Frank Zappa
State Fairgrounds,
West Allis, WI (Milwaukee area)
1984 08 10 - Show

Here's a typical 1984 Frank Zappa show in mostly great quality.
Not much to say, just patched in missing sections from the audience tape, the sbd patches were already there.
-The Baron
~~ from TDK-frank2441 unknown gen SBD copy with patches from grplasa 1st generation AUD copy ~~

SBD Contributed by frank2441 via TDK.

Best sounding (slightly NRed above 18 kHz) but incomplete copy (missing Joe's Garage).

Fills included from 2 alternate copies of the same SBD source (diff. dubline, raw, inferior sound quality): BengoFury unknown gen & Bob M-doctorzap 1st gen

Current FZshows entry:
1984 08 10 - State Fairgrounds, West Allis (a.k.a. Milwaukee), WI
Soundcheck
25 min, Aud, B
Charlie's Enormous Mouth, Any Downers?, Conehead, Rock Lobster, The Black Page, Crew Slut
Show
75 min, SBD, A
City Of Tiny Lights, You Are What You Is, Mudd Club, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Dumb All Over, Goblin Girl, The Black Page, He's So Gay, Bobby Brown, Keep It Greasey, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Cosmik Debris, Whipping Post

This copy: 77.20 min, SBD, A/A- (patches: A-/B+)

Original lineage unknown:

tape ? CD-R ? > flac (frank2441) > Soundforge 10: merge all tracks, speed correction, minor phase ofset adjustments, re-tracking, patching in fills > flac TLH lvl8 w/SBA (497 MB)

taped by: unknown
transferred by: unknown
obtained by frank2441 from: unknown
edited by frank2441, flambay

Fills to tracks & portions missing in frank2441 copy included from 2 inferior sounding copies of the same source:

1) STG > BengoFury (start of tape & Joe's Garage) - harsher sound (A-/B+)
previous FZ Shows seed: 1984 08 10 Milwaukee, WI SBD 73.58 (Bengo) unknown gen - reseeded 2005-10-12 by Huck

cassette > wav (CEP, track splitting, some EQ) > flac (499MB) - A BengoFury tape rip

2) BobM-doctorzap 1st gen (Hot Plate Heaven & end of tape) - duller sound (A-/B+)

taped by: unknown
contributed by: Bob M
transferred by: doctorzap
edited by: flambay

Fills to cuts in SBD tape:

~~ From the tape collection of John T. Saul, 1st AUD files (currently no filler material available) ~~

Taped by: unknown
Supplied by: grplasa, from the collection of John T. Saul (R.I.P.)
Contributed and transferred by: doctorzap
Speed correction advice by: flambay
Edited by: Pittylabelle (original Zappateers seed of audience seed) & TheBaron (patching them into the sbd)

Frank Zappa's Band, July - December 1984:
FZ, Ike Willis, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Allan Zavod, Bobby Martin, Napoleon Murphy Brock (July 17 - August 1)

Tracklist:
01 Instrument Check
02 Zoot Allures
03 Intro
04 City Of Tiny Lights (switch to BengoFury sbd source @ 4:43, switch to TDK sbd source at 4:46)
05 You Are What You Is
06 Mudd Club
07 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
08 Dumb All Over (audience fill @ 3:54-5:22 cuts out, sbd source cuts in @ 5:22, music missing but solo complete)
09 Goblin Girl
10 The Black Page #2
11 He's So Gay
12 Bobby Brown
13 Keep It Greasey
14 Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
15 More Trouble Every Day
16 Penguin In Bondage (audience fill @ 2:55-3:28)
17 Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (audience fills @ 1:09-1:14, 1:25-1:30, Bob M sbd fill @1:14-1:24)
18 Joe's Garage (entire track from BengoFury sbd source)
19 Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (switch back to TDK sbd source)
20 Encore Break (cuts in, no music missing)
21 Camarillo Brillo
22 Muffin Man
23 Cosmik Debris
24 Whipping Post (Bob M sbd fill @ 7:10-end)

Total time (incl. patches) 77.20 min

Credits:
Thanks to the unknown taper and to the unknown contributor of this "frank2441" copy.
Thanks to all original contributors of the alternate copies and audience material (fills): BengoFury, Huck, Bob M, doctorzap, grplasa

Enjoy !!

-- frank2441 & flambay