FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Originally released as a single (Verve/MGM VK-10513, 1967), recorded at T.T.G., LA, March 6, 1967
  • same version on Absolutely Free (CD, 1989; 2 LPs, 2017), as Big Leg Emma
  • same version on The Old Masters Box One—Mystery Disc (vinyl version) (1985)
  • same version, mono mix, on Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention (Transparency) (1975)
• BTB I: 'Tis The Season To Be Jelly (1991), as Big Leg Emma, performed in Stockholm, September 30, 1967
• BTB I: The Ark (1991), as Big Leg Emma, performed in Boston, MA, July 8, 1969
• Zappa In New York (LP, 1978), as Big Leg Emma, performed in New York, NY, December 28, 1976, with overdubs from Record Plant, LA, CA, c. April 1977
  • same version on Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2019), as Big Leg Emma
  • same version on Läther (1996), as Big Leg Emma
  • same version, different mix, on Zappa In New York (CD, 1991), as Big Leg Emma
    • same version on Zappa en la Radio (1997)
• Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2019), as Big Leg Emma, performed in New York, NY, December 29, 1976
• Halloween 77 (2017), as Big Leg Emma, performed in New York, NY, October 28, 1977, early show
• Halloween 77 (2017), as Big Leg Emma, performed in New York, NY, October 28, 1977, late show
• Halloween 77 (2017), as Big Leg Emma, performed in New York, NY, October 29, 1977, early show
• Halloween 77 (2017), as Big Leg Emma, performed in New York, NY, October 29, 1977, late show
• Halloween 77 (2017), as Big Leg Emma, performed in New York, NY, October 31, 1977

 

Tour(s) on which song is known to have been performed (main source: FZShows, v. 7.1)

• September-October 1967 (1st MOI European Tour)—known performances: 1
• October 1967-August 1968 (MOI)—known performances: 2
• May-August 1969 (MOI)—known performances: 3
• May 1970 (MOI Reunion)—known performances: 1
• December 1976 (New York)—known performances: 4
• January-February 1977 (Europe)—known performances: 17
• September-December 1977 (North America)—known performances: 25

 

Comments

Foggy G, "The Songs That Were Played," We're Only In It For The Touring

1968: Essentially performed as on "The Ark", from Beat the Boots Volume I. Note that Jimmy Carl Black does the vocal chores there. This song appears solo, and also appears as part five of the ridiculous little medley that appears on "Tis the Season to Be Jelly". The medley consists of "You Didn't Try To Call Me"-> "Petrushka"-> Bristol Stomp"-> "Baby Love"-> Big Leg Emma", and the '68 version is essentially performed as on that Beat the Boots track.

1977: Essentially performed as on ZINY, allowing for obvious differences in instrumentation.