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01/??/68 (???)  Family Dog - Denver, CO

Set 1: Octandre Variations, Plastic People/Octandre/Louie Louie/King Kong/America Drinks, King Kong, Duke Of Prunes, Hound Dog, Little House Variations (incl Dog Breath, Blue Danube, Hungry Freaks Daddy), Instrumental, Status Back Baby, Instrumental, King Kong
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Lineup: The Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner,Motorhead Sherwood.

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10/03/68 (Thu)  Tivoli Gardens - Copenhagen, Denmark

Set 1: Instrumental, Hungry Freaks Daddy, Inst, Help I'm A Rock, King Kong, Trouble Every Day, Jam, In the Sky, The String Quartet, Jam
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Lineup: The Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood.

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02/23/69 (Sun)  Rock Pile - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Set 1: Intro, Bacon Fat, Lonely Lonely Nights, Corrido Rock, Pachuko Hop, unknown R&B instrumental, The String Quartet, Charles Ives, WPLJ, In the Sky, All Night Long
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Lineup: The Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa, Lowell George, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood, Buzz Gardner.

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03/??/69 (???)  Hartford Ballroom - Hartford, CT

Set 1: Jam, Right There/Skweezit Skweezit Skweezit, Instrumental, Igor's Boogie/Little Doo-wop, Jam (King Kong vamp)
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Lineup: The Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa, Lowell George, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood, Buzz Gardner.

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03/??/69 (???)  Three Image - Miami Beach, FL

Set 1: My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (instrumental), Lonely Lonely Nights, Concerto da camera: II. Andante, Harry You're A Beast, Oh No, Orange Lumber Truck, Toads Of The Short Forest Part 2 (Weasels version), All Night Long, Bacon Fat, Little House I Used To Live In, Interlude, Pachuko Hop, Unknown R&B Instrumental
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Lineup: The Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa, Lowell George, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black, Arthur Dyer Tripp III, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood, Buzz Gardner.

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12/15/70 (Tue)  Palais Gaumont - Paris, France

Set 1: Instrumental, Call Any Vegetable, Sanzini Brothers, Penis Dimension1, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping in a Jar, Porc-O The Magnificent, Sharleena, The Air, Dog Breath, Mother People, Cold as Ice, King Kong2, Who Are the Brain Police?
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Comment: (1) interpolating Early "Bwana Dik"
(2) with Ponty

Lineup: The Mothers of Invention Frank Zappa, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jeff Simmons, Aynsley Dunbar, Ian Underwood, George Duke.

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

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11/11/72 (Sat)  DAR Constitution Hall - Washington, DC

Set 1: I'm Not Satisfied, Farther O'Blivion, Montana, America Drinks, Rollo, Instrumental, The Duke of Prunes, Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

Set 2: I'm Not Satisfied, Farther O'Blivion, Cosmik Debris, Little Dots, Caravan (with a drum solo), When the Saints Go Marching In, Imaginary Diseases, Kirk Confronts Charlie
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Comment: These shows are a, k, a 31-Dec 1972.

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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12/03/72 (Sun)  Pershing Municipal Auditorium - Lincoln, NE

Set 1: Instrumental, Rollo, Duke Of Prunes, Montana, Cosmik Debris, Little Dots, Son Of Mr Green Genes, Farther O'Blivion, Imaginary Diseases, America Drinks & Goes Home
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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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05/13/73 (Sun)  University of Cincinnati - Cincinnati, OH

Set 1: Exercise 4, Dog Meat, Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, Nanook Rubs It, St Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast, Father O'Blivion, Farther O'Blivion, Cosmik Debris, Instrumental, Son Of Mr Green Genes/King Kong/Chunga's Revenge
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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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04/19/75 (Sat)  Capitol Theatre - Passaic, NJ

Set 1: Instrumental, Sam With The Showing Scalp, A Token of My Extreme, StinkFoot, I'm Not Satisfied, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Velvet Sunrise, Pound For A Brown (including "Chunga's Revenge" and "Crazy Little Thing"), Concerto da camera: II. Andante, Willie the Pimp

Set 2: Opening, Debra Kadabra, Florentine Pogen, Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead, Improvisations, Do zego sponsora, Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, Advance Romance, Orange Claw Hammer, FZ/George Duke jam, A Token of My Extreme, Why Doesn't Somebody Get Him A Pepsi?, Willie the Pimp
played as: Capital Theater
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Lineup: The Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa, Denny Walley, Captain Beefheart, Tom Fowler, Terry Bozzio, Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Bruce Fowler.

This show has an average rating of 4.17 out of 6 votes.

