Wife is sick and I'm on a freelance deadline. Here's a quick link to something on afka.net: Let's Talk Clothes, by Dino Orlando, Words & Music January 1973.
Tag: Frank Zappa
Cover Story
1988; uploaded by CaptainJos.
Medley
Assembled and uploaded by dotcompuntnl.
Legend of the Illinois Enema Bandit
Another one I held off on until I'd found a job.
Uploaded by mac1984rhcp, who says it's a performance in Paris but doesn't give a year. Late '70's, presumably.
Palladium '81 - MTV Intro
Imagine -- MTV didn't just used to play music, they actually did live shows by esoteric acts.
And let him talk about The Illinois Enema Bandit.
This show's out on DVD, and you can find recordings all over YouTube. (I've embedded one or two on my own over the past year or so, though I generally try not to post stuff that's available commercially.) But this is the first time I've seen this bit and I'm guessing it's not on the DVD. (Not sure; haven't seen it in its entirety -- maybe I'll buy it and find out. Nice having a disposable income again.)
I will answer questions, even their asshole questions.
The Truth Is -- They're Not As Ugly As Their Pictures, by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, June 9, 1969.
It's an early example of the kind of article people would be writing about Zappa for the rest of his life and beyond: "This guy doesn't just write weird rock songs, he's a serious composer!"
Larry King, 1985, Part 2
Larry King, 1985, Part 1
Uploaded by koolstrike.
Musical Bicyclist
Frank on The Steve Allen Show in 1963. My mom was about six weeks old, and Zappa's looking pretty young there himself.
Uploaded by Dave David.
Lonesome Cowboy Nando
Via uploader Gianluigi Filippelli:
In 1987 the italian marine researcher Fernando "Nando" Boero published a paper about a new marine jellyfish discovered in California and named "Phialella zappai" in honor to Frank Zappa, his favourite rocker.
In 1988 Zappa decided to dedicate to Fernando the concert on 8th June 1988 at Genoa, and in particular the song "Lonesome Cowboy Nando", a variation of the most famous "Lonesome Cowboy Burt"
You can read the complete story here:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andymurkin/Resources/MusicRes/ZapRes/jellyfish.html
A new one by me, and a fun story. I think I like it even better than the Jimmy Swaggart version.