ZAPPA,FRANK: Bebop Tango Contest Live

Format: CD
Genre: Rock
Label: Keyhole
Release Date: 18.07.2015
Order Number: SXKH9054

With the success of his 'Apostrophe' and 'Roxy & Elsewhere' albums, 1974 saw Frank Zappa at his commercial peak. Evidently feeling a surfeit of goodwill towards his fans, at the close of the '74 he prepared a personally mixed reel of live performances from the previous year for broadcast on WLIR-FM in Garden City, New York on New Year's Eve. Not to be confused with a show he was playing the same night in Long Beach, California, this is a typically adventurous and humorous compilation, here presented with background notes and images. TRACKS: 01. Announcer's Introduction 02. Zappa's Introduction - a.k.a. Tango Chat (Wayne, NJ, 73/11/11) 03. Pygmy Twylyte / Dummy Up (with Coffee, Location & Date Unknown) 04. Be-Bop Tango Excerpt (Location & Date Unknown) 05. The Story Of Dupree's Paradise (NYC, 73/11/22) 06. Yellow Snow Suite (Sydney, Australia, 73/06/24) 07. Guitar Event (Lowell, MA, 73/11/30) 08. Bebop Tango Contest (Waterloo, Canada, 73/11/18) 09. Announcer's Closing Remarks