Frank Zappa as Disc Jockey
and other relevant radio broadcasts
1968 11 10 - KSAN, San Francisco
90 min
FZ interviewed by Tom Donahue and playing records from his own collection.
America Goes Home Intro/Agency Man (Studio Version)
Handsome Cabin Boy - Ewan McColl and A.L. Lloyd
Grunion Run - The Hollywood Persuaders
Le Marteau Sans Maitre - Pierre Boulez
When We Get Married - The Dreamlovers
Memories From El Monte - The Penguins
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Charles Mingus
Lucy Mae Blues - Frankie Lee Simms
The Letter - Vernon Green & The Medallions
Daddy, Daddy - Richard Berry & The Dreamers
Twilight - The Paragons
Florence - The Paragons
Florence, Don't Leave Me - The Paragons
Later That Night - MOI
1968 11 27 - KPPC, Pasadena, CA
180 min
FZ playing some of his favorite R&B records
Ramblin' Woman - Big Moose
No No Cherry - The Turbans
Guitar Player (Play Those Blues For Me) - The Evergreens
Tick Tock A Woo - The Turbans
Doo-wah - The Spaniels
Mama, Talk To Your Daughter - J.B Lenoir
The Eisenhower Blues - J.B Lenoir
Mama, Your Daughter Is Gonna Miss Me - J.B Lenoir
I'm In Korea - J.B Lenoir
1959 Volvo - Vernon Green & The Medallions
Don't Shoot Baby ~ Vernon Green & The Medallions
Edna - Vernon Green & The Medallions
Speedin' - Vernon Green & The Medallions
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & The Comets
Rubber Biscuits - The Chips
It's Hot - Gene & Billy
I - The Velvets
Louie Louie - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs
Memories Of El Monte - The Penguins
Three Hours Past Midnight - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Crashing The Party - The Feathers
Miss Sue - Don & Dewey
Little Love - Don & Dewey
Soul Motion - Don & Dewey
Angel In My Life - The Jewels
Guided Missile - The Cufflinks
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets ad (officially released as Secret Greasing on Greasy Love Songs, incl. "Benson's Groove" by Big Jay McNeely)
Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace
P.B Baby - Wilbur Whitfield
Work With Me Annie - Hank Ballard & The Midniters
Annie Had A Baby - Hank Ballard & The Midniters
Sexy Ways - Hank Ballard & The Midniters
Stingy Little Thing - Hank Ballard & The Midniters
Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am The Japanese Sandman) - The Cellos
Home On Alcatraz - Rolling Crew
I Put A Spell On You - Screaming Jay Hawkins
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Paul Robeson
Valarie - Jackie & The Starlites
Don't You Know Yockomo - Huey "Piano" Smith & The Clowns
Okie Dokie Stomp - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
A Casual Look - Six Teens
(The Day The Whole Town Cried?) - ?
Dixie Danny - The Laurie Sisters
No Chance - The Laurie Sisters
1970 11 02 - KPPC, Pasadena, CA, "The Johnny Otis Show"
105 min
With Frank Zappa, Ray Agee, and Shuggie Otis. Includes a couple of live in studio performances and several ads (some read by FZ).
Intros
Leave Me Alone - Ray Agee (live in Studio with FZ and Shuggie Otis)
WPLJ
Would You Go All The Way For The USA?
