** Surprisingly few recordings of this "Bongo Fury" tour have appeared on the trading scene to my knowledge. High security? The El Paso show is a fantastic recent find, and an absolute must-have.
== The Mothers Of Invention Apr-May 1975 ==
FZ, Denny Walley, Captain Beefheart, Tom Fowler, Terry Bozzio, Napoleon Murphy Brock,
George Duke, Bruce Fowler.
11-Apr 1975, Bridges Auditorium, Pomona College, Claremont, Ca
Early Show: 115 min, Aud, C+
A Token Of My Extreme, Stinkfoot, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Velvet Sunrise, Pound For A
Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead, Echidna's Arf (including
Don't Be Shy, Under Milkwood), Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, Advance Romance,
Portuguese Lunar Landing, Debra Kadabra, Florentine Pogen, Orange Claw Hammer, George's
Boogie, I'm Not Satisfied, Willie The Pimp
Late show: 115 min, Aud, B-
A Token Of My Extreme, Stinkfoot, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Velvet Sunrise, Pound For A
Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead, Echidna's Arf, Don't You
Ever Wash That Thing?, Advance Romance (incl. 200 Years Old), Portuguese Lunar Landing,
Debra Kadabra, Florentine Pogen, Why Doesn't Somebody Get Him A Pepsi?
18-Apr 1975, New Haven, Ct
110 min, Aud, C
A Token Of My Extreme, Stinkfoot, I'm Not Satisfied, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Pound For
A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead, Echidna's Arf, Uncle
Remus, Advance Romance, Portuguese Lunar Landing, Debra Kadabra, Florentine Pogen, Don't
You Ever Wash That Thing?, Why Doesn't Somebody Get Him A Pepsi?, Let's Make The Water
Turn Black, Willie The Pimp
19-Apr 1975, Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ
Early show: 95 min, Aud, B
Improvisations, Sam With The Showing Scalp, A Token Of My Extreme, Stinkfoot, I'm Not
Satisfied, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Velvet Sunrise, Pound For A Brown (including
"Chunga's Revenge" and "Crazy Little Thing"), Let's Make The Water
Turn Black, Willie The Pimp
Late Show: 123 min, Aud, B
Improvisations, Debra Kadabra, Florentine Pogen, Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead,
Improvisations, Echidna's Arf, Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, Advance Romance, Orange
Claw Hammer, FZ/George Duke jam, A Token Of My Extreme, Why Doesn't Somebody Get Him A
Pepsi?, Willie The Pimp
25-Apr 1975, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
85 min, Aud, B
A Token Of My Extreme, Stinkfoot, I'm Not Satisfied, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Velvet
Sunrise, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead,
Echidna's Arf, Duke jam, Why Doesn't Somebody Get Him A Pepsi?, Willie The Pimp
27-Apr 1975, Music Hall, Boston, Ma
Parts are on the bootlegs "No Bacon for Breakfast" and "Violent
Rape".
Early Show: 90 min, Aud, A-/B+ or B+/B
The tape from the better source begins with Penguin In Bondage.
Improvisations, Camarillo Brillo/Muffin Man Solo, Let's Make The Water Turn Black, Penguin
In Bondage, Debra Kadabra, Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead, Improvisations, The
Torture Never Stops, ??, Montana, Florentine Pogen, Willie The Pimp
Late Show: 95 min, Aud, B+
Improvisations, Token Of My Extreme, Stinkfoot, I'm Not Satisfied, Carolina Hardcore
Ecstasy, Velvet Sunlight, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Poofter's Froth Wyoming
Plans Ahead, Echidna's Arf, Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top, Don't You Ever Wash That
Thing?, Advance Romance, Willie The Pimp
3-May 1975, Civic Center, Baltimore, Md
115 min, Aud, C+
Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Advance Romance, I'm Not Satisfied, Carolina Hardcore
Ecstasy, Velvet Sunrise, Pound For A Brown, Stinkfoot, Why Doesn't Somebody Get Him A
Pepsi?, Florentine Pogen, Montana, Improvisation
13-May 1975, Kiel Auditorium, S:t Louis, Mo
100 min, Aud, B-
Improvisations, Apostrophe ('), Stinkfoot, I'm Not Satisfied, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy,
Velvet Sunrise, Pound For A Brown, Sleeping In A Jar, Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead,
Echidna's Arf, Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?, Advance Romance, Florentine Pogen, Willie
The Pimp
23-May 1975, El Paso, Tx
90 min, SBD, A
w/ Jimmy Carl Black on guest vocals (*)
Improvisations, Apostrophe, Stinkfoot, I'm Not Satisfied, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy,
Velvet Sunrise, Pound For A Brown, You're So Fine/Lonely Lonely Nights*, Debra Kadabra,
Montana, Improvisations, Advance Romance, Florentine Pogen
== Recording Sessions Of "Orchestral Favourites" ==
..with The Abnuceals Emuukha Orchestra, conducted by Michael Zearott.
