FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• We're Only In It For The Money (1968), as Who Needs The Peace Corps?, basic tracks recorded at T.T.G. Studios, Los Angeles, CA, March 6, 1967 (as "Fillmore"); overdubs from Mayfair and Apostolic Studios, New York, NY, July-October 1967
  • same version on The Mothers Of Invention (Golden Archive Series)
  • same version on Pregnant (1972)
  • same version on Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention (Transparency) (1975)
  • same version on Mothermania (Spanish edition, 1974)
  • same version, mono mix, on The Lumpy Money Project/Object (2009), as Who Needs The Peace Corps?
  • same version, 1984 remix with overdubs, on The Lumpy Money Project/Object (2009). as Who Needs The Peace Corps?
    • same version on Understanding America (2012), as Who Needs The Peace Corps?
  • same version, instrumental mix, on The Lumpy Money Project/Object (2009), as Who Needs The Peace Corps? (Instrumental)
• BTB I: 'Tis The Season To Be Jelly (1991), quoted in Gee, performed in Stockholm, Sweden, September 30, 1967
• Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary (2019), quoted in Bogus Pomp, performed at Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, September 18, 1975
• Orchestral Favorites (1979), quoted in Bogus Pomp, recorded at Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, September 17-19, 1975
  • same version on Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary (2019), as Bogus Pomp
• London Symphony Orchestra Vol. II (1987), quoted in Bogus Pomp, recorded at Twickenham Studio, London, UK, January 12-14, 1983
• Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show (2021), as Who Needs The Peace Corps?, performed in Uniondale, NY, March 25, 1988
• The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (1991), as Who Needs The Peace Corps?, performed in Würzburg, Germany, April 22, 1988; Munich, Germany, May 9, 1988

 

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

• May 1970 (MOI Reunion)—known performances: 3
• October-December 1974 (MOI)—known quotations: 3
• February-March 1988 (North America)—known performances: 19; known quotations: 1
• April-June 1988 (Europe)—known performances: 12

 

Comments

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

1970 (Jun-Dec): Only performed once on this tour, and I personally have yet to hear it. Anybody out there coherent enough who remembers hearing this and can fill us all in, while we take care of our hair?

1988: Essentially performed as on TBBYNHIYL, with its companion piece "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" always present.

 

Conceptual Continuity

• Lumpy Gravy ("the pony's mane starts to get good in the back")
• Flower Punk
• The Big Surfer ("an all expense paid trip as the first members of the Peace Corp to be sent to . . . ")

Crabs/The Clap:

• Groupie Bang Bang
• Our Bizarre Relationship
• Road Ladies
• The Clap
• What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning?
• Dinah-Moe Humm
• Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?