Bartlemania, Week of December 24, 2024 - Annual Frank Zappa Birthday Special

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21:00:00  -  3:10  -  Silicon Teens  -  Chip 'N' Roll  -  Music For Parties  -  Mute

21:03:08  -  3:33  -  Frank Zappa  -  Peaches En Regalia (1987 remix)  -  Hot Rats  -  Ryko

21:07:34  -  2:10  -  Mothers Of Invention  -  Uncle Bernie's Farm  -  Absolutely Free  -  Ryko

21:09:45  -  5:52  -  Frank Zappa  -  Apostrophe  -  Apostrophe  -  Ryko

21:15:32  -  5:20  -  Frank Zappa  -  Dead Girls of London (Van Morrison, vocals)  -  not on album  -  no label

21:21:30  -  0:42  -  Interview  -  200 Motels  -  Syracuse, NY, 1975  -  no label

22:12:00  -  1:26  -  Frank Zappa  -  Scene 32-We Haven't Formed The Group Yet  -  200 Motels 50th Anniversary  -  https://zappa.com

21:22:38  -  1:41  -  Frank Zappa  -  What's The Name Of Your Group II  -  200 Motels 50th Anniversary  -  https://zappa.com

21:25:20  -  1:58  -  Frank Zappa  -  Semi-Fraudulent_Direct-From-Hollywood Overture  -  200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition  -  https://zappa.com

21:27:19  -  2:59  -  Ringo Starr  -   Ringo Starr on 200 Motels  -  200 Motels 50th Anniversary  -  https://zappa.com

21:31:25  -  5:36  -  George Duke  -  Old Slipper (w/Zappa)  -  Feel  -  MPS

21:36:56  -  3:43  -  Wild Man Fischer  -  Circles  -  An Evening With Wild Man Fischer  -  Bizarre/WB

21:40:39  -  0:16  -  Frank Zappa  -  PSA  -  Cucaracha  -  Do It Now Foundation

21:40:55  -  3:33  -  Frank Zappa  -  When The Lie's So Big  -  Broome County Arena, Binghamton, NY, March 17, 1988  -  no label

21:45:23  -  2:05  -  Burt Ward  -  Boy Wonder, I Love You  -  7-inch  -  MGM

21:47:27  -  1:21  -  Interview  -  I'm Hip, But Of Course I Am Offended  -  unknown date  -  no label

21:48:49  -  4:09  -  Frank Zappa  -  Road Ladies (Alternate Mix)  -  200 Motels 50th Anniversary  -  https://zappa.com

21:52:56  -  5:04  -  Frank Zappa with Sting  -  Murder By Numbers (excerpt)  -  Broadway The Hard Way  -  Ryko

22:00:17  -  6:05  -  Frank Zappa  -  Montana, Winterland, Dec 15, 1972  -  Waka Wazoo  -  https://zappa.com

22:06:22  -  0:29  -  Frank Zappa  -  PSA  -  Flossing, 1981  -  American Dental Association

22:06:51  -  2:51  -  Frank Zappa  -  The Dangerous Kitchen  -  Man From Utopia  -  Ryko

22:09:42  -  3:22  -  Frank Zappa  -  Moldred (Take 8)  -  Funky Nothingness  -  https://zappa.com

22:13:02  -  3:18  -  Mothers Of Invention  -  It Can't Happen Here (Mothermania Version)  -  Making of Freak Out (MOFO)  -  https://zappa.com

22:17:06  -  15:57  -  Frank Zappa  -  The Little Known History of the Mothers of Invention (live in Chicago)  -  Penguin In Bondage  -  https://zappa.com

22:33:02  -  2:28  -  Bob Guy  -  Dear Jeepers  -  Rare Meat  -  Del-Fi

22:35:26  -  1:58  -  Frank Zappa  -  Charva  -  Mystery Disc (1998)  -  Ryko

22:38:19  -  5:22  -  Frank Zappa  -  Cosmik Debris  -  Harpur College, Binghamton, NY, October 29,1972  -  no label

22:43:37  -  4:27  -  Frank Zappa  -  Lumpy Gravy, Capitol Records Mix, 1967 (excerpt)  -  Lumpy Money  -  https://zappa.com

22:48:01  -  3:17  -  Frank Zappa  -  Agency Man  -  Ahead Of Their Time  -  Ryko

22:51:18  -  3:33  -  Mothers Of Invention  -  Who Are The Brain Police  -  Freak Out  -  Ryko

22:54:51  -  1:04  -  Interview  -  How Much Goddamn Longer Are You Gonna Be Around  -  Syracuse, NY, 1975  -  no label

22:57:00  -  1:00  -  Mothers of Invention  -  Motherly Love (excerpt)  -  Freak Out  -  Ryko

