We should increase registration by as much as 250,000 to 300,000 voters. I guzzled down the Diet Coke, band, Frank and front row of amused Special guest (one of which was my girlfriend Jenny Jupiter) watched on, kind of impatiently. Zappa archivist Joe Traverswho co-produced the set with the artists son, Ahmetand drummer Chad Wackerman provide liner notes. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The band was not amused, this was a sound check that was already around the 2 hour mark, for some reason they kept going over Bolero repeatedly, but then again Frank was a perfectionist. It wasn't quite Zappa 's last live performance, but it did turn out to be his final concert in the United States. With Fabio Treves on harmonica (*). Have a look which song was played how often in 1988! had been dreaming of. They have to brew. )," Dr. His books include the recently published Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters as well as Lennon on Lennon: Conversations with John Lennon, Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters, and Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters. Then, at the end of the tour, this war broke out between the bass player and the drummer. Scott was pretty annoyed from that point on, and little acts of terrorism began to be perpetrated against him by anonymous disgruntled peoplesomeone got his laminated pass and scratched his face off, and on a big cake that had been provided for us by some promoter, which featured the names of all the band members, someone destroyed Scott's little cake section. He is wildly different day and Frank was in a different mood I'm sure that would Here was one of the world's foremost guitarists, who people pay large amounts of money to go see, and he's playing through these little crappy boxes. All Rights reserved. <br />
The Torture Never Stops Pt. Somewhere in the East Coast there was a band meeting where everyone told Frank of the problems they were having with Scott. Tried researching as well as I could with very little luck. Everything else I said jibed with what you said regarding Mann. From the new album liner notes by Zappa vault master Joe Travers: Sadly after the European run was over, Frank Zappa chose to disband the group and cancel the rest of the tour, reportedly forfeiting $400,000 in revenue and depriving additional audiences the opportunity to witness how special this group really was. When he told me that, I said, "I'll gladly quit." After several displays of a complete lack of maturity on the part of the accusing musicians (culminating in someone scraping Scotts name off of a cake that was presented to the band by a promoter in Germany), Frank asked the offending players if they couldnt try to get along until the end of the summer leg of the tour. MAIN | DISCOGRAPHY | SONGLIST | COVERS | NOTES & COMMENTS | CHRONOLOGY | VIDEOGRAPHY. [Dave Dondorf] ended up with Frank Zappa by chance when a friend passed a rumor along that Frank needed a new technician for the '88 tour. I said, "um, it has to be Diet Coke, more bubbles". He laughed and I got the job because he found someone who related to his music the way he did.". I just still had a lot of that energy . A 5 min FM fragment has the Daniel Schorr performance. This tour is one of the most memorable, musically and otherwise. A big chunk of blame has to go with Zappa, though, because when things came to a head and the rest of the band started crapping on Scott, Zappa took a vote and only he and Mike Kenneally wanted to continue on, while Ed Mann (I believe) led the opposing faction within the band. Scott was put in a difficult position because he was given the job of running the band; it's really difficult. [FZ] himself is a registered Democrat and a strong Dukakis supporter. Frank Zappa Tour 88Broadway The Hard Way, 1988, p. 3 Management WEG/Tom Hulett 11111 Santa Monica Blvd., 20th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90025 (213) 477-8900 Road Manager Dwayne Taylor Stage Manager Ray Upton Remote U.M.R.K. The rest of the time they're playing really complicated parts that are challenging to them, so that keeps 'em on their toes. The Black Page (New Age Version) 03. Actually it was something that I didn't tell them to put on stage, but the alto sax player had it hanging off of his stand. It wasnt quite Zappas last live performance, but it did turn out to be his final concert in the United States. A warm introduction is given by Frank in Spanish (learned "parrot fashion) and the tight, well-seasoned band of the "Broadway The Hard Way" album kicks in with a mixture of fresh material and old favorites. But when the concert started, I felt this was cool and it was gonna go well. Before the concert, I was so nervous my hands were shaking badly. The break between TOCLTM and Unle Remus includes a FZ rap only released in the vinyl version of BTHW. Before the show Morgan and I discussed what we would do and so we just