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Andrew's Collection

Frank Zappa   11/23/1973

Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
Source 2nd gen Audience tape (Maxell UD, position I) > Denon DRM-800A > M-Audio Audiophile 2496 > SoundForge 9.0 (level adjustments, speed correction, editing, tracking, patching with Source A material) > Trader's Little Helper (FLAC level 7, ffp)
Media Flac CDR   2 discs
Tech Notes I have both the early and late shows for this date. The text files say it better than I can:

Early show:

"Frank Zappa
Massey Hall
Toronto, ON, Canada
1973 11 23
Early show

~~ From 2nd gen audience tape (full source B) ~~

Almost complete, with patches from source A (Yojimbo MC)


FZShows entry:
1973 11 23 - Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada
Early show
95 min, Aud, B+/B
Also known as Toronto 11 24 and Edmonton 11 26, but this is the correct date.
soundcheck intro, Pygmy Twylyte (incl. Dummy Up), The Idiot Bastard Son, Cheepnis, Inca Roads (incl. Dupree's riff), Penguin In Bondage, T'Mershi Duween, Dog Meat, RDNZL, Montana, improvisations (q: Straight No Chaser, incl. Louie Louie), Dupree's Paradise (q: RDNZL), Mr Green Genes, King Kong, Chunga's Revenge (incl. T'Mershi Duween), Mr Green Genes

This version: 95.33 min, AUD 2nd, B+ mono

Lineage: 2nd gen Audience tape (Maxell UD, position I) > Denon DRM-800A > M-Audio Audiophile 2496 > SoundForge 9.0 (level adjustments, speed correction, editing, tracking, patching with Source A material) > Trader's Little Helper (FLAC level 7, ffp) (610 MB)

Taped by: ??
Transferred by: Yojimbo
Edited by: flambay

Fills from Yojimbo MC ("source A", 95.21 min, AUD MC, B+)

full seed: http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=9003 )

Lineage: Audience master->CDR->EAC->SoundForge (speed correction, editing, patching in fills, tracking)->FLAC Frontend > Soundforge 9: extracting patches, adjust volume levels, merging with main source
Taped by: ??
Transferred by: Yojimbo
Edited by: flambay

The Mothers Of Invention, October - December 1973:

FZ, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Tom Fowler, George Duke, Ruth Underwood,
Bruce Fowler, Ralph Humphrey, Chester Thompson.

Setlist:

01 intros and tune up [4:19] °°° source A (MC) patches {0:00-0:44} and {3:27-3:32}
02 Pygmy Twylyte (incl. Dummy Up) [7:18]
03 The Idiot Bastard Son [2:22]
04 Cheepnis [3:31]
05 Inca Roads preamble [1:23] °°° source A (MC) patch {0:00-0:08}
06 Inca Roads (incl. Dupree's riff) [10:10]
07 Penguin preamble [1:51]
08 Penguin In Bondage [7:24]
09 T'Mershi Duween [1:53]
10 Dog Breath (incl. Dog Breath Variations) [1:43]
11 Uncle Meat [2:28]
12 RDNZL [5:07] °°° tf/source A patch {0:45-0:57}
13 Montana preamble [1:01] °°° source A patch {0:51-end}
14 Montana [6:51] °°° source A patch {0:00-0:04}
15 Dupree's Paradise Pt.1-improvisations (q: Straight No Chaser, incl. Louie Louie) [5:01]
16 Dupree's Paradise Pt.2-theme & solos (q: RDNZL) [16:56]
17 encore break [2:09] °°° source A patches {0:00-1:09} and {1:10-1:11}
18 Mr.Green Genes Medley (incl. King Kong, Chunga's Revenge, q: T'Mershi Duween) [13:58] °°° source A patch {9:40-end}, cut at 12:45

Total Time (patched version) 95.33 min

Unpatched tracks (Yojimbo "B source" only)
in separate subfolder (180 MB):

01 intros and tune up (unpatched) [3:34] °°° cuts in, flaw at 2:46
05 Inca Roads preamble (unpatched) [1:16] °°° cut at 0:01
12 RDNZL (unpatched) [4:59] °°° tf/cut & flaws around 0:47
13 Montana preamble (unpatched) [0:51] °°° cuts at end
14 Montana (unpatched) [6:48] °°° cuts in, start missing
17 encore break (unpatched) [1:01] °°° cuts in, drop out at 0:03
18 Mr.Green Genes Medley (unpatched) [9:42] °°° cuts off, ending missing

Total time (Yojimbo "B source" only) 88.56 min

Note: no patch available for cut in Encore Medley (MC source patch portion)

Credits: Thanks to both tapers (sources A & B)

Enjoy !!

