LIVE RECORDING INDEX


(1963)
The Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, "taped and broadcast by Los Angeles
public radio station KPFK"  Mount St.Mary's Concert Excerpt(67)

(1965)
The Filmore West,San Francisco  The Downtown Talent Scout(60)

(1967-68)
Philadelphia Arena  Didja Get Any Onya(10)

Birmingham, England Weasels Ripped My Flesh(10)
Shrine Exposition Hall(Dec 6,7) "Wild Man Fischer"

(1967)
The Falkoner Center,Copenhagen,Denmark(?)   Where's Our Equipment?(60)
Royal Albert Hall(Sep)

(1968)
The Ark(July)   "The Ark"(B1TA)
Fullerton(Nov 8)    "Our Man In Nirvana"(B2OM)
Festival Hall in London(Oct. 28)    Prelude ... Gas Mask(10),
    The Orange County Lumber Truck(10), (63):Ahead of Their Time
The Whiskey-A-Go-Go,Hollywood(?)    Meow(60)

(1969)
The Ballroom,Stratford,Connecticut(Feb) Let's Make The Water Turn Black,
    Harry, You're Beast, The Orange County Lumber Truck,
    Sweet Leilani, Oh No(53)
The Factory,The Bronx,New York(Feb 13)  Get A Little(10),Plastic People(53),
    Where Is Johnny Velvet?, Return Of The Hunch-Back Duke,
    Trouble Every Day(60)
The Factory,Bronx,NY(spring tour)   Tiny Sick Tears(59)
Fillmore East,NYC(spring tour)  Are You Upset?(59)
Columbia University,NYC(April)  You Call That Music?(59)
Columbia University,NYC(?)  Here Lies Love,
    Run Home Slow: Main Title Theme, The Little March,
    Proto-Minimalism, F.Z./JCB Drum Duet(60)
Royal Albert Hall(June 6)   Mozart Ballet - Piano Sonata in B flat(60)
The Ark,Boston,Mass.(?) Piano/Drum Duet, Baked-Bean Boogie(60)
The Image,Miami,Florida(?)  Chocolate Halvah,
    No Waiting For The Peanuts To Dissolve, Underground Freak-Out Music(60)
Criteria Studios,Miami,Florida(?)   Right There, German Lunch(60)
Greyhound Tour Bus Interior(?)  JCB & Kansas On The Bus #1, #2(60)
Sunset Sound Studios,Hollywood(?)   My Head?(60)
A & R Studios, NYC(?)   My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama(60)
Dressing Room,Providence,Rhode Island(?)    A Game Of Cards(60)

(1970)
An Airport in Florida(April)    The Florida Airpote Tape(53)
Pauley Pavillion,UCLA(May 15,Mothers Day)   200 Motels(BL1)
 with Zubin Mehta conducting Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
concert date in Florida(Nov)    The M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath(61)

(1971)
Fillmore East(June 24,25)with Lenny Bruce   "Live at the Fillmore"(12),
    Shove It Right In(61), "Playground Psychotics"(62)
Pauley Pavillion,UCLA(July 7)   The Groupie Routine, Ruthie-Ruthie(53)
Pauley Pavillion,UCLA(Aug 7)    200 Motels Finale(61)
Pauley Pavillion,UCLA(?)    "Playground Psychotics"(62)
the Casino, Montreux(Dec 4) "Swiss Cheese/Fire!"(B2SC)
Rainbow Theater,London(Dec 10)  Once Upon A Time,Sofa #1(53),
    King Kong(56), "Playground Psychotics"(62)

(1972)
Sydney,Australia(?) Farther O'blivion(61)

(1973)
The Roxy, Hollywood(Nov)    Montana(59)
The Roxy, Hollywood(Dec. 9,10,11 & 12)  Most of (19)
The Roxy, Hollywood(Dec. 12)    I'm The Slime, Big Swifty(53),
    Dickie's Such An Asshole(56)

(1974)
Edinboro State College, PA(May 8)   Some of (19)
Auditorium Theater in Chicago(May 11,Mothers Day)   Some of (19)
Culver City Studios, Washington Blvd(Aug 6/7)   TV Special
Helsinki, Finland(Sep 22)   The Helsinki Concert(=55)
Capitol Theater,Passaic,N.J.(Nov 8) Babbette(53)
New Jersey(winter)  Smell My Beard, The Booger Man(59)

