1984 Tours: officially released recordings and videos

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Officially released recordings

Zappa (and the ZFT) released 71 tracks recorded during this tour, on 8 different albums.
These tracks are taken from 19 different locations (and about 26 gigs).
Actually, as you can also see here, most of the recordings come from the Bismarck Theater in Chicago (two shows on November 23), the Universal Amphitheater at Universal City in Los Angeles (one show on December 23), The Pier in New York City (where was also shoot Does Humor Belong In Music? - two shows on 25 and 26 August), the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver (two shows on December 18) and The Paramount Theatre in Seattle.
As quite usual, is from the very end of the tour that Zappa choose most of the recordings to be released on his albums.

The following tables detail for every album and every track:

• album track number (in case of multiple cd releases the hundreds digit refers to disc number),
• track title,
• length,
• note on recording ("partial" = only part of the track is from this tour; "basic track" = track is more or less heavily over dubbed),
• date(s) of recording (YY/MM/DD Early/Late/Unknown),
• notes on track / song,
• if the release is the first or only complete official release of that song (only for "regular" song).

Meaning of color code:

Does Humor Belong In Music? - January 1986

Guitar - April 1988

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 - May 1988

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 - November 1989

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 - June 1991

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 - July 1992

Have I Offended Someone? - April 1997

Trance-Fusion - October 2006

• At least 16 tracks were put together from 2 (or more) different shows of this tour.
• 6 tracks were put together also using material recorded during other tours (mainly, but not only, 1982).
• According to what we know, there are no overdubs in any track.
• Tinsel Town Rebellion has been released in two different versions.
• 18 tracks are guitar solos released on Guitar and Trance-Fusion (and 9 of these are extracted from Let's Move To Cleveland). One more track consist of solos (again extracted from Let's Move To Cleveland).
• 2 tracks and 5 guitar solos were released after the death of Frank Zappa on Have I Offended Someone? and Trance-Fusion (but he fully completed both albums before his death).
• Some songs are also available in video in Does Humor Belong In Music?.
• Zappa used a short intro rap recorded during this tour ( 841123 ) for Little Rubber Girl recorded in 1978 and released on YCDTOSA4.

Disclaimer
Zappa being a great "scissor master" you can be sure that many of his officially released live recordings, even if don't contain over-dubs, are heavily edited, sometimes from different performances, sometimes even from different tours and bands. Information here is as accurate as possible. Let me know if you know something I don't!

Official video releases

Does Humor Belong In Music? (originally released as videotape in 1985, released as DVD in 2003) contains footage from the August 26 performance (at The Pier in New York City). It includes a good number of songs, of which only a few are fully released on legit albums. Please note that none of the recordings included in the video are released in the album with the same name and vice versa.

Songs contained in DHBIM video:

• Be In My Video - released as audio in YCDTOSA1
• Bobby Brown
• Cosmik Debris - very partially, only the end, released as audio in YCDTOSA3
• Dancin' Fool
• Dangerous Kitchen - released as audio in YCDTOSA1
• Dinah-Moe Humm - only partially released as audio in YCDTOSA6
• He's So Gay - released as audio in YCDTOSA6
• Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me - released as audio in YCDTOSA3
• Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
• Keep It Greasy - only partially released as audio in YCDTOSA3
• Tinsel Town Rebellion - released as audio in HIOS
• Trouble Every Day
• Whipping Post
• Zoot Allures

DHBIM video contains also very partial versions of the following songs:

• Carol You Fool - only a small snippet of the beginning
• City Of Tiny Lights - only a small snippet of the beginning
• Deathless Horsie - only a small snippet - the complete performance of this song is released as audio in YCDTOSA1
• Goblin Girl - only a small snippet of the beginning

Alphabetical list of all officially released songs from the 1984 tours

The * indicates that this is the only complete release of the song available on the whole Zappa official catalogue.
Initial articles are postponed. Solos and partial video performances are not listed.