Bartlemania - Week of December 27th, 2022 - Frank Zappa 82nd Birthday Special

Hour 1

21:00:00  3:14  Silicon Teens  Chip 'N' Roll  Music For Parties  Mute
21:03:14  3:39  Frank Zappa  Peaches En Regalia  Hot Rats  Ryko

21:07:34  5:53  Frank Zappa  Apostrophe  Apostrophe  Ryko
21:13:22  10:32  Frank Zappa & The Mothers  Call Any Vegetable > Eddie, Are You Kidding?  Just Another Band From LA  Ryko

21:24:16  5:20  Frank Zappa  Dead Girls of London (Van Morrison, vocals)  not on album  no label
21:29:36  2:19  Frank Zappa & The Mothers  Cheap Thrills (Vinyl mix)  Reuben & The Jets  Verve
21:31:51  2:06  Burt Ward  Boy Wonder I Love You  7-inch  MGM Records

21:34:55  2:31  Frank Zappa & The Mothers  Big Leg Emma  Absolutely Free  Ryko
21:37:24  4:58  Frank & Moon Zappa  Valley Girl  12-inch  Barking Pumpkin
21:41:19  5:20  Frank Zappa & The "Petit Wazoo Band"  Cosmik Debris  SUNY Binghamton,  October 29, 1972

21:48:14  1:15  Frank Zappa & The Mothers  Who Are The Brain Police (Section B-alt take)  MOFO, Deluxe Edition  Zappa.com
21:49:29  3:26  Frank Zappa & The Mothers  Who Are The Brain Police (Original stereo mix)  MOFO Deluxe  Zappa.com
21:52:48  4:20  Frank Zappa  Dumb All Over  You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Volume 1  Zappa.com
21:57:08  0:52  Frank Zappa  Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich (excerpt)  Burnt Weeny Sandwich  Ryko

Hour 2

22:01:05  2:11  Frank Zappa & The Mothers  Uncle Bernie's Farm  Absolutely Free  Ryko
22:03:15  2:22  Frank Zappa & The Mothers  Concentration Moon (MONO Mix)  Lumpy Money  zappa.com
22:05:37  3:53  Wild Man Fischer with Frank Zappa & The Mothers  Circles  An Evening With Wild Man Fischer  Bizarre

22:09:52  21:42  Frank Zappa  Farther O'Blivion (Join the March)  Stockholm, August 21, 1973  no label

22:31:52  17:13  Frank Zappa  Andy>Inca Roads  Brest France March 19 1979  no label

22:49:21  2:51  Frank Zappa  The Dangerous Kichen  Man From Utopia  Ryko
22:52:12  5:38  Frank Zappa & Sting  Murder By Numbers  Broadway The Hard Way  Ryko

BARTLEMANIA! Annual Frank Zappa special! December 30, 2021 & January 1, 2022 (WRFI) and January 2, 2022 (WBDY-LP)

All selections by Frank Zappa unless otherwise noted.

Silicon Teens - Chip 'n' Roll - Music For Parties (Mute)
Peaches En Regalia - Hot Rats (Ryko)

Apostrophe - Apostrophe (zappa.com)
Camarillo Brillo - Overnite Sensation (zappa com)
I'm The Slime - Saturday Night Live, 12-11-76 (with Don Pardo)

George Duke - Old Slipper (FZ on guitar) - Feel (MPS)
Bob Guy - Dear Jeepers - Rare Meat (produced by Zappa, 1963) (Del-Fi)
Burt Ward - Boy Wonder, I Love You! - 7-inch (MGM)

Dead Girls of London - outtake with Van Morrison on vocals
Call Any Vegetable-Eddie Are You Kidding - Just Another Band From LA (zappa.com)
Black Napkins - Palladium, New York, Oct 28-31 1977

The Mothers Of Invention - Weasels Ripped My Flesh - The Artisan acetate (1969)


PSA - Hi, Wanna Die? (Put speed down) - The Do It Now Foundation

Cosmik Debris - SUNY Binghamton (now Binghamton U.), 10-29-72
FZ - Mr Green Genes - Meat Light (zappa.com)
When The Lie's so Big > Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk - Broome County Arena, Binghamton, NY 3-17-88

Farther O'Blivion (Join the March) - Stockholm 8-21-73

Frank Zappa - Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy - FZ-OZ (zappa.com)
Murder By Numbers - Broadway The Hard Way (Ryko)

Frank Zappa - What's The Name of Your Group (1971) - 7-inch (Barking Pumpkin)

BARTLEMANIA! ANNUAL FRANK ZAPPA BIRTHDAY SPECIAL! (Happy 80th, Frank!) - December 24, 26 (WRFI) and 28th (WBDY-LP), 2020

All tracks by Frank Zappa
unless otherwise noted
(EFR = Edited For Radio)

Most if not all commercially-released titles can be found at zappa.com.