Chunga's Revenge
The Clap
Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink
Memories Of El Monte - The Penguins
Wobble Lou - Ray Agee
Huffing And Puffing - Wilbur Reynolds and The Soulfinders
Constipation Blues - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
All Around Man - Bo Carter
Plenty Big Enough For Me - Bo Carter
Hallelujah - Ray Charles
Could This Be Magic - The Dubs
Watts Break Away - Johnny Otis
I Idolize You - Ike And Tina Turner
Frankie & Shuggie Improvisation (live in Studio)
Closing Theme
1973 12 24 - KMET, Los Angeles, CA, "Dr. Demento Show"
125 min
Bang Bang Lulu - Alex Tyrell
Earth To Buffalo - Ruben & The Jets
Joe The Grinder - The Hawks
Earth To Buffalo - Ruben & The Jets
I Wanna Know - Ruben & The Jets
Well - The Olympics
Low Ridin' Cruiser - Ruben & The Jets
Going Down To Tijuana - Andre Williams
Tell Me Darling - The Gaylarks
Lou Ann - Little Sunny Day & The Clouds
Your Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash - The Clovers
Life Is But A Dream - The Harptones
How's Your Bird? - Baby Ray & The Ferns
Louisiana Blues - Muddy Waters
My Pal Foot Foot - The Shaggs
It's Halloween - The Shaggs
Next Time - Richard Berry
When We Get Married - The Dreamlovers
The Big Break - Richard Berry
Smokey Joe's Cafe - The Robins
Cherokee Dance - Bob "Froggy" Landers With Willie Joe And His Unitar
Nite Owl - Tony Allen
Anymore - Johnny Ace
I Got Loaded - Peppermint Harris
I'll Be Forever Loving You - The El Dorados
Twilight - The Paragons
Morrine - The Five Campbells
It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James & The Broomdusters
Shoo Doo Be Doo - Bobby Lester & The Moonlighters
Lonely Lonely Nights - Johnny "Guitar" Watson
The Jerk - Don Julian & The Larks
World's Greatest Sinner - Baby Ray & The Ferns
Memories Of El Monte - The Penguins
Nona - The Feathers
So Long - Lloyd Price
The Wedding - The Solitaires
I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
Hot And Nasty - Black Oak Arkansas
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
Rock It, Davy, Rock It - The Jaguars
Let's Start All Over Again - The Paragons
Still Love You So - Johnny Ace
1974 06 25 - KMET FM, Los Angeles, CA
125 min
Partially same as 1974 11 21 - WSDM FM, Chicago, IL.
Peaches En Regalia
Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix
Refrigerator Heaven - Alice Cooper
When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Tell Me Darling - The Gaylarks
Your Tender Lips - The Clovers
Your Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash - The Clovers
Bebop Wino - The Lamplighters
Le Marteau Sans Maître - Pierre Boulez
Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue
Let's Start All Over Again - The Paragons
Roll On - The Lamplighters
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
Can I Come Over Tonight? - The Velours
Uncle Remus
Royal March from L'Histoire du Soldat - Igor Stravinsky
The Closer You Are - The Channels
All I Want - Joni Mitchell
Little Umbrellas
Flash Gordon's Ape - Captain Beefheart
Zig Zag Wanderer - Captain Beefheart
Don't Eat The Yellow Snow / Nanook Rubs It / St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
Hot And Nasty - Black Oak Arkansas
Beetle Bones And Smoking Stones - Captain Beefheart
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
Tuff Talk - The Jazz Crusaders
Down In The Bottom - Howlin' Wolf
You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters
I'm Your Back Door Man - Howlin' Wolf
Ain't That Loving You Baby - Jimmy Reed
Pygmy Twylyte / Dummy Up
1974 09 16 - NDR, Hamburg, Germany, "Musik für junge Leute"
38 min
In addition to these, FZ also plays some songs off Roxy And Elsewhere.
Octandre - Edgar Varese
Strophe/Antistrophe from Chronochromie - Olivier Messiaen
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
Royal March from L'Histoire du Soldat - Igor Stravinsky
5 pieces for orchestra - Anton Webern
1974 11 21 - WSDM FM, Chicago, Il
160 min
Partially same as 1974 06 25 - KMET FM, Los Angeles, CA.
Peaches En Regalia
Manic Depression - Jimi Hendrix
Refrigerator Heaven - Alice Cooper
When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Tell Me Darling - The Gaylarks
Your Tender Lips - The Clovers
Your Cash Ain't Nothing But Trash - The Clovers
Bebop Wino - The Lamplighters
Le Marteau Sans Maître - Pierre Boulez
Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue
Let's Start All Over Again - The Paragons
Hot And Nasty - Black Oak Arkansas
Beetle Bones And Smoking Stones - Captain Beefheart
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
Stinkfoot
Going Down To Tijuana - Andre Williams
Firebird Suite - Igor Stravinsky
Dimples - John Lee Hooker
Sleeping in a Jar / Cruising For Burgers / Our Bizarre Relationship / The Uncle Meat Variations / The Air / Project X
Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
I Ain't Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore - The Rascals
Zig Zag Wanderer - Captain Beefheart
Don't Eat The Yellow Snow / Nanook Rubs It / St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
Tuff Talk - The Jazz Crusaders
Down In The Bottom - Howlin' Wolf
You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
Goin' Down Slow - Howlin' Wolf
Roll On - The Lamplighters
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
Can I Come Over Tonight? - The Velours
Uncle Remus
Song Of The Big Guns - Kurt Weill
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Royal March from L'Histoire du Soldat - Igor Stravinsky
The Closer You Are - The Channels
All I Want - Joni Mitchell
Little Umbrellas
Flash Gordon's Ape - Captain Beefheart
Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters
Ain't That Loving You Baby - Jimmy Reed
Pygmy Twylyte / Dummy Up
1977 09 19 - WKLS, Atlanta, GA
40 min
Regyptian Strut
Naval Aviation In Art?