decided to play the jam that they were doing, sneak into 'T'Mershi Duween' and then get off the stage. . So finally my burps were recorded into a sampler and they used it for the rest of the tour to make fun of the TV Evangelists at the time, and now you can hear it on the Zappa live Album called "the Best band you've NEVER heard in your life" []. But as I saw it, all he cared about was the band knowing their stuff, and he wasn't trying to make friends in the process, which I respected, and we became good friends during this phase. We'd play just two songs, and then he'd get out of there. However, the memory of "The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life" has stayed alive with the help of tapes and FZ's three official releases of material from the tour. Walt Fowler vocalizes all the "Ooowww" stuffand then I modulated it with a pitch wheel. When Lovin Spoonful Members Reunited for a Great Cause in L.A. Roger Daltrey on Woodstock, Tommy: Career-Spanning Interview, The Jaggerz The Rapper: You Know What Hes After, Rickie Lee Jones Debut: Hipster Chic, Beyond Laurel Canyon, Leon Russell Signature Songs Gets Reissue: Listen, #1 Singles of 1970: A Bridge to a New Decade. )," The Milwaukee Journal, November 6, 1988, Axel Wnsch, Aad Hoogesteger, Harald Hering and Achim Mnz, "Urban Leader: Ed Mann and Tommy Mars interviewed in Wuppertal 10.3.91,", Andrew Greenaway, "Where Were You In 1984!Interview With Ed Mann,", Dr. Dickies Such an Asshole 10. The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, I Ain't Got No Heart, Black Napkins, Sharleena, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (incl. Listen to Peaches en Regalia from Zappa 88. 1. Entdecke FRANK ZAPPA. III; Trouble Every Day in the European performances always includes a Thirteen vamp; Who Needs The Peace Corps always includes I Left My Heart In San Francisco at the end; Why Don't You Like Me is a revised version, with different lyrics, of Tell Me You Love Me. Daniel [Schorr] sat in with the band during the first part of the show. If it had been a Jazz From Hell (Track). setlist.fm Add Setlist. I Left My Heart. Emboldened on discovering that no house mixer had yet been hired, Harry told Coy to throw his name into the hat. MG: (jokingly) What happened then? In 1988, I went on Zappa's "Broadway the Hardway" tour and never asked for a penny for massaging Frank and the rest of his giant band. And the guy who runs the band teaches the rehearsals and all that stuff, and if it's not the right energy, it doesn't come across, it doesn't work somehow . I guess his strange humor sort of struck me because I was a strange kid. The Closer You Are always includes Johnny Darling at the end; The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley = Let's Make The Water Turn Black / Harry, You're A Beast / The Orange County Lumber Truck / Oh No / Theme from Lumpy Gravy; Packard Goose Medley = Packard Goose / Royal March from L'Histoire Du Soldat / Bela Bartok's Piano Concerto No 3; Texas Motel Medley = Norwegian Jim (Norwegian Wood) / Lousiana Hooker With Herpes (Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds) / Texas Motel (Strawberry Fields Forever); The Torture Never Stops Medley = The Torture Never Stops / Theme from Bonanza / The Torture Never Stops pt. . Let's just say I'm a booster for democracy.". I reluctantly went to him, like I was going to lay my neck down on a wooden block, waiting for the blade. West* [TBBYNHIYL], q: Dragnet, FZ conducts the audience / Ike demonstrates his artifacts / Approximate danced, The Closer You Are (a cappella), Montana, Why Don't You Like Me?, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, King Kong, Stairway To Heaven, Zoot Allures, Peaches En Regalia, The Illinois Enema Bandit, The Black Page (q: Yankee Doodle Boy), Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big (incl. Q: I remember reading somewhere that your equipment on the 1988 tour was connected to the Synclavier. I made it clear, I wasn't "only in it for the money". Trance-Fusion, TRF], Pick Me I'm Clean, Bamboozled By Love, Sofa [TBBYNHIYL], q: Titties And Beer, Bobby Brown, Sharleena (q: Over There), Rhymin' Man, Elvis Has Just Left The Building [parts on BTHW], Bolero, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Star Wars Won't Work [MAJNH], Whipping Post, The Black Page, We're Turning Again [YCDTOSA6], Alien Orifice [parts on MAJNH], When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Dupree's Paradise [parts on MAJNH], Easy Meat, Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH], City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Outside Now, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Bamboozled By Love, Ring Of Fire, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven (incl. Zappa - relaxing after the tour in the cluttered, comfortable video lounge at his home studio - has mixed feelings about his triumphant return to the six-stringed realm. But