FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Absolutely Free (1967), as a three-part suite, including: Call Any Vegetable, Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin, and Soft-Sell Conclusion, recorded at T.T.G., Los Angeles, CA, November 1966
  • same version, as one only song with the solo edited out on Mothermania (1969) as Call Any Vegetable
  • same version, but only "Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin" and "Soft-Sell Conclusion," on The **** Of The Mothers (1969)
  • same version on The Mothers Of Invention (Golden Archive Series)
• Funky Nothingness (2023), "No one will know" 1970/1971 link quoted in Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild (Take 4), recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, March 9, 1970
• Funky Nothingness (2023), "No one will know" 1970/1971 link quoted in Love Will Make Your Mind Go Wild, recorded at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA, March 9, 1970
• The Mothers 1970 (2020), as Call Any Vegetable, performed in Uddel, Netherlands, June 18, 1970
• Road Tapes, Venue #3 (2016), as Call Any Vegetable, performed in Minneapolis, MN, July 5, 1970, early show
• Road Tapes, Venue #3 (2016), as Call Any Vegetable, performed in Minneapolis, MN, July 5, 1970, late show
• The Mothers 1970 (2020), as Call Any Vegetable (Edited), performed in Santa Monica, CA, August 21, 1970, and Spokane, WA, September 17, 1970
• Playground Psychotics (1992), spoken part as Champagne Lecture, performed in 1970
• Zappa—Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2020), as Call Any Vegetable Excerpts, performed in San Francisco, CA, November 6, 1970
• BTB I: Freaks & Motherfu*#@%! (1991), as Call Any Vegetable, performed in New York, NY, November 13, 1970
• The Mothers 1971 (2022), as Call Any Vegetable, performed in Harrisburg, PA, June 3, 1971
• Just Another Band From L.A. (1972), as Call Any Vegetable, performed in Los Angeles, CA, August 7, 1971
• Carnegie Hall (2011), as Call Any Vegetable, performed in New York, NY, October 11, 1971
• BTB II: Swiss Cheese/Fire! (1992) as Call Any Vegetable, performed in Montreux, Switzerland, December 4, 1971

 

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

• November 1968-May 1969 (MOI)—known performances: 2
• May 1970 (MOI Reunion)—known performances: 3
• June-December 1970 (MOI)—known performances: 22
• May-July 1971 (MOI)—known performances: 1
• August-October 1971 (MOI)—known performances: 5
• November-December 1971 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 8
• April-May 1975 (MOI with Captain Beefheart)—known quotations: 1
• February-March 1988 (North America)—known performances: 1 (only rehearsals)

 

Comments

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

1970 Jun-Dec: Essentially performed as on "Freaks and Motherfu*#@%!" from Beat the Boots Volume I, with the standard deviation coming in Frank's solo, and in his post-solo "lecture".

1971: Essentially performed as on JABFLA, with the standard deviation coming in Frank's solo, and in the post-solo "lecture" given by Frank. Like Flo 'n' Eddie's routines, Frank usually caters his speech to the audience, throwing in local references and giving each performance its own flavor. Flo 'n' Eddie's "where can I go?" segment also changes nightly, and typically reflects the locale of the concert.

Structure

sections	Absolutely Free (1967)	Mothermania (1969)	Playground Psychotics (1992)	Road Tapes, Venue #3 (2016)	Road Tapes, Venue #3 (2016)	Just Another Band From L.A. (1972)	Carnagie Hall (2011)
	5. Call Any Vegetable	4. Call Any Vegetable		1.11. Call Any Vegetable	2.10. Call Any Vegetable	2. Call Any Vegetable	1.09. Call Any Vegetable
(ending of "The Duke Regains His Chops")	0:00-0:04
spoken intro	0:04-0:08	0:00-0:03					00:00-00:05
"call any vegetable"	0:08-1:09	0:03-1:04		0:00-2:07	00:00-02:02	0:00-1:56	00:05-02:03
"rutabaga"	1:09-1:20	1:04-1:15		2:07-2:14	02:02-02:09	1:56-2:02	02:03-02:09
"no one will know"	1:20-2:19	1:15-2:15		2:14-3:26	02:09-03:19	2:02-3:12	02:09-03:17
	6. Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin
Invocation theme	0:00-0:08	2:15-2:23		3:26-3:33	03:19-03:26	3:12-3:40	03:17-03:43
Jupiter (Holst)	0:08-0:26	2:23-2:41		3:33-3:54	03:26-03:48
solos	0:26-7:00			3:54-6:00	03:48-08:56	3:40-4:26	03:43-05:03
	7. Soft-Sell Conclusion		2.02. Champagne Lecture
"a lot of people don't bother"	0:00-0:48	2:41-3:29	0:00-4:29	6:00-6:58	08:56-10:21	4:26-6:24	05:03-08:58
Ivesque medley	0:48-0:55	3:29-3:36		6:58-7:04	10:21-10:27	6:24-6:30	08:58-09:06
"call any vegetable"	0:55-1:25	3:36-4:06		7:04-7:40	10:27-11:02	6:30-7:22	09:06-10:36
L'histoire du soldat	1:25-1:32	4:06-4:13		7:40-7:45	11:02-11:08
"what a pumpkin"	1:32-1:40	4:13-4:22		7:45-7:52	11:08-11:14

 

Conceptual Continuity

• Duke Of Prunes
• Plastic People ("A prune is not a vegetable")