Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition: Notes & Comments

disc 1

11. Nanook Rubs It (Basic Tracks/Outtake)

12. Nanook Rubs It (Session Outtake)

See notes for "Nanook Rubs It" on Apostrophe (') (1974).

13. Cosmik Debris (Basic Tracks—Take 3)

14. Excentrifugal Forz (Mix Outtake)

See notes for "Excentrifugal Forz" on The Crux Of The Biscuit (2016).

15. Apostrophe' (Mix Outtake)

See notes for "Apostrophe' (Mix Outtake)" on The Crux Of The Biscuit (2016).

16. Uncle Remus (Mix Outtake)

See notes for "Uncle Remus" on Apostrophe (') (1974).

17. Apostrophe' (Unedited Master/2024 Mix)

See notes for "Apostrophe'" on Apostrophe (') (1974).

18. Uncle Remus (Piano And Vocal Mix 2024)

See notes for "Uncle Remus" on Apostrophe (') (1974).

disc 2

1. Colorado Springs '74 Show Start

Liner notes

Bonus Concert #1:
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Venue unknown—most likely the Civic Auditorium
21 March, 1974

John Busher, August 31, 2024

Just wanted to let you know [...] that the Colorado Springs concert in the forthcoming box is indeed from March 21, 1974 but at the CITY Auditorium (not "Civic" as in the UME press). This is proven by an extant newspaper clipping and by cross-referencing the venue mentioned in it, which still exists (there is no such "Civic").

Al_Fresco, "Next Release: Apostrophe 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe," Zappateers, July 13, 2024

They performed at Springs City Auditorium at 8 pm.

2. Village Of The Sun

3. Echidna's Arf (Of You)

4. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

5. Babbette

6. Approximate

7. Cosmik Debris

Vaultmeister, "Next Release: Apostrophe 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe," Zappateers, September 15, 2024

That is Jeff [Simmons] saying "Hey Bobby" and he is giving a shout out to the body guard Bobby Adams who was on side of stage. He used to be in a doo-wop band.

drdork, "Next Release: Apostrophe 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe," Zappateers, September 16, 2024

Lorenzo "Bobby" Adams sang second tenor in The Calvanes, a doo-wop group from Los Angeles. They put out a few singles in the 1950s. In 2001, with two original members left (Adams and lead singer Herman Pruitt), they put out a new album that's sort of a greatest hits of Los Angeles doo-wop groups, including a few songs that FZ played as a bogus disc jockey or performed or quoted in concert—including the Zappa/Collins composition Memories Of El Monte.

8. Pygmy Twylyte

9. The Idiot Bastard Son

10. Cheepnis

11. Montana

12. Dupree's Paradise Intro

disc 3

1. Dupree's Paradise

2. Is There Anything Good Inside Of You?

3. Florentine Pogen

4. Kung Fu

5. Penguin In Bondage

6. T'Mershi Duween

7. The Dog Breath Variations

8. Uncle Meat

9. RDNZL

10. Medley: King Kong/Chunga's Revenge/Son Of Mr. Green Genes

disc 4

1. Inca Roads

This goes out to Morton Feldman.

See notes on Morton Feldman.

2. Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme)

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
2. Tush Tush Tush	4.02. Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme)
0:00-0:07
0:07-1:36	0:00-1:28

3. Stink-Foot

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
3. Stink-Foot	4.03. Stink-Foot
0:00-6:46	0:00-6:44

4. RDNZL

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
4. RDNZL	4.04. RDNZL
00:00-10:30	00:00-10:28

5. Village Of The Sun

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
5. Village Of The Sun	4.05. Village Of The Sun
0:00-4:44	0:00-4:43

6. Echidna's Arf (Of You)

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
6. Echidna'a Art (Of You)	4.06. Echidna's Arf (Of You)
0:00-1:58	0:00-1:58
	1:58-3:21

7. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
7. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing	4.07. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?
	0:00-5:50
0:00-0:34	5:50-5:62

8. Penguin In Bondage

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
8. Penguin In Bondage	4.08. Penguin In Bondage
0:00-9:34	0:00-9:31

9. T'Mershi Duween

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
9. T'Mershi Duween	4.09. T'Mershi Duween
0:00-3:47	0:00-3:46

10. The Dog Breath Variations

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
10. Dog Meat	4.10. The Dog Breath Variations
0:00-1:36	0:00-1:35

11. Uncle Meat

Dave Wegh, September 14, 2024

On the new release [Joe Travers confirmed that] part of the Dayton "Uncle Meat" is taken from the [November 15, 1974] Buffalo show to fill in a gap.

