We don't known where each of the 1977-1987 pre-tour rehearsals took place. While these rehearsals have usually been labeled "UMRK", it is unlikely that they took place in FZ's home studio. Some of them took place at FZ's warehouse in North Hollywood (later named "Joe's Garage"). Others took place at Zoetrope Studios in Hollywood (later renamed Hollywood Center Studios). See also this page.
December 1977
Los Angeles, CA
Frank Zappa's Band, September 1977 - February 1978
FZ, Adrian Belew, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf.
1977 12 29
45 min, SBD, A
With Roy Estrada on vocals.
The Purple Lagoon, Dancin' Fool, The Purple Lagoon, Dancin' Fool, Peaches En Regalia, The Torture Never Stops, City Of Tiny Lights, Baby Snakes, Zoot Allures, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, I Have Been In You, Flakes
♦ 1977 December - 1978 January shows
August 1978
Culver City, Los Angeles, CA
Frank Zappa's Band, August - October 1978
FZ, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf.
1978 08 ?? #1
65 min, SBD, A
Sy Borg, Easy Meat, Tell Me You Love Me, The Black Page, Jones Crusher, Packard Goose, Envelopes, Flakes
1978 08 ?? #2
40 min, A-
Little House I Used to Live In improvisations (incl. Sheik Yerbouti Tango), Tell Me You Love Me, Conehead, I Have Been In You, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Bamboozled By Love, Nanook Rubs It, Rollo
1978 08 12
80 min, B+
Twenty-One, I'm A Beautiful Guy (riff), Dinah-Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Sofa, Baby Snakes, Sofa, Packard Goose / Pound For A Brown, Twenty-One
1978 08 16
90 min, SBD, B
Dancin' Fool, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, Baby Snakes, Sofa, Packard Goose, A Pound For A Brown, I Have Been In You, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Bamboozled By Love, Sy Borg, Little House I Used To Live In, Tell Me You Love Me, Yo' Mama
Frank Zappa's Band, December 1978 - April 1979
FZ, Ike Willis, Denny Walley, Warren Cucurullo, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf.
December 1978
Culver City, Los Angeles, CA
1978 12 ?? #1
85 min, Aud, B
Twenty One (incl. Number Seven, Outside Now), Outside Now, Why Does it Hurt When I Pee?, Andy, Inca Roads, Watermelon In Easter Hay, Zoot Allures, I Ain't Got No Heart (q: Envelopes, Tell Me Why [Helford/Carter], Tell Me Why [Lennon/McCartney]), (q: Envelopes, Andy), Crew Slut (q: Envelopes), Wet T-Shirt Nite (incl. Twenty-One)
1978 12 ?? #2
90 min, Aud, B
Inca Roads, Crew Slut, Wet T-Shirt Nite, Why Does it Hurt When I Pee?, Florentine Pogen, Montana, Cosmik Debris, Fifty-Fifty, Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue, The Deathless Horsie (incl. Nowhere Riff)
1978 12 ?? #3
85 min, Aud, B
Bobby Brown, Yellow Snow Suite, Peaches En Regalia, Easy Meat, Jumbo Go Away, Andy, Inca Roads, Strictly Genteel, Village Of The Sun, Thirteen (incl. Wet T-Shirt riff), Saddle Bags (incl. The Deathless Horsie)
February 1979
London, UK
1979 02 ?? #1
90 min, Aud, B
Saddle Bags, Spider Of Destiny, Packard Goose, Saddle Bags / Easy Meat (q: Dragnet), Jumbo Go Away
1979 02 ?? #2
10 min, Aud, B
Florentine Pogen, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, For The Young Sophisticate, Wet T-Shirt Nite, Thirteen, Conehead / Saddle Bags
1979 02 08
60 min, SBD, B
Easy Meat, Twenty-One ("evolved" version), I'm A Beautiful Guy, Thirteen, Twenty-One, Conehead, Twenty-One, City Of Tiny Lights, Inca Roads, Florentine Pogen, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Packard Goose, Dead Girls Of London
January - March 1980
Los Angeles, CA
Frank Zappa's Rehearsals Band, January - March 1980
FZ, Ike Willis, Ray White, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tommy Mars.
1980 ?? ??