Call Any Vegetable (EFR) - Just Another Band From L.A.

Apostrophe - Apostrophe (Ryko)
Who Are The Brain Police - Freak Out
Dumb All Over - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (Ryko)

Interview segment, Syracuse University, 1975 - I Like Your Shirt-Camarillo Brillo
Camarillo Brillo - Overnite Sensation
Cheap Thrills (LP MIX) - Reuben & The Jets
Burt Ward - Boy Wonder, I Love You - 7-inch (MGM)
PSA - Hi, Wanna Die? - Do It Now Foundation

Dead Girls of London - Van Morrison, vocals
San Ber'dino - The Palladium, New York, 10/28-31/1977
Honey dontcha wanna Man Like Me (EFR) - Lather (Ryko)
Uncle Meat Radio Ad
Mr. Green Genes - Uncle Meat (Ryko)
Been to Kansas City in A Minor (excerpt) - Imaginary Diseases

Big Leg Emma - Absolutely Free (CD reissue) (Ryko)
I'm The Slime - Saturday Night Live, 12-11-76
Interview segment, Syracuse University, 1975 - Lumpy Gravy, Capitol Vs Verve
Lumpy Gravy - Capitol Records Mix, 1967 (excerpt) - Lumpy Money


When The Lies So Big>Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk - Binghamton, March 17, 1988

Frank & Moon Zappa - Valley Girl - 12-inch (Barking Pumpkin)
PSA - Susie Speedfreak - Do It Now Foundation
Jeff Simmons - Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up - 7-inch (Straight)
Wild Man Fischer - Circles - An Evening With Wild Man Fischer (Bizarre)

Farther O'Blivion (Join the March) - Stockholm 8-21-73

Playlist Dec. 26-30 - Annual Frank Zappa Birthday Special

ABOVE SONG TOO HOT FOR RADIO (AND NSFW).

Frank Zappa:(all cuts zappa.com, except in the case of vintage vinyl, interview segments or unreleased material)

Vegetable Medley - Absolutely Free

I'm The Slime - SNL, Dec 11, 1976 (w/Don Pardo)
Interview Segment
Willie The Pimp - Hot Rats (vinyl Mix) (Bizarre/Reprise)
Cozmik Debris - Apostrophe

Interview Segment
Bob Guy - Letter From Jeepers (Del-Fi)
Love Of My Life - Reuben & The Jets (vinyl mix) (Verve)
Murder By Numbers - Broadway The Hard Way

Interview Segment
Camarillo Brillo - Over Nite Sensation
The Purple Lagoon (w/John Belushi) - SNL Dec 11, 1976
Who Are The Brain Police - Freak Out

Burt Ward - Boy Wonder I Love You - 7-inch (MGM)
Flakes - Sheik Yerbouti

Farther O' Blivion - Stockholm Aug 21, 1973

Mr. Green Genes - Uncle Meat (vinyl mix) (Bizarre/Reprise)
Interview Segment
Lumpy Gravy (excerpt)(vinyl mix)(Verve)

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Brest, France, March 19, 1979 (excerpts)

King Kong - Ann Arbor, Dec. 3, 1967

Little House I Used To Live In/Rat Tomago (excerpt) - Berlin, Feb 15, 1978

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You may wish to visit http://zappa.com, and fan site http://zappateers.com.

Playlist for October 24-28, 2017

Frank Zappa (unless otherwise noted):
All tunes except as noted from zappa.com

Cosmik Debris - Apostrophe
Hungry Freaks Daddy - Freak Out
Didja Get Any Onya - Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Ryko)
Who Are The Brain Police? - Freak Out

I'm The Slime - Over-Nite Sensation
Duke Of Prunes Medley (tracks 2-7) - Absolutely Free

Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station - Zoot Allures
Murder By Numbers - B'Way The Hard Way
Montana - Harpur College, Binghamton, NY, Oct 29, 1972 (45 years ago!)