once I was thrust into that position and there was so much work that had to be done, that had to take precedence. I was always there for him when it came to music or anything else, that had been a code-phrase that was communicated since I began working with FrankI wrote him several letters to re-iterate that after 88, so he knew. ", "Yeah, but in a twisted way," he said "I'm not running for anything. because I wanted to play like . (Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, for example, begins, Picture yourself with a whore from New Orleans, with big purple welts all over her bod/Somebody calls and you answer quite slowly, its the board from Assembly o God). When I drink Diet Coke, all hell breaks loose. On a good night, the ideas I had for guitar solos came out. http://www.cidanka.nl/keneally/stbp0397.htm, http://www.tunabase.com/setlists/1988/19880325.html, http://www.keneally.com/reallykeneally.html, http://www.amazon.com/Zappa-Hard-Wa1395248423&sr=1-1&keywords=zappa+the+hard+way, http://www.amazon.com/Zappa-Hard-Way-Andrew-Greenaway/dp/1908724005/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395248423&sr=1-1&keywords=zappa the hard way, Forum Policies, Rules, and Terms of Service, Royal March (Featuring the Long Island Ballet). On my 10th birthday I got his Fillmore East album, which is when the PMBC would probably say that I was "corrupted." I don't believe it, so get your ass up here and prove it. It's the only other place to go after that. Theme From Bonanza], Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, Stairway To Heaven, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Chunga's Revenge* [TRF], Bolero, Heavy Duty Judy, Cosmik Debris, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Cruising For Burgers, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Stolen Moments, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Keep It Greasey, Sharleena, Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, Bolero, Heavy Duty Judy [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Ring Of Fire [TBBYNHIYL], Packard Goose Medley, Cosmik Debris [TBBYNHIYL], Who Needs The Peace Corps? . I Aint Got No Heart 04. When Frank was off in the early part of the day doing interviews or whatever, it would be [bassist Scott] Thunes' job to rehearse the band. It was interesting because on the previous tours, being a multi-instrumentalist was really one of the reasons that Frank liked me in the band. wanted to play with him because of the way he acted. of people. Also returning from the 81 and 82 campaigns was Ed Mann, percussion, synclavier, vocals. I can play all the technical and demanding parts; that was no problem. M: (laughter) Ja, of course. I get this call back from Frank himself who basically said, "I heard you know how to play everything I've ever done. Florentine Pogen), The Black Page, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Find Her Finer, Sinister Footwear [parts on MAJNH], Stevie's Spanking [MAJNH], Any Kind Of Pain, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley [incl. . I don't even think about it. . The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Marqueson's Chicken, Elvis Has Just Left The Building [parts on BTHW], Cruising For Burgers, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Outside Now [parts on BTHW], Dupree's Paradise, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty*, Rhymin' Man, Sinister Footwear, City Of Tiny Lights, The Torture Never Stops Medley [incl. Yeah, I don't remember it ever being supposed to be Airplane. So we would use it during the improvisations or during 'Norwegian Wood'. "I got the call from the production manager, and I was gone," Dondorf recalls. It seemed like the right thing to do, and I did want to get involved in the voter registration. 1988 04 26Olympen, Lund, Sweden120 min, Aud, A-From fastfattty, jazzfromhell MC, flambay, and The Evil Prince at http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t. The latest entry is a two-CD set that preserves most of a March 25, 1988, gig from Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. The 1988 band had been documented in official releases Broadway the Hard Way, The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life, and Make a Jazz Noise Here, but this constitutes the first complete show from the group. "Ok, he said, get her a DIET Coke, and make it snappy". West". Jesus Thinks Youre a Jerk 12. In 1987, while Andronis was working on a Shadowfax LP down the street from where Zappa was rehearsing, he convinced his old road buddy to sneak him in to watch. It was the timing of the thing. he said, in an annoyed, sarcastic tone. View the statistics of songs played live by Frank Zappa. The only times that I would really just vibe on it and just completely get off on it beyond my wildest dreams was when we were on stage and Frank was taking a long solo that didn't require me to back him up and I