Curtis Ensler's Collection
Frank Zappa 05/20/1988
Le Zénith, Paris, France
| Source | AUD |
| Media | CDR 2 discs |
| J-Card Comment | Frank Zappa 20-May 1988, Le Zenith, Paris, France Available Recordings, according JN: 151 min, Aud, A- The Black Page #2, Packard Goose Medley, Any Kind Of Pain, Dupree's Paradise, Inca Roads, Advance Romance, Who Needs The Peace Corps?, The Torture Never Stops Medley, Eat That Question, Black Napkins, Find Her Finer, Big Swifty, Ain't Got No Heart, Sharleena, Peaches En Regalia, Stairway To Heaven, Bolero, Bamboozled By Love, Loops, I Am The Walrus, The Illinois Enema Bandit, Strictly Genteel This copy: 143.18 min, Aud MC, A- (B+ for flawed parts), complete with fills from M and TC source Main Body (script tape MC): Lineage: AUD > ECM 929 LT Sony stereo condenser microphone > Sony Professional Walkman WM D 6 C > maxell XLII90/master > A/D nakamichi/UA-5 USB > wav Audition 1.5 > Soundforge 5: speed corr., glitches removal, editing fills & patches, tracking > FLAV FFE lvl7 w/SBA Taped by: script Transfered by: walk Edited by: flambay M source fill: A-/B+ (very good sound, but mostly "swinging" hiss) Lineage: AUD > ? > cass/? > A/D nakamichi/UA-5 USB > wav Audition 1.5 (raw transfer, tracked only) > shntool > flac frontend (lvl 7, SBE aligned) Taped by: N/A Transfered & Edited by: walk Fill edited by: flambay TC source fills: A/A- Lineage: Aud > ? > cass/1st > A/D ? > wav ? > CDR > EAC secure mode > Audition 1.5 (retracked and inserts only) > shntool > flac frontend (lvl 7, SBE aligned) Taped by: N/A Transfered & Edited by: walk Fills edited by: flambay Frank Zappa's Band: Paul Carman - alto saxophone Walt Fowler - trumpet Bruce Fowler - trombone Mike Keneally - guitar, keyboards, vocals Ed Mann - percussion Robert Martin (Bobby) - keyboards, vocals Kurt McGettrick - baritone saxophone Scott Thunes - bass Chad Wackerman - drums Ike Willis - guitar, vocals Albert Wing - tenor saxophone Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals Setlist: disc 1 00 crowd & mic noises [0:48] 01 The Black Page #2~Intro [8:01] 02 Packard Goose Medley [7:22] 03 Any Kind Of Pain [5:37] 04 Dupree's Paradise [5:03] 05 Inca Roads [9:36] 06 Advance Romance [6:40] 07 Who Needs The Peace Corps [3:19] 08 The Torture Never Stops Medley [17:12] °°° tf TC patched - see below °°° intermission °°° cut M patched - see below 09 Eat That Question [1:46] 10 Black Napkins [6:46] disc 2 11 Find Her Finer [2:38] 12 Big Swifty (q:April in Paris) [12:41] 13 Ain't Got No Heart [1:59] 14 Sharleena [7:41] °°° tf & flaw TC patched - see below 15 Peaches En Regalia [2:46] 16 Stairway To Heaven [9:38] ---> encore 17 Bolero [5:23] 18 Bamboozled By Love [6:50] ---> 2nd encore 19 Loops [3:00] 20 I Am The Walrus [3:31] 21 The Illinois Enema Bandit [8:05] ---> 3rd encore 22 Strictly Genteel [6:56] Notes: Last Time played: Strictly Genteel (FZ) secret word: shellfish abbreviations: tf = tapeflip [ = cut at the end ] = cut at the beginning ~ = fading in/out or connects two or more tracks played like one (medley) -IC = incomplete & = added from dif source, complete or partly °°° = notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- flambay notes on flaws, cuts & patches: 05 Inca Roads 06 Advance Romance °°° these 2 tracks occasionnally have audible rumbling problems. 08 The Torture Never Stops °°° tf/flaw patched with TC source material {0,14-0.23}; °°° intermission cut (no music missing) partially filled with M source {16.07-26} ("Did you have a nice intermission? - OK ..."); 13 Ain't Got No Heart/14 Sharleena °°° tf: cross fade into TC source at end of 13, 14 Sharleena °°° {0.00-0.26} tf/flaws replaced by TC source material, {0.26-3.30} & {4.55-5.05} tape damaged --> flaws in high end over several spots in first part of track 16 Stairway To Heaven °°° @ 9.11 cut in applause to encore, no music missing; 18 Bamboozled By Love °°° @ 6.38 cut in applause to 2nd encore, no music missing; 22 Strictly Genteel °°° weak left channel, mostly mixed over with right channel (50-50), turning back to normal towards end of song. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- credits: Thanks to script for the mastertapes. Thanks to walk for his relentless efforts in getting the script tapes digitally transfered the best possible way !! Thanks to M and TC for the filler material. Brought to you by script & walk & flambay. Enjoy !!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special note by script: Paris 1988 In the late ´80s I was starting as a freelance-journalist and by chance I met Angie, an old english friend, at the Zappa-Show in Dortmund. She was working with the Zappa-crew and told me that, if I would like to see another show, she could organize tickets for me. Cool. A couple of days later, 3 or 4 days before Paris, I came in contact with a former german musician in a local pub. He was not a musician anymore. He was delivering international newspapers. His tour was going from Cologne via Brussels to... Paris. My chance!! Thats how I came to Paris. In Paris I went straight to the Zenith, hours before the show. Angie gave me an invitation-ticket and I was in! Because I had nothing else to do I was "crusing" around the venue, when suddenly some journalists were walking towards the hall. I thought "why not?" and followed them... right into the Frank Zappa press conference! Cool. And then Frank himself came in and was taking his seat 2 rows in front of me, to answer the questions of the journalists. Of course I did take my chance and asked 3 or 4 questions, for instance, if he might think of playing with Ruth Underwood again (after the reunion with the Fowler-Brothers...) Frank said, that he was still in contact with Ruth but that she was married and had children and therefore it was never an idea for him or Ruth to come with him on tour. That was my little nice tiny conversation with Frank Zappa. After that there was a photo-shooting ... and for hours I am looking now for the few pics I took. I will find them, thats for sure... and then I will post them here. Promised. The Paris ´88 concert was a highlight. Have fun. And a very big Thank You to walk and flambay for converting my old tapes into this seed. |
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· Last Updated May 23, 2023
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