The Gumbo Variations (remixed version) - Hot Rats (Ryko)

It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal/Waka-Jawaka - Waka-Jawaka

Holiday In Berlin (Full-Blown) - Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Disco Boy - Zoot Allures
Dweezil Zappa - My Mother Is A Space Cadet - 12-inch (Barking Pumpkin)
Dweezil Zappa - Funky 15 - Via Zammata (Fantom)

Peaches En Regalia - Hot Rats (Ryko)

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Love Of My Life - Reuben & The Jets (vinyl version) (Verve)
Flakes - Sheik Yerbouti
Dear Jeepers - Rare Meat (Del-Fi)

Agency Man - Mystery Disc (Ryko)
The Nancy & Mary Music - Chunga's Revenge

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Apprentice DJ Set

December 20-24, 2016 - Frank Zappa Birthday Special

Frank Zappa:

Peaches En Regalia - Hot Rats (Ryko)

Dyna-Moe Humm - Over Nite Sensation (Ryko)
Apostrophe (unabridged) - The Crux of the Biscuit (zappa.com)

Plastic People - Absolutely Free (Ryko)
Dead Girls of London (w/Van Morrison) - studio out-take
Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy - FZ-OZ (zappa.com)
Call Any Vegetable/Eddie, Are You Kidding - Just Another Band from L.A. (Ryko)

The Story of St. Alphonso's Pancake Breakfast - The Crux of the Biscuit (zappa.com)
Don't Eat The Yellow Snow/Nanook Rubs It/St. Alfonso's Pancake Breakfast/Father O'Blivion - Apostrophe (Ryko)

Murder By Numbers - Broadway The Hard Way (Ryko)
My Guitar/Tryin' To Grow A Chin - Paris, Feb 3, 1977
The Dangerous Kitchen - Man From Utopia (Ryko)
The Cookie Jar Lecture - 13 February 1969, The Factory, The Bronx, New York City - Artisan acetate, 1969
Who Are The Brain Police (instrumental parts) - MOFO (zappa.com)

Jerry Kay Interview, 1978 (excerpt)
Honey, Dontcha Wanna Man Like Me? - Lather (Ryko)
Who Needs The Peace Corps/Stairway To Nicaragua - Binghamton, NY, March 17, 1988
Big Leg Emma - Absolutely Free (Ryko)

Toads of the Short Forest - Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Ryko)
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Farther O'Blivion - Live, Stockholm, Aug 21, 1973

Lumpy Gravy - Original Capitol Records tracking session - Lumpy Money (zappa.com)

Interview excerpt - Devils, real and imagined
I'm The Slime - SNL, Dec 11, 1976
The Purple Lagoon (w/John Belushi) - SNL Dec 11, 1976

Podcast Available HERE!

August 9-13, 2016 - Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa (unless otherwise noted) - http://zappa.com

Apostrophe - Apostrophe
Willie The Pimp - Hot Rats (Rykodisc edition)

Who Are The Brain Police? - Freak Out
Medley -
The Duke Regains His Chops
Call Any Vegetable
Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin
Soft Sell Conclusions - Absolutely Free

Mr. Green Genes - Uncle Meat
Camarillo Brillo - Over-Nite Sensation
Holiday In Berlin, Full-Blown - Burnt Weeny Sandwich

Eat That Question - The Grand Wazoo
Whatever Happened To All The Fun In The World?/Rat Tomago - Sheik Yerbouti
Montana - Harpur College (Binghamton U.) October 29th, 1972

Purple Haze/Sunshine of Your Love - The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life
Dinah-Moe Humm (remix) - Have I Offended Someone?
Directly From My Heart To You - Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Murder By Numbers - Broadway The Hard Way

Baby Ray & The Ferns - How's Your Bird? - Rare Meat (Del-Fi/Rhino)
Jones Crusher - Baby Snakes
The Nancy & Mary Music - Chunga's Revenge

City of Tiny Lites - Broome County Arena, Binghamton, NY, March 17, 1988

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Pedro's Dowry - London Symphony Orchestra Vol 1 & 2
Gumbo Variations - Hot Rats (Rykodisc edition)

RDNZL - Broome County Arena, Binghamton, NY,  May 1, 1974
Soup & Old Clothes - Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar

Little House I Used To Live In - Burnt Weeny Sandwich

Podcast Available Here!

December 30, 2015 - January 2, 2016 - Frank Zappa Birthday Special

Frank Zappa (Unless Otherwise Noted). Most from http://zappa.com:

Wowie Zowie (instro) - MOFO (4-CD Version)
Dyna-Moe Humm - Overnite Sensation
Cosmik Debris - Live at SUNY-B, October 29, 1972
Early rehearsal, "How Could I Be Such A Fool?"
PSA - Do It Now Foundation
Apostrophe - Apostrophe
Help, I'm a Rock - Artisan acetate

From Parc Du Penfield, Brest, France, March 13, 1979 (excerpts)
Persona Non Grata/Intros
Dead Girls of London
Ain't Got No Heart
Andy
Inca Roads

Who Are The Brain Police (instro parts A, C, B) - MOFO
Farther O'Blivion - Stockholm 1973
PSA - Do It Now Foundation

Cheap Thrills - Greasy Love Songs
Burt Ward - Boy Wonder, I Love You! - 7-inch (MGM)
Bob Guy - Dear Jeepers - Rare Meat (Del-Fi)
Howard Stern Interview, 1987 (excerpt)
It Can't Happen Here (Mothermania version) - MOFO
Murder By Numbers - Broadway The Hard Way
What's The Name Of Your Group? - 7-inch, Record Store Day release
Concentration Moon (Mono Mix)- Lumpy Money
Dead Girls of London (Van Morrison, Vocals)

Honey, Don'tcha Wanna Man Like Me? - Lather
Interview excerpt, 1969
Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy - FZ:OZ
PMRC Congressional hearings, 1985 (excerpt)
Dumb All Over - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
Agency Man - Ahead of Their Time
Call Any Vegetable - Just Another Band From L.A.

