here is the info file from Zappateers
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Frank Zappa – Vinyl Bootleg – Canada 1973 – ZAPPA-DONG 40.15 (Pittylabelle)
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Description:
From: http://www.lukpac.org
This album came with white labels, in a white cover, with two inserts on bright sky blue paper (actually, there were several
colour variants), one big and one small (obviously intended to stick on both cover sides). The big insert (28,5 x 30,6 cm)
has a xeroxed photo of Zappa dressed in a scarf, striped stockings and leopard tangas, being carried by eight half-dressed
women among green plants (photos from the same session were used on the Fire! and Swiss Cheese covers, and on Rubber Slices.)
The small insert (A4 letter size, 21 x 29,7 cm) has the erroneous track list for side A, musician credits (omitting Frank Zappa),
as well as the following Zappa block quote:
I’m interested in melodies and it’s the one thing I find lacking in most of the music today. The construction of a melody
is a specialized art form. I know a lot of people who can write and arrange but don’t pay to much attention to where the
melody is. It’s a big challange to write a melody. That’s why people who can improvise well against chord changes are so
unique because that’s a challenge met instantaneously. When all you’re presented with is the harmonics skeleton, your
challenge is to create a personalized melody against that set of chord changes, it’s a very impressive feat.
There’s only one person in the group who doesn’t really improvise and that’s Ruth. That’s because she has a mental block
against it. I think she’s capable of it but she just won’t take a solo. Everybody else in the group is improvisationally
oriented.
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Medium Information:
Matrix Number / Vinyl Etchings:
ZAPPA-DONG/A + ZAPPA-DONG/B
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Lineage:
LP-Rip: December 7, 2012, by Pittylabelle
Tracking: December 10, 2012, by Pittylabelle
-> Original Bootleg-LP
-> Yamaha Record Player / P-05
-> Sound Forge Pro 10.0 (recording)
-> Wavepurity Professional 7.10 (declicking and decrackling)
-> Sound Forge Pro 10.0 (track editing)
-> FLAC Frontend 1.7.1 (Level 8)
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Tracklist:
BTW, even the www.lucpac.org reference is wrong,
so, this is what the Vinyl Matrix says:
ZAPPA-DONG/A (Vinyl Matrix)
1. Be-Bop Tango Preamble [0:42]
2. Pygmy Twylyte [9:14]
3. Dupree’s Paradise [6:41]
4. Be-Bop Tango [2:19]
[18:56]
ZAPPA-DONG/B (Vinyl Matrix)
1. The Be-Bop Tango [09:07]
2. Inca Roads [12:12]
[21:19]
Total time: [40:15]
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Artwork:
Artwork shot and scan:
Resolution: 300 dpi
Please print at 100 %
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Credits:
Bootleg provided by Fuchsfatal!
LP-Rip: by Pittylabelle
Tracking: by Pittylabelle
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Seeded by Pittylabelle
© December 10, 2012 for www.zappateers.com
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Additional information sources:
From: http://www.lukpac.org
Canada 1973 (LP)
Various live 1973; from the “Un-Concert”
Label: Zappa-Dong Records
Sound quality: audience B-
Musicians: Frank Zappa, Ian Underwood, Ruth Underwood
(credited with “percussion and first lady of the Mothers”),
George Duke, Bruce Fowler, Tom Fowler, Jean-Luc Ponty and Ralph Humphrey
The track list on the insert cover is only for side A, and wrong
(it lists “Dupree’s Paradise” between “The Be-Bop Tango” and “Inca Roads”).
This should be more correct:
1. The Be-Bop Tango (09:10)
2. Inca Roads (12:30)
3. Be-Bop Tango Preamble
4. Pygmy Twylyte [drug-pusher routine]
5. “Dupree’s Paradise” Stories [listed as “Room Service (variant version)”]
6. Be-Bop Tango
7. Dog Breath (02:19)
Track 1 live in Waterloo, Canada, 18-Nov-1973 (see Around the World)
Track 2 is an unknown live 1973 version (in slightly worse sound quality than track 1).
Tracks 3-7 (the entire B side) is from Nifty (originally from the so-called “Un-Concert”),
but “Dog Breath” is only 37 seconds on Nifty, before it goes into “Uncle Meat” – here it’s a lot longer.
The overall sound of these tracks is a little better than on Nifty, where the tape may be slowed down a bit.
See also: “Around the World” and “Time Sandwich”
Informants: Andreas Kerschgens
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