I was at this show, 13th row, your Uncle Ray was front and center, a great talent, he created tons of fun onstage and as you can hear in King Kong, vocalizing like an instrument, he was brilliant /awesome in action.He was tossing around a cabbage with Motorhead during "Call any Vegetable" with unexpected hilarious results Frank's later band incarnations held little interest for me after seeing them perform this , the original guys were not only the best line up, but the level of what they were doing was sensational. They WERE the mothers as far as i was concerned, the Burnt Weeny Sandwich medley was the best thing I ever saw them do, the later stuff with K &V didnt do it for me, real silly, i felt Frank was a fuck for cutting those guys out, it was their music too, when they were gone, IT WAS OVER FOR ME Be proud of your uncle, he was a wonderful man.I feel profoundly fortunate to have caught this, the last moments of the original concept. I was 15 when i saw this, took me 47 years to finally hear it again,It was worth the wait
I was 17 and at this show. It was the first time I saw the great Aynsley Dunbar. I remember Anysley and Billy Mundi starting a drum solo together and then Anysley taking over to solo. I even remember Anysley playing Hayman drums. A great band, and a great show.
I didn't start seeing Frank until around 1976 and so missed seeing Dunbar with him--alas! He of course was still a monster drumming with the early Journey at that time (where I saw him several times), but it was far from the same thing. I even got to shake his hand at a signing and make a remark about Frank having realized his commercial potential at last. He ACTED like he thought it was funny, anyway. I was 15 or 16 then--whaddaya gonna do?
Oh yeah, i was at this show, it was called "Excerpts from 200 Motels"... a warm up set prior to the thing he did with Zubin Mehta. I'll never forget those fucking pants he was wearing !!! This was hard core Zappa, at the "Hot Rats" moment, listen to chungas revenge on here, a fantastic show, music to burn. This was the final gasp of the old Mothers. The Kaylan/Volman lineup came next, it just wasn't the same.The Burnt Weeny Sandwich medley is fantastic, was the best stuff i ever saw them do, . I was a few weeks away from my 15th birthday, got home from the show at 4AM, , Im 60 now, had to wait 46 years to hear this, outlived the 2 friends who I attended it with.
As I recall, the ushers presented him with something. When he unwrapped it, he shared that they had given him a bottle of Romilar (the codeine kind). Frank was suitably touched...
Wonderful concert with a great line up, a part of the fantastic "old Mothers" feat. the "next generation" wit Aynsley and Jeff. I adore the beautiful variations of Zappa's compositions in that show. Very unique!
Whoa, whoa, whoa...I never knew this line-up existed. I didn't realize so many of the original Mothers performed with Frank at all in '70. In March 1970, Frank did some shows with personnel from the Hot Rats sessions, so I assumed guys like Collins and Mundi were gone for good in '69.
14 years old and this was my first concert ever. Went to the late show. Left an indelible mark on my musical psyche that carries on to this day. Went back in September and by then he was playing with Flo and Eddie. Zappa’s guitar work was amazing.
Michael Case, you had to see the 1969 show. I saw this one, and the other bands on the bill were Sea Train (the post-Blues Project, not 13 Questions, lineup) and Insect Trust. Frank & Co. were incredible. I was really glad I got to see the original Mothers before they broke up. This was the same day I purchased my copy of Uncle Meat. A million thanks for posting this.
neek49 Billy was a real gentleman. We (The Grandmothers) have been guests at his house during our 2000 US tour. Neither Zappa nor music were mentioned during the whole weekend.
I'm FZ & Mothers fan going back to Freak Out Album when I was 13 in 1966. I saw the album cover and knew that the album belonged in my collection. The cover was like FZ himself; pure genius. Thanks for sharing this recording of that genius with us.
First time hearing about this line up. So happy to hear the crowd's enthusiasm during the introductions - which tells me there was a room full of serious fans at the Fillmore by 1970. And...... this is a great audience recording from such a time as 1970. Thank you to whoever had the sense to go through whatever it took to record this - may you ever receive blessings for your effort.