Big Leg Emma - Absolutely Free
Who Are The Brain Police? - Freak Out
Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown - Burnt Weeny Sandwich

Peaches En Regalia - Hot Rats


Podcast Available HERE!

January 21, 2015 - Frank Zappa Birthday Special (belated!)

Frank Zappa (unless otherwise noted):

Dancin' Fool - SNL Oct 21, 1978

Hungry Freaks Daddy - Freak Out (zappa.com)

Willie The Pimp - Hot Rats (Ryko)

Who Are The Brain Police? - Freak Out (zappa.com)

The Duke Of Prunes/Amnesia VivaceThe Duke Regains His Chops/Call Any Vegetable/Invocatrion 7 Dance of the Young Pumpkin/Soft-Sell Conclusion - Absolutely Free (zappa.com)

Dyna-Moe Humm - OverNite Sensation (DiscReet)

Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy - FZ-OZ (zappa.com)

Murder By Numbers - Broadway The Hard Way (zappa.com)

I'm The Slime (w/Don Pardo) - SNL Dec 11 1976

Porn Wars - Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers of Prevention (zappa.com)

The Dangerous Kitchen - Man From Utopia (Ryko)

Dead Girls of London/Ain't Got No Heart/Brown Shoes Don't Make It - Brest, France, March 19th, 1979
Marines - Garrick Theater, 1967

You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here (early takes and instros) - MOFO (zappa.com)

The Air - Uncle Meat (zappa.com)

Call Any Vegetable/Eddie Are You Kidding? - Just Another Band From LA (Ryko)

Holiday In Berlin, illuminated

Holiday In Berlin, Full-Blown - Burnt Weeny Sandwich (Ryko)

Cosmik Debris - Harpur College (Binghamton U.) - October 29th, 1972

Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk - Broome County Arena, March 17, 1988

Farther O'Blivion - Stockholm, August 21, 1973

RDNZL - Broome County Arena, May 1, 1974


Podcast Available HERE!

October 29, 2014 - Jack Bruce Tribute

Cream - SWLABR - Disraeli Gears (Polydor)

Cream - The Coffee Song - Cream (Polydor)
Jack Bruce - Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune - Songs For A Tailor (Atco)
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe - Apostrophe (zappa.com)
Jack Bruce - Theme From An Imaginary Western - Songs For A Tailor (Atco)

Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love - Live Cream Vol 2 (Polydor)
The Tony Williams Lifetime - To Whom It May Concern, Them & Us - Turn It Over (Polydor)
Jack Bruce - There's A Forest/Morning Story - Harmony Row (Polydor)

Jack Bruce - Rootin', Tootin' - Rare Tracks (Polydor)
Graham Bond Organization - Long Tall Shorty - Hard Up Heroes (Decca)
Jack Bruce - I'm Gettin' Tired Of Drinkin' and Gamblin' - Rare Tracks (Polydor)
Jack Bruce - HCKHH Blues (Ho Ho Country Kickin' Blues) - Things We Like (Atco)

Jack Bruce - Rope Ladder To The Moon - Songs For A Tailor (Atco)
Cream - Spoonful - Wheels Of Fire (Polydor)

Cream - Doin' That Scrapyard Thing - Goodbye (RSO)

Podcast Available HERE!

Annual Frank Zappa Birthday Special

All tracks by Frank Zappa, and issued by zappa.com, unless otherwise noted.

