2018 box set by Frank Zappa
The Roxy Performances Frank Zappa . It was released as a 7-CD boxset on February 2, 2018.[ 1] Bolic Sound , a sound check, and a previously unreleased version of "The Idiot Bastard Son" titled "That Arrogant Dick Nixon".[ 2]
In addition to previously unreleased material, the box set contains material that was released, in different edits and/or mixes, on Roxy & Elsewhere Roxy by Proxy Roxy – The Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack [ 3]
All tracks are written by Frank Zappa , except at noted
12-9-73 Show 1 Title Release notes[ 4] 1. "Sunday Show 1 Start" same performance on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack 4:59 2. "Cosmik Debris " same performance on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 11:33 3. ""We're Makin' a Movie"" first part of dialog included in Roxy the Movie (2015) 3:16 4. "Pygmy Twylyte" previously unreleased 9:08 5. "The Idiot Bastard Son" previously unreleased; basic tracks used for "That Arrogant Dick Nixon" 2:19 6. "Cheepnis " previously unreleased 3:44 7. "Hollywood Perverts" previously unreleased 1:07 8. "Penguin in Bondage" same performance on Roxy by Proxy Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 5:54 9. "T'Mershi Duween" same performance on Roxy by Proxy (2014) and Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 1:56 10. "The Dog Breath Variations" same performance on Roxy by Proxy (2014) and Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 1:44 11. "Uncle Meat" same performance on Roxy by Proxy (2014); parts of same performance on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 2:29 12. "RDNZL" same performance on Roxy by Proxy (2014); parts of same performance on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 5:14 13. "Montana " parts of same performance on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 7:49 14. "Dupree's Paradise" parts of same performance at beginning of "Let's Move to Cleveland – Solos (1984)" on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (1991); same performance on Roxy by Proxy (2014) 16:12 15. "Dickie's Such an Asshole" (encore ) part of same performance on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore Sampler 10:17 Total length: 87:42
12-9-73 Show 2 Title Release notes[ 5] 1. "Sunday Show 2 Start" previously unreleased 4:08 2. "Inca Roads " same performance on Roxy by Proxy (2014) and Roxy the Movie (2015) 8:27 3. "Village of the Sun" same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974), with overdubs recorded at Bolic Sound , Inglewood, CA, and Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles 4:19 4. "Echidna's Arf (of You)" same performance on Roxy by Proxy (2014) and Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 4:01 5. "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" parts of same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974), Roxy by Proxy (2014), Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 13:22 6. "Slime Intro" previously unreleased 0:59 7. "I'm the Slime " same performance on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 Roxy the Movie (2015) 3:34 8. "Big Swifty" same performance on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (1988) and Roxy the Movie (2015) 9:01 9. "Tango No. 1 Intro" parts of the spoken intro on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 4:14 10. "Be-Bop Tango (of the Old Jazzmen's Church)" previously unreleased 18:12 11. "Medley: King Kong/Chunga's Revenge/Son of Mr. Green Genes" (encore ) same performance on Roxy by Proxy (2015) 9:46 Total length: 80:04
