Original version(s)

• Originally released by The Velveteens (Emmy E 1005, September 1960)
  • same version appears on Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 1 (2010)

 

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle (2006), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in Sydney, Australia, January 20, 1976
• Philly '76 (2009), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in Philadelphia, PA, October 29, 1976
• Zappa/Erie (2022), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in Erie, PA, November 12, 1976
• Läther (1996), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed January or February 1977
• Halloween 77 (2017), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in New York, NY, October 28, 1977, early show
• Halloween 77 (2017), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in New York, NY, October 28, 1977, late show
• Halloween 77 (2017), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in New York, NY, October 29, 1977, early show
• Halloween 77 (2017), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in New York, NY, October 29, 1977, late show
• Halloween 77 (2017), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in New York, NY, October 30, 1977
• Halloween 77 (2017), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in New York, NY, October 31, 1977
  • same version on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992), as Tryin' To Grow A Chin
• Sheik Yerbouti (1979), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in London, UK, January or February 1978 (with overdubs)
• Hammersmith Odeon (2010), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in London, UK, February 28, 1978
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 (1988), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in London, UK, February 18, 1979
• BTB I: Anyway The Wind Blows (1991), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in Paris, France, February 24, 1979
• Halloween 81 (2020), quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin, performed in New York, NY, October 31, 1981, late show

 

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

Always quoted in Tryin' To Grow A Chin.

• January-March 1976 (MOI Pacific & European Tour)
• October-November 1976 (North America)
• January-February 1977 (Europe)
• September-December 1977 (North America)
• January-February 1978 (Europe)
• February-April 1979 (Europe)
• September-December 1981 (North America)