Intro by John Belushi, Dancing Fool - Saturday Night Live Oct 21 1978

Call Any Vegetable/Eddie, Are You Kidding? - Just Another Band From LA
Watermelon In Easter Hay - Joe's Garage
Interview - "I started out collecting records..."
Cosmik Debris - Harpur College Oct 29 1972
Who Are The Brain Police? (Studio tracks) - Making Of Freak Out (MOFO)
Jerry Kay interview, 1978
Honey, Dontcha Want A Man Like Me? - Lather

Dead Girls of London/Ain't Got No Heart/Brown Shoes Don't Make It - Brest France March 19 1979

Do It Now Foundation PSA, "Susie Speedfreak"
Lumpy Gravy, original Capitol Records mix, 1966 - Lumpy Money
The Story of Lumpy Gravy - Syracuse U, April 23, 1975
DC Boogie - Imaginary Diseases

Farther O'Blivion - Stockholm 8-21-73

Dead Girls Of London - Original Version with Van Morrison on vocals
Uncle Meat radio commercial
Project X (excerpt), Cruising For Burgers - Uncle Meat
Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy - FZ:OZ
Story of Holiday In Berlin (date and place unknown)
Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown - Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Murder By Numbers (with Sting) - Broadway The Hard Way

Bob Guy - Dear Jeepers - Rare Meat (Rhino)
You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here (Instrumental Track) - MOFO
The Dangerous Kitchen - Man From Utopia *
Concentration Moon (Mono Mix) - Lumpy Money
I'm The Slime - Saturday Night Live Dec 11, 1976
Dumb All Over - Have I Offended Someone?
Peaches En Regalia - Hot Rats
Big Leg Emma - Absolutely Free


Podcast Available HERE!

June 19, 2013

Gov't Mule
Mountain Jam
June 8, 2013
(excerpt)

Frank Zappa (http://zappa.com)

Uncle Meat > Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually-Aroused Gas Mask > In The Sky (Royal Festival Hall London 1968)
Who Are The Brain Police - Freak Out (Ryko)
Po-Jama People - One Size Fits All (DiscReet)
The Mothers At KPFK - Mystery Disc (Ryko)

Be-Bop Tango of the Old Jazzmen's Church - Roxy & Elsewhere (DiscReet)

Valley Girl - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save A Drowning Witch (Barking Pumpkin)
Debra Kedabra > Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy - Bongo Fury (DiscReet)
Letter From Jeepers - Rare Meat (Del-Fi/Rhino)
Burt Ward - Boy Wonder I Love You (7-inch) (MGM)
RDNZL - Broome County Arena, May 1, 1974

Porn Wars - Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention (Barking Pumpkin)

The Dangerous Kitchen - Man From Utopia (Ryko)
Tryin' To Grow a Chin - Lather (Ryko)
Flower Punk - We're Only In It For The Money (Verve)
Strictly Genteel (The Finale) - 200 Motels (Ryko)

You Didn't Try To Call Me > Petrouschka > Baby Love > Big Leg Emma - Sweden 1967

This program is dedicated to the memory of WHRW alumnus and Zappaphile extraordinaire, Steve Hecht.

Podcast Available HERE!

December 19, 2012 - Zappa Birthday Special

Frank Zappa 72nd Birthday Special
All tracks by Frank Zappa unless otherwise noted,
from the original Verve, Ryko, Discreet, Bizarre
and Barking Pumpkin releases as well as live 
amateur recordings.

Didja Get Any Onya - Weasels Ripped My Flesh
The Grand Wazoo - The Grand Wazoo

Who Are The Brain Police - Freak Out
I Have Been In You/Flakes - Sheik Yerbouti
Brown Shoes Don't Make It - Absolutely Free

King Kong/It Can't Happen Here - Stockholm, 1967

Willie The Pimp - Hot Rats
Inca Roads - YCDTOSA Vol 2 (The Helsinki Concert Sep 22, 1974)

Cheepnis/Penguin In Bondage/RDNZL - Broome County Arena, May 1, 1974

It Just Might Be A One Shot Deal/Waka-Jawaka - Waka-Jawaka

I'm The Slime - Over-Nite Sensation
Porn Wars - ...Mothers of Prevention

Soup 'n' Old Clothes - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
The Dangerous Kitchen - Man From Utopia
Bow Tie Daddy/Uncle Bernies Farm - The **** of the Mothers
Debra Kadabra/Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy - Bongo Fury
Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk - Broadway the Hard Way

The Mushroom Tabernacle Choir - The 12 Drugs of Xmas -
T'anks for the Mammaries (TAKRL)

Charva - The Mystery Disc
Zomby Woof - The Best Band You Never Heard in your Life
Stairway To Heaven - The Best Band You Never Heard in your Life

I recommend visiting http://zappa.com for further information.

