Frank Zappa, Mothers & Captain Beefheart - Music Hall, Boston 27-Apr-1975 (early show) aka "No Bacon for Breakfast"

The holy Zappa grail? At least a very sought after Bootleg. It doesn't sound too good but it is one of the rare Bongo Fury concerts and contains very very good performances and some unreleased stuff as the original version of "token of my extreme" (with full lyrics - not the "tush tush tush" version).

There's a cd release as well bit it is not complete. So have fun with this rip from the original vinyl release I found on soulseek. Below are the original infos, additions of mine are in "[]".

There were some pieces of released music on LP 1 which I had to omit/edit out but these weren't part on the concert ("revenge of the knick knack people" excerpts).

Thanks to Maclen, whoever you are!

FZ (voc, g)
Bruce Fowler (tr)
Tom Fowler (b)
George Duke (keys)
Terry Bozzio (dr)
Denny Walley (g)
Napoleon Murphy Brock (sax)
Don van Vliet (voc)
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NO BACON FOR BREAKFAST VOL. 1

Music Hall, Boston, Massachusettes, 27-Apr-1975 (early show)

Length: 51 min

1975 musicians: Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Denny Walley, George Duke, Tom Fowler,
Terry Bozzio and Napoleon Murphy Brock

Label: white label NBB 2006 (Zappa Patio has it listed as an Angry Taxman Records issue)
Plain white cover with glued paper inserts.

Side 1:

1. Introduction (07:44) [cut, 07:06]
2. Token of My Extreme (04:23)
3. Stinkfoot (05:03)
4. I'm Not Satisfied (01:54)
5. Caolina Hardcore Ecstasy (07:36)

Side 2:

6. Carolina Cont'd (02:36)
7. Summer Night (03:44)
8. Uncle Meat Improvisations (15:59) [pound for a brown / sleeping in a jar]
10. Var�se Extro (02:57) [omitted]


Tracks 1 (up to 0:38) and 10 are unknown studio outtakes. [2 excerpts from "revenge of the knick knack people"]
Titles have been left as they appear on cover.
Direct transfer from vinyl, AS IT IS: no noise reduction, no speed variation, no EQ.
If someone is willing to speed-correct the live tracks, feel free to seed any improved version of
this bootleg (don't forget credits to the original ripper).
Volume 2 coming next...

Lineage: vinyl bootleg > wav (tracked and faded with Audiocleanic) > flac.

Maclen, October 2006.

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NO BACON FOR BREAKFAST VOL. 2

Music Hall, Boston, Massachusettes, 27-Apr-1975 (early show)

Length: 53 min

1975 musicians: Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Denny Walley, George Duke, Tom Fowler,
Terry Bozzio and Napoleon Murphy Brock

Label: white label NBB 2007 (Zappa Patio has it listed as an Angry Taxman Records issue)
Plain white cover with glued paper inserts.

Side 1:

1. Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (02:41)
2. Mothers Improvisations (16:24) ["don't you ever wash that thing?"]
3. Advance Romance (05:30)

Side 2:

4. Cont'd (04:28)
5. Willie The Pimp (06:07)
6. Pigmy Twylyte (01:09)
7. Dummy Up (03:53)
8. The Singing Lesson (12:51)


Tracks 6, 7 and 8 are live at the William Patterson College, Wayne, New Jersey, 11-Nov-1973
(early & late shows) with Irma Coffee on guest vocals.
Track 8 includes part of "Dupree's Paradise" from New York 22-Nov-1973 (late).
Titles have been left as they appear on cover.
Direct transfer from vinyl, AS IT IS: no noise reduction, no speed variation, no EQ.
If someone is willing to speed-correct the live tracks, feel free to seed any improved version of
this bootleg (don't forget credits to the original ripper).

Lineage: vinyl bootleg > wav (tracked and faded with Audiocleanic) > flac.

Maclen, October 2006.

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