A Little Green Rosetta
Duck Duck Goose
Down In De Dew
For The Young Sophisticate
Pedro's Dowry
Purple Lagoon
Illinois Enema Bandit
Pull The Plug - Starz [announced, but not on circulating recording]
1977 09 20 - KBLE, Des Moines, IA
75 min
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
Penis Dimension
Status Back Baby
She Painted Up Her Face
Janet's Big Dance Number
Half A Dozen Provocative Squats
Mysterioso
Shove It Right In
Lumpy Gravy, Part 1 (excerpt)
Tryin' To Grow A Chin
Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
Illinois Enema Bandit
Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
Black Page #1
Big Leg Emma
Punky's Whips
1977 10 24 - WIOQ, Philadelphia, PA
45 min
FZ plays selections from Läther + one Blondie song.
Filthy Habits
Regyptian Strut
One More Time For The World (The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution)
A Little Green Rosetta
Duck Duck Goose
Down In De Dew
For The Young Sophisticate
Lemme Take You To The Beach
Revised Music For Guitar And Low Budget Symphony Orchestra
Sex Offender - Blondie
1977 11 13 - KFML, Denver, CO
10 min (edited)
The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary
Regyptian Strut
Naval Aviation In Art?
A Little Green Rosetta
Duck Duck Goose
Down In De Dew
For The Young Sophisticate
Filthy Habits
Lemme Take You To The Beach
The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution [announced as One More Time For The World]
RDNZL
Revised Music For Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra
1977 12 xx - KROQ, Pasadena, CA
175 min
FZ played all eight sides of Läther, in order
1979 09 06 - WPIX, NYC
25 min (edited)
Dead Girls Of London - L. Shankar with Van Morrison
Magic Fingers (at least partly from 1978 10 27 late NYC)
opening guitar solo (1978 10 27 late NYC)
No More Mr. Nice Girl - L. Shankar
Catholic Girls
Touch Me There - L. Shankar
Token Of My Extreme
Joe's Garage
Any Way The Wind Blows (single)
Lonely Little Girl (single)
Who Are The Brain Police?
Dong Work For Yuda
1979 11 19 - WPIX, NYC
115 min
Gangsters - The Specials
Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry & The Holograms
Lemme Take You To The Beach - FZ
Rangehn - Nina Hagen
TV Drink - The Jets
Tough On You - The Plastics
Unbeschreiblisch Weiblisch - Nina Hagen
I Live In A Car - UK Subs
Bamboozled By Love - FZ (Warts 'n All version)
I Ain't Got No Heart - FZ (Warts 'n All version)
Easy Meat - FZ (Warts 'n All version)
He's The Groove - Snooky Tate
Catholic Girls - FZ
Animal Instincts - Model Citizens
Marry Me - Robert & Johnny
Summertime Blues - The Flying Lizards
I'm The Man - Joe Jackson
Cars - Gary Numan
Heiss - Nina Hagen
He Used To Cut The Grass - FZ
Money - The Flying Lizards
Naturtraene - Nina Hagen
Regyptian Strut - FZ
Air - Talking Heads
Let Me Give You Money - The Pipes
Gidget Goes To Hell - Suburban Lawns
I Want Sex - The Reactors
Smart Boys - Startjets
Stay - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Does It Really Matter Irene? - Mothmen
Manish Boy - Muddy Waters
What Kind Of Fool - The Tams
1979 11 20 - WPIX, NYC
120 min
The Bed's Too Big Without You - The Police
So Lonely - The Police
Meet The Creeper - Destroy All Monsters
November 22 - Destroy All Monsters
Messin' With The Kid - The Saints
Story Of Love - The Saints
Summertime Blues - The Flying Lizards
Money - The Flying Lizards
We Are Americans - ??
Hear The Plastic Sound - ??
