Frank Zappa
10-26-73
Armadillo World Headquarters
Austin, TX
Lineage:
SBD > ? > Maxell XLII 90 (3rd gen?) > Kenwood KX-W8020 > Sound Blaster Awe32 PC Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro > WAV > CD Wave > FLAC
Post Production:
FLAC > TLH > WAV > Adobe Audition (Pitch Bender: -76 cents, Quality Level: Perfect [Slowest]) > TLH > FLAC
Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals
George Duke – keyboards, vocals, tiny little notes
Napoleon Murphy Brock – vocals, saxophone, flute
Tom Fowler – bass
Ruth Underwood – percussion
Bruce Fowler – trombone, dancing
Chester Thompson – drums
Ralph Humphrey – drums
01. Cosmik Debris (7:01)
02. Inca Roads (10:25)
03. Pygmy Twylyte (5:05)
04. Idiot Bastard Son (2:16)
05. Cheepnis (3:40)
06. Big Swifty (9:28)
07. Dickie’s Such An Asshole (includes tape flip) (10:17)
08. Father O’Blivion (15:10)
09. Son Of Mr Green Genes / King Kong / Chunga’s Revenge (16:29)
Note:
This was uploaded to Dime as a "recent bootleg ripped from the silvers" and the mods banned it because it was already running. This show from 10/26/73 is what they were referring to – probably not the same version as the boot but according to Franks Boots it’s the right show (that’s where I got the cover art.)
Original Note:
-No noise reduction or hiss removal.
-Only slight fade added at begining & end of show.
-Ripped by jaypfunk from 3rd gen Cassette Tape
-Edited & Speed Corrected t08 using Cool Edit Pro > TLH > FLAC & then uploaded the FLAC.
-The pitch of the original seed was approximately 76 cents sharp.
-But, when you flatten the pitch of the whole show it makes it longer than 81 minutes, and most of us can’t overburn.
-So, I trimmed about 1 minute from "Father O’Blivion" which was just applause, and I got it to flow pretty seamlessly.
-Just less of that encore applause, and the Disc is burnable with 1 second to spare. That was just a lucky guess.
-Trust me – you’ll never miss it. One minute’s a long time when you’re waiting for the band to come back. I’ve reduced that wait considerably.