FZ album(s) in which song has appeared

• Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Vol. 3 (2010) as Why Don't You Do Me Right? (Demo), recorded at Pal Recording Studio, Cucamonga, January 1963
• Joe's Xmasage (2005) as Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?, recorded at Pal Recording Studio, Cucamonga, summer 1963
  • same version on Paul Buff Presents The Pal And Original Sound Studio Archives, Bonus Rarities Vol. 2 (2011) as "Why Don't You Do Me Right? (Alternate Demo)"
• Originally released (as "Why Don't You Do Me Right") as a single (Verve/MGM VK-10513, 1967), recorded at T.T.G., LA, March 6, 1967
  • same version on Absolutely Free (CD version) (1989) as Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?
  • same version on The Old Masters Box One—Mystery Disc (vinyl version) (1985)
  • same version, mono mix, on Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention (Transparency) (1975)

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

• February-March 1988 (North America) <soundcheck>

Comments

FZ in the liner notes of The Old Masters Box One:

This song was written in '62, and recorded in a primitive version at "STUDIO Z."

Mike Keneally (1988 Was A Million Years Ago)

[Boston, February 19, 1988] At rehearsal we performed "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta", "T'Mershi Duween", "Why Don'tcha Do Me Right", "Brown Moses", "Sinister Footwear", "Sy Borg" and "Token Of My Extreme". "Sy Borg" was one we had never played before, and fortunately I knew the chords, so we were able to do a reasonable version of it and give Frank the overriding feeling that it was a doable song, which is good because it's a very nice song.