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tracks 3-6 composed by [improvised by] Frank Zappa
tracks 3-6 composed by [improvised by] Jean-Luc Ponty
tracks 1-1 to 3-5 composed by, arranged by, conductor [conducted by] Frank Zappa
design [cd package] Ferenc Dobronyi
design [l.p. package design] John Williams
engineer [re-mix engineer] Bob Stone
liner notes John Swenson
photography by John Livzey
producer [produced by] Frank Zappa
Phonographic Copyright (p) Rykodisc
Manufactured For BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Licensed To BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Published By Zappa Family Trust
Published By Munchkin Music
Published By YTNOP Music
Recorded At Berkeley Community Theatre
Recorded At Brady Theater
Recorded At Dallas Civic Arena
Recorded At Hammersmith Odeon
Recorded At Paramount Recording Studios
Recorded At Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Recorded At The Palladium, NYC
Recorded At UMRK
Recorded At The Village Recorder
Recorded By Manor Mobile
Recorded By Rolling Stones Mobile
Recorded By UMRK Mobile
Pressed By Allied DT
Pressed By Allied DT
Pressed By Allied DT
Recording date / Recording location / Facility / Guitar used:
Tracks 1-1, 1-5, 2-6, 3-4: 2/17/79 / Odeon Hammersmith, London / Rolling Stones Mobile / hand-made copy SG
Track 1-2: 10/18/80 / Brady Theater, Tulsa / UMRK remote / Les Paul with DiMarzio pick-ups
Tracks 1-3, 2-2: 2/18/79 / Odeon Hammersmith, London / Rolling Stones Mobile / hand-made copy SG
Track 1-4: unknown / Los Angeles, CA / UMRK / Acoustic Black Widow with EMG pick-ups direct into recording console
Tracks 1-6, 3-3: 12/5/80 / Berkeley Community Theater / UMRK remote / Les Paul with DiMarzio pick-ups
Track 1-7: 12/11/80 / Santa Monica Civic Auditorium / UMRK remote / Les Paul with DiMarzio pick-ups
Track 2-1: 10/17/80 / Dallas Civic Arena / UMRK remote / Les Paul with DiMarzio pick-ups
Track 2-3: 2/19/79 (basic track) / Odeon Hammersmith, London + Village Recorders (over-dubs) / Rolling Stones Mobile / hand-made copy SG
Track 2-4: unknown / Tokyo or Osaka (probably) / rented 4-track machine / Strat with DiMarzio pick-ups
Tracks 2-5, 3-2: 2/19/79 / Odeon Hammersmith, London / Rolling Stones Mobile / hand-made copy SG
Track 2-7: 2/17/77 / Odeon Hammersmith, London / Manor Mobile / Strat with DiMarzio pick-ups
Track 3-1: 10/30/80 / The Palladium, NYC / UMRK remote / Les Paul with DiMarzio pick-ups
Track 3-5: unknown / Los Angeles, CA / N.A. / Acoustic Black Widow with EMG pick-ups direct into recording console
Track 3-6: unknown / Paramount Studios, Los Angeles / N.A. / N.A.

All selections published by The Zappa Family Trust d/b/a Munchkin Music (ASCAP), except 3-6, which was a joint improvisation by Frank Zappa & Jean-Luc Ponty and published by The Zappa Family Trust d/ba/ Munchkin Music (ASCAP) / YTNOP Music (BMI). All rights for the world are controlled by the Zappa Family Trust d/b/a Munchkin Music.

Liner notes reprinted by permission from Guitar World, November 1981 Vol. 2, No. 6.

℗ 1981, 1995 Rykodisc.
' 1986, 1995 Rykodisc. Reproduced under license.
Printed in the USA.


Packaged in a fatbox jewel case.
Matrix / Runout: 2321-1-1 ALLIED DT *D203404-1* (CD 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L451 (CD 1)
Mould SID Code: ifpi 7701 (CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: 2727-2-1 ALLIED DT *D203404-2* (CD 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L452 (CD 2)
Mould SID Code: ifpi 7704 (CD 2)
Matrix / Runout: 2726-1-1 ALLIED DT *D203404-3* (CD 3)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L451 (CD 3)
Mould SID Code: ifpi 7710 (CD 3)
Other: D203404-1 (CD 1 code)
Other: D203404-2 (CD 2 code)
Other: D203404-3 (CD 3 code)
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