12-4-71 FRANK ZAPPA LIVE MONTREUX FAMOUS CASINO FIRE CONCERT 2 PICTURE DISC LPS
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DECEMBER 4TH 1971 - FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION LIVE AT THE CASINO, MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND - SWISS CHEESE AND FIRE - 12" PICTURE DISCS - THIS IS BASICALLY THE ENTIRE CONCERT FROM THE MADE FAMOUS BY THE DEEP PURPLE SONG SMOKE ON THE WATER CONCERT THAT BURNED THE CASINO TO THE GROUND - THE MOTHERS WERE PERFORMING, ON NATURALLY THE LAST SONG DURING DON PRESTON'S SOLO THE MUSIC STOPS AND YOU CAN HEAR FRANK ZAPPA TELLING THE MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE TO CALMLY GO TO THE EXISTS - FUNNY THING IS THAT NOBODY EVER MENTIONS IS THAT THE MOTHERS HAD BEEN SINGING "SHEETS OF FIRE" IN GERMAN ON A PREVIOUS SONG, PRETTY ERIE - SO AS LEGEND HAS IT SOME IDIOT FIRED A FLARE GUN INTO THE CEILING WHICH CAUGHT THE PLACE ON FIRE - NOBODY GOT HURT BUT THE MOTHERS EQUIPMENT GOT DESTROYED SO THEY HAD TO CANCEL A BUNCH OF OTHER SHOWS - WHEN THEY DID FINALLY DID RENT SOME OTHER EQUIPMENT A FEW DAYS LATER TO DO THE 12 10/11 1971 AT THE RAINBOW THEATER IN LONDON, TREVOR HOWELL JUMPED UP ON THE STAGE AND PUSHED FRANK ZAPPA OFF INTO THE ORCHESTRA PIT, ENDING THE TOUR AND THIS BAND. SO FRANK SAT IN A WHEEL CHAIR FOR AROUND 4 MONTHS, LOT HALF AN OCTAVE IN HIS VOICE AND ONE LEG BECAME SHORTER THAN THE OTHER AS HE LATER NOTED IN HIS SONG "DANCIN' FOOL" - DECEMBER 1971 WAS A BAD MONTH FOR FRANK - THESE PICTURE DISCS WERE MADE IN EUROPE IN 1989 OR 1990 AND WERE ORIGINALLY SOLD SEPARATE - HERE YOU CAN GET BOTH OF THEM AND GET THE ENTIRE CONCERT - CHAMELEON RECORDS - 890050-1/2 LP - CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS - OK LARRY?
THE SWISS CHEESE PICTURE DISC SIDE 1 POOTS FORTH: INTRO - PEACHES EN REGALIA.
THE SWISS CHEESE PICTURE DISC SIDE 2 OOZES OUT: TEARS BEGAN TO FALL - SHE PAINTED UP HER FACE - CALL ANY VEGETABLE - ANYWAY THE WIND BLOWS.THE FIRE PICTURE DISC SIDE 1 POOTS FORTH: SOFA NO.1 - EDDY, ARE YOU KIDDING? - STICK IT OUT - KING KONG - WONDERFUL WINO.
THE FIRE PICTURE DISC SIDE 2 OOZES OUT: MAGDALENA - SHARLEENA - CRUISIN' FOR BURGERS - FIRE.
PRETTY NICE LISTENABLE SOUND QUALITY FOR AN EARLY 90'S PICTURE DISCS OF THIS CONCERT MADE FAMOUS BY DEEP PURPLE'S SONG "SMOKE ON THE WATER". SWISS CHEESE IS PART 1 OF THE CONCERT AND FIRE IS PART TWO. IT ENDS IN THE MIDDLE OF DON PRESTON'S SOLO AND FRANK STARTS TELLING THE AUDIENCE TO CALMLY GO TO THE EXISTS. BOTH 12" PICTURE DISCS HAVE CARDBOARD CUT OUT HOLE IN THE FRONT COVERS. LIGHT WEAR AND ONE OF THEM HAS A COUPLE STICKER RESIDUES IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER. BOTH RECORDS COME IN WITH THEIR ORIGINAL HEAVY PLASTIC INNER SLEEVES. BUT WAIT...., THERE'S MORE..., BECAUSE IF YOU BUY BEFORE MIDNITE TONIGHT, I'M GONNA GIVE YEZ A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE FOR EACH ONE ABSOLUTELY FREE. SO WHAT ARE YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?
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CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, STEVE VAI , TIM BUCKLEY , LARRY "WILD MAN" FISCHER , ALICE COOPER PLUS I'VE ADDED MANY OTHER COOL PSYCHEDELIC / HARD ROCK BANDS SUCH AS CAPTAIN BEYOND, BLUE CHEER WITH THE LEGENDARY DICKIE PETERSON, ROOT BOY SLIM AND THE SEX CHANGE BAND, MOUNTAIN WITH THE PORTLY LESLIE WEST AND THE EXTREMELY COOL FELIX PAPPALARDI, KING CRIMSON, JIMI HENDRIX, JETHRO TULL AND OTHERS IN MY E-BAY STORE; SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY WHERE THE MUFFINS ARE ALWAYS FRESH AND JUST MIGHT BE PERSUADED INTO REMOVING THEIR ROSETTAS FOR A GEEZER SUCH AS YOURSELF. THE ADMISSION REMAINS ABSOLUTELY FREE. . SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?
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