12-10-73 Show 1 Title Release notes[ 6] 1. "Monday Show 1 Start" previously unreleased 5:31 2. "Montana " parts of the same performance on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 "Montana" & "Dupree's Paradise" Roxy – Hollywood, CA 1973 video (zappa.com) (2007) 6:57 3. "Dupree's Paradise" first audio release; same performance on "Montana" & "Dupree's Paradise" Roxy – Hollywood, CA 1973 video (zappa.com) (2007) 21:26 4. "Cosmik Intro" previously unreleased 1:05 5. "Cosmik Debris " previously unreleased 8:05 6. "Bondage Intro" spoken intro of the same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974); same performance on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 1:45 7. "Penguin in Bondage" parts of same performance on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 6:54 8. "T'Mershi Duween" same performance on Roxy by Proxy (2014) and Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 1:52 9. "The Dog Breath Variations" previously unreleased 1:48 10. "Uncle Meat" previously unreleased 2:29 11. "RDNZL" same performance on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 4:59 12. "Audience Participation – RDNZL" same spoken performance (minus the "Pygmy Twylyte" intro at the end) on Roxy the Movie (2015) 3:08 13. "Pygmy Twylyte" previously unreleased 4:05 14. "The Idiot Bastard Son" previously unreleased 2:21 15. "Cheepnis " same performance (different mix) as Roxy by Proxy (2014) 4:49 16. "Dickie's Such an Asshole" (encore ) part of same performance on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 Roxy the Movie (2015) 10:21 Total length: 87:36
12-10-73 Show 2 Title Release notes[ 7] 1. "Monday Show 2 Start" previously unreleased 5:13 2. "Penguin in Bondage" parts of same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974); parts of the same performance on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 6:33 3. "T'Mershi Duween" same performance, in lower quality, on Beat the Boots! Piquantique Beat the Boots! III 1:52 4. "The Dog Breath Variations" same performance, in lower quality, on Beat the Boots! III (2009) 1:46 5. "Uncle Meat" parts of same performance on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 2:28 6. "RDNZL" previously unreleased 5:17 7. "Village of the Sun" same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974), with overdubs recorded at Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA, and Paramount Recording Studios, Los Angeles 3:59 8. "Echidna's Arf (of You)" same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974); parts of the same performance on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 3:54 9. "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" parts of same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974), Roxy by Proxy (2014), Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 6:56 10. "Cheepnis – Percussion" same performance on Roxy by Proxy (2014) and Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 4:08 11. ""I Love Monster Movies"" same spoken performance on Roxy by Proxy (2014) and Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 2:10 12. "Cheepnis" parts of the same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974); same performance on Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 3:35 13. ""Turn the Light Off"/Pamela's Intro" previously unreleased 3:59 14. "Pygmy Twylyte" same performance as Roxy the Movie (2015) 7:23 15. "The Idiot Bastard Son" same performance as Roxy the Movie (2015) 2:22 16. "Tango No. 2 Intro" parts of same performance included on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) 2:01 17. "Be-Bop Tango (of the Old Jazzmen's Church)" parts of the same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) and Roxy the Movie / Roxy the Soundtrack (2015) 22:31 18. "Dickie's Such an Asshole" (encore ) parts of same performance on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 (1988) 15:31 Total length: 101:39
