Original version(s)

• Premiered by The Bizarre World Of Frank Zappa at The Sage, Gateshead, UK, May 11, 2019.

 

FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• none

 

Comments

yetanother, "The Return Of The Edited . . . Frank Zappa Back On The Road! The Hologram Tour," Zappateers, May 13, 2019

The Gateshead show from two days ago, uploaded on Dime, included another previously unheard, unidentified instrumental (preceded by a prerecorded electroacoustic vignette, similarly to "Number 2" in previous concerts). Any ideas what this is? Another one of the 1978 "insertion units"?

number1823, "The Return Of The Edited . . . Frank Zappa Back On The Road! The Hologram Tour," Zappateers, May 13, 2019

I just saw that a user at dime posted the following . . . "FYI. The Instrumental, track 201, is titled 'Van Moldred'. They are alternating this composition with the one entitled '#2.' Got this info from Keneally."

arf, "The Return Of The Edited . . . Frank Zappa Back On The Road! The Hologram Tour," Zappateers, May 13, 2019

It seems related to 200 Motels.

pbuzby, "The Return Of The Edited . . . Frank Zappa Back On The Road! The Hologram Tour," Zappateers, May 14, 2019

On first listen it sounded to me like a CPIII era sketch played by a live band, but there is one theme that appears more than once that reminds me of "This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich."

The Title

• See also notes for "Moldred" on Funky Nothingness (2023).

TFEC, "The Return Of The Edited . . . Frank Zappa Back On The Road! The Hologram Tour," Zappateers, May 13, 2019

FZ mentions the title "Mouldred" in the Society Pages interview from 1989.

FZ, interviewed by Den Simms, Eric Buxton and Ron Samler, Society Pages, June 1990

RS: Did you ever find a name for Mouldred, or a place to use that name?

FZ: Mouldred? Not yet.

DS: You've been toying with that one for a while, huh?

FZ: Yeah, well, y'know. They come, they go . . .