would just be sitting there watching him play. Upon checking this out, I've found it quite easy to discern where comes in, continuing with Chad's reggae beat before going off with Mats. For instance, 'RDNZL' that we never did. So it was a big challenge for me to be the primary keyboard player on that tour. The Nassau Coliseum show features the first time the complete Beatles medley has been issued: Norwegian Wood > Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds > Strawberry Fields Forever.. in connection to these futile acts of vandalism.). I am honored. And then I'd look out into the audience and I'd look up at the lights, and I would just suddenly reflect on the fact that this was really happening. . With Frank spinning many plates including his home video business and his dabbling in foreign trade the job fell on bassist Scott Thunes. Zappa helped form The Mothers Of Invention in 1965 and the band's 1966 double LP debut, Freak Out!, put FZ on the path to becoming one of the most prolific and influential artists of the 20th . On a musical level I loved the whole idea of concepts on albums, but Frank did it better than anybodyhe seemed to refine it so well. Could you give us an idea what that means? It wasn't the band it was Scott Thunes. Q: Now a question that every fan would like to ask. It was his birthday that night and we did some unusual things. [parts on BTHW], Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: T'Mershi Duween), Cosmik Debris, Packard Goose Medley, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Any Kind Of Pain, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Peaches En Regalia, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Dickie's Such An Asshole, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Bacon Fat, Stolen Moments (q: The Black Page), Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, Whipping Post (q: Black Napkins), I Am The Walrus, Advance Romance, Stairway To Heaven, Strictly Genteel, Stinkfoot (with Jimmy Swaggart rap)[parts on MAJNH], We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Inca Roads, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Big Swifty, Packard Goose Medley, Find Her Finer, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Truck Driver Divorce, Why Don't You Like Me?, Outside Now, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Yo Cats, Catholic Girls, Crew Slut, Strictly Genteel, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Stinkfoot [parts on MAJNH], What's New In Baltimore?, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Packard Goose Medley, Let's Move To Cleveland, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Trouble Every Day [TBBYNHIYL], Penguin In Bondage (q: Jingle Bells) [TBBYNHIYL], Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, I Am The Walrus, Zomby Woof, Stairway To Heaven, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (q: Watermelon In Easter Hay), The Black Page, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me? So Bobby just said (impersonating Robert Martin) 'There is French horn on the DX5 and there is an acoustic piano sound on the Roland digital piano, and good luck'. The seeds of dissolution were sown during pre-tour rehearsals in L.A. Daniel sat in on the "Huddle" before the show; the Huddle occurs before every concert, that's when the whole band gets in a room with Frank and he goes over the setlist and discusses the segues from one song into the next, and any special-type information that needs to be mentioned regarding the festivities to come. This is a very effective way of getting our younger generation to take part in the vote to elect our politicians. Here's the interview I was thinking of -- w/ guitarist Mike Keneally. It was the band we West** (incl. There were really so many things that we wanted to ask him about, but in fact it ended up being the other way around. and I spent a few years trying to figure that out, until I finally realized that the only logical thing for me to do is to place the majority of my heart and my musical attentions to my own music. But he just got spoiled rotten and nobody Ed Mann, interviewed by Andrew Greenaway, Albert Wing, interviewed by Fred Banta, February 17, 1998. He asked a stage hand to "go get her a Coke". Happy Birthday To You, q: Girl From Ipanema), We're Turning Again, Alien Orifice, Why Don't You Like Me? Bruce did the "Ooouuueeeouuugggg", not to be confused with Walt's "Aaaahhhhhhhh" or "Bep-Bep-Bep". His playing style and his methods were etched in my brain. which is from Graz which is "hairpiece.". If there was a hum or a buzz, there was no way to tell why. M: But the thing was that we didn't actually ask if we could play with him. After a huge, fast sigh of relief, I answered "I need another Diet Coke." Five is really big-sounding and you can do those big chords he writes. The heart was a pedal board that had hundreds of little relays, quarter-inch jacks, and