Tom Waits
Encounters With Frank Zappa

Golden Hall
San Diego, CA
August 11, 1974 (Tracks 1 > 4)

Tom Waits is mentioned during the Zappa performance.

01 Zappa Introduction
02 Waits Intro with Depot
03 Ol 55 Without Waits
04 Zappa Outro

Orpheum Theater
Boston, MA
November 9, 1974 - Late show (Tracks 5 > 11 & 12 > 18)

Tom Waits appears on vocals as a guest at the Boston show. Both versions of the show are tracked the same. The character of the music differs, and each has its' appeal and drawbacks. Since the source is so short both versions have been included.

Boston, MA (Version 1)

05 Booger Man Conclusion
06 Waits Introduction
07 Ol 55 with More Waits Intro
08 Ol 55 with Cash Joke
09 Ol 55 with Little Man Joke
10 Ol 55 Postscript
11 Duprees Paradise Intro

Boston, MA (Version 2)

12 Booger Man Conclusion
13 Waits Introduction
14 Ol 55 with More Waits Intro
15 Ol 55 with Cash Joke
16 Ol 55 with Little Man Joke
17 Ol 55 Postscript
18 Duprees Paradise Intro

The Mothers, July 04 - November 22, 1974:

Frank Zappa - guitar and vocals
George Duke - keyboards
Napoleon Murphy Brock - reeds
Tom Fowler - bass
Ruth Underwood - xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, and other percussion
Chester Thompson - drums

Production: Decode flac files to wav. Open in Sound Forge. Edits and fades used to excerpt the relevant material. Tracked in CD Wav, flac 8 in TLH. A product of the Tom Waits Preservation Project.

This Presentation:

Be advised that Tom Waits does not appear on the first four tracks. So why have they been included? The answer: They are relevant because Tom Waits appeared as a warm-up act for this show, and also warmed up on at least the following Zappa tours and dates:

November 22, 1973 > December 2, 1973
March 18, 1974
June 28, 1974 > July 21, 1974
August 11, 1974 > August 17, 1974

Many of these Zappa shows were recorded from the audience, but as of January 2025 this collector has not found a single recording of Tom Waits warming up from any of these shows.

In the case of Golden Hall, included here, it appears as though the mere threat of Waits returning to the stage caused the recordist to stop their machine. One can hear the crowd objecting to the idea that Tom might take the microphone, even at the invitation of Zappa himself. So this gives us a glimpse of what Waits faced as he did his 30 minutes of songs for the hostile Zappa crowd. We can also hear Zappa's band playing excerpts of Depot, Depot & 'Ol '55, which is interesting. Perhaps considering the audience response it is not surprising that Waits was at least hesitant to come out. Whether he did or did not come out is not known based on the available recording. It seems clear that this recording was part of the Zappa portion of the show. Otherwise the Mothers would not have been on stage.

For the Boston show, Waits does join the Mothers on stage. Interestingly, this is not a show at which Tom warmed up for the Mothers, which may explain his warmer welcome. Tom was in the middle of a run at Passim in Cambridge, MA. Apparently he was invited down to the Zappa show following his own gig, and was called on stage for a quick guest spot. It is perhaps surprising that rather than promote his "product" - meaning his song 'Ol "55 - to the crowd, Tom chooses to use his stage time to tell a couple of jokes. Version 1 of this recording has been patched by the Zappateers with an audience tape to fill a gap in the soundboard recording.

Thanks go to http://www.zappateers.com for all their diligent archival work.

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Frank Zappa - 1974-08-11 - Golden Hall, San Diego, CA (AUD)

Original Source Info:

Source: Unknown generation audience recording

Lineage: Maxell XLII Cassette > Nakamichi CR-7A cassette deck > Tascam US-122L >
Sound Forge 7.0 (record/edits/resample) > FLAC Level 8 > wav >
Soundforge 9: speed correction, tracking > flac TLH lvl7 w/SBA (692 MB)

Collected By: blackpage
Transferred By: Drew51
Edited By: Drew51, flambay

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Frank Zappa - 1974-11-09 - Boston, MA (Late) (SBD)

Original Source Info:

~~ RobSam 2nd gen SBD, patched with BobM 1st & 2nd gen audience sources ~~

Corrected (speed, phase & volume) re-seed of the SBD version of this fantastic show.

This Copy:
73:50 SBD A/A- (123.44 with AUD patches)

Lineage: (RobSam SBD)
Maxell XLII 2nd gen SBD > Nakamichi DR-1 > Realtek HDAudio pentium i7 > Soundforge 10 Pro Highest quality setting Izotope 64 bit src downsampling / MBIT+dither > TLH > Soundforge 10 (speed correction, editing > FLAC Frontend

Taped by: unknown
Collected by: Dick Barber
Contributed by: robsam
Transferred by: doctorzap
Corrected & adjusted by: flambay & Overnitefreak
Edited by: Overnitefreak

Fills Lineage:

Source 2, Track 09 & audience patches: (BobM-DrZap audience)
Maxell XLII 1st GEN > Nakamichi DR-1 > Realtek HDAudio pentium i7 > Soundforge 10 Pro Highest quality setting Izotope 64 bit src downsampling / MBIT+dither> TLH > Soundforge 10 (speed correction, phase & volume adjustments, tracking) > Nero 11 Soundtrax (patching) > FLAC Frontend

Taped by: unknown
Collected & kindly shared by: BobM
Transferred by: Doctorzap
Corrected & adjusted by: flambay & Overnitefreak
Edited by: Overnitefreak


Complete show track list (for reference only):

01 Tush Tush Tush [2:29] °°° fades in, beginning missing
02 Tuning [1:43]
03 Stinkfoot [6:54]
04 Inca Roads [14:17]
05 preamble [1:51]
06 Florentine Pogen [8:53] °°° cuts out, no music missing
07 preamble [0:52] °°° cuts in
08 Pygmy Twylyte [5:53] °°° fades out, ending missing
09 The Idiot Bastard Son [2:17] °°° fades in, no music missing
10 Cosmik Debris [12:16] °°° AUD patch @ beginning to 4:33
11 Montana [11:10]
12 The Booger Man [9:09]
13 Ol' 55* [5:52] °°° AUD patch @ 2:25-2:38 (with Tom Waits)
14 Dupree's Paradise [16:39]
15 Marty's Dance Song [8:32]
16 Encore audience & preamble [1:31] °°° cuts in
17 Oh No (I Don't Believe It) [1:29]
18 Son Of Orange County [5:14]
19 Trouble Every Day [6:36]

Total time (patched version): 123.44 (750 MB)

Credits:
Thanks to Dick Barber for contributing the SBD tape
Thanks to Rob Samler for contributing this fine upgrade
Thanks to DoctorZap for the multitude of excellent transfers
Thanks to flambay for various corrections and advisement
Thanks to all who participated in samples (please we need help)

Enjoy!!

-- Overnitefreak

http://www.zappateers.com/bb - April 2012

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Frank Zappa - 1974-11-09 - Boston, MA (Late) (2nd SBD Source)

Appears to be the same source as above - possibly a generation better. The 2nd source came without a patch, so the 2nd source audience patch was done by the TWPP. The audience source used is the same source as the patch in source 1, redone using the full audience track.

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