Vancouver, 1975; uploaded by tomtiddler1.
Tag: Frank Zappa
Beatles
1988; uploaded by avs002, who says it's a mix of sound check and concert audio, which certainly sounds right.
St. Etienne and St. Etienne
Welp, couldn't find anything suitably St. Patrick-themed, and I've already done St. Alphonso (in August and again in November), so the closest I could find is St. Etienne. Coupled with some footage of a concert in St. Etienne, in 1982. It was uploaded by florindoyjulian, who has disabled embedding, so go ahead and give it a clicky. There's some nice hand-shot camcorder footage in there.
More from Slonimsky
Uploaded by Tengolapijaenorme011. My Spanish is lousy, but I think the description says it was recorded by Charles Amirkhanian in Slonimsky's home in 1983.
The Air
Fillmore East, 1970; uploaded by GlennFeathers.
Dear Jeepers / Letter from Jeepers
An early (1963) single with Bob Guy, host of Jeepers Creepers' Theater, one of those shows where somebody dressed as a vampire shows B-movies. Uploaded by TheVascampius.
Prague, 1990
Can't understand a word these guys are saying, but it's still pretty cool -- I'm fascinated by Frank's popularity among the counterculture in Czechoslovakia, and the warm welcome he received there after the collapse of its communist regime.
Uploaded by Yrrah0017.
Lemme Take You To The Beach
Performed by the Frank Vignola Trio, 2011; uploaded by Weet Larcovic.
Ugly Can Be Beautiful
'Bout sums it up, don't it?
That's the name of a Village Voice article from 1968, by Sally Kempton. Long time ago -- Zappa was 27. Via afka.net.
Nite Life, Part 2
The second half. Now with 200% more Zappas!