FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (2023) as X-Forts (Echidna's Arf (Of You)), recorded at Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA, March 20, 1973
• Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition (2023) as part of Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, performed in Los Angeles, CA, March 23, 1973
• Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), and quoted in Dupree's Paradise, performed in Helsinki, Finland, August 24, 1973
• Halloween 73 (2019), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Chicago, IL, October 31, 1973, early show
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Los Angeles, CA, December 8, 1973
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Los Angeles, CA, December 9, 1973, late show
  • same performance on Roxy By Proxy (2014) as Echidna's Arf (Of You)
  • parts of the same performance on Roxy—The Movie (2015) as part of Echidna's Arf (Of You)
    • same version on Roxy—The Soundtrack (2015) as Echidna's Arf (Of You)
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Los Angeles, CA, December 10, 1973, late show
  • same performance on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) as Echidna's Arf (Of You)
    • same version on Zappa Picks by Larry LaLonde of Primus (2002)
  • parts of the same performance on Roxy—The Movie (2015) as part of Echidna's Arf (Of You)
    • same version on Roxy—The Soundtrack (2015) as Echidna's Arf (Of You)
• The Roxy Performances (2018), quoted in Tuning And Studio Chatter, recorded at Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA, December 12, 1973
• The Roxy Performances (2018), as Echidna's Arf (Of You)—In Session, recorded at Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA, December 12, 1973
• Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Colorado Springs, CO, March 21, 1974
• Cheaper Than Cheep—The Movie (2025), as Echidna's Arf (Of You)—Incomplete, performed in Los Angeles, CA, June 21, 1974
• You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2 (1988), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Helsinki, Finland, September 22-23, 1974
• Zappa/Erie (2022), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Erie, PA, November 12, 1974
• Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition (2024), as Echidna's Arf (Of You), performed in Dayton, OH, November 20, 1974
• Bongo Fury 50th Anniversary Edition (2026), as Echidna's Arf (Of You)/Terry's Solo, performed in Austin, TX, May 20, 1975

 

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

• June-July 1973 (MOI Pacific Tour)—known quotations: 1
• August-September 1973 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 14
• October-December 1973 (MOI)—known performances: 11
• February-March 1974 (MOI)—known performances: 4
• June-August 1974 (MOI)—known performances: 4
• September-October 1974 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 7
• October-December 1974 (MOI)—known performances: 13
• April-May 1975 (MOI with Captain Beefheart)—known performances: 11
• October-December 1984 (North America)—known quotations: 2
• February-March 1988 (North America)—known quotations: 1
• April-June 1988 (Europe)—known quotations: 1

 

Comments

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

1973 Feb-Sep: Referred to as "Excentrifugal Forz" at this early stage in its career, this is one of those Frank classics that emerges on the scene fully developed and damn near perfect from the start. It is essentially performed as on "Roxy and Elsewhere", accounting for obvious differences in instrumentation. The early performances are somewhat rickety and do not flow as nicely as they eventually would, but by the end of the tour the band sounds completely comfortable with this tune.

1973 Oct-Dec: Essentially performed as on "Roxy and Elsewhere".

1974 Feb-Mar: Essentially performed as on "Roxy and Elsewhere", acounting for the obvious differences in instrumentation.

1974 Jul-Dec: Played as on YCDTOSA Volume II. Essentially the same nightly

1975: This song is not performed in its entirety. Instead, the closing section is frequently used as a segue from "Poofter's Froth" into the following song.