-- Yojimbo & flambay

seeded at www.zappateers.com - Frank's B-Day, December 2009

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samples (Yojimbo 'source B', 2nd gen): http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=17623

full seed (Yojimbo 'source A', MC): http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=9003

ffp:
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 01 intros and tune-up.flac:0244326d55514809b636e5d8e5086fde
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 02 Pygmy Twylyte.flac:9af2cf95dd82ca1862058fa57fc73612
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 03 Idiot Bastard Son.flac:dd42d6b8b0f5693e7259b0d8d9c9bad6
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 04 Cheepnis.flac:e981ed33ecc68b56c9712a481ec253ed
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 05 Inca Roads preamble.flac:834f20eb79a4ea989e85bdc1fc00069e
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 06 Inca Roads.flac:4814200bdeb17c425fd6e351e9efabe8
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 07 Penguin preamble.flac:a59fedf0671520b2128d15d8ad8e3d74
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 08 Penguin In Bondage.flac:085ff697b824dbb106f7535ecd9f9cff
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 09 T'Mershi Duween.flac:7d3b7343efc6308b5848636928690607
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 10 Dog Breath.flac:a4c43b20bd6c7afa0def6001dc30866a
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 11 Uncle Meat.flac:29d0461567ef350fbbc607592d7a4042
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 12 RDNZL.flac:f4194e1b62fce49fffe1f4bd9b33ba46
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 13 Montana preamble.flac:4cd8f20f927c57c3709e8441c8032959
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 14 Montana.flac:f7d0d45032a0b5062aa8be16086956e6
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 15 Dupree's Paradise Pt.1.flac:699a973c6265d7d7e22cdf560476e369
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 16 Dupree's Paradise Pt.2.flac:bde0ff0ec9057625d3b0ec4c2e5b2693
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 17 encore break.flac:2ef3a40b0c1afbffd4e102226c840633
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 18 Mr.Green Genes Medley.flac:66ca48fb8b2eb900c6480fa4a3872f5e

1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 01 intros and tune-up (unpatched).flac:59d967d4d0069acfb104fdb0fa4df4cc
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 05 Inca Roads preamble (unpatched).flac:f494f699808f4f75e9f9fcfda352c98f
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 12 RDNZL (unpatched).flac:c31911830ea33cb5471c97a3bc72504b
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 13 Montana preamble (unpatched).flac:fc01ad462a86b1c44357cfb5469bea41
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 14 Montana (unpatched).flac:1d22b5e47c0ea219312eeb1e6cfa3843
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 17 encore break (unpatched).flac:6aacc079b921b1be4999bd2c83b57852
1973 11 23 (E) Toronto ON - 18 Mr.Green Genes Medley (unpatched).flac:40ab8fa5af8141a3b086e2e16855d6fd"

Late show:

"Frank Zappa
Massey Hall
Toronto, ON, Canada
1973 11 23
Late show

~~ From 2nd gen audience tape ~~

It's too bad only the first 45 min of this show was captured on tape. Like the late show previous night in NYC it's dominated by a long and very entertaining Bebop Tango, and has a rare instrumental Cheepnis.

FZShows entry:

1973 11 23 - Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada
Late show
45 min, Aud, A-/B+
Be-Bop Tango (incl. One-Shot riff, q: Dickie's Such An Asshole, Coquette), Camarillo Brillo, drum solo, Cheepnis (drums & percussion only), Big Swifty, Eat That Question

This version: 45:26 min, Aud, B+

Lineage: 2nd gen Audience tape (Maxell UD, position I) > Denon DRM-800A > M-Audio Audiophile 2496 > SoundForge 9.0 (level adjustments, speed correction, editing, tracking) > Trader's Little Helper (FLAC level 7, ffp)

Taped by: ??
Transferred by: Yojimbo
Edited by: Yojimbo

Setlist:
01 intro
02 Bebop Tango (flaws (mic glitches?) @ 13:08-13:15, cut @ 14:28)
03 Camarillo Brillo
04 The Hook/Bebop Tango finale/drum solo
05 Cheepnis (drums and percussions)
06 Big Swifty

Thanks to Flambay for speed correction advice!

Samples:
This version: http://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=17648

Previous seed, in Bad Sources:
Duween-LudzNLhttp://www.zappateers.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1679"
Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Show: A    Sound: B/+
Owned by Andrew · Last Updated May 23, 2023