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04/27/75 (Sun)  Boston Music Hall - Boston, MA

Set 1: Instrumental (solo), Camarillo Brillo/Muffin Man Solo, Concerto da camera: II. Andante, Penguin in Bondage, Debra Kadabra, Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead, Improvisations, The Torture Never Stops, ??, Montana, Florentine Pogen, Willie the Pimp

Set 2: Instrumental, Token Of My Extreme, StinkFoot, I'm Not Satisfied, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Velvet Sunlight, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping in a Jar, Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead, Echidna's Arf, Sam With the Showing Scalp Flat Top, Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, Advance Romance, Willie the Pimp
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Lineup: The Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa, Denny Walley, Captain Beefheart, Tom Fowler, Terry Bozzio, Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Bruce Fowler.

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03/13/76 (Sat)  Palasport Mezzovico - Lugano, Switzerland

Set 1: Intro, StinkFoot, Filthy Habits, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not Satisfied, Black Napkins, Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Kirk Confronts Charlie, Song For Pinky, Instrumental, Zoot Allures, Altern8 Patterns, San Ber'dino
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Lineup: The Mothers of Invention: Frank Zappa, Roy Estrada, Terry Bozzio, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Andre Lewis.

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02/10/77 (Thu)  Hammersmith Odeon - London, England

Set 1: Intro, Peaches en Regalia, The Torture Never Stops, Big Leg Emma, City Of Tiny Lights, Pound For A Brown, Jones Crusher, Instrumental, My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama, Forza G (Per Gioco - presentazione della pattuglia), Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Dong Work for Yuda, Manx Needs Women, Cherry, Black Napkins, Dinah > Moe Humm, Willie the Pimp
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Lineup: Frank Zappa, Ray White, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Eddie Jobson.

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02/14/77 (Mon)  Playhouse Theatre - Edinburgh, Scotland

Set 1: Intro, Peaches en Regalia, The Torture Never Stops, Big Leg Emma, City Of Tiny Lights, Pound For A Brown, Jones Crusher, Instrumental, My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama, Forza G (Per Gioco - presentazione della pattuglia), Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Dong Work for Yuda, Manx Needs Women, Cherry, Black Napkins, Dinah > Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man
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Lineup: Frank Zappa, Ray White, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Eddie Jobson.

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02/16/77 (Wed)  Hammersmith Odeon - London, England

Set 1: Intro, Peaches en Regalia, The Torture Never Stops, Big Leg Emma, City Of Tiny Lights, Pound For A Brown, Jones Crusher, Instrumental, My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama, Forza G (Per Gioco - presentazione della pattuglia), Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Dong Work for Yuda, Manx Needs Women, Cherry, Black Napkins, Dinah > Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man
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Lineup: Frank Zappa, Ray White, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Eddie Jobson.

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09/18/77 (Sun)  Fox Theatre - Atlanta, GA

Set 1: Intro, Peaches en Regalia, The Torture Never Stops, Forza G (Per Gioco - presentazione della pattuglia), City Of Tiny Lights, Bass Solo, Pound For A Brown, Flakes, Big Leg Emma, Instrumental in memory of Jimi Hendrix, Envelopes (no words), Drums, Disco Boy, I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth, Wild Love, Titties 'n' Beer, The Black Page, Jones Crusher, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Punky's Whips, Dinah Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man
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Comment: Aud, B

Lineup: Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew, Roy Estrada (US Fall tour guest)
Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf

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

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10/24/77 (Mon)  The Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA

Set 1: Intro, Peaches en Regalia, Torture Never Stops, Forza G (Per Gioco - presentazione della pattuglia), City Of Tiny Lights, Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead (instrumental), Flakes, Big Leg Emma, Envelopes, Disco Boy, I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth, Wild Love, Titties & Beer, Black Page, Jones Crusher, Broken Hearts Are for Assholes, Punky's Whips, Dinah Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, San Ber'dino
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Comment: 145 min, Aud, C

Lineup: Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew, Roy Estrada (US Fall tour guest)
Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf

This show has an average rating of 3.00 out of 2 votes.

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11/19/77 (Sat)  Stanford University - Roscoe Maples Pavilion - Palo Alto, CA

Set 1: Intro, Peaches en Regalia, Torture Never Stops, Tryin to Grow a Chin, City Of Tiny Lights, Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead (instrumental), Flakes, Big Leg Emma, Envelopes, Disco Boy, I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth, Wild Love (loooong!), Cherry, Black Page, Jones Crusher, Punky's Whips, Dinah-Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo
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Comment: 145 min, Aud, B

Lineup: Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew, Roy Estrada (US Fall tour guest)
Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf

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04/??/82 (???)  Utility Muffin Research Kitchen - Los Angeles, CA

Set 1: Strictly Genteel, In France, Advance Romance, Instrumental, Funicul? Funicul..., You Are What You Is, Dumb All Over, Zomby Woof, Instrumental, Tell Me You Love Me, Dead Girls of London, fla, Kes, Approximate/Tinseltown Rebellion, Carolina Hard Core Ecstacy, Yo Mama, He's So Gay, I Came On Your Face, Stick It Out
played as: UMRK
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Lineup: Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Bobby Martin

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