(1975)
Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen(Feb) Lonely Person Devices(61)
Royce Hall, UCLA (Sep.17/18)    "Orchestral Favourites"(27)
    with Michael Zearott conductor, premiere performance of
    Pedro's Dowry and Bogus Pomp
The Spectrum,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania(?)   
    Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station(61)
Forum, Manchester & Prairie, Inglewood, CA(Dec. 31) 
    New Year's Eve Extravahganza with Todd Rundgren's Utopia 
    and Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

(1976)
Asakusa Kokusai Gekijou, Tokyo(Feb 1)
Nihon Seinennkan Hall, Tokyo(Feb 5)
Unknown concert hall Tokyo, Japan(Feb)  Hands With A Hammer,
    Zoot Allures(56)
Osaka, Japan(Feb)   Black Napkins(22)
Detroit, Michigan(Nov 19)   "Conceptual Continuity"(B2CC)
The Armadillo,Austin,Texas(?)   The Torture Never Stops(59)
The Palladium, NYC(Dec 29)  Black Napkins(61)

(1977)
Odeon Hammersmith,London(Feb 17)??? Pink Napkins(32)
Hemmerleinhalle,Nuernberg,W.German(?)   White Person(61)
The Palladium Dressing Room, NYC(Oct 31)    Hands With A Hammer(56)
The Palladium,NYC(Halloween)    The Poodle Lecture,
    Is That Guy Kidding Or What?, Tryin' To Grow A Chin(61)

(1978)
Hemmerleinhalle,Nurnberg(Feb 25)    The Torture Never Stops(53)
The Palladium,NYC(Oct 31)   I Have Been In You, Thirteen,
    Lobster Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance(61)

(1979)
Odeon Hammersmith,London(Feb 17)    Five-Five-Five,
    Treacherous Cretins(31), Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More,
    (32), Why Johnny Can't Read(33)
Odeon Hammersmith,London(Feb 18)    Diseases of the Band,
    Tryin' to Grow a Chin, Don't Eat the Yellow Snow(53),
    Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar(31), Gee, I Like Your Pants(32),
    Florentine Pogen(59), Dirty Love(61)
Odeon Hammersmith,London(Feb 19)    Canarsie, The Deathless Horsie(32)
    Return of The Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar(33)
Weisbaden,W.Germany(Feb)    Outside Now,Systems of Edges(52)
The Palladium,NYC(Oct 31)   Little Rubber Girl, 
    Pound For A Brown-Solos(1978) (59)

(1980)
Olympia Hall, Munich(July 3)    You Didn't Try To Call Me(53)
Dallas Civic Arena(Oct 17)  Variations on the Carlos Santana S.C.P.(32)
Brady Theater, Tulsa(Oct 18)    Hog Heaven(31)
The Palladium, NYC(Oct 30)  Beat It With Your Fist(33)
The Mudd Club,NYC(?)    Love Of My Life(59)
Salt Lake City, Utah(Dec 3) Tracy Is A Snob, Emperor Of Ohio(61)
Madison,Wisconsin(Nov 16)   The Madison Panty-Sniffing Festival(61)
Berkely Community Theater(Dec 5)    Heavy Duty Judy(31),
    Pinocchio's Furniture(33)
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium(Dec 11)   Soup 'n Old Clothes(31)
    Magic Fingers, I'm So Cute, Ms. Pinky, Lisa's Life Story(61)

(1981)
The Palladium, NYC(Oct 31)  Dumb All Over,Heavenly Bank Acount,
    Suicide Chump(53), Society Pages, I'm A Beautiful Guy,
    Beauty Knows No Pain, Charlie's Enormous Mouth(56),
    Alien Orifice, Strictly Genteel(61)
San Diego,California(Dec)   Sexual Harassment In The Workplace,
  Swans? What Swans?(52)
Berkeley, California(Dec)   Too Ugly For Show Business(52)
Salt Lake City,Utah(Dec)    Chalk Pie,Things That Look Like Meat(52)

