The Collected History and Improvisations of the Mothers of Invention

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To people outside the US, I'm sorry this is blocked. If you're desperate send me a PM. This 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) Please 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. The Puzzle Re-Assembled: In 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): http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/frank-zappa-the-history-and-collected-improvisations-of-the-mothers-of-invention.257961/ The Collected History and Improvisations of the Mothers of Invention LP One - Before The Beginning - 00:00 Lost In A Whirlpool The Blackouts Ronnie Sings Kenny's Booger Story Ronnie's Booger Story Booger Freaks Of America Anyway The Wind Blows Fountain Of Love Opus 5 Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance Theme from Run Home Slow - 19:22 Original Duke of Prunes Opening Night Party at Studio Z [collage] The Village Inn Steal Away I Was a Teen-Age Malt Shop The Birth of Captain Beefheart Original Status Back Baby Ned The Mumbler Toads Of The Short Forest Excerpt from the Uncle Frankie Show Charva LP Two - The Cucamonga Era - 38:40 Tiger Roach Run Home Cues, #2 Metal Man Has Won His Wings Power Trio Segment from the Saints 'n Sinners Bossa Nova Pervertamento Speed-Freak Boogie Original Mothers at the Broadside (Pomona) Party Scene from Mondo Hollywood Original Mothers Rehearsal How Could I Be Such a Fool? Band Introductions at the Fillmore West - 58:01 Plastic People Run Home Cues, #3 The Downtown Talent Scout I Ain't Got No Heart Plastic People Motherly Love Watts Riot Demo~Fillmore Sequence I'm Not Satisfied LP Three - Show And Tell - 01:17:06 Wowie Zowie Percussion Object 1 & 2 (FZ Edit) Who Are The Brain Police (Section A, C, B) Freak Out Drum Track w, Timp. & Lion Lion Roar & Drums From Freak Out - 01:34:40 Cream Cheese (Work Part) Hungry Freaks, Daddy LP Four - What Does It All Mean - 01:52:13 Lecture from Festival Hall Show Agency Man (KPFA) Let's Make the Water Turn Black - Harry You're A Beast - The Orange County Lumber Truck The Dick Kunc Story All The Way Down The Tonsils The Big Squeeze The Story of Willie the Pimp Unknown (possibly untitled) Original Mothers At The Fillmore East The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue - 02:09:01 Suzy Creamcheese Eating Creamcheese Unknown (probably Right There) Cops & Buns Are You Upset? Piano/Drum Duet Chucha LP Five - Rustic Protrusion - 02:25:49 Igor's Boogie, Phase One Overture to a Holiday in Berlin Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich Igor's Boogie, Phase Two Holiday in Berlin, Full-Blown Abye Sea The Little House I Used to Live In - 02:42:10 LP Six - Several Boogie - 03:00:52 Sounds Like This Directly From My Heart To You Toads Of The Short Forest Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula Dwarf Nebula (early version) Get A Little Sweet Leilani - 03:22:28 Boogie For Berkeley Alley Cat Baked Bean Boogie Where's Our Equipment? Black Beauty LP Seven - The Merely Entertaining Mothers Of Invention Record - 03:42:11 Mothers at KPFK WPLJ Here Lies Love Oh No My Head? Trouble Every Day Harmonica Fun Plastic People - 03:59:11 Wedding Dress Song/The Handsome Cabin Boy German Lunch My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Valarie LP Eight - Heavy Business Record - 04:19:57 Wipe Out East LA Weasels Ripped My Flesh Kung Fu Igor's Boogie Passacaglia Copenhagen Night Music - 04:39:08 Help I'm A Rock Chocolate Halvah Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask The Cookie Jar Lecture It Must Be Your Breath LP Nine - Soup And Old Clothes - 04:58:18 Big Leg Emma Some Ballet Music Status Back Baby Valarie My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama Uncle Meat - 05:19:34 King Kong LP Ten - The Weasel Music - 05:50:10 Albert Hall Spoken Introduction Chamber Music Piece 1 Mozart Ballet Some Zany MOI Bullshit Chamber Music Piece 2 King Kong - 06:09:27 Transylvania Boogie Pound For A Brown Sleeping In A Jar LP Eleven - Soup and Old Clothes II - 06:30:03 Don Interrupts Piece One Jim/Roy Piece Two Agency Man Uncle Meat Variations - 06:51:32 In The Sky Orange County Medley LP Twelve - Hotel Dixie - 07:17:31 Didja Get Any Onya? Charles Ives JCB & Kanzus On The Bus #1 Run Home Slow: Main Title Theme The Little March Studio Piece The Story Of A Pound For A Brown (on the Bus) A Pound For A Brown Meow Bunk Gardner Whips It Out Right There - 07:49:46 Return Of The Hunch-Back Duke Where Is Johnny Velvet? Proto-Minimalism JCB & Kansas On The Bus #2 FZ/JCB Drum Duet A Game Of Cards No Waiting For The Peanuts To Dissolve