I had the fantastic distinction of seeing FZ 5-6 times. I was enthralled with his unordinary way he ran the band and the fact his humor offset the music. Regardless, FZ started Dinah Moe Humm some 3-4 times one particular evening. The song was started these numerous times and he kept stopping the band, until someone in the band got it completely right to proceed with the entire song...either to entertain the audience who he said are so in tune to each precise note they demand it to be perfect! This appears to be his way set his band apart from the other rock n roll bands or his just liked to phuck around. Typical Frank and either way it makes him my favorite entertainer, rock god or dictator en regalia! I can still play his music and never be bored. No one like the man FZ. Too bad he was taken from us so early. I would love to see how he would have interpreted this crazy world nowadays.
The FIRST concert I ever attended was at the Fillmore East in NYC - and I think it was this one, or one 6 months earlier in late 1969. The Mothers headlined, Jesse Colin Young and the Youngbloods opened and Chicago (Transit Authority) was 2nd on the bill. There was so much smoke in the air you could choke! When the concert filed out, people were crashing empty wine and beer bottles onto a 3 foot high pile INSIDE the lobby entrance - a Fillmore ritual that was quite routine then.
Again, the goosebumps. Thank the maker there's so much recorded/archived, or I simply wouldn't believe shows like this are possible. I have been to the Fillmore, which is a Disneylandified museum more than it is a music venue. I have played in over 20 bands. I have collected "antique" electric guitars and amplifiers, but never in my life have I witnessed something as raw and visceral as a good show from back then, the absolute apex of so much great music.
wow, thank you so much for sharing/uploading. Amazing to listen to this very unique arrangement. Especial the Who needs the peace corps without words/lyrics / instrumental is interesting.
Was also at this show at age 18. Sea Train and Insect Trust opened. Still have the program. Think he just put this group together for gigs at the two Fillmores.
I've always been so used to thinking of a strict separation between the "horns band" and the "guitar bands" (at around the same time that James Brown did the exact same, coincidentally), that the very idea of Aynsley Dunbar taking part in a show doing the earliest material with original members ALONG WITH BILLY MUNDI is almost too weird to get my head around. Love both eras (until 1973, anyway), its just weird, is all.
Mothers Day ,May , 1970 , the concert was in Philadelphia, at the Academy of Music. The opening act was a Philly band called Sweet Stavin Chain. Same band , but Mothers Day show was in Philly.
@Philos Johnson Frank called the old band back but most of the guys were still pissed at him, so many refused to join back. It was also going to be a temporary reunion with no long term plans, so most of them were not interested anyway
@@yngvebalmsteen9174 Knowing Don, I think he loved to play Frank's music. And all of them needed to work anyway. The only one who surprised me to have come back is Ray Collins. I know he had bad arguments with Frank, and he hated all the weird stuff, but he got payed to sing only a couple songs anyway
His onstage attitude had changed within a year or so after Flo and Eddie were in the group. I saw them in October of ‘71 in Providence and and he no longer was laying down any of that overtly sarcastic, condescending and insulting stuff.
Try finding a copy of any of the handful of recorded-on-cassette gigs King Crimson played in Britain October 1972 to December 1972 in preparation for going into Command Studios to record the 'Larks Tongues' album. Compared to those recordings, this show sounds pristine. And i have just now this moment decided that this is the best version of WW out there.
Great post.. but Pleeeeeze correct the spelling to "How Could I Be Such A (Full?) Fool" - It is such a GREAT song (and one of my personal favourites) and deserves to be spelt correctly..
Actually, Mother's Day, 1970 was May 10 and I saw the Mother's of Invention play that day at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. It is easy to check this out. You should change the title of this posting since it is not true.
The biggest treat is being able to hear Ray Collins sing in a live setting.
There are very few examples of that on UA-cam.
Very true, shame Duke of Prunes is played as an instrumental though, even when Ray is there!
omg listen to that crowd at the mention of my Uncle Ray!!
