To people outside the US, I'm sorry this is blocked. If you're desperate send me a PM.nnThis music is the heart and soul of my being, and I...
To people outside the US, I'm sorry this is blocked. If you're desperate send me a PM.nnThis music is the heart and soul of my being, and I truly believe that there is nothing more important than sharing it with the next generation of Frank Zappa fans (and may there be many more)nnPlease support the Zappa Family Trust. Go see ZPZ, buy CDs, and most of all continue to love the genius and vision of Frank Zappa. No one else can carry on Frank's legacy.nnThe Puzzle Re-Assembled: nIn 1969 Frank Zappa contemplated a twelve disc box set tentatively titled "The Collected History and Improvisations of the Mothers of Invention". Alluded to in interviews, the boxset never materialized. What follows is an attempted recreation of said boxset, following the excellent guide here (read for full info and sources): nnhttp://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/frank-zappa-the-history-and-collected-improvisations-of-the-mothers-of-invention.257961/nnThe Collected History and Improvisations of the Mothers of InventionnnLP One - Before The Beginning - 00:00nLost In A WhirlpoolnThe BlackoutsnRonnie SingsnKenny's Booger StorynRonnie's Booger StorynBooger Freaks Of AmericanAnyway The Wind BlowsnFountain Of LovenOpus 5nTake Your Clothes Off When You DancennTheme from Run Home Slow - 19:22nOriginal Duke of PrunesnOpening Night Party at Studio Z [collage]nThe Village InnnSteal AwaynI Was a Teen-Age Malt ShopnThe Birth of Captain BeefheartnOriginal Status Back BabynNed The MumblernToads Of The Short ForestnExcerpt from the Uncle Frankie ShownCharvannLP Two - The Cucamonga Era - 38:40nTiger RoachnRun Home Cues, #2nMetal Man Has Won His WingsnPower Trio Segment from the Saints 'n SinnersnBossa Nova PervertamentonSpeed-Freak BoogienOriginal Mothers at the Broadside (Pomona)nParty Scene from Mondo HollywoodnOriginal Mothers RehearsalnHow Could I Be Such a Fool?nnBand Introductions at the Fillmore West - 58:01nPlastic PeoplenRun Home Cues, #3nThe Downtown Talent ScoutnI Ain't Got No HeartnPlastic PeoplenMotherly LovenWatts Riot Demo~Fillmore SequencenI'm Not SatisfiednnLP Three - Show And Tell - 01:17:06nWowie ZowienPercussion Object 1 & 2 (FZ Edit)nWho Are The Brain Police (Section A, C, B)nFreak Out Drum Track w, Timp. & LionnnLion Roar & Drums From Freak Out - 01:34:40nCream Cheese (Work Part)nHungry Freaks, DaddynnLP Four - What Does It All Mean - 01:52:13nLecture from Festival Hall ShownAgency Man (KPFA)nLet's Make the Water Turn Black - Harry You're A Beast - The Orange County Lumber TrucknThe Dick Kunc StorynAll The Way Down The TonsilsnThe Big SqueezenThe Story of Willie the PimpnUnknown (possibly untitled)nOriginal Mothers At The Fillmore EastnnThe Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue - 02:09:01nSuzy Creamcheese Eating CreamcheesenUnknown (probably Right There)nCops & BunsnAre You Upset?nPiano/Drum DuetnChuchannLP Five - Rustic Protrusion - 02:25:49nIgor's Boogie, Phase OnenOverture to a Holiday in BerlinnTheme From Burnt Weeny SandwichnIgor's Boogie, Phase TwonHoliday in Berlin, Full-BlownnAbye SeannThe Little House I Used to Live In - 02:42:10nnLP Six - Several Boogie - 03:00:52nSounds Like ThisnDirectly From My Heart To YounToads Of The Short ForestnDwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf NebulanDwarf Nebula (early version)nGet A LittlennSweet Leilani - 03:22:28nBoogie For BerkeleynAlley CatnBaked Bean BoogienWhere's Our Equipment?nBlack BeautynnLP Seven - The Merely Entertaining Mothers Of Invention Record - 03:42:11nMothers at KPFKnWPLJnHere Lies LovenOh NonMy Head?nTrouble Every DaynHarmonica FunnnPlastic People - 03:59:11nWedding Dress Song/The Handsome Cabin BoynGerman LunchnMy Guitar Wants To Kill Your MamanValariennLP Eight - Heavy Business Record - 04:19:57nWipe OutnEast LAnWeasels Ripped My FleshnKung FunIgor's BoogienPassacagliannCopenhagen Night Music - 04:39:08nHelp I'm A RocknChocolate HalvahnPrelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas MasknThe Cookie Jar LecturenIt Must Be Your BreathnnLP Nine - Soup And Old Clothes - 04:58:18nBig Leg EmmanSome Ballet MusicnStatus Back BabynValarienMy Guitar Wants To Kill Your MamannUncle Meat - 05:19:34nKing KongnnLP Ten - The Weasel Music - 05:50:10nAlbert Hall Spoken IntroductionnChamber Music Piece 1nMozart BalletnSome Zany MOI BullshitnChamber Music Piece 2nnKing Kong - 06:09:27nTransylvania BoogienPound For A BrownnSleeping In A JarnnLP Eleven - Soup and Old Clothes II - 06:30:03nDon InterruptsnPiece OnenJim/RoynPiece TwonAgency MannnUncle Meat Variations - 06:51:32nIn The SkynOrange County MedleynnLP Twelve - Hotel Dixie - 07:17:31nDidja Get Any Onya?nCharles IvesnJCB & Kanzus On The Bus #1nRun Home Slow: Main Title ThemenThe Little MarchnStudio PiecenThe Story Of A Pound For A Brown (on the Bus)nA Pound For A BrownnMeownBunk Gardner Whips It OutnnRight There - 07:49:46nReturn Of The Hunch-Back DukenWhere Is Johnny Velvet?nProto-MinimalismnJCB & Kansas On The Bus #2nFZ/JCB Drum DuetnA Game Of CardsnNo Waiting For The Peanuts To Dissolve Less