5 min, A-
Beauty Knows No Pain (q: Thunderball)
1980 01 28
45 min, B
Nite Owl / Joe's Garage, Thirteen, Mudd Club, Mudd Club / Ain't Got No Heart, Mudd Club / The Deathless Horsie , Village Of The Sun, Mudd Club, Mudd Club / Mo's Vacation (incl. Little Bitty Pretty One), guitar solo over I'm A Beautiful Guy riff, Sinister Footwear, Thirteen
1980 01 29
45 min, A-
Thirteen, Thirteen / Beauty Knows No Pain (instrumental), Dupree's Paradise / Thirteen, Sleep Dirt, Sinister Footwear, Mudd Club (instrumental), Packard Goose, Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy, Nowhere riff / My Sharona / Mystery Riff, Thirteen / Beauty Knows No Pain (instrumental) / Nowhere riff / My Sharona / Mystery Riff
1980 02 02
See 1980 02 06.
1980 02 ??
20 min, B+
Previously listed as part of 1980 10 05.
You Didn't Try To Call Me, Little Rubber Girl, Pick Me I'm Clean
1980 02 06
45 min, B+
Also known as 1980 02 02.
Solitude, I'm A Beautiful Guy
1980 02 07
25 min, B
I'm A Beautiful Guy, Jumbo Go Away, I'm A Beautiful Guy (q: Misty, Midnight Sun, Hold The Line), Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy, I'm A Beautiful Guy, Jumbo Go Away
1980 02 08
20 min, A-
Sinister Footwear, Thirteen (incl. Sinister Footwear), Pick Me I'm Clean
1980 02 09
45 min, B+
Pick Me I'm Clean, Medley: Addams Family / James Bond / My Three Sons / Mongoloid / Rock Lobster / Heart Of Glass / I Love Lucy / My Sharona, My Sharona / Nowhere riff, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted, Theme Song / Pop Medley, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted, I'm A Beautiful Guy (incl. My Generation)
1980 02 10
90 min, A-/B+
Let's Move To Cleveland, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted, Rubber Girl, Pick Me I'm Clean, Thirteen, Beautiful Guy Improvisations/I love Lucy, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted, I'm A Beautiful Guy (q: My Generation, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted, incl. I Love Lucy), I Don't Wanna Get Drafted (incl. Medley: The Addams Family/James Bond/My Three Sons/Mongoloid/Rock Lobster/Heart Of Glass/My Sharona/Nowhere riff), Pick Me I'm Clean, Thirteen, Let's Move To Cleveland, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted (q: The Radio Is Broken)
1980 02 11
45 min, B
Let's Move To Cleveland, I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
1980 02or03?
The band rehearsing with a drum machine. See 1980 07or08 in Unreleased, radio, and weird stuff
♦ 1980 1st North American and European tours
September - October 1980
Los Angeles, CA
Frank Zappa's Band, November - December 1980
FZ, Ike Willis, Steve Vai, Ray White, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Tommy Mars, Bob Harris #2.
1980 09 20
45 min, B+
Tinsel Town Rebellion (music = We're Turning Again), Broken Hearts Are For Assholes, I'm So Cute, You Didn't Try To Call Me, Flakes, I Have Been In You (q: Make Me Smile), Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?, Peaches En Regalia
1980 09 22
40 min, A-
The Torture Never Stops (q: Wooly Bully), We're Turning Again, My Sharona
1980 09 24
5 min, B+
Nite Owl, Stinkfoot
1980 09 27
45 min, B+
The Blue Light, The Radio Is Broken (incl. Twenty-One), The Torture Never Stops (q: The Birth Of Blues, We're Turning Again), Cruising For Burgers, Muffin Man, Doreen
1980 09 29
45 min, B+
This has also circulated in an abridged and edited version as 1980 09or10.
Wet T-Shirt Nite, In France, We're Turning Again, The Radio Is Broken (incl. Twenty-One, Oh! Susanna, Peaches En Regalia), The Torture Never Stops / Wooly Bully, Goblin Girl, Heavenly Bank Account, Broken Hearts Are For Assholes, I'm So Cute, Dumb All Over, The Blue Light (q: Jaws, Dancing Fool, That Old Black Magic)
1980 10 01
45 min, B+
Mudd Club, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, You Didn't Try To Call Me, I'm So Cute riff, Tinsel Town Rebellion (music = We're Turning Again), Tinsel Town Rebellion ("regular")
1980 10 03
45 min, B+
Tinsel Town Rebellion (q: Goblin Girl, The Blue Light), The Blue Light / I'm So Cute (incl. Mo's Vacation), The Radio Is Broken (q: Peaches En Regalia, Light My Fire, Hawaiian Eye), Tell Me You Love Me, Thirteen
1980 10 04
45 min, B+
Tell Me You Love Me, Tinsel Town Rebellion, The Radio Is Broken (q: Star Trek Theme, Oh! Susanna)
1980 10 05
20 min, B+
Previously listed as 45 minutes (the remaining part is now listed as 1980 02 ??).