I was at this show, 13th row, your Uncle Ray was front and center, a great talent, he created tons of fun onstage and as you can hear in King Kong, vocalizing like an instrument, he was brilliant /awesome in action.He was tossing around a cabbage with Motorhead during "Call any Vegetable" with unexpected hilarious results Frank's later band incarnations held little interest for me after seeing them perform this , the original guys were not only the best line up, but the level of what they were doing was sensational. They WERE the mothers as far as i was concerned, the Burnt Weeny Sandwich medley was the best thing I ever saw them do, the later stuff with K &V didnt do it for me, real silly, i felt Frank was a fuck for cutting those guys out, it was their music too, when they were gone, IT WAS OVER FOR ME Be proud of your uncle, he was a wonderful man.I feel profoundly fortunate to have caught this, the last moments of the original concept. I was 15 when i saw this, took me 47 years to finally hear it again,It was worth the wait
Do you know my friend Candy Zappa, Frank's sister?
Rightly so. Your uncle was one of the finest vocalists out there!
Your brother good singer.
B.M.C Blue Moon Crescent.
I was 17 and at this show. It was the first time I saw the great Aynsley Dunbar. I remember Anysley and Billy Mundi starting a drum solo together and then Anysley taking over to solo. I even remember Anysley playing Hayman drums. A great band, and a great show.
I didn't start seeing Frank until around 1976 and so missed seeing Dunbar with him--alas! He of course was still a monster drumming with the early Journey at that time (where I saw him several times), but it was far from the same thing. I even got to shake his hand at a signing and make a remark about Frank having realized his commercial potential at last. He ACTED like he thought it was funny, anyway. I was 15 or 16 then--whaddaya gonna do?
Oh yeah, i was at this show, it was called "Excerpts from 200 Motels"... a warm up set prior to the thing he did with Zubin Mehta. I'll never forget those fucking pants he was wearing !!! This was hard core Zappa, at the "Hot Rats" moment, listen to chungas revenge on here, a fantastic show, music to burn. This was the final gasp of the old Mothers. The Kaylan/Volman lineup came next, it just wasn't the same.The Burnt Weeny Sandwich medley is fantastic, was the best stuff i ever saw them do, . I was a few weeks away from my 15th birthday, got home from the show at 4AM, , Im 60 now, had to wait 46 years to hear this, outlived the 2 friends who I attended it with.
Good for you man! That's awesome.
As I recall, the ushers presented him with something. When he unwrapped it, he shared that they had given him a bottle of Romilar (the codeine kind). Frank was suitably touched...
Cruz Control what were the pants?
Amen Brotha!!
Wonderful concert with a great line up, a part of the fantastic "old Mothers" feat. the "next generation" wit Aynsley and Jeff. I adore the beautiful variations of Zappa's compositions in that show. Very unique!
Ray Collins & Aynsley Dunbar together... RARE.
Whoa, whoa, whoa...I never knew this line-up existed. I didn't realize so many of the original Mothers performed with Frank at all in '70. In March 1970, Frank did some shows with personnel from the Hot Rats sessions, so I assumed guys like Collins and Mundi were gone for good in '69.
FZ always surprises
14 years old and this was my first concert ever. Went to the late show. Left an indelible mark on my musical psyche that carries on to this day. Went back in September and by then he was playing with Flo and Eddie. Zappa’s guitar work was amazing.
Michael Case, you had to see the 1969 show. I saw this one, and the other bands on the bill were Sea Train (the post-Blues Project, not 13 Questions, lineup) and Insect Trust. Frank & Co. were incredible. I was really glad I got to see the original Mothers before they broke up. This was the same day I purchased my copy of Uncle Meat.
A million thanks for posting this.
i was at this show, insect trust were embarrassingly bad, they had to start songs over, shit like that
As soon I stop crying, I will listen to Holiday in Berlin once again. How beautifully perfect... Thank you!
