Early 1981 | Aborted Holland Festival probable band: FZ—guitar Steve Vai—guitar Richard Emmet—guitar Tommy Mars—keyboards Steve Goldstein—keyboards David Ocker—clarinet Ed Mann—percussion Jeff Berlin—bass Vinnie Colaiuta—drums |
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April 2, 1981 | UMRK Ed Mann |
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April 17, 1981 | "A Tribute To Edgar Varèse" The Palladium, NYC |
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May 11, 1981 | Frank Zappa Tinsel Town Rebellion (2 LPs, Barking Pumpkin PW2 37336) Zappa Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (LP, Barking Pumpkin BPR 1111) Zappa Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More (LP, Barking Pumpkin BPR 1112) Zappa Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (LP, Barking Pumpkin BPR 1113) |
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May 19, 1981 | Rockline, KLOS-FM, Los Angeles, CA |
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May 27-June 13, 1981 | UMRK Arthur Barrow—click tracks, bass, guitar, piano |
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June 1, 1981 | UMRK FZ—piano, vocals JCB—voice |
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June 1981 | UMRK Scott Thunes—bass audition |
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June 1981 | Studio session with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra | |
c. summer 1981 | UMRK |
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c. summer 1981 | UMRK Roy Estrada—vocals FZ—vocals |
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July 20, 1981 | Scott Thunes joins the group | |
Summer 1981 | Chad Wackerman joins the group | |
August 24, 1981 | Bobby Martin joins the group | |
Early August-September 25, 1981 | Rehearsals | |
September 23, 1981 | Zappa You Are What You Is (2 LPs, Barking Pumpkin PW2 37537) |
Zappa Band: FZ—guitar, vocals Ray White—guitar, vocals Steve Vai—guitar Tommy Mars—keyboards, vocals Bobby Martin—keyboards, sax, vocals Ed Mann—percussion Scott Thunes—bass Chad Wackerman—drums |
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October 31, 1981 | The Palladium, NYC (early show) UMRK Mobile (24-track analog) Recording engineer: Mark Pinske (The same for the rest of the tour) |
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October 31, 1981 | The Palladium, NYC (late show) |
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October 31, 1981 | The Palladium, NYC | |
November 1, 1981 | The Palladium, NYC |
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November 15, 1981 | Painter's Mill Music Fair, Owings Mills, Maryland |
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November 17, 1981 | Ritz, NYC |
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November 21, 1981 | Assembly Hall, University Of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois |
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November 27, 1981 | Uptown Theatre, Chicago, Illinois |
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November 28, 1981 | Northrop Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN |
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December 7, 1981 | Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, Utah |
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December 10, 1981 | Community Theater, Berkeley, CA |
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December 11, 1981 | Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA Lisa Popeil—guest vocals* |
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December 12, 1981 | Fox Theater, San Diego, CA (late show) |
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September 27-December 12, 1981 | USA (unknown locations) |
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September 27-December 12, 1981 |
Unknown location, USA (or Europe, May-July 1982) |
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Early 1982 | UMRK Moon Zappa—lead vocals FZ—vocals Ike Willis—vocals Ray White—vocals |
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March 10, 1982 | UMRK Arthur Barrow—bass |
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March 15-April 28, 1982 | Rehearsals | |
c. April 1982 | UMRK Scott Thunes—bass overdubs |
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May 3, 1982 | Zappa Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Barking Pumpkin FW 38066) |
May 10, 1982 | Grandmothers Looking Up Granny's Dress (LP, Rhino RNLP-804) including Deseri (Collins/Buff) | |
May 11, 1982 | Brondbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark UMRK Mobile (24-track analog) Recording engineer: Mark Pinske (The same for the rest of the tour) |
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May 21, 1982 | Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany |
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May 22, 1982 | Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
May 28, 1982 | Palais des Sports, St. Etienne, France |
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May 29, 1982 | Les Arenes, Frejus, France | |
May 30, 1982 | Les Arenes, Cap d'Agde, France |
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June 1, 1982 | La Patinoire, Bordeaux, France |
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June 3, 1982 | Palais des Sports, Dijon, France | |
June 10, 1982 | Grugahalle, Essen, Germany |
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June 11, 1982 | Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany |
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June 11-12, 1982 | Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany |
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June 18, 1982 | Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK |
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June 19, 1982 | Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK (early show) |
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June 19, 1982 | Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK (late show) |
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June 22, 1982 | Le Parc des Expositions, Metz, France |
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June 23, 1982 | Sporthalle, Boeblingen, Germany |
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June 24, 1982 | Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland | |
June 26, 1982 | Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany |
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June 28, 1982 | Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria | |
July 1, 1982 | La Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva, Switzerland |
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July 3, 1982 | Stadio Comunale, Bolzano, Italy |