We're Turning Again, Dead Girls Of London, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Wet T-Shirt Nite, Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?, Dead Girls Of London, Tell Me You Love Me, I'm So Cute / Mo's Vacation
♦ 1980 2nd North American tour
Frank Zappa's band, September 1981 - July 1982
FZ, Steve Vai, Ray White, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Bobby Martin.
Note: a few of the August 1981 tapes features Lisa Popeil instead of Bobby Martin.
August - September 1981
Los Angeles, CA
1981 08? ?? #1
25 min, B+/B
Filthy Habits, Five-Five-Five, Canarsie, Heavy Duty Judy, Soup 'n Old Clothes, studio talk & noodling (q: Outside Now, Watermelon In Easter Hay, King Kong), King Kong
1981 08? ?? #2
90 min, B+
Any Kind Of Pain, Nig Biz, Kaiser Rolls, Dickie's Such An Asshole, Portuguese Lunar Landing, Teenage Prostitute, Alien Orifice, Cocaine Decisions, What's New In Baltimore?, Moggio, We Are Not Alone (with vocals), Any Kind Of Pain (with different lyrics), We're Turning Again (with extra Jimi Hendrix verses)
1981 08? ?? #3
15 min, A
From soundboard recording. This rehearsal may be from a earlier date that the ones listed above (Scott Thunes doesn't seem to be there) and may be recorded at the UMRK.
Strictly Genteel
81 08 05 #1
90 min, B+/B
Parts are distorted.
Pick Me I'm Clean, Ms Pinky, Classical medley (incl. Royal March from Aida, Light Cavalry Overture, ??? [Rachmaninov], Brahms's Lullaby, Theme from Mr Rogers' Neighborhood / Theme from Captain Kangaroo, Tchaikovskij's Piano Concerto), Portuguese Lunar Landing, Tinsel Town Rebellion, Fine Girl, Easy Meat, Portuguese Lunar Landing (q: Theme from Kung Fu), Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?, Cruising For Burgers
81 08 05 #2
45 min, A-
Strictly Genteel, For The Young Sophisticate, Mudd Club, The Dangerous Kitchen, The Jazz Discharge Party Hats, Lisa's Life Story, The Black Page (with Lisa singing), Bobby Brown, Ms Pinky
1981 08 06
75 min, A-/B
Parts are very distorted.
I'm A Beautiful Guy, Beauty Knows No Pain, I'm A Beautiful Guy, ???#1 / Bobby Brown, Beauty Knows No Pain / I'm A Beautiful Guy / ???#1, ???#2, The Deathless Horsie, Treacherous Cretins, The Deathless Horsie, Pick Me I'm Clean, Filthy Habits, Eat That Question, Filthy Habits
1981 08 07 #1
90 min, B
We're Turning Again, Truck Driver Divorce, I'm In The Mood For Love (early version of Lisa's Life Story), Filthy Habits, I'm In The Mood For Love, All Night Long, I'm In The Mood For Love (as played for Bennet Glotzer), Brahms's Lullaby, We're Turning Again (incl. Uncle Meat)
1981 08 07 #2
40 min, A-
I'm A Beautiful Guy / Beauty Knows No Pain, Fine Girl, You Are What You Is, ???, All Night Long, Clowns On Velvet, What's New In Baltimore? / Moggio
1981 08 10
90 min, B+
We Are Not Alone (with lyrics), Any Kind Of Pain, We're Turning Again (incl. Uncle Meat), Drowning Witch (proto-version)
1981 08 12
45 min, A-
Portuguese Lunar Landing, Bamboozled By Love, I'm The Slime, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Zoot Allures, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Theme from Mr Rogers' Neighborhood, Tryin' To Grow A Chin, Dancin' Fool, Flakes, Montana, Drowning Witch (q: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes)
1981 08or09
90 min, A-
We're Turning Again / Alien Orifice, Drowning Witch, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, The Torture Never Stops, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Cocaine Decisions, Nig Biz, Bobby Brown, Ms Pinky, Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (q: Theme from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, Light Cavalry Overture), Clowns On Velvet, The Deathless Horsie, Treacherous Cretins, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Sinister Footwear
1981 09 11
45 min, B+
Camarillo Brillo (q: Iron Man, Don't Cry For Me Argentina), Muffin Man, City Of Tiny Lights, Doreen
1981 09 12
40 min, B+
Alien Orifice / We're Turning Again, Teenage Prostitute / Flakes, Drowning Witch, What's New In Baltimore, Moggio, Nig Biz, Zoot Allures