There are other such fills, but not yet identified.

Sources & edits

1974 11 15 Buffalo NY 80.52 SBD 2nd	1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
9. Dog Meat	10. Dog Meat	4.11. Uncle Meat
0:42-[1:13]		0:00-[0:31]
	[2:08]-3:55	[0:31]-2:18

12. Building A Girl

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
11. Building A Girl	4.12. Building A Girl
0:00-2:46	0:00-2:45
12. Preamble - Tuning
0:00-0:10	2:45-2:55

disc 5

1. Dinah-Moe Humm

Dave Wegh, September 15, 2024

There's an edit IN Dinah-Moe, possibly censorship?

Gourd (Life On The Road Guy) just pointed it out.

Right after Frank says "maybe it would be different if i was David Bowie...arf arf arf..." the following has been edited out:

"Ground control to UNCLE Tom, oh wait that's not right."

Pat Buzby, October 11, 2024

My guess is the edit was to avoid copyright problems about the "Space Oddity" quote.

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
12. Preamble—Tuning	5.01. Dinah-Moe Humm
0:09-0:32	0:00-0:24
0:32-1:12
13. Dinah-Moe Humm
0:00-5:59	0:24-6:22
5:58-6:03
6:03-8:46	6:22-9:04

2. Camarillo Brillo

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
14. Camarillo Brillo	5.02. Camarillo Brillo
0:00-0:16	0:00-0:15
	0:15-4:07

3. Pygmy Twylyte

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
15. Pygmy Twylyte	5.03. Pygmy Twylyte
	0:00-7:24
0:00-2:32	7:24-9:56

4. Room Service

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
15. Pygmy Twylyte	5.04. Room Service
2:32-5:48	0:00-3:15

5. Tush Tush Tush (End Vamp)

Sources & edits

1974 11 20 Dayton OH 68.12 AUD MC	Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024)
16. Tush Tush Tush	5.05. Tush Tush Tush (End Vamp)
0:00-0:33	0:00-0:33
	0:33-1:30

Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition

disc 1

1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow

2. Nanook Rubs It

3. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast

4. Father O'Blivion

5. Cosmik Debris

6. Excentrifugal Forz

7. Apostrophe'

8. Uncle Remus

9. Stink-Foot

10. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (Basic Tracks/Alternate Take)

11. Nanook Rubs It (Basic Tracks/Outtake)

12. Nanook Rubs It (Session Outtake)

13. Cosmik Debris (Basic Tracks—Take 3)

14. Excentrifugal Forz (Mix Outtake)

15. Apostrophe' (Mix Outtake)

16. Uncle Remus (Mix Outtake)

17. Apostrophe' (Unedited Master/2024 Mix)

18. Uncle Remus (Piano And Vocal Mix 2024)

disc 2

1. Colorado Springs '74 Show Start

Liner notes

John Busher, August 31, 2024

Al_Fresco, "Next Release: Apostrophe 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe," Zappateers, July 13, 2024

2. Village Of The Sun

3. Echidna's Arf (Of You)

4. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

5. Babbette

6. Approximate

7. Cosmik Debris

Vaultmeister, "Next Release: Apostrophe 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe," Zappateers, September 15, 2024

drdork, "Next Release: Apostrophe 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe," Zappateers, September 16, 2024

8. Pygmy Twylyte

9. The Idiot Bastard Son

10. Cheepnis

11. Montana

12. Dupree's Paradise Intro

disc 3

1. Dupree's Paradise

2. Is There Anything Good Inside Of You?

3. Florentine Pogen

4. Kung Fu

5. Penguin In Bondage

6. T'Mershi Duween

7. The Dog Breath Variations

8. Uncle Meat

9. RDNZL

10. Medley: King Kong/Chunga's Revenge/Son Of Mr. Green Genes

disc 4

1. Inca Roads

2. Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme)

Sources & edits

3. Stink-Foot

Sources & edits

4. RDNZL

Sources & edits

5. Village Of The Sun

Sources & edits

6. Echidna's Arf (Of You)

Sources & edits

7. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?

Sources & edits

8. Penguin In Bondage

Sources & edits

9. T'Mershi Duween

Sources & edits

10. The Dog Breath Variations

Sources & edits

11. Uncle Meat

Dave Wegh, September 14, 2024

Sources & edits

12. Building A Girl

Sources & edits

disc 5

1. Dinah-Moe Humm

Dave Wegh, September 15, 2024

Pat Buzby, October 11, 2024

Sources & edits

2. Camarillo Brillo