Frank Zappa
18-Jun 1970,
Uddel, Netherlands
Live at the "Piknik" show, VPRO, Dutch Television.

MC2 - "Pre-FM" Studio Master Tape

available tapes, according FZshows:
45 min, FM, A+/A

This copy: 49.30 min, Pre-FM MC, A+/A (w.fills)
lineage (main body): open reel tape machine > DAT Recorder > Griffin iMic to Roxio CD Spin Doctor 2 > aiff > Roxio Toast Titanium > CD-R > EAC0.95 secure mode > wav > Soundforge 5: tracking, editing fills > FLAC FFE lvl7 w/SBA

fills: (for FZ Interview & Intro)
from taurus seed [url=http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=6327]VPRO Piknik boot CD[/url], FM, A
lineage: FM>unknown recorder>unknown generation>unknown transfer to cdr>EAC to hd>re-tracked with Sound Forge 4.5>reduced volume by 3db w/Adobe Audtion>Flac frontend conversion to flac level 8

plus (for pre-interview stage banter snippet):
from T__ source/honyak45 seed [url=http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8649]GSW Project Vol.5 d1t02[/url], FM(?), B+
Lineage: Radio TV Broadcast / Private >
Cassette generation unknown >
Playback Deck: Tascam 130 >
Nikko 32 Band EQ >
Akai DR16 Digital Hard Disk Recorder >
HHB CDR-800 Compact Disc Recorder >
CDR > WAV >CD Wave Editor > FLAC

== The Mothers Of Invention June 1970 - April 1971 ==
FZ, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jeff Simmons, Aynsley Dunbar, Ian Underwood, George Duke.

Setlist:

00 "Silence Fools !!..." (stage banter) [0:20] °°° switch from T__ > taurus source @ 0:18
01 FZ Interview & Band Intro [5:38] °°° taurus source/switch to main body @ 4:29
02 Wonderful Wino [4:51]
03 Concentration Moon [2:28]
04 Mom & Dad [3:12]
05 The Air [3:16]
06 Dog Breath [2:08]
07 Mother People [2:08]
08 You Didn't Try To Call Me [4:19]
09 Agon [0:37]
10 Call Any Vegetable [7:11]
11 King Kong Part 1 [4:29]
12 Igor's Boogie [1:08]
13 King Kong Part 2 [7:45]

Notes:
somes flaws during King Kong (muddy sound plus drop out in FZ solo) I have decided to left untouched,
in order to keep this version as raw "as is" ...

Credits:
Special thanks to Y for sharing this master tape copy with us.
Thanks to taurus and T__/honyak45 for the filler material via their respective seeds.

Enjoy !!!

-- flambay

www.zappateers.com/bb - April 2007