LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• 6x 180g orange coloured vinyl in printed inner sleeves, with 12 page booklet, packed into a hand numbered slimline box
• Collection of five incredible performances, live from Sweden, Netherlands, United Kingdom and France, 1967 - 1970
• Includes the entire Sveriges radio, VPRO, BBC-TV and Radio France Broadcasts
• Pressed on 180g orange coloured vinyl
• Exclusive printed inner sleeves
• 12 page full colour large format booklet
• Informative liner notes
• Archival imagery
• Housed in a hand numbered slimline box

Frank Zappa, live in Europe 1967 – 1970

When Freak Out! landed on the shores of Europe, Frank Zappa and the Mothers had found their second home. Freak Out! enjoyed far greater success in Europe than America initially and when he announced European tour dates, it became a rallying call to his devout followers of the continental counterculture. From his first Scandinavian venture in the Konserthuset in Stockholm, Sweden with extended and exclusive renditions from Freak Out! to his second European tour with performances from Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Theatre De L’Olympia in Paris and a session for the BBC in London, England, Zappa’s creativity, diversity, innovation and subversive style was parallel with the complex and compelling nature of his work. His return to Holland in 1970 with a changed Mothers line-up brings portions of his then latest album Chunga’s Revenge to a delighted audience and a rapturous reception.

Rox Vox proudly presents, five classic live performances by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention across Europe from 1967 to 1970. Captured through TV and radio broadcasts on his first ever European tours with a wealth of material from both Zappa and the Mothers respective catalogs and more. Superb, professionally, remastered original broadcasts with background liners and timeline photos.

Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden 30th September 1967 Sveriges Radio

Side One

1. You Didn’t Try To Call Me 3.10

2. Petrushka 1.00

3. Bristol Stomp 0.46

4. Baby Love 0.48

5. Big Leg Emma 2.11

6. No Matter What You Do 2.33

7. Blue Suede Shoes 1.05

8. Hound Dog 0.16

9. Gee 1.53

Side Two

1. King Kong 17.54

2. It Can’t Happen Here 6.26

LP2 and 3

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands 20th October 1968 VPRO

Side One

1.    Jam > Smoke Gets In Your Eyes) 16.48

Side Two

1.    Drum Solo 6.53

2.    Help I’m A Rock 10.02

Side Three

1.    Transylvania Boogie 16.11

Side Four

1.    Dog Breath 12.48

2.    The String Quartet 2.17

3.    Gas Mask 8.07

4.    Orange County Lumber Truck Medley 3.03

LP4

‘Late Night Line-Up’ BBC Studios, London, England 23rd October 1968 BBC-TV

Side One

1.    Introduction 1.52

2.    Improvisations 2.56

3.    Jam 6.34

4.    Oh In The Sky 2.33

Side Two

1.    King Kong 20.41

LP5

Theatre De L’Olympia, Paris, France 26th October 1968 Radio France

Side One

1.    Improvisations 4.16

2.    King Kong 23.30

Side Two

1.    Plastic People 6.48

2.    Preamble 2.09

3.    Hungry Freaks, Daddy 5.31

4.    Son Of Mr. Green Genes 7.34

LP6

The 'Piknik' Show, Uddel, Netherlands, 18th June 1970 VPRO

Side One

1.    Interview - Band Intro 5.37

2.    Wonderful Wino 4.51

3.    Concentration Moon 2.26

4.    Mom & Dad 3.12

5.    The Air 3.16

6.    Dog Breath 2.08

7.    Mother People 2.08

Side Two

1.    You Didn't Try To Call Me 5.00

2.    Call Any Vegetable 7.18

3.    King Kong 3.54

4.    Igor's Boogie 1.16

5.    King Kong Part 2 7.39