little circuit boards wrapped up in duct tape just piled in there, nothing labelled, nothing documented. Alright I got one last [secret word] . Make A Sex Noise), Stairway To Heaven (q: Hall Of The Mountain King), Bolero, Rhymin' Man (world premiere), Sofa, Andy, Inca Roads, Strictly Genteel, The Black Page, Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, What's New In Baltimore?, Sinister Footwear, Packard Goose Medley, Big Swifty, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley, Find Her Finer, Mr Green Genes, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads (q: Florentine Pogen), Sofa (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer), Dancin' Fool, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Bolero, (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer), Stairway To Heaven (q: Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer), Partial audience video exists. Make A Sex Noise, YCDTOSA6], When The Lie's So Big, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Florentine Pogen, Andy, Inca Roads, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Let's Move To Cleveland, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling [TBBYNHIYL], Theme from The Godfather [TBBYNHIYL], Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Stairway To Heaven, Texas Motel Medley, Sofa, The Illinois Enema Bandit, FZ Guitar Workout & Loops (q: Beauty Knows No Pain, Mystery Song #4, Inca Roads, Supernaut), unknown synclavier piece, Stolen Moments, The Untouchables, Marqueson's Chicken, Zomby Woof, Stevie's Spanking, Sinister Footwear (incl. If youre looking for an introduction to Zappa that showcases all sides of his music and personality, this career-spanning release will deliver what youre after. Blue Danube variations) [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Bamboozled By Love [TFZABB], Bolero, Eat That Question, Black Napkins [MAJNH], Trouble Every Day [TFZAABB], Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel [parts on BTHW, incl. ), A Pound For A Brown, The Dangerous Kitchen, What's New In Baltimore?, Outside Now, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Disco Boy, Teenage Wind, Bamboozled By Love, Cruising For Burgers [parts on MAJNH], Bolero, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Stairway To Heaven, Stinkfoot, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Packard Goose Medley, Alien Orifice, Sharleena, The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley (q: Muffin Man), Advance Romance, Bobby Brown, Keep It Greasey, The Torture Never Stops Medley (q: Hall Of The Mountain King), Texas Motel Medley, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (incl. []. Bob went up there, took this thing and he was trying to impress this girl security guard. We also ended up not doing any more three-hour soundchecks. Finding Higgs' Boson, TRF], Peaches En Regalia [TFZAMBB], Stairway To Heaven [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Sharleena, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, Whipping Post, Stinkfoot, What's New In Baltimore?, Heavy Duty Judy, Find Her Finer [TBBYNHIYL], Big Swifty (incl. Texas Motel Medley, Strictly Genteel, Bolero, Stairway To Heaven, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Black Napkins, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, Any Kind Of Pain, Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk, Sofa, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Bolero, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Whipping Post, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel, The Black Page, I Ain't Got No Heart, Love Of My Life, Let's Move To Cleveland [parts on TBBYNHIYL], Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Dupree's Paradise, Oh No / Theme from Lumpy Gravy, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, City Of Tiny Lights, Inca Roads, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Cruising For Burgers, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Loops, Bamboozled By Love, The Black Page [solo on MAJNH], Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Cosmik Debris, Dupree's Paradise, Let's Move To Cleveland, Find Her Finer, Filthy Habits [parts on YCDTOSA4], Chana In De Bushwop (q: La Marseillaise), Who Needs The Peace Corps?, Easy Meat, King Kong (q: It Ain't Necessarily So, Summertime), Sharleena, Bamboozled By Love, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Elvis Has Just Left The Building, Loops, Sofa (q: April In Paris), The Black Page, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Dupree's Paradise, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty (q: April In Paris), I Ain't Got No Heart, Sharleena, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Bamboozled By Love, Loops, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel, No known unofficial recording of this show. 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