Playlist for November 30, 2011

Emil Vilicvky - Troochu Funky - The Funky Way Of Emil Vilicvky (Vampisoul)
Kraan - Let It Out - Let It Out (Passport)
If - The Light Still Shines - Waterfall (Metromedia)
George Duke - Old Slipper - Feel (MPS)

Peter Thomas - The Hound of Blackwood Castle - Futuremuzik (Scamp)
Frank Zappa - Louie Louie/Dog Breath Variations - Uncle Meat (Ryko)
Robbie Krieger - Solar Wind - Singularity (Oglio)
DNA - Vivo - Influences (Rasa)
Howie B - Who's Got The Bacon? - Turn The Dark Off (Island)

Little Fyodor - I Want An Ugly Girl - Slither 7-inch (Walls of Genius)
Hiram Sherman- A Little Investighation - How Now Dow Jones (RCA)
Daniels Francis Doyle - Sharing Stories - There Are 2 of You (7-inch) (Soungs)
Tony Joe Whitye - 300 Pounds of Hungry - The Train I'm On
Jimmy Castor - D.R.Y. (7-inch) (Smash)
The Fabulous Knickerbockers - Your Kind of Lovin - Lies (Challenger)
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - First 2 albums (Tomlab)
Richard Thompson - Haul Me Up - Dream Attic (Shout Factory)
Mark Almond - Riding Free - Mark Almond (Columbia)

Playlist for November 2, 2011

Frank Zappa:

The Blue Light – Tinseltown Rebellion (Barking Pumpkin)
The Gumbo Variations – Hot Rats (Ryko)
Chunga's Revenge/The Clap – Chunga's Revenge (Ryko)
Purple Haze/Sunshine Of Your Love – Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (Barking Pumpkin)
Dyna Moe Humm – Overnite Sensation (DiscReet)

DJ Spooky & Creation Rebel – No No No (remix) – DJ Spooky & Creation Rebel (Trojan)
Creation Rebel – Rebel Vibrations – Historic Moments, Volume 1 (On-U)
Dub Syndicate – Stoned Immaculate – Pay It All Back, Volume 1 (On-U)

John Fahey:

Story of Dorothy Gooch – Voice of the Turtle (Takoma)
Xmas Medley – The New Possibility (Takoma)
Fare Forward Voyagers – Fare Forward Voyagers (Takoma)

June 30 2010

Talking Heads/Ramones
Max's Kansas City
9-October-1976

GONE - Adams - Gone II But Never Too Gone (SST)
Smashchords - Brand New Rambler - Smashchords (Smash Trade)
Regressive Aid - Photo Spreads - Effects Upon Exposed People (Rhesus)
Frank Zappa - Five, Five, Five - Shut Up'n Play Your Guitar (Ryko)
Pere Ubu - Dub Housing - Dub Housing (Ubu Projex)
Soul Circuit - What If - Lush Life Electronica (Quango)
Renaldo & The Loaf - The Blowflies' Dilemma - Arabic Yodelling (Ralph)
Nicholas Collins - Devils Music (excerpt) - Devils Music (Lovely Music)
Griot Galaxy - Liberty City Rundown (excerpt) - Opus Krampus (Cai Sound Aspects)
Frank Zappa - Weasels Ripped My Flesh - Weasels Ripped My Flesh (Ryko)
Test Dept. - Total Nervous Phenomonom - If You Can't Please Your Soul (Some Bizarre)
Gershon Kingsley - Have It Or Grab It And Go - Gershon Kingsley's First Moog Quartet (Audio Fidelity)
Man From Uranus - Space Jewelry Vol III (Excerpt)
Black Dice - Things Will Never Be The Same - Beaches & Canyons (DFA)
John Cale/Terry Riley - The Protege - Church of Anthrax (Water)
808 State - Bent - Outpost Transmission (Shadow Records)
Grateful Dead - The Other One (Excerpt) - Anthem of the Sun (WB)
Controlled Bleeding - The Front - Trudge (Wax Trax)
Bevis Frond - Rat In A Waistcoat - Bevis Through The Looking Glass (Rubric)

Devo - Don't Shoot I'm A Man - Something for Everybody (WB)

March 17th 2010

Leo Kottke VPRO July 7th, 1975

Against All Authority - Radio Waves - Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol 6 (SubCity)
Angry Samoans - Carson Girls - Unboxed Set (Triple X)
Bruce Barthol - Nothing to Lose - TheDecline & Fall of Everything (brucebarthol dot com)
The Modern Lovers - Modern World - The Modern Lovers (Rhino)
Be Bop Deluxe - Blazing Apostles - Tramcar To Tomorrow (Hux)
Stiff Little Fingers - Barbed Wire Love - Inflammable Material (Enigma Retro)
Beastie Boys - Egg Raid on Mojo - Some Old Bullshit (Grand Royal)
Ramones - Suzy Is A Headbanger - ATSAM Vol 1 (Sire)
Ramones - IDWGDTTB - ATSAM Vol 1 (Sire)
Henry Rollins - Ramones (excerpt) - Talk is Cheap Vol 3 (2-13-61)
Ramones - You Should Never HAve Opened That Door (demo) - Ramones (Rhino)
The Queers - Little Rich Working Class Oi Boy - Hopelessly Devoted to You Vol 3 (Hopeless)
John S Hall - Punish Him - The Body Has A Head (Mannifature Criminale)
The Velvet Underground - European Son - the Norman Dolph demo acetate 1966

Health Care Rally - "Citizens Arrest" in front of Ritz Carlton Hotel in Washington DC where health insurance execs were holding a convention and lobbying congress to defeat health care reform. Sound quality isn't ery good. There were so many people there that I could not get close to the stage where the organizers were speaking. Here's one of them, the head of Action America (?). Time: About 3 minutes.