17-Sep 1975, Royce Hall, UCLA, L.A.
90 min, Aud, C+
Bogus Pomp (world Premiere), Revised Music, Pedro's Dowry (world premiere), Rollo, Dog
Meat, Naval Aviation In Art, Improvisations, Sink Trap, Duke Of Orchestral Prunes,
Strictly Genteel
18-Sep 1975, Royce Hall, UCLA, L.A
135 min, Aud, B
Bogus Pomp, Revised Music For Low Budget Symphony Orchestra, Pedro's Dowry, Rollo, Black
Napkins, Dog Meat, Naval Aviation In Art, Sink Trap, Duke Of Orchestral Prunes, Steno
Pool/New Brown Clouds (from Greggary Peccary), Strictly Genteel
The Mothers Of Invention Sep 1975 - Mar 1976
FZ, Roy Estrada, Terry Bozzio, Napoleon
Murphy Brock, Andre Lewis, Norma Bell (late Oct - mid Dec).
** The intro for the shows from this tour is a blues jam.
27-Sep 1975, Robertson Gymnasium, Santa Barbara, Ca
135 min, Aud, C+
Intro, Apostrophe ('), Duke Of Prunes, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema
Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You
Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body, Swallow My Pride, Any Downers, Zoot Allures,
Sleep Dirt/Black Napkins, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, T'Mershi Duween, Any Way The Wind
Blows, Willie The Pimp, Advance Romance, I'm The Slime, San Ber'dino
1-Oct 1975, War Memorial Gym, Vancouver, Canada
125 min, Aud, B+ or 90 min, FM, B+
The FM ends in the middle of Zoot Allures.
Intro, Apostrophe ('), Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit,
Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance,
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Swallow My Pride/Any
Downers/Canadian Customs Routine, T'Mershi Duween, Zoot Allures, Sleep Dirt/Black Napkins,
Advance Romance, I'm The Slime
3-Oct 1975, Paramount Theater, Portland, Or
45 min, Aud, B
Blues jam, Apostrophe ('), Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit,
Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance,
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge (cuts off mid-song)
4-Oct 1975, Paramount Theater, Seattle, Wa
Early show: 120 min, Aud, B-
Intro, Stinkfoot, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit, Carolina
Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, What's The
Ugliest Part Of Your Body, Chunga's Revenge, The Mudshark, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up,
Sleep Dirt/Black Napkins, Swallow My Pride, Advance Romance
Late show: 115 min, Aud, B-
Intro, Apostrophe ('), Dirty Love, Stinkfoot, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No
Heart, I'm Not Satisfied, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit,
Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance,
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Zoot Allures, Any Downers?, I'm
The Slime, Bolero, San Ber'dino
12-Oct 1975, Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, Tx
80 min, Aud, B
Sound qualiity varies from B+ down to C+
Intro, Apostrophe ('), Dirty Love, Stinkfoot, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No
Heart, I'm Not Satisfied, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit,
Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance,
What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up,
Advance Romance
14-Oct 1975, Memorial Hall, Kansas City, Mo
75 min, Aud, A-
Intro, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You
Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Advance Romance, Zoot
Allures, Swallow My Pride, Any Downers?, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, I'm The Slime, San
Ber'dino
15-Oct 1975, Barnhill Farmhouse, Fayetteville, Ark
123 min, Aud, B-
Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, Stinkfoot, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No
Heart, I'm Not Satisfied, Black Napkins, Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up, Honey Don't You
Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl,
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's
Revenge, Zoot Allures, Swallow My Pride, Any Downers?, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, I'm
The Slime, San Ber'dino
23-Oct 1975, Music Hall, Boston, Ma
Parts are on bootleg "If you get a Headache" (the rest of the record is from
13-May 1975)
125 min, Aud, A-/B+
Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not
Satisfied, Black Napkins, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit,
Advance Romance, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When
You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body, Chunga's Revenge, Chunga's Revenge, Zoot
Allures, Swallow My Pride, Any Downers, Packard Goose, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, I'm
The Slime, San Ber'dino
24-Oct 1975, Palace Theatre, Providence, RI
145 min, Aud, B+/B
Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not
Satisfied, Black Napkins, Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois
Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When
You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Zoot Allures, Swallow
My Pride, Any Downers?, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, San Ber'dino, I'm The Slime,
Apostrophe, Duke Of Prunes
25-Oct 1975, Capitol Theater, Passaic, NJ
150 min, Aud, B+
Pedro's Dowry/Naval Aviation In Art (played through PA), Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How
Could I Be Such A Fool?, Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not Satisfied, Black Napkins, Advance
Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore
Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part
Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Zoot Allures, Swallow My Pride (a girl from the audience
tells about a dream), Any Downers?, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, I'm The Slime, San
Ber'dino
26-Oct 1975, Hofstra College, Hempstead, NY
110 min, Aud, B-
Pedro's Dowry (through PA), Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool?,
Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not Satisfied, Black Napkins, Advance Romance, Honey Don't You
Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl,
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's
Revenge, Zoot Allures
29-Oct 1975, Waterbury Palace Theater, Waterbury, Ct
Early Show: 110 min, Aud, B+
Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not Satisfied,
Black Napkins, Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema
Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Chunga's Revenge
Late show: 120 min, Aud, B
Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, Sleep Dirt, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No
Heart, I'm Not Satisfied, Black Napkins, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl,
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's
Revenge, Zoot Allures, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit, Advance
Romance, San Ber'dino
31-Oct 1975, Felt Forum, NYC
Both shows feature Norma Bell on sax & vocals.