Bonus Section 1: 12-10-73 Roxy rehearsal; Unreleased track; 12-12-73 Bolic Studios recording session Title Release notes[ 8] 1. "Big Swifty – In Rehearsal" previously unreleased 2:50 2. "Village of the Sun" previously unreleased 3:13 3. "Farther O'Blivion – In Rehearsal" previously unreleased 5:34 4. "Pygmy Twylyte" previously unreleased 6:17 5. "That Arrogant Dick Nixon" (unreleased track ) previously unreleased 2:19 6. "Kung-Fu – In Session" previously unreleased 4:50 7. "Kung-Fu – with guitar overdub" same recording (different mix) on The Lost Episodes 1:17 8. "Tuning and Studio Chatter" previously unreleased 3:38 9. "Echidna's Arf (of You) – In Session" previously unreleased 1:22 10. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow – In Session" last seconds on Apostrophe (') Roxy the Movie (2015) as part of "End Credits" 9:49 11. "Nanook Rubs It – In Session" parts of same basic track on Apostrophe (') (1974), minus overdubs from Paramount Studios, early 1974 5:41 12. "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast – In Session" same basic tracks on Apostrophe (') (1974), minus overdubs from Paramount Studios, early 1974 2:46 13. "Father O'Blivion – In Session" same basic tracks on Apostrophe (') (1974), minus overdubs from Paramount Studios, early 1974; parts of same recording on Roxy the Movie (2015) as part of "End Credits" 2:31 14. "Rollo (Be-Bop Version)" previously unreleased 2:36 Total length: 54:43
Tracks 1–4: 12-10-73 Roxy rehearsal
Track 5: basic tracks: 12-9-73 Show 1, overdubs at Paramount Studios
Tracks 6–14: 12-12-73 Bolic Studios recording session
Bonus Section 2: 12-8-73 Sound Check/Film Shoot Title Release notes[ 9] 1. "Saturday Show Start" previously unreleased 2:20 2. "Pygmy Twylyte/Dummy Up" ("Dummy Up" by Zappa, Jeff Simmons , Napoleon Murphy Brock ) parts of same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974); parts of the "Dummy Up" performance on The True Story of 200 Motels video (1989) 20:25 3. "Pygmy Twylyte – Part II" previously unreleased 14:25 4. "Echidna's Arf (of You)" previously unreleased 3:42 5. "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" previously unreleased 6:01 6. "Orgy, Orgy" (based on "Louie, Louie " by Richard Berry ) previously unreleased 3:39 7. "Penguin in Bondage" parts of same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) 6:30 8. "T'Mershi Duween" previously unreleased 1:53 9. "The Dog Breath Variations" previously unreleased 1:45 10. "Uncle Meat/Show End" previously unreleased 4:01 Total length: 64:41
Disc one
Tracks 1–14: 12-9-73 Show 1 (tracks 1–14)
Total length: 76:43 Disc two
Track 1: 12-9-73 Show 1 (track 15)
Tracks 2–9: 12-9-73 Show 2 (tracks 1–8)
Total length: 58:25 Disc three
Tracks 1–3: 12-9-73 Show 2 (tracks 9-11)
Tracks 4–8: 12-10-73 Show 1 (tracks 1–4)
Total length: 74:57 Disc four
Tracks 1–11: 12-10-73 Show 1 (tracks 5–16)
Tracks 12–17: 12-10-73 Show 2 (tracks 1–6)
Total length: 67:50 Disc five
Tracks 1–11 12-10-73 Show 2 (tracks 7–17)
Total length: 62:46 Disc six
Tracks 1: 12-10-73 Show 2 (track 18)
Tracks 2–15: Bonus Section 1 (tracks 1–14)
Total length: 70:31 Disc seven
Tracks 1–10: Bonus Section 2: 12-8-73 Sound Check/Film Shoot (tracks 1–10)
Total length: 64:41
Personnel
Musicians
Also featuring
Technical personnel
Kerry McNabb – recording engineer at The Roxy shows and "That Arrogant Dick Nixon"
Bob Hughes – recording engineer at Bolic Studios
Doug Graves – recording engineer at Bolic Studios
Craig Parker Adams – audio restoration, re-mix, mastering
Bob Stone – digital re-mix engineer (Bolic Studios)
Ahmet Zappa – producer for releaseJoe Travers – producer for release, liner notes
Jen Jewel Brown – liner notes
Dave Alvin – liner notes
References
^ "The Roxy Performances Overview" . AllMusic . Retrieved April 20, 2018 .^ "Zappa's Roxy Box" . Santa Fe New Mexican. July 6, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2020 .^ "Frank Zappa's Legendary 1973 "The Roxy Performances" Captured on Definitive 7-CD Boxed Set Due 2/2" . Glide Magazine. December 18, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2020 .^ "The Roxy Performances" . Information Is Not Knowledge . Retrieved December 10, 2020 .^ "The Roxy Performances" . Information Is Not Knowledge . Retrieved December 10, 2020 .^ "The Roxy Performances" . Information Is Not Knowledge . Retrieved December 10, 2020 .^ "The Roxy Performances" . Information Is Not Knowledge . Retrieved December 10, 2020 .^ "The Roxy Performances" . Information Is Not Knowledge . Retrieved December 10, 2020 .^ "The Roxy Performances" . Information Is Not Knowledge . Retrieved December 10, 2020 .
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