Marianne Faithful & Sly & Robbie - Lola R Forever - Monsieur Gainsbourg (Verve)
The Doors - Break On Through - The Doors (40th Ann Reissue) (Rhino)
DJ Q-Bert - Destination-Quasar 16 33 45 78 - Wave Twisters (Galactic Butt Hair)
DJ Logic - Afro Beat - Zen of Logic(ropeadope)
DJ Shadow - Thie Time - The Outsider (Motown)
Nirvana - On A Plain - Nevermind (Geffen)
Pere Ubu - On The Surface - Dub Housing (ubu Projex)
Cat Power & Karen Elson - I Love You (Me Either) - Monsieur Gainsbourg (Verve)
Tom Lehrer - The Irish Ballad - Songs & More SOngs (Rhino)
Tower of Power - The Skunk The Goose & The Fly - East Bay Grease (Rhino)
Frank Zappa - Texas Motel Medley - Binghamton 17-March-1988

Arthur Godfrey - I'm Looking Over a 4-Leaf Clover - 78RPM disc (Columbia)

Janiary 13, 2009

Richard Thompson
Albany NY
10-18-09

Frank Zappa - San Ber'dino - OSFA (Ryko)
Hotel X - India - A Random History of the Avant Groove (SST)
Afroskull - Me & My TV - To Obscurity & Beyond (Skullsound)
James Brown - D Thing - James Brown Plays the Real Thing (Smash)
Rolling Stones - Fingerprint File - It's Only Rock & Roll (Rolling Stones)
St Etienne - Soft Like Me - Finisterre (Beggar's Banquet)
Bevis Frond - Rat In A Waistcoat - Bevis Through the Looking Glass (Rubric)

Negativland - Downloading - No Business (Seeland)
Richard Thompson - Pharaoh(Live) - Reckless Kind EP (Capitol)
Dead Meadow - Let's Jump In - Gimme Skelter (Buddyhead)
Mu - Blue Form - Mu (Ocean Records)
Pickin' on Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same - Pickin' On Led Zeppelin (CMH)
Robert Wyatt - Sea Song - The Peel Sessions (Strange Fruit)
Isotope 217 - Sint_D - Who Stole the Walkman? (Thrill Jockey)

2009 Annual Frank Zappa Birthday Special

All music is by Frank Zappa and is on Rykodisc or Barking Pumpkin records unless otherwise noted. Happy 69th birthday, Frank!

Hour 1

The Mudshark - Fillmore East June 1971
I'm The Slime - Overnite Sensation
Willie The Pimp - Hot Rats (Rykodisc edition)
Who Are The Brain Police - Freak Out
Big Leg Emma - Absolutely Free (Rykodisc edition)
Disco Boy - Zoot Allures
Dinah Moe Humm - Overnite Sensation
Brown Shoes Don't Make It - Absolutely Free
Rollo - Imaginary Diseases (zappa.com)

Hour 2

I Have Been In You - Berlin 2-15-78
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body - 1967, from the We're Only In It For The Money demos
Baby Ray & The Ferns - Hows Your Bird - Rare Meat (Del-Fi)
Appearance on KPPC, 11-27-68 (excerpt)
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy - 1975 05 23 El Paso TX
Magdalena (edited for radio) - Just Another Band from L.A.
Dr Demento Show 1981 - On forming a band
Farther O'Blivion - 1973 08 21 Stockholm, Sweden

Hour 3

Burt Ward - Boy Wonder I Love You - 7-inch (MGM Records)
Lonesome Cowboy Burt - 200 Motels
Interview, Syracuse University, 1975 (excerpt) - The making of 200 Motels
Overture-Mystery Roach - 200 Motels
Brutality - Resolver & Brutality (studio experiments)
FZ on a Guest DJ Spot, WPIX 11-19-79 (excerpt)
Broome County Arena, 1974 - It Can't Happen Here
Broome County Arena, 1974 - Hungry Freaks Daddy
1969 - My Guitar- Extended 7in Stereo Mix
Dead Girls of London w Van Morrison (alternate version)
Dumb All Over - YCDTOSA Vol 1
The Dangerous Kichen - Man From Utopia
Peaches En Regalia - Hot Rats