Early show: 115 min, Aud, B+/B
Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not
Satisfied, Black Napkins (w/ recitation of "Packard Goose"), Carolina Hardcore
Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part
Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Zoot Allures, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?,
Illinois Enema Bandit, Advance Romance, San Berdino
Late show: 144 min, Aud, A-/B+
Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not
Satisfied, Black Napkins (w/ recitation of "Packard Goose"), Honey Don't You
Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl,
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's
Revenge, Zoot Allures, Swallow My Pride, Any Downers?/Tryin' To Grow A Chin, Wind Up
Working In A Gas Station, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, I'm The Slime, San Berdino
2-Nov 1975, Civic Center, Baltimore, Md
110 min, Aud
Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not
Satisfied, Black Napkins, Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois
Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When
You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Zoot Allures,
Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, San Ber'dino
3-Nov 1975, The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pa
135 min, Aud, C+
w/Norma Bell
Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not
Satisfied, Black Napkins, Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois
Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When
You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Zoot Allures (incl.
"Tryin' To Grow A Chin" chords), Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Any Downers?, San
Ber'dino
15-Nov 1975, The Dome, Grand Valley Colleges, Allendale, Mi
70 min, Aud, B/B-
Backstage interview, Black Napkins, Advance Romance, Illinois Enema Bandit, Carolina
Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance, What's The
Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's revenge
22-Nov 1975, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
55 min, Aud, C+
w/ Norma Bell
Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, Black Napkins (FZPTMOFZ), Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A
Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl
30-Nov 1975, Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Il
110 min, Aud, B+/B
Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not
Satisfied, Black Napkins, Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois
Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When
You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Zoot Allures, Filthy
Habits (proto version, fast), Any Downers? (just a tease)
??-Dec 1975, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
60 min, Aud, C
Black Napkins, Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema
Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy (up-tempo version!), Lonely Little Girl, Take Your
Clothes Off When You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Zoot
Allures, Filthy Habits
7-Dec 1975, McMaster Universe, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
115 min, Aud, C+
w/ Eddie Jobson (*).
Black Napkins (*?), Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois Enema
Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When You
Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Zoot Allures, Filthy
Habits*, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, I'm The Slime, San Ber'dino
26-Dec 1975, Paramount Theater, Oakland, Ca
117 min, Aud, B+/B
Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not
Satisfied, Black Napkins, Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois
Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When
You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Find Her Finer, Kaiser
Rolls, Let's Move To Cleveland, Keep It Greasey, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, I'm The
Slime, San Ber'dino
27-Dec 1975, Winterland, San Francisco, Ca
135 min, Aud, B-
Intro, Stinkfoot, Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool?, I Ain't Got No Heart, I'm Not
Satisfied, Black Napkins, Advance Romance, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Illinois
Enema Bandit, Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy, Lonely Little Girl, Take Your Clothes Off When
You Dance, What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?, Chunga's Revenge, Let's Move To
Cleveland, Zoot Allures, Find Her Finer, I'm The Slime, San Ber'dino, Camarillo Brillo,
Muffin Man
31-Dec 1975, The Forum, Inglewood, L.A
90 min, Aud, B+
Inca Roads Theme, Stinkfoot (incl. Poodle Rap), Dirty Love, How Could I Be Such A Fool,
Ain't Got No Heart, Black Napkins, Auld Lang Syne, Advanced Romance, Honey Don't You Want
A Man Like Me?, Illinios Enema Bandit, Find Her Finer, Carolina Hardcore Ecstacy, Keep It
Greasey, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, I'm The Slime, San Ber'dino
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