Beat the Boots

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Beat the Boots
Box set by Frank Zappa
Released	July 7, 1991
Recorded	Various locations September 30, 1967 – May 21, 1982
Genre	Rock
Length	420:05
Label	Rhino
Producer	???
Professional reviews
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Frank Zappa chronology
Make a Jazz Noise Here (1991) Beat the Boots (1991) Beat the Boots II (1992)

Beat the Boots is a collection of bootleg recordings by Frank Zappa which were originally distributed illegally but were released officially by Rhino Entertainment in 1991. The recordings were available as individual CDs and as an LP or cassette box set. The eight discs included span a fifteen-year period from September 30, 1967 ('Tis the Season to Be Jelly) to May 21, 1982 (two tracks on As an Am).

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 As an Am 1.2 The Ark 1.3 Freaks & Mother*#@%! 1.4 Unmitigated Audacity 1.5 Any Way the Wind Blows 1.5.1 Disc one 1.5.2 Disc two 1.6 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly 1.7 Saarbrücken 1978 1.8 Piquantique 2 Individual album covers 3 External links

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

[edit] As an Am

As an Am features recordings from three separate shows. Track 1 is from May 19, 1981 at Rockline, KLOS-FM, Los Angeles, California; tracks 2 and 3 are from May 21, 1982 at Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany and tracks 4-6 are from October 31, 1981 at The Palladium, New York City.

1. "That Makes Me Mad" – 0:51
2. "Young & Monde" – 11:24
3. "Sharleena" – 9:09
4. "Black Napkins" – 3:58
5. "Black Page #2" – 7:12
6. "The Torture Never Stops" – 11:03

[edit] The Ark

The Ark documents a show at The Ark, Boston, Massachusetts on July 8, 1969.

1. "Intro" – 0:56
2. "Big Leg Emma" – 3:42
3. "Some Ballet Music" – 7:16
4. "Status Back Baby" – 5:48
5. "Valarie" – (Clarence Lewis, Bobby Robinson) – 3:30
6. "My Guitar" – 6:46
7. "Uncle Meat / King Kong (Medley)" – 23:49

[edit] Freaks & Mother*#@%!

Freaks & Mother*#@%! was recorded at Fillmore East, New York City on November 13, 1970. The original bootleg version was called Freaks and Motherfuckers.

1. "Happy Together" – (Gary Bonner, Alan Gordon) – 1:25
2. "Wino Man-with Dr. John Routine" (Zappa, Jeff Simmons) – 7:44
3. "Concentration Moon" – 1:18
4. "Pallidan Routine" – 1:14
5. "Call Any Vegetable" – 8:56
6. "Little House I Used to Live In" – 4:26
7. "Mudshark Variations" – 1:10
8. "Holiday in Berlin" – 3:33
9. "Sleeping in a Jar" – 7:23
10. "Cruising for Burgers" – 2:52

[edit] Unmitigated Audacity

Unmitigated Audacity was recorded at University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana on May 12, 1974.

1. "Dupree's Paradise/It Can't Happen Here" – 3:12
2. "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" – 2:46
3. "You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here" – 2:44
4. "How Could I Be Such a Fool?" – 3:42
5. "Ain't Got No Heart" – 2:20
6. "I'm Not Satisfied" – 2:18
7. "Wowie Zowie" – 3:18
8. "Let's Make the Water Turn Black" – 2:23
9. "Harry, You're a Beast" – 0:53
10. "Oh No" – 8:14
11. "More Trouble Every Day" – 7:53
12. "Louie Louie" – 1:55
13. "Camarillo Brillo" – 5:07

[edit] Any Way the Wind Blows

Any Way the Wind Blows was recorded at Nouvel Hippodrome, Paris on February 24, 1979.

[edit] Disc one

1. "Watermelon in Easter Hay" – 4:27
2. "Dead Girls of London" – 2:38
3. "I Ain't Got No Heart" – 2:11
4. "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" – 7:29
5. "Cosmic Debris" – 4:11
6. "Tryin' to Grow a Chin" – 3:34
7. "City of Tiny Lights" – 9:25
8. "Dancin' Fool" – 3:31
9. "Easy Meat" – 6:40

[edit] Disc two

1. "Jumbo Go Away" – 3:44
2. "Andy" – 5:21
3. "Inca Roads" – 5:42
4. "Florentine Pogen" – 5:26
5. "Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?" – 4:33
6. "Keep It Greasy" – 3:31
7. "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" – 3:24
8. "Another Cheap Aroma" – 2:38 (Correct title: "For the Young Sophisticate")
9. "Wet T-Shirt Night" – 2:29
10. "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?" – 2:38
11. "Peaches En Regalia" – 3:40

[edit] 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly

'Tis the Season to Be Jelly was recorded at Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden on September 30, 1967.

1. "You Didn't Try to Call Me" – 3:12
2. "Petrushka" – 0:52
3. "Bristol Stomp" – 0:45
4. "Baby Love" – 0:47
5. "Big Leg Emma" – 2:09
6. "No Matter What You Do (Tchaikovsky's 6th)" – 2:41
7. "Blue Suede Shoes" – 0:53
8. "Hound Dog" – 0:14
9. "Gee" – 1:52
10. "King Kong" – 14:18
11. "It Can't Happen Here" – 9:18

[edit] Saarbrücken 1978

Saarbrücken 1978 was recorded at Ludwigparkstadion, Saarbrücken, Germany on September 3, 1978.

1. "Dancin' Fool" – 3:42
2. "Easy Meat" – 5:05
3. "Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?" – 4:15
4. "Keep It Greasy" – 3:31
5. "Village of the Sun" – 6:20
6. "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" – 3:45
7. "City of Tiny Lights" – 6:43
8. "Pound for a Brown" – 6:36
9. "Bobby Brown" – 2:56
10. "Conehead" – 3:33
11. "Flakes" – 5:01
12. "Magic Fingers" – 2:30
13. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" – 3:52
14. "Nanook Rubs It" – 1:47
15. "St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast" – 6:42
    • comprising:
      • "Father O'Blivion"
      • "Rollo"
16. "Bamboozled by Love" – 6:45

[edit] Piquantique

Piquantique was recorded at Solliden, Skansen, Stockholm on August 21, 1973, with the exception of track 4, which is taken from a concert at the Roxy, December 1973.

1. "Kung Fu" – 2:12 (includes the opening theme from "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue")
2. "Redunzl" – 4:26
3. "Dupree's Paradise" – 11:25
4. "T'Mershi Duween" – 1:55
5. "Farther O'Blivion" – 20:41 (including themes from the "Steno Pool" section of "The Adventures of Greggary Peccary", "The Be-Bop Tango" and a fast instrumental arrangement of "Cucamonga".)

[edit] Individual album covers

As an Am	The Ark	Freaks & Mother*#@%!	Unmitigated Audacity
Any Way the Wind Blows	'Tis the Season to Be Jelly	Saarbrücken 1978	Piquantique

[edit] External links

• Lyrics:
  • As an Am
  • The Ark
  • Freaks & Mother*#@%!
  • Unmitigated Audacity
  • Any Way the Wind Blows
  • 'Tis the Season to Be Jelly
  • Saarbrücken 1978
  • Piquantique
• Release details

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