Keep It Greasey - FZ
A Little Green Rosetta - FZ
Life During Wartime - Talking Heads
Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry & The Holograms
Frolic With Closet Lizards - Col. Bruce Hampton
Increased Resistance - Gerry & The Holograms
Does It Really Matter Irene? - Mothmen
Manish Boy - Muddy Waters
Please Let Go - Mothmen
I Live In A Car - U.K. Subs
Phone Numbers - U.K. Subs
"Roof of my mouth" - Col. Bruce Hampton
I Want Sex - The Reactors
Leaning Near A Town, She Stood The Storm - Col. Bruce Hampton
The Seduction Center - The Reactors
Touch Me There - L. Shankar
Don't Touch Me There - The Tubes
Gidget Goes To Hell - Suburban Lawns
My Boyfriend - Suburban Lawns
I'm The Man - Joe Jackson
1979 11 21 - WPIX, NYC
120 min
Don't Do Me Like That - Tom Petty
Human Fly - The Cramps
Watermelon In Easter Hay - FZ
Jersey City - Steel Tips
Heiss - Nina Hagen
Owed T'Alex - Captain Beefheart
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
No More Mr. Nice Girl - L Shankar
Debra Kadabra - FZ
Surfin' Bird - The Cramps
Rangehn - Nina Hagen
I Ain't Got No Heart - FZ
Broken English - Marianne Faithful
Roof Of My Mouth (excerpt) - Col. Bruce Hampton
Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry & The Holograms
Eddie Are You Kidding - FZ
Money - The Flying Lizards
Jesus Loves The Stooges - The Stooges
In The Park With You (excerpt) - Col. Bruce Hampton
Purple Lagoon & In The Park - Col Bruce Hampton
Gidget Goes To Hell - Suburban Lawns
Purple Lagoon (excerpts) - FZ
Does It Really Matter Irene? - Mothmen
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar - FZ
Purple Lagoon & Roof Of My Mouth - Col. Bruce Hampton
Roll Away The Stone - Mott The Hoople
Alligators Have Fun - Rhythm Method
Roof Of My Mouth (excerpt) - Col. Bruce Hampton
Cars - Gary Newman
I Live In A Car - UK Subs
Summertime Blues - Flying Lizards
I Want Sex - The Reactors
Marry Me - Robert & Johnny
A Token Of My Extreme - FZ
1979 11 22 - WPIX, NYC
145 min
Cycle Sluts - John Cooper Clark
Soldier Soldier - Spizz Energy
The Deathless Horsie - FZ
Ten Feet Tall - XTC
The Floppy Boot Stomp - Captain Beefheart
Money - Flying Lizards
Rangehn - Nina Hagen
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy - FZ
Meet The Creeper - Destroy All Monsters
It's Alright For You - The Police
Roof Of My Mouth (excerpt) - Col. Bruce Hampton
Jumbo Go Away - FZ
Yo' Mama - FZ
Purple Lagoon (excerpt) - FZ
Summertime Blues - Flying Lizards
Purple Lagoon (excerpt) - FZ
Disco Boy - FZ
Real Teeth Are Out - Gruppo Sportivo
Death Disco - Johnny Rotten
Roof Of My Mouth (excerpt) - Col. Bruce Hampton
The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing - FZ
For The Young Sophisticate - FZ
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar - FZ
Heiss - Nina Hagen
Thirteen - FZ
Peaches III - FZ
Purple Lagoon (excerpt) - FZ
Duchess - The Stranglers
Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry & The Holograms
Does It Really Matter Irene? - Mothmen
Packard Goose - FZ
Reasons To Be Cheerful - Ian Dury
1979 12 20 - WLIR, Garden City, Long Island
30 min
Memories Of El Monte - The Penguins
Nona - The Feathers
So Long - Lloyd Price
The Wedding - The Solitaires
I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
Hot And Nasty - Black Oak Arkansas
I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
???
Let's Start All Over Again - The Paragons
Meet The Creeper - Destroy All Monsters
Jacko Bozo - The Firemen
You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here
Mongoloid - The Deadliners
Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station
?? - Greg Smith
Mongoloid - ??
