You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol 1 = 2 CD = (CD)
This is the first installment of FZ's mammoth live retrospective, proving he could do anything on stage and did. Each set contains over 2 hours of music on 2 CDs; all performances are previously unreleased. Zappa intentionally didn't organize the material chronologically, pointing out in the liner notes, "The performance of any band from any year can be (and often is) edited to the performance of any other band from any other year, sometimes in the middle of a song." Indeed, some of the after-the-fact musical segues (everything runs continuously) are no less ingenious than the playing.
Volume One includes material ranging from a 1969 performance of "Plastic People" (to the tune of "Louie, Louie," of course) dating from Little Feat founder Lowell George's brief stint with the Mothers; to a trio of YOU ARE WHAT YOU IS numbers performed for an early MTV telecast ("It's unlikely they'll ever let us get away with that again," notes Zappa in the liners). In between come a 20-minute performance of "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" with spontaneous audience interaction; and a lengthy "The Torture Never Stops" with suitably vicious guitar solo.Along with the musical highlights come emblematic moments in the history of the Mothers. Flo & Eddie's "Groupie Routine," the infamous highlight of the FILLMORE EAST album, is included in an alternate live version; there's also an archival tape of that band getting hassled at the airport. One track ("Sofa #1") was recorded a week after the casino fire described in Deep Purple's "Smoke On the Water"; while "Zomby Woof" was recorded during an outdoor show in Milan, where the band was deluged by mosquitos during the entirety of their set.
01 The Florida Airport Tape 02 Once Upon A Time 03 Sofa #1 04 The Mammy Anthem 05 You Didn't Try To Call Me 06 Diseases Of The Band 07 Tryin To Grow A Chin 08 Let's Make The Water Turn Black / Harry You're A Beast / The Orange County Lumber Truck 09 The Groupie Routine 10 Ruthie-ruthie 11 Babbette 12 I'm The Slime
13 Big Swifty 14 Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
Disc 2
01 Plastic People 02 The Torture Never Stops 03 Fine Girl 04 Zomby Woof 05 Sweet Leilani 06 Oh No 07 Be In My Video 08 The Deathless Horsie 09 The Dangerous Kitchen 10 Dumb All Over 11 Heavenly Bank Account 12 Suicide Chump 13 Tell Me You Love Me 14 Sofa #2