RIP Billy Mundi. March 29, 2014
neek49 Billy was a real gentleman. We (The Grandmothers) have been guests at his house during our 2000 US tour.
Neither Zappa nor music were mentioned during the whole weekend.
I'm FZ & Mothers fan going back to Freak Out Album when I was 13 in 1966. I saw the album cover and knew that the album belonged in my collection. The cover was like FZ himself; pure genius. Thanks for sharing this recording of that genius with us.
First time hearing about this line up. So happy to hear the crowd's enthusiasm during the introductions - which tells me there was a room full of serious fans at the Fillmore by 1970. And...... this is a great audience recording from such a time as 1970. Thank you to whoever had the sense to go through whatever it took to record this - may you ever receive blessings for your effort.
I can't get enough of that "Who needs the peace core?" rhythm!
~ Peace Corps, not "core."
I had the fantastic distinction of seeing FZ 5-6 times. I was enthralled with his unordinary way he ran the band and the fact his humor offset the music. Regardless, FZ started Dinah Moe Humm some 3-4 times one particular evening. The song was started these numerous times and he kept stopping the band, until someone in the band got it completely right to proceed with the entire song...either to entertain the audience who he said are so in tune to each precise note they demand it to be perfect! This appears to be his way set his band apart from the other rock n roll bands or his just liked to phuck around. Typical Frank and either way it makes him my favorite entertainer, rock god or dictator en regalia! I can still play his music and never be bored. No one like the man FZ. Too bad he was taken from us so early. I would love to see how he would have interpreted this crazy world nowadays.
I've seen Frank stop and restart songs many times if someone in the band played the intro wrong.
The FIRST concert I ever attended was at the Fillmore East in NYC - and I think it was this one, or one 6 months earlier in late 1969. The Mothers headlined, Jesse Colin Young and the Youngbloods opened and Chicago (Transit Authority) was 2nd on the bill. There was so much smoke in the air you could choke! When the concert filed out, people were crashing empty wine and beer bottles onto a 3 foot high pile INSIDE the lobby entrance - a Fillmore ritual that was quite routine then.
One of the best live versions of chunga's revenge ever
Excellent the incomparable Fillmore acoustics....
hey thanks,we miss frankzappa.but us seen him never forget him.glad meet zappa in person.
Again, the goosebumps. Thank the maker there's so much recorded/archived, or I simply wouldn't believe shows like this are possible. I have been to the Fillmore, which is a Disneylandified museum more than it is a music venue. I have played in over 20 bands. I have collected "antique" electric guitars and amplifiers, but never in my life have I witnessed something as raw and visceral as a good show from back then, the absolute apex of so much great music.
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I have a pretty poor short version of this...Thanks so much for exposing this to our ears.
historic! this is amazing lol. thank you uploader for sharing this with the world.
FZ, the best!!
Mundi and Dunbar sound pretty fine together.To bad there weren't more shows with those two.
Opening tune is hard to believe instrumental...love that the voices chime in on "move to San Francisco" ......must have been quite a night....
i never saw this line up!! thanks!!!
best mixer. putting all together to one. him and his musicians.
Thank You foutupourfoutu for sharing all you hold so well.
Thank You!
thanks good zappa show!
Fantastic again!!!
I attended this great concert and this is the first time I've heard this tape...thanks
Great; Thank you very much
wow, thank you so much for sharing/uploading. Amazing to listen to this very unique arrangement. Especial the Who needs the peace corps without words/lyrics / instrumental is interesting.
Fantastic!
Was also at this show at age 18. Sea Train and Insect Trust opened. Still have the program. Think he just put this group together for gigs at the two Fillmores.
From Mothers to mothers. Ahhhhhhhh ....
I've always been so used to thinking of a strict separation between the "horns band" and the "guitar bands" (at around the same time that James Brown did the exact same, coincidentally), that the very idea of Aynsley Dunbar taking part in a show doing the earliest material with original members ALONG WITH BILLY MUNDI is almost too weird to get my head around. Love both eras (until 1973, anyway), its just weird, is all.
