The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life

The 1988 road band self-destructed before U.S. audiences in the South, Midwest and West could hear it perform. It was, however, heard and appreciated by East Coast and European audiences during its brief existence (four months of rehearsal in 1987/88, followed by a tour, February through June, 1988), and it is from those performances that this compilation has been made. The collection features big-band arrangements of concert favorites and obscure album cuts, along with deranged versions of cover tunes and a few premiere recordings. In a world where most of the "big groups" go on stage and pretend to sing and play, we proudly present this quaint little audio artefact. Yes, once upon a time, live musicians actually sang and played this. All material contained herein is 100% live, and there are no over-dubs of any kind. Locations used on this collection: Rotterdam (1-1, 1-8) Wurzburg (1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-5, 1-6) Munich (1-4, 1-5, 1-7, 1-14) Allentown, PA (1-7, 1-12, 1-13) Brighton (1-9) Strasbourg (1-10, 1-11) Binghampton, NY (1-11, 1-12, 2-4, 2-5) Grenoble (1-13, 2-3) Linz (2-1, 2-2) during soundcheck Modena (2-3) Philadelphia, PA (2-6) London, UK (2-7, 2-8, 2-14) Pittsburg, PA (2-9) Teaneck, NJ (2-10) Poughkeepsie, NY (2-11, 2-12) Syracuse, NY (2-13) Detroit, MI (2-13) Vienna (2-13, 2-14) Florence (2-14) FZ compositions controlled worldwide by Munchkin Music/ Take Out Music, Frank Zappa Music/Take Out Music ℗ © 1991 Barking Pumpkin Records Liner notes © 1991 Frank Zappa. Manufactured and Marketed by Today Croydon Ltd under exclusive licence Made in France __________________ Packaging: double jewel case with foldout booklet and 16 pages FZ Catalogue [Note: This release has the original cover with a concert photography on front, later claimed by the original (unknown) photographer to be used without allowance - and therefore replaced with a blackened front on later releases with this cover]