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July 5, 1982 | Stadio Ferraris, Genoa, Italy |
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July 7, 1982 | Parco Redecesio, Milan, Italy |
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July 8, 1982 | Stadio Communale, Pistoia, Italy |
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July 9, 1982 | Ex Mattatoio do Testaccio, Rome, Italy | |
July 14, 1982 | Stadio Communale La Favorita, Palermo, Italy (soundcheck) |
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July 14, 1982 | Stadio Communale La Favorita, Palermo, Italy |
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May 5-July 14, 1982 | Europe (unknown location) |
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May 5-July 14, 1982 | Unknown locations, Europe (or USA, September-December 1981) |
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July-October 1982 | UMRK |
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1982 | Shooting of Uncle Meat at Zappa's house |
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August 26, 1982 | Compact Video, LA | |
September 1982 | UMRK Massimo Bassoli—vocals |
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October 31, 1982 | Ritz, NYC, NY |
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January 11, 1983 | Barbican Centre, London, UK LSO conducted by Kent Nagano David Ocker—solo clarinet Ed Mann—percussion Chad Wackerman—drums |
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January 12-14, 1983 | Twickenham Film Studio, London, UK Island Mobile Remote Truck (24-track digital) Recording engineer: Mark Pinske LSO conducted by Kent Nagano David Ocker—solo clarinet Ed Mann—percussion Chad Wackerman—drums |
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February 9, 1983 | Varèse And Webern: One Hundreth Anniversary Celebration War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA Jean-Louis LeRoux—conductor FZ—conductor (*) |
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March 28, 1983 | Zappa The Man From Utopia (LP, Barking Pumpkin FW 38403) Frank Zappa Baby Snakes (LP, Barking Pumpkin BPR 1115) |
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June 9, 1983 | Zappa The London Symphony Orchestra Vol. 1 (LP, Barking Pumpkin FW 38820) | |
1983 | Netherlands Netherlands Wind Ensemble |
January 9, 1984 | Thèâtre de la Ville, Paris Ensemble InterContemporain Lucia Meeuwsen—Mezzo-soprano conducted by Pierre Boulez |
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January 10-11, 1984 | IRCAM, Paris Ensemble InterContemporain conducted by Pierre Boulez |
February-April 1984 | UMRK FZ—Synclavier |
April 30, 1984 | Bing Theater, L.A. County Museum Of Art, LA, CA E.A.R. Unit |
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May 18-19, 1984 | Herbst Theatre, San Francisco The Chamber Symphony Of San Francisco conducted by Jean-Louis LeRoux |
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May 20, 1984 | Speaking Of Music With Frank Zappa Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA |
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c. May-June 1984 | Rehearsals: FZ—guitar, vocals Napoleon Murphy Brock—sax, vocals Ike Willis—guitar, vocals Ray White—guitar, vocals Bobby Martin—keyboards, vocals Brad Cole—keyboards Scott Thunes—bass Chad Wackerman—drums |
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c. May-June 1984 | UMRK FZ—Synclavier, vocals Napoleon Murphy Brock—vocals Ike Willis—vocals Ray White—vocals Bobby Martin—sax, vocals Brad Cole—piano Scott Thunes—bass Chad Wackerman—drums |
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c. June 1984 | Brad Cole leaves and Allan Zavod joins |
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June 15-16, 1984 | "A Zappa Affair" Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley Berkeley Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano |
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June 20, 1984 | "A Zappa Affair" San Jose Center for Performing Arts (cancelled) |
September 25, 1984 | Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK |
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September 24-25, 1984 | Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK |
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October 18, 1984 | Zappa Them Or Us (2 LPs, Barking Pumpkin SVBO-74200) | |
October 26, 1984 | Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island |
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October 28, 1984 | Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, Amherst, Massachusetts Archie Shepp—guest tenor saxophone* |
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November 2, 1984 | Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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November 10, 1984 | Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA |
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November 21, 1984 | Zappa Thing-Fish (3 LPs, Barking Pumpkin SKCO-74201) Frank Zappa Francesco Zappa (LP, Barking Pumpkin ST-74202) |
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November 21, 1984 | Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, MI |
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November 23, 1984 | Bismarck Theater, Chicago, IL (early show) |
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November 23, 1984 | Bismarck Theater, Chicago, IL (late show) |
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November 25, 1984 | Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia |
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November 30, 1984 | Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise, Florida (early show) |
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November 30, 1984 | Sunrise Musical Theatre, Sunrise, Florida (late show) |
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December 1, 1984 | Bayfront Center Arena, St. Petersburg, Florida |
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December 4, 1984 | Orpheum Theater, Memphis, Tennessee |
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December 10, 1984 | Majestic Performing Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas | |
December 17, 1984 | Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA |
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December 18, 1984 | Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
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December 20, 1984 | Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon |
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December 23, 1984 | Universal Amphitheater, Universal City, CA Dweezil Zappa—guest guitar* |
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