FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Freak Out! (1966), as It Can't Happen Here, recorded at T.T.G., LA, March 12, 1966
  • same version (original vinyl mix) on The MOFO Project/Object (fazedooh) (2006) and The MOFO Project/Object (2006)
  • same version (CD remix) on Zappa Picks by Jon Fishman of Phish (2002)
  • same version, different edit, released as a single (Verve/MGM VK-10418, 1966)
  • same version, different edit, on Mothermania (1969), as It Can't Happen Here
    • same version on The MOFO Project/Object (2006), as It Can't Happen Here (Mothermania Version)
  • same version, 1970 remix, on The MOFO Project/Object (fazedooh) (2006), as It Can't Happen Here (1970 FZ Remix)
  • same version, shorter edit, on Understanding America (2012), as It Can't Happen Here
    • parts of the same version heard in Porn Wars Deluxe on Understanding America (2012)
• BTB I: 'Tis The Season To Be Jelly (1991), as It Can't Happen Here, performed in Stockholm, September 30, 1967
• Road Tapes, Venue #3 (2016), as It Can't Happen Here, performed in Minneapolis, MN, July 5, 1970
• Zappa/Erie (2022), as It Can't Happen Here, performed in Edinboro, PA, May 8, 1974
• BTB I: Unmitigated Audacity (1991), as It Can't Happen Here, performed in South Bend, IN, May 12, 1974
• Joe's Menage (2008), quoted in What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, performed in Williamsburg, VA, November 1, 1975
• Zappa In New York (LP, 1978), quoted in The Illinois Enema Bandit, performed in New York, NY, December 29, 1976, with overdubs from Record Plant, LA, CA, c. April 1977
  • same version on Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2019), as The Illinois Enema Bandit
  • same version on Läther (1996), as The Legend Of Ohe Illinois Enema Bandit
  • same version, different mix, on Zappa In New York (CD, 1991), as The Illinois Enema Bandit

 

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
• June-December 1970 (MOI)—known performances: 2
• August-October 1971 (MOI)—known quotations: 2
• April-May 1974 (MOI 10th Anniversary Tour)—known performances: 7
• September-October 1974 (MOI European Tour)—known performances: 1
• September-December 1975 (MOI)—known quotations: 1
• December 1976 (New York)—known quotations: 1
• May-July 1980 (Europe)—known quotations: 1

 

Comments

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

1970: Though he claimed it couldn't, it did- once- and I have yet to hear it. Has anyone? Don't worry- you're safe.

1971: But it did. And I have yet to hear it. But don't worry, we're safe.

1974 (May): Essentially performed as on "Unmitigated Audacity", with the standard deviation coming in Frank's slightly improvised vocals.

 

Conceptual Continuity

• Brown Shoes Don't Make It ("TV dinner by the pool")
• Suzy Creamcheese