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Curtis Ensler's Collection

Frank Zappa   09/07/1984

Voorst National Hal, Bruxelles, Belgium
Media CDR   2 discs
J-Card Comment 1984 09 07 Brussel 101.57 Aud (Chunga's Revenge)

Including file with fingerprints and including original ticket and some pictures of this show.
Complete concert: every second of music is here!

101.57 is including a total of 02.14 Audience, so the music is exactly 99.45. JN's 105 min seems too much, that must include
more Audience before and after the show.

From FZ Shows:
07 Sept 1984, Vorst Nationaal, Brussel/Bruxelles, Belgium
105 min, Aud, B
Chunga's Revenge, More Trouble Every Day, Penguin In Bondage, Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel, I'm The Slime,
City Of Tiny Lights, You Are What You Is, Mudd Club, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Advance Romance, He's So Gay,
Bobby Brown, Keep It Greasey, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Ride My Face To Chicago, Let's Move To Cleveland,
Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Cosmik Debris, Filthy Habits, Whipping Post

History:
More than 20 years ago I made a copy of the Brussel tapes from a friend who got it in a trade. So I'm not sure which
gen this is (2nd?). The sound quality is B or B+ I think.

The Concert:
With some friends we went by train from the north of Holland all the way down to Brussel. We walked and walked
through the city and finally got to the right place, in time to get in and go right away to the stage in front
of the place were FZ should be appear later on.
The show was more than I dreamed of before. We had a good time winking and gesturing with Frank and yelling after his solo's.
There was a lot of energy in the songs and while slinging and swinging with the doll, the head of Honey was almost cut off.
Also there were a lot of guitar solo's, allready six in the first six songs, and for the first time in my life I heard Muffin' Man
and Filthy Habits live, both old favorites, and here the finishing touch of this nice show, both guitar blowin' versions.
As always it was amazing how FZ manages to really see you and answers winks and gestures.

Lineage:
It's raw from my tape. The only things I changed is volume (corrections to get it more equal over all and after that normalize)
and speed (19 t/m 21 +10 cts and 22 t/m 25 -30 cts).
I just missed a bit of the end of Meek an the beginning of Advance. Yojimbo provided a fill for this: it is from a different source and
more muffled sounding. I used 35 seconds of this fill.
There are also a few seconds muffled sound in the middle of The Meek and at the beginning of He's So Gay.
I made a fade out/in in the middle in Audience before 1st Encores and also in Audience before 2nd Encores, where original tf's occured.
Tape TDK SA90 Aud played with Nakamichi CR-1E 2-Head deck > SoundForge 6.0 recording wav.file > SoundForge 6.0 volume and speed
corrections > SForge 6.0 fit in fill, correcting tf's and tracking > Flac Frontend level 8 flac.files

Credits:
Source: Aud
Concert recorded: Unknown, thanks a lot wherever you are!
Speed correction advices: flambay
Fill: Yojimbo
Transferred and Edited: Chunga's Revenge

Frank Zappa's Band 1984 European Tour:
Allan Zavod - keyboards
Robert Martin - keyboards, tenor saxophone, vocals
Scott Thunes - bass, vocals
Ike Willis - guitar, vocals
Chad Wackerman - drums
Ray White - guitar, vocals
Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals

Songlist for tonight, the first concert of the 1984 European Tour:
01 Audience
02 Chunga's Revenge ----> introduction
03 More Trouble Every Day
04 Penguin In Bondage
05 Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
06 I'm The Slime
07 City Of Tiny Lights
08 You Are What You Is
09 Mudd Club
10 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
ooo fill of 35 seconds at very end Meek/and at very beginning Advance
11 Advance Romance
12 He's So Gay
13 Bobby Brown
14 Keep It Greasey
15 Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
16 Ride My Face To Chicago
17 Let's Move To Cleveland (Kreegah Bondola)
18 Audience ooo fade out/in ----> 1st Encores
19 Camarillo Brillo
20 Muffin Man
21 Cosmik Debris
22 Audience ooo fade out/in ----> 2nd Encores
23 Filthy Habits
24 Whipping Post
25 Audience

Secret word of tonight: waffle(s)
Trades Allowed Yes
Owned by Curtis Ensler · Last Updated May 23, 2023