Frank Zappa - Does Humor Belong In Music?

Remote recording facility: UMRK Mobile
Remix @ UMRK

This material is 100% digital, 100% live, with NO over-dubs

These songs were selected from the repertoire of the 1984 World Tour. Over a six month period, many hours of exciting live material was recorded in a 24 track digital format. It took another six months to remix it onto PCM 1610 digital 2 track masters. If you enjoy this recording, be advised that there is a lot more lurking in the vault. These tunes were selected because they follow the basic outline of the "DOES HUMOR BELONG IN MUSIC?" PMI/ICA video tape, as well as presenting some new, unreleased material. The recording dates were:

The Odeon Hammersmith, London, England, 8/10/84
The Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island, 26/10/84
Amherst College, Lowell, Massachusetts, 28/10/84
The Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 10/11/84
The Bismark Theater, Chicago, Illinois, 23/11/84
The Boy Front Arena, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1/12/84
The Paramount Theater, Seattle, Washington, 17/12/84
Queen Elizabeth Theater, Vancouver, British Columbia, 18/12/84
The Universal Amphitheater, Los Angeles, California, 23/12/84

Song Information:
ZOOT ALLURES - head is from London, solo from Providence
TINSEL-TOWN REBELLION - body of tune is from Chicago Illinois, ending is from Seattle
TROUBLE EVERY DAY - verses from St. Petersburg, solo from London
PENGUIN IN BONDAGE - vocal sections from Vancouver and St. Petersburg, solo from Vancouver
GREEN HOTEL - Vancouver
BALTIMORE - front of tune is from Los Angeles, vocals from Philadelphia, solo is from Los Angeles
COCK-SUCKERS' BALL - Los Angeles
WPLJ - Los Angeles
CLEVELAND - intro from Los Angeles, piano solo from St. Petersburg, drum solo from Vancouver, guitar solo from Amherst College, out chorus from Los Angeles
WHIPPIN' POST - Los Angeles (the last song of the last show of the last tour)

All selections copyrighted by Frank Zappa, published by Munchkin Music, ASCAP except
- Track 3 is Frank Zappa Music, BMI
- Track 7 is an arrangement made from an acapella bootleg recording by The Clovers with no writer or publisher credits.
- Track 8 is published by Dobard Music, BMI
- Track 10 published by No Exit, BMI.

℗ 1986 Original Sound Recordings made by Pumpko Industries Ltd.
© 1986 Pumpko Industries Ltd.

Made in West Germany

Released in a standard jewel case with 6-page fold-out inlay.
There's a similar release release pressed by Polygram, Hanover, West Germany