(1982)
Dusseldorf,W.Germany(May 22)    Is That All There Is?(52)
Munich,W.Germany(June)  Which One Is It?(52)
Munich,W.Germany(summer)    Disco Boy, Teen-Age Wind(59)
Cologne,W.Germany(June) When No One Was No One,But Who Was Fulcanelli?(52)
Frankfurt,W.Germany(June)   Move It Or Park It(52)
Zurich, Switzerland(June)   That Ol' G Minor Thing Again(52)
Parc Des Expositions,Metz,France(June)  King Kong(56)
Metz,France(summer) Church Chat(59)
Dijon, France(June) That's Not Really A Shuffle(52)
Unknown Venue,Dijon,France(June)    King Kong(56)
Cap D'agde, small bullfight ring, France(June)  Zoot Allures(56)
London(June)    Do Not Pass Go(52)
Odeon Hammersmith,London(June)  King Kong(56)
Bordaux,France(June 31) Jim & Tommy's Upper Room(52)
Rome,Ialy(summer)   Stevie's Spanking(59)
Milan, Italy(July)  Do Not Try This At Home(52)
Pistoia, Italy(July)    It Ain't Necessarily The Saint James Infirmary(52)
Soccer Field, Pistoia, Italy(July)  Approximate, The Man From Utopia,
    Mary Lou(59)
Parco Redecessio,Milan(July 6)  Fine Girl, Zomby Woof(53)
Soccer Studium,Genoa(July 7)    Tell Me You Love Me, Sofa #2(53)
Soccer Studium,Balzano,Italy(July)  Drowning Witch(56)
Stadio Communale,Palermo,Sicily(July 11/12?)    The Mammy Anthem(53)
    Cocain Decisions, Nig Biz(56)
    
Geneva/Munich/Balzano/Frankfurt(Summer) The Disc 2 of (60)

(1984)
The Pier, New York City(July)   Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?(56)
The Pier, New York City(summer) He's So Gay(61)
Madison, Wisconsin(Aug 11)  Variations On Sinister #3(52)
Jones Beach, New York(Aug 16)   Watermelon In Easter Hay(52)
The Pier, New York City(Aug 26) Be In My Video, The Deathless Horsie,
    The Dangerous Kitchen(53)
Odeon Hammersmith,London(summer)    The Evil Prince(59)
London(Sep) That's Not Really Reggae(52)
Philadelphia,Pennsylvania(Nov)  Republicans(52)
Tower Theater,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania(Nov)    Outside Noe(59)
Atlanta, Georgia(Nov)   Hotel Atlanta Incidentals,For Duane(52)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida(Nov)   Sunrise Redeemer,Orrin Hatch On Skis,
    Wnos Do Not March(52)
St. Petersburg, Florida(?)  Little Girl Of Mine, The Closer You Are,
    Johnny Darling, No,No Cherry(59)
Vancouver,B.C.(Nov) Stick Together, The Black Page(1984) (59)
Fine Arts Center Concert Hall,Amherst,Massachusets(Nov) 
    Let's Move To Cleveland-Solos(1984) (59)
Chicago, Illinois(Nov)  GOA(52)
Detroit, Michigan(?)    Little Girl Of Mine, The Closer You Are,
    Johnny Darling, No,No Cherry(59)
Paramount Theater,Portland,Oregon(Nov)  Truck Driver Divorce,
    Carolina Hrd-Core Ecstasy(59)
Bismark Hotel, Chicago, Illinois(Nov 23)
    Bamboozled by Love/Owner of a Lonely Heart,
    Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Advance Romance, In France,
    Ride My Face To Chicago, Carol,You Fool, Chana In De Bushwop,
    Joe's Garage, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Cocaine Decisions(56),
    Dinah-Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man(61)
Memphis, Tennessee(Dec 4)   In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky(52)
San Antonio, Texas(Dec 10)  Were We Ever Really Safe In San Antonio?(52)
Vancouver, British Columbia(Dec 12) Canadian Customs(52)
Paramount Theater, Seatle(Dec 17)   Bobby Brown Goes Down, 
    Keep it Greasy, Drowning Witch, Cosmik Debris(56)
Portland, Oregon(Dec 20)    Once Again, Without The Net(52)
Universal Amphitheater, Hollywood, L.A.(Dec 23) Sharleena(56),
    My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama, Willie The Pimp,Montana,
    Brown Moses(59), N.Y.C.Halloween Audience,
    The Illinois Enema Bandit(61)

(1988)
Towson, Maryland(Mar 23)    Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?,
    Make A Sex Noise, We're Turning Again(61)
Bilbao, Spain(summer)   Take Me Out To The Ball Game, Filthy Habits(59)
Renoble, France(summer) Filthy Habits(59)
Genoa, Italy(Summer)    Lonesome Cowboy Nando(61)
Tower Theater,Philadelphia(Winter)  Catholic Girls(61)
The Auditorium Theater, Chicago(Winter) Crew Slut(61)

(1991)
Plague(June 24) Reggae Improvisation(A1)
The Ritz, New York(Nov.7,8,9)   'Zappa's Universe"(M1)

(1992)
Frankfurt Alte Oper, Germany(Sep 17,19)  "Yellow Shark" (64) with Ensemble Modern
Berlin,Germany(Sep 22,23)    "Yellow Shark" with Ensemble Modern
Vienna,Austria(Sep 26,27,28) "Yellow Shark" with Ensemble Modern