Advance Romance - released in YCDTOSA3
Bamboozled By Love - released in YCDTOSA3
Be In My Video - released in YCDTOSA1 and (same performance) in DHBIM video
Black Napkins - released in YCDTOSA6 (melted with a 1976 performance)
Black Page, The - released in YCDTOSA4
Bobby Brown - released in YCDTOSA3 and (different performance) in DHBIM video
Brown Moses - released in YCDTOSA4

Camarillo Brillo - released in YCDTOSA6
* Carol You Fool - released in YCDTOSA3
Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy - released in YCDTOSA4
* Chana In De Bushwop - released in YCDTOSA3
Closer You Are, The - released in YCDTOSA4
Cocaine Decisions - released in YCDTOSA3 (melted with a 1982 performance)
* Cock-Suckers' Ball - released in DHBIM
Cosmik Debris - released in YCDTOSA3 and (mostly different performance) in DHBIM video

Dancin' Fool - released in DHBIM video
Dangerous Kitchen, The - released in YCDTOSA1 and (same performance) in DHBIM video
Deathless Horsie, The - released in YCDTOSA1
Dinah-Moe Humm - released in YCDTOSA6 and (mostly different performance) in DHBIM video
Drowning Witch - released in YCDTOSA3 (melted with a 1982 performance) + 1 guitar solo in G
Dumb All Over - released in HIOS
Easy Meat - only released as 1 guitar solo in G
Evil Prince, The - released in YCDTOSA4

He's So Gay - released in YCDTOSA6 and (same performance) in DHBIM video
Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me - released in YCDTOSA3 and (same performance) in DHBIM video
Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel - released in DHBIM and (different performance) in DHBIM video + 1 guitar solo in G and 1 guitar solo in TrF
Illinois Enema Bandit, The - released in YCDTOSA6 (melted with a 1982 performance)
In France - released in YCDTOSA3
Joe's Garage - released in YCDTOSA3
* Johnny Darling - released in YCDTOSA4
Keep it Greasey - released in YCDTOSA3 and (mostly different performance) in DHBIM video
King Kong - only released as 1 guitar solo in TrF

Let's Move To Cleveland - released in DHBIM + 6 guitar solos in G, 3 guitar solos in TrF and 1 solos section in YCDTOSA4
* Little Girl Of Mine - released in YCDTOSA4
Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up - released in YCDTOSA3
Montana - released in YCDTOSA4 (melted with a 1973 performance)
Muffin Man - released in YCDTOSA6
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mother - released in YCDTOSA4
* No No Cherry - released in YCDTOSA4

Outside Now - released in YCDTOSA4
Penguin In Bondage - released in DHBIM
* Ride My Face To Chicago - released in YCDTOSA3 + 1 guitar solo in G
Sharleena - released in YCDTOSA3 + 1 guitar solo in G
Stick Together - released in YCDTOSA4
Tinsel Town Rebellion - released in DHBIM and (different performance) in HIOS and DHBIM video
Trouble Every Day - released in DHBIM and (different performance) in DHBIM video
Truck Driver Divorce - released in YCDTOSA4 (melted with a 1982 performance)

Watermelon In Easter Hay - released in G
What's New In Baltimore - released in DHBIM
Whipping Post - released in DHBIM and (different performance) in DHBIM video (+ 2 guitar solos in G)
Why Does It Hurts When I Pee - released in YCDTOSA3
Willie The Pimp - released in YCDTOSA4
WPLJ - released in DHBIM
Zoot Allures - released in DHBIM and (different performance) in DHBIM video

• What do they mean those acronyms?

1984 Tour Main Page

• Itinerary: graphical view
• Itinerary and recordings
• Tour and repertoire statistics
• Repertoire
• Officially released recordings and videos
• Unofficial recordings catalogue at Zappateers

This page created on February 2005 and latest revised on May 8, 2007

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