(2018) Frank Zappa - Where The Shark Bubbles Blow
Review:
Where the Shark Bubbles Blow: Classic Broadcasts 68-75 limited edition 5cd/booklet clamshell box set. Sourced and mastered radio broadcast live material, spanning the years 1968-1975. The recordings were made at shows in NYC (a.o. in Central Park), The Netherlands (VPRO radio) and Vancouver (two different occasions).
CD1: Schaeffer Music Festival, Wollman Ice Rink, Central Park, New York, 3rd August 1968 / The Johnny Otis Show, KPPC-FM, Pasadena, California, 2nd November 1970, CD2: Uddel, Netherlands, VPRO-FM, 18th June 1970 / 1974 Finnish T. V. Interview, CD3: Rare Tape Lbrary Broadcast {The Unconcert}, Garden City, New York, WLIR-FM, 31st December 1974, Frank’s Own Choices Recorded At Various Locations During 1973 / Frank Zappa And Captain Beefheart, Acoustic KWST-FM Radio Broadcast 1975, UBC Gym, Vancouver, B. C., Canada, 1st October 1975.
CD1: Schaeffer Music Festival, Wollman Ice Rink, Central Park, New York, 3rd August 1968
1 A Jazz Improv, Heavily Influenced By Al Kooper (Bunk Gardner’s Flute) [4:25]
2 Help I’m A Rock > Transylvania Boogie [12:34]
3 Baby Love [0:56]
4 Big Leg Emma 3:37]
5 Holiday In Berlin (Shortly) [10:13]
6 Trouble Every Day [11:35]
7 The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley [17:18]
The Johnny Otis Show, KPPC-FM, Pasadena, California, 2nd November 1970]
8 Frankie & Shuggie In D [9:13]
9 Frank’s Shoplifting Yarn > Leave Me Alone [6:55]
CD2: Uddel, Netherlands, VPRO-FM, 18th June 1970
1 Silence Fools [0:21]
2 VPRO Interview > Band Intro’s > [5:38]
3 Wonderful Wino [4:52]
4 Concentration Moon [2:29]
5 Mom And Dad [3:12]
6 The Air [3:16]
7 Dog Breath [2:08]
8 Mother People [2:09]
9 You Didn’t Try To Call Me [4:19]
10 Agon [0:37]
11 Call Any Vegetable [7:11]
12 King Kong Part One [4:30]
13 Igor’s Boogie [1:08]
14 King Kong Part Two [7:47]
1974 Finnish T. V. Interview
15 Yes I’m Very Avant Garde Right Now [4:16]
16 Did They Play Anything? [3:38]
17 I Don’t Know Whether They Understood It Better [0:50]
CD3: Rare Tape Lbrary Broadcast {The Unconcert}, Garden City, New York, WLIR-FM, 31st December 1974
Frank’s Own Choices Recorded At Various Locations During 1973
1 WLIR Introduction [0:22]
2 Tango Chat [0:50]
3 Pygmy Twylyte > Dummy Up [7:24]
4 Be-Bop Tango Excerpt [2:22]
5 The Story Of Dupree’s Paradise [7:50]
6 Yellow Snow Suite [14:43]
7 Guitar Event [5:55]
8 Be-Bob Tango Contest [13:05]
Frank Zappa And Captain Beefheart, Acoustic KWST-FM Radio Broadcast 1975
9 Orange Claw Hammer [4:21]
CD4: UBC Gym, Vancouver, B. C., Canada, 1st October 1975
1 Jam [8:13]
2 Apostrophe’, Band Introduction > [5:40]
3 Duke Of Prunes [5:28]
4 Honey Don’t You Want A Man Like Me? [4:24]
5 The Illinois Enema Bandit [8:11]
6 Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy [6:36]
7 Lonely Little Girl [2:55]
8 Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance [2:13]
9 What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? [1:03]
10 Chunga’s Revenge [19:26]
CD5: UBC Gym, Vancouver, B. C., Canada, 1st October 1975
1 Swallow My Pride [4:37]
2 Any Downers? [12:12]
3 Canadian Costums Routine [6:20]
4 T’Mershi Duween [2:26]
5 Zoot Allures [7:17]
6 Sleep Dirt [7:29]
7 Black Napkins [9:01]
8 Advance Romance [3:04]
9 I’m The Slime [5:55]
Media Report:
Genre: art rock
Source: CD
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits