Frank Zappa & The Mothers (featuring Captain Beefheart) - Bongo Fury in El Paso [1975]

Aqui temos a apresentação de Zappa & Beefheart realizada no County Coliseum, em El Paso, Texas-EUA, em 23 de Maio, de 1975, juntamente com o The Mothers, então integrado por: Denny Walley, Tom Fowler, Terry Bozzio, Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Bruce Fowler e mais Jimmy Carl Black como convidado especial, cantando duas antigas canções “You're So Fine” and "Those Lonely, Lonely Nights" originalmente gravadas por The Falcons e Earl King, respectivamente. "Those Lonely, Lonely Nights" ganharia mais tarde uma versão de Johnny "Guitar" Watson. O show no County Coliseum vai até a música “Florentine Pogen". A partir daí, a origem das faixas passa a variar entre gravações de estúdio e ao vivo. “200 Years Old” é um outtake daquela lançada oficialmente no disco Bongo Fury (1975), que durava apenas 4m:32s, aqui ela tem 08m:06s. ReDuNZL, também é um outtake, sendo vinte segundos mais longa que a lançada oficialmente em Lost Episodes (1996). O áudio poderia ser melhor, mas também não é ruim, afinal trata-se de um bootleg raro que registra um momento que merece ser compartilhado. Mais detalhes sobre as músicas no texto em inglês.

Frank Zappa & The Mothers (featuring Captain Beefheart) - Bongo Fury in El Paso

Tracks 1-17 are recorded live at the County Coliseum, El Paso, May 23, 1975. The band was: FZ, Denny Walley, Captain Beefheart, Tom Fowler, Terry Bozzio, Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Bruce Fowler and a plus special guest: Jimmy Carl Black. He sing the oldies “You're So Fine” and "Those Lonely, Lonely Nights"originally recorded by The Falcons and Earl King. The last one was covered later by Johnny "Guitar" Watson. It was written by Earl King or his manager, John Vincent, depending on which credit you believe.
Tracks 18-29 are bonus tracks. Track 18 is the unedited version of the track that's on Bongo Fury, clocking in at around 8 minutes instead of 04:31. What has been cut out on Bongo Fury is 39 seconds just before the guitar solo (a slide solo by Denny Walley), 2 minutes and 43 seconds just after the guitar solo (effectively a piano solo and one verse), and 2 seconds of the fade-out. It also appears on Chronicle and on An Evening with ... Frank Zappa & Captain Beefheart.
Track 19 is recorded live in a studio in 1975, with Zappa strumming chords and Beefheart singing (barely audible).
Track 20 is a longer edit of the Lost Episodes version - some 22 seconds longer.
Tracks 21-24 were previously thought to be live at the Music Hall, Boston, April 27, 1975 (early show).
Tracks 25-29 live in William Patterson College, Wayne, NJ, November 11, 1973 (early show), with Irma Coffee on guest vocals.
1973 musicians: Frank Zappa, Ruth Underwood, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Ralph Humphrey, Chester Thompson, Tom Fowler, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler and George Duke plus special guest Irma Coffee.