What an amazing setlist. Great line up to boot.
Love the encore!
Mothers Day ,May , 1970 , the concert was in Philadelphia, at the Academy of Music. The opening act was a Philly band called Sweet Stavin Chain. Same band , but Mothers Day show was in Philly.
I dunno about all that I was 14 Fillmore East no opening band Google it
I still have the ticket stub . Electric Factory Concerts . Zappa and the Mothers 1970. I was 18 . There were 10 of us at the show.
this show was at the Fillmore east on Friday night , May 9th, mothers day falls on sunday, thats what you saw in Philly
I was there in Philly. Great show. A matinee. We hung around and met Zappa at the stage door.
@@benvaughn5709 , I remember being happy that Ray Collins was on stage with Zappa when the show started & things just got better.
THANK FRANK !
This is fantastic!
Martin Holland the music will never die!
i stand corrected saw them June1970
This is a strange line-up, it's sort of like a middle ground between the original MOI and the Flo & Eddie one.
@Philos Johnson Frank called the old band back but most of the guys were still pissed at him, so many refused to join back.
It was also going to be a temporary reunion with no long term plans, so most of them were not interested anyway
@@SandrOliva I'm surprised any of them came back, I thought I read they all felt pretty betrayed and weren't that well treated.
@@yngvebalmsteen9174 Knowing Don, I think he loved to play Frank's music. And all of them needed to work anyway.
The only one who surprised me to have come back is Ray Collins.
I know he had bad arguments with Frank, and he hated all the weird stuff, but he got payed to sing only a couple songs anyway
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This is excellent. MONSTER line-up! Pre super-cynical FZ.
I was 2 years old when I saw the Mothers here at the Fillmore East.
I was 1 day old. My parents brought me from the hospital to the concert.
that's hard-core fanatics, why not..'he' zappa inspires passion.
sweet memories in that family
Did ya have a tape recorder in your cloth diaper?
Typo alert: #4 song title listing includes the word “Full.”
It obviously should be “Fool.”
cool, arrrrrrrrffffff
he's ma daddy since the 10th min.
time for weed if it wouldn't be this late. best composer...
His onstage attitude had changed within a year or so after Flo and Eddie were in the group.
I saw them in October of ‘71 in Providence and and he no longer was laying down any of that overtly sarcastic, condescending and insulting stuff.
from woodstock to fillmore east in the gap dungarees...taxi
is this overture to a holiday in Berlin ?
Another first is Frank’s use of a Gibson SG
mothers live
really bad sound - that's too bad - maybe there is an FZ recording of this or another show in the vault waiting to be disovered
huh??? the sound is excellent in my opinion
@@johns.8239 LOL!!!! Just for starters, it's full of drop-outs. Dude ..... there is absolutely excellent live FZ quality out there - this ain't it.
Try finding a copy of any of the handful of recorded-on-cassette gigs King Crimson played in Britain October 1972 to December 1972 in preparation for going into Command Studios to record the 'Larks Tongues' album.
Compared to those recordings, this show sounds pristine.
And i have just now this moment decided that this is the best version of WW out there.
Great post.. but Pleeeeeze correct the spelling to "How Could I Be Such A (Full?) Fool" - It is such a GREAT song (and one of my personal favourites) and deserves to be spelt correctly..
Spelled...
It also should be played a lot better. I don't expect a straight 3/4 like the original but this is poor by FZ standards.
Hey, do you know where I could download this concert? I've tried zappateers but my computer isn't compatible with their downloads :(
Download RealPlayer
Cheers!!! Thats awesome!!!
Use Videoder bro !!
how bout you tube? They might have it
Actually, Mother's Day, 1970 was May 10 and I saw the Mother's of Invention play that day at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. It is easy to check this out. You should change the title of this posting since it is not true.
CAN US ever forget Susy Creamcheese....yes US CAN maybe not 👿 mw CAN