Signed Ed Seeman Zappa/Mothers 67-68 DVD for sale on fleabay

vudicus · 2018-09-05 20:37

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263915647814

BengoFury · 2018-09-05 20:43

Got it from Ed back in the day...

TwentySmallCigars · 2018-09-05 22:34

Yep, me too, I think all of them were signed at the time.

I e-mailed him to thank him and mentioned that the quality was far superior to a crappy VHS boot that I had at the time. My e-mail and many others can still be found at his website:

http://www.edseeman.com/ZAPPAFANEMAILS_000.htm

He responded with (WAY back on July 31, 2007):

Thanks for your much appreciated email. The bootleg copy must have been copied years ago when I was sending out the VHS to people while trying to get rights from the Zappa family and those who professed to help me. I finally got the nerve to release it myself and have gotten several emails like yours. I'm glad to release my copy for you to see for both myself and for Frank who would never want our footage to be seen in anything but the way we shot it.

His loyal videographer sent me this wonderful breakdown of my film which I thought you might enjoy as an added bonus.

Frank Zappa And The Original Mothers Of Invention

1968
B&W/Color 42 min.

Filmed & edited by Ed Seeman

Includes:

00:00 Original FZ & Ed Seeman 3 min. clip
03:21 Recording & editing at Apostolic Studios, 1967 (color)
06:20 Recording at the studio (Apostolic?), 1967 (B&W)
08:12 Calvin, Ed Seeman & Gail creating a Zappa Dummy, 1967
09:12 We're Only In It For The Money cover
10:05 FZ, Moon Unit & Gail at Charles St home, c. 1967-68
12:59 Departing from the Garrick Theater for Europe, 1967
16:05 London airport, 1967
16:30 London streets, 1967
19:14 Interview with FZ, London, 1967
19:33 Bedroom interview with FZ & Pamela Zarubica, London, 1967
20:39 London by night, 1967
20:48 Tim Buckley's Manager & London Groupies
24:20 Room service with Herb Cohen, Pamela & Tim Buckley's manager, London, 1967
25:07 Zappa meets Arthur Brown
25:45 Outside Albert Hall
27:18 Inside the Royal Albert Hall, onstage & backstage
29:49 Orchestra rehearsal at RAH
33:32 The MOI at the RAH, 1967
36:41 Recording studio (FZ plays acoustic guitar, Ian Underwood with headphones, unidentified girl)
37:39 The MOI at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, 1967
42:43 --end--

The music:

00:00 The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (0:16-3:17) from Freak Out!
03:25 Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin (0:00-4:45) from Absolutely Free
08:13 The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (2:03-3:06) from We're Only In It For The Money
09:14 The Duke Regains His Chops (1:25-1:48) + Call Any Vegetable (0:00-0:04) from Absolutely Free
09:43 Lumpy Gravy (Capitol Version) Side One (0:00-6:58, 7:36-10:54 [the part missing is exactly the part that ended up on Mother People from We're Only In It For The Money, so it probably were sliced out from this particular tape!]) including:
King Kong
Oh No
I Don't Know If I Can Go Through This Again
19:35 The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (6:27-7:52, 9:01-12:16) from Freak Out!
24:04 Who Are The Brain Police? from Freak Out!
27:18 Uncle Meat (unreleased version) including:
27:18 A Pound For A Brown On The Bus (0:00-1:26) from Uncle Meat
28:47 Unidentified MOI noises
29:14 Project X (3:48-4:45) from Uncle Meat
30:05 "Piano and bass in the beginning"
30:08 King Kong (live on a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track at a Miami Pop Festival . . . the Underwood ramifications) (6:19-7:18) from Uncle Meat
31:06 Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula (2:06-2:12) from Weasels Ripped My Flesh
31:12 More unidentified MOI noises
31:36 Get A Little (0:00-0:09) from Weasels Ripped My Flesh
31:44 More MOI noises
32:00 We Can Shoot You (0:32-1:07) from Uncle Meat
32:40 It Can't Happen Here (3:04-3:56) from Freak Out!
33:30 Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin (0:00-7:00) from Absolutely Free
40:30 Soft-Sell Conclusion (0:01-1:40) from Absolutely Free
42:43 --end--

Brad Henserling · 2018-10-01 14:57

I wanted to pick up a copy of Ed's film in 2007, but couldn't afford it at the time. This thread reminded me about it, and I was glad to find he's still active online. I contacted him through his website last week and was able to order a copy directly.

http://www.edseeman.com/zappa/