This is known as:

1976 01 21 Sydney 85.06 AUD MC (CheepnisAroma-Cosmikd-flambay)

The bulk of FZ:OZ (Zappa, 2 CD, Vaulternative VR 2002-1, August 16, 2002) was recorded thenight before.

CheepnisAroma said, in '06, "But first let me tell you the whole story. A few months ago, I received an email from Allan, an FZ fan who lives in Christchurch, New Zealand. (We traded shows last year and we met when I visited NZ.) He told me he got an uncirculated show from an Australian who got the show from the taper. The show was, he said, the Sydney 1976 01-21 gig. And he asked me whether I wanted a copy. I said, 'Yes, send it along!' but I was a bit skeptical. At this point, I thought, 'Umm, this must be the FZ:OZ show' disbelief. But when I received the show, digitized by the taper, I compared it to FZ:OZ. Gosh! He was right! This is not the same show. For example the intro is different, just listen to FZ. And the tracklist is different Shocked I immediately wrote back to Allan and said 'Thanks mate!!!!, this is really Sydney 1976 01-21' (sorry but I can't reproduce the Kiwi accent here). And I asked him to send me the tapes. He managed to convince the taper, he grabbed the tapes and mailed them to me. When they arrived in Paris, I relayed them to Cosmikd, who digitized the tapes. He gave me a CD and a picture of the tapes (good idea!). I mailed this to flambay for a speed correction. He sent me back the show and here it is at last."

Frank Zappa
Horden Pavilion
Sydney, Australia
January 21, 1976

Source: Audience recording > "mono pre-walkman lap-held cassette player/recorder, brand name lost in the mists of time" > 2 TDK D60 cassette tapes > Onkyo TA-2028 > Marantz PM-72 > Sound Blaster Live! 1024 > Wavelab (WAV, normalize, tracking) > FLAC Frontend > FLAC. Taper is P, transferred by Cosmikd, speed corrected by flambay.

Speed correction:
FLAC > WAV > Soundforge 5 (speed correction, a few clicks & drop-outs removed, re-tracking) > FLAC Frontend > FLAC.

Setlist:
01. (intro)
02. Stinkfoot
03. The Poodle Lecture
04. Dirty Love
05. Filthy Habits
06. How Could I Be Such a Fool? (flaws/drop-outs @ 0.55, 1.20-22 and 1.35-36
07. I Ain't Got No Heart (inner cut @ 1.22)
08. I'm Not Satisfied
09. Black Napkins (cuts out)
10. The Illinois Enema Bandit (cuts in)
11. Wind Up Working in a Gas Station
12. Tryin' to Grow a Chin
13. The Torture Never Stops
14. Let's Move to Cleveland (inner cut @ 2:28,77)
15. Kaiser Rolls
16. Find Her Finer
17. Chunga's Revenge (flaws @ 5.00 to 5.17)
18. Zoot Allures [q: King Kong](cuts out)

Total time = 85:13

The Mothers Of Invention:
Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals
Andr� Lewis - keyboards, vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock - sax, vocals
Roy Estrada - bass, vocals
Terry Bozzio - drums, vocals

Notes: Probably missing between 09 Bl.Napkins and 10 Illinois Enema Bandit: Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?

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