1981 09 14
45 min, B+
Yo' Mama, Any Kind Of Pain, Kaiser Rolls, Envelopes
1981 09 15
45 min, B+
Heavenly Bank Account, Suicide Chump, Jumbo Go Away, Envelopes, Yo' Mama, Sinister Footwear, Stevie's Spanking, Cocaine Decisions, Montana, Easy Meat
1981 09 16
45 min, B+
No Not Now, Charlie's Enormous Mouth / Fine Girl, Were Turning Again (incl. I Don't Live Today), Alien Orifice, Drowning Witch (incl. Theme from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood), Zoot Allures, You Are What You Is, Mudd Club, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Dumb All Over
1981 09 17
45 min, A-/B+
King Kong, Dumb All Over, Yo' Mama, Were Turning Again (incl. I Don't Live Today), Alien Orifice, Teenage Prostitute
1981 09 23
45 min, A-/B+
Mudd Club, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Dumb All Over (q: Hawaii Five-0), Heavenly Bank Account, Suicide Chump, Jumbo Go Away, Envelopes, Drowning Witch, What's New In Baltimore
1981 09 25
45 min, A-/B+
Sinister Footwear, Jumbo Go Away
March - April 1982
Los Angeles, CA
1982 03 22
45 min, B+
Yo Cats, Let's Move To Cleveland, Penis Dimension
1982 03 24
45 min, B+
Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?, Crew Slut, Packard Goose, Watermelon In Easter Hay, A Token Of My Extreme, Stick It Out, Sy Borg, Dong Work For Yuda, Outside Now, Big Swifty, Mo's Vacation, Zomby Woof, Outside Now, What's New In Baltimore?, Moggio, RDNZL, Zomby Woof
1982 04 06?
45 min, B
Strictly Genteel, In France, Advance Romance, Arrivederci Roma, Funiculì Funiculà, You Are What You Is, Dumb All Over, Zomby Woof, Mystery Song #4, Tell Me You Love Me, Dead Girls Of London, Flakes, Approximate / Tinsel Town Rebellion, Carolina Hard Core Ecstasy, Yo' Mama, He's So Gay, I Came On Your Face, Stick It Out
1982 04 20
45 min, B-
Date and if this comes all from the same session is debated. Many of the songs are just fragments.
Stick It Out, Truck Driver Divorce, RDNZL, In France, Broken Hearts Are For Assholes, No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Jumbo Go Away / Tell ME You Love Me, Approximate (q: Dragnet) / Cosmik Debris, In France, FZ guitar experiments, FZ changes strings (q: Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?, The Black Page) & tries out the new Floyd Rose, Wet-Shirt Nite riff, Stinkfoot, Sofa, Poodle Lecture, Sofa, Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy (q: I'm The Slime), No No Cherry, The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou, Keep It Off Of My Face / The Dangerous Kitchen, Disco Boy, Truck Driver Divorce / Sinister Footwear, Stinkfoot
Late 1987
Los Angeles, CA
1987 ?? ?? various dates
25 min
Rehearsals with FZ, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Tommy Mars, ????
The Blue Light, Strictly Genteel, Magic Fingers, Call Any Vegetable, Bamboozled By Love (q: Old MacDonald), Dog Breath, Wonderful Wino, Clowns On Velvet, Ms Pinky, Mom And Dad, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Giraffe
1987 ?? ?? (#2)
This was listed as a 10 minutes rehearsals with FZ, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, ????, but shares partially the same material as above, so now we have the unique entry above. Old list: Bamboozled By Love (q: Old MacDonald), Dog Breath, Wonderful Wino, Clowns On Velvet
1987 12 23 - Hollywood Center Studios
90 min, SBD, A
Rehearsals with the 1988 band, conducted by Scott Thunes, without FZ.
Jezebel Boy, When The Lie's So Big, Planet Of The Baritone Women, What's New In Baltimore?, Moggio, I Ain't Got No Heart, Heavy Duty Judy, Filthy Habits, A Pound For A Brown, Disco Boy, A Pound For A Brown, Big Swifty, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, I Left My Heart In San Francisco, Let's Move To Cleveland, Dancin' Fool, RDNZL, Strictly Genteel, Andy, Inca Roads, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, Stick Together, My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp, Montana, Easy Meat, Peaches En Regalia, Sofa, Black Napkins, The Black Page