1980 01 21 - BBC Radio 1, London, England - "Star Special"
114 min
I'm In The Music Business - Jeff Simmons
Straight Lines - New Music
The Closer You Are - The Channels
Hyperprisms - Edgar Varese
Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top
Golden Birdies - Captain Beefheart
I Live In A Car - UK Subs
Soul Motion - Don & Dewey
All Tomorrow's Parties - The Velvet Underground
Royal March [from A Soldier's Tale] - Igor Stravinsky
Iron Man - Black Sabbath
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
Eureka Springs Garbage Lady - GTOs
Killer Queen - Queen
Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters & Johnny Winter
Jerry And The Holograms - Jerry and The Holograms
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Robot - The Plastics
Deserie - The Charts
I Am The Walrus - The Beatles
Soldier Soldier - Spizz Energy
Heaven Is In Your Mind - Traffic
I'm Working For The Federal Bureau Of Narcotics - Wild Man Fischer
Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
Caravan Man - Lew Lewis
Cycle Sluts - John Cooper Clark
I Asked Her For Water And She Brought Me Gasoline - Howling Wolf
Summertime Blues - The Flying Lizards
My White Bicycle - Tomorrow
Grease - Frankie Valli
Watermelon In Easter Hay - Frank Zappa
1980 04 02 - KSJO, San Jose, CA
44 min
Born To Be Wild (live) - Blue Öyster Cult
Cheap Sun Glasses - ZZ Top
I Don't Wanna Get Drafted (single)
Concrete Jungle - The Specials
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
Rock 'N Roll Damnation - AC/DC
Gimme Love, Gimme rain - Sue Saad and the Next
Everybody Want Some - Van Halen
Orgasm Addict - The Buzzcocks
Heatwave - The Jam
Gangsters - The Specials
Another Brick In The Wall Pt II - Pink Floyd
Penguin In Bondage (Roxy & Elsewhere)
Lucky Number - Lene Lovich
Any Way You Want It - Journey
The Torture Never Stops (Zoot Allures)
1980 10 11 - KUNM, Albuquerque, NM
93 min
with Jimmy Carl Black
Memories Of El Monte - The Penguins
Pachuco Cadaver - Captain Beefheart
Doreen
Pena - Captain Beefheart
Fine Girl (introduced as Some More Like That)
Easy Meat
Goblin Girl
Society Pages
I'm A Beautiful Guy
Beauty Knows No Pain
Charlie's Enormous Mouth
Any Downers?
Conehead
Golden Birdies - Captain Beefheart
Tell Me You Love Me
San Ber'dino
Andy
Sofa #2
Uncle Bernie's Farm
The Torture Never Stops
Ms. Pinky
Willie The Pimp
1980 10 25 - WZIR, Buffalo, NY
47 min
All tracks except Zomby Woof are from Crush All Boxes.
Goblin Girl
Society Pages
I'm A Beautiful Guy
Beauty Knows No Pain
Charlie's Enormous Mouth
Any Downers?
Conehead
Doreen
Fine Girl
Easy Meat
Zomby Woof
1981 05 17 - KMET, Los Angeles, CA, "Dr. Demento Show"
33 min
Jungle Hop - Don & Dewey
I Am Honest - The Model Citizens
Valarie - Jackie & The Starlites
Ramblin' Woman - Big Moose
He's The Groove - Snooky Tate
She's Got A 60 Cycle Brain - Paul Buff
Igor Stravinsky's Happy Birthday
1959 Volvo - The Medallions
Brown Shoes Don't Make It (from Tinsel Town Rebellion)
Doo-wah - The Spaniels
Tinsel Town Rebellion (from Tinsel Town Rebellion)
Shift The Blame - The Model Citizens
1984 07 30 - KSTM-FM, Phoenix, AZ
80 min
Dancing Fool
Excentrifugal Forz
Cocaine Decisions
Camarillo Brillo
Dumb All Over
Be In My Video
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
Whipping Post
Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
He's So Gay
The Radio Is Broken
Bobby Brown
I Am The Slime
Brown Moses
No Not Now
In France
Panty Rap
Heavenly Bank Account
Zoot Allures
1984 08 05 - KPFA/KPFB Berkeley, CA, "Speaking of Music"
150 min
Broadcast of the 1984 05 20 "Lecture at The Exploratorium - Speaking of Music" with Frank Zappa at the Palace of Fine Arts, in San Francisco.
SOM intros
FZ Intro and Q&A session
Lumpy Gravy (unreleased "digital" excerpts, different from what available in The Old Master Box I Sampler)
Mo'n Herbs Vacation (excerpts)
Love Story
Naval Aviation In Art?
The Girl In The Magnesium Dress
Jonestown
Q&A Session
While You Were Out
The story behind While You Were Art
While You Were Art (synclavier, unreleased)
He's So Gay (includes intro)
Q&A Session
Francesco Zappa - Opus 1, #3, 2nd Movement Presto
Francesco Zappa - Opus 1, #6, 2nd Movement Minuet
Francesco Zappa - Opus 1, #1, 2nd Movement Allegro con Brio
"The Almost Fictional Life Of Francesco Zappa" (read by Calvin Ahlgren)
Francesco Rock (synclavier, unreleased)