank Zappa, Sugarcane Harris, Max Benett, Aynsley Dunbar, Ian Underwood.

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02/28/70 (Sat)  San Diego Sports Arena - San Diego, CA

Set 1: Blues Shuffle In Key Of C, King Kong, Bolero In G, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping in a Jar, Words
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Lineup: Hot Rats Band: Frank Zappa, Sugarcane Harris, Max Benett, Aynsley Dunbar, Ian Underwood.

Source: Michael Ison

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09/15/72 (Fri)  Deutschlandhalle - Berlin, Germany

Set 1: New Brown Clouds, Big Swifty, Approximate, For Calvin And His Next Two Hitchhikers, Think It Over (The Grand Wazoo), The Adventures of Greggery Peccary, Dog Meat, Improvisation, Blues For A Minute, Penis Dimension, Variant Processional March (Regyptian Strut), Kirk Confronts Charlie
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Lineup: The Grand Wazoo Orchestra: Frank Zappa, Tony Duran, Jerry Kessler, Dave Parlato, Jim Gordon, Tom Raney, Ruth Underwood, Ian Underwood, Bruce Fowler, Malcolm McNabb, Tom Malone, Earl Dumler, Glen Ferris, Sal Marquez, Ken Shroyer, Mike Altschul, Joanne McNabb, Jay Migliori, Ray Reed, Charles Owens.

This show has an average rating of 5.00 out of 1 votes.

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12/02/72 (Sat)  Cowtown Ballroom Palace - Kansas City, MO

Set 1: Rollo, Duke Of Prunes, Montana, Little Dots, Cosmik Debris, KC Blues, Farther O'Blivion, America Drinks & Goes Home

Set 2: A Minor Blues, Son of Mr. Green Genes, Rollo, Imaginary Diseases, Cosmik Debris, Kirk Confronts Charlie, Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?
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Lineup: The Petit Wazoo Orchestra: Frank Zappa, Tony Duran, Dave Parlato, Jim Gordon, Bruce Fowler, Malcolm McNabb, Tom Malone, Earl Dumler, Glen Ferris, Gary Barone.

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06/29/73 (Fri)  Festival Hall - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Set 1: Dupree's Paradise, Exercise 4, Dog Breath Variations, Uncle Meat, Montana, Fifty-Fifty, Big Swifty/Eat That Question, Cosmik Debris, Blues Jam (excellent fast "Road Ladies", with guest vocals by Barry Leef and vibes solo by Ponty!), Mudshark, Farther O'Blivion
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Comment: Parts of the show are on the bootleg "Ultra Modern Stringbeans"

Lineup: The Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa, Jean Luc Ponty, Tom Fowler, Ralph Humphrey, Ruth Underwood, Ian Underwood, George Duke, Bruce Fowler, Sal Marquez.

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08/11/74 (Sun)  Golden Hall - San Diego, CA

Set 1: Dog/Meat, Pygmy Twylyte, Cosmik Debris, Help I'm A Rock, Guitar Solo, Montana, Dupree's Paradise, Penguin in Bondage, T'Mershi Duween, Dog/Meat, Mudshark, Inca Roads, Blues, Camarillo Brillo, Apostrophe (')
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Comment: with Tom Waits

Lineup: The Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa, Tom Fowler, Chester Thompson, Ruth Underwood, Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Michael Erso/James "Bird Legs" Youman (very last dates only, replacements for Tom Fowler)

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10/03/75 (Fri)  Paramount Theatre - Portland, OR

Set 1: Blues Jam, Apostrophe ('), Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, Fly By, Chunga's Revenge (cuts off mid-song)
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Lineup: The Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa, Roy Estrada, Terry Bozzio, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Andre Lewis.

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02/05/77 (Sat)  Jaap Edenhall - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Set 1: Intro, Peaches En Regalia, The Torture Never Stops, Big Leg Emma, City Of Tiny Lights, Pound For A Brown, Jones Crusher, Blues (little guitar solo), My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama, Forza G (Per Gioco - presentazione della pattuglia), Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Dong Work For Yuda (a Capella), Manx Needs Women, Titties And Beer, Black Napkins, Dinah-Moe Humm, Cruising For Burgers, Willie The Pimp
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Comment: often mislabelled as 25-Feb (which probably origins from the bootleg)
parts are on the bootleg "The Black Page"

Lineup: Frank Zappa, Ray White, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Eddie Jobson.

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10/27/78 (Fri)  The Palladium - New York City, NY

Set 1: Intro Guitar Solo, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Wanna Man Like Me?, Advenimiento, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Audience Participation, The Black Page #2, Little House I Used To Live In, Magic Fingers, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, St Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast, Father O'Blivion, Rollo

Set 2: Sinister Footwear 3rd Mvt, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, Pound For A Brown, 33, Suicide Chump4, Improvisations in Q, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (blues version), Magic Fingers, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast, Father O'Blivion, Rollo, Yo Mama, Strictly Genteel
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Comment: (1) "Dance Contest" from Tinseltown Rebellion
(2) Intro Guitar Solo
(3) violin solo on YCDTOSA #6
(4) with Shankar.

Lineup: Frank Zappa, Patrick O'Hearn (a couple of October shows)
Denny Walley, L. Shankar (Halloween guest)
Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf.

This show has an average rating of 4.50 out of 2 votes.

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08/07/81 (Fri)  Utility Muffin Research Kitchen - Los Angeles, CA

Set 1: We're Turning Again, I'm In The Mood For Love (early version of Lisa's Life Story), Filthy Habits, I'm in the Mood for Love, All Night Long, I'm In The Mood For Love (as played for Bennet Glotzer), Brahms Lullaby, We're Turning Again (incl Uncle Meat)

Set 2: I'm A Beutiful Guy, You Are What You Is, All Night Long (starting as blues experiments with Lisa on sax), Afrika Shox, Mystery Studio Song
played as: UMRK
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Comment: Two different recordings from this date
#1: 90 min, B with Lisa Popeil
#2: 45 min, A

Lineup: Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Bobby Martin

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