This page lists all live solos or improvisations (but also some lectures) extracted from regular songs and officially released as stand alone tracks.
Songs in which solos / impros were originally played
After Dinner Smoke - performed in Genoa, June 9, 1988 - TRF: see Torture Never Stops, The
Ancient Armaments - performed in NYC, October 31, 1978 - H: see Unique Opening Solos
Ask Dr Stupid - performed in Eppelheim, February 21, 1979 - TRF: see Easy Meat
Bathtub Man - performed in an unknow show, USA, fall 1974 - OSD: see Cosmik Debris
Bavarian Sunset - performed in Munich, May 9, 1988 - TRF: see I Am The Walrus (actually the solo was played in a post-song jam)
Baked Beans Boogie - performed in Boston, July 8, 1969 (?) - YCDTOSA5: see King Kong (?)
Beat It With Your Fist - performed in NYC, October 30, 1980 (which show?) - SUNPYG: see Torture Never Stops, The
Been To Kansas City In A Minor - performed in Kansas City, December 2, 1972, late show - ID: see Wazoo Assorted Jams
Black Beauty - performed in Miami, February 7-8, 1969 (?) - MD: see King Kong (?)
Bowling On Charen - performed in New York City, October 28, 1977, early show - TRF: see Wild Love
Brixton Still Life (m) - performed in London, December 10, 1971 - PP: see Pound For A Brown, A
Buffalo Drowning Witch - performed in Buffalo, October 25, 1980 - B: see Drowning Witch
But Who Was Fulcanelli - performed in Köln, May 21, 1982 - G: see Drowning Witch
Butter Or Cannons - performed in New York City, August 25, 1984 - TRF: see Let's Move To Cleveland
Canadian Customs - performed in Vancouver, December 18, 1984, late show - G: see Let's Move To Cleveland
Canarsie - performed in London, February 19, 1979 (?) (with overdubs) - SUNPYG: see Easy Meat (?)
Chalk Pie - performed in Salt Lake City, December 7, 1981 (which show?) - G: see Zoot Allures
Champagne Lecture - performed 1970, exact date and location unknown - PP: see Call Any Vegetable
Chocolate Halvah (m) - performed in Miami, February 7-8, 1969 (?) - YCDTOSA5: see String Quartet, The (?)
Church Chat - performed in Metz, June 22, 1982 - YCDTOSA4: see Stevie's Spanking
Cold Dark Matter, A - performed in Allentown, March 19, 1988 - TRF: see Inca Roads
D.C. Boogie - performed in Washingtom, November 11, 1972, early show - ID: see Wazoo Assorted Jams
Diplodocus - performed in Providence, October 26, 1984 - TRF: see King Kong
Do Not Pass Go - performed in London, June 19, 1982, late show - G: see Drowning Witch
Do Not Try This At Home - performed in Milan, July 7, 1982 - G: see Black Page, The
Don't Eat There (m) - performed in London, December 10, 1971 - PP: see Pound For A Brown, A
Duck Duck Goose (first part) - performed in London, February 17, 1977 - L: see Jones Crusher
Emperor Of Ohio - performed in Salt Lake City, December 3, 1980 - YCDTOSA6: see Torture Never Stops, The (?)
Finding Higgs' Boson - performed in Vienna, May 8, 1988 - TRF: see Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
Fire And Chains - performed in Washington, February 9, 1988 - MAJNH: see Pound For A Brown, A
For Duane - performed in Atlanta, November 25, 1984 - G: see Whipping Post
For Giuseppe Franco - performed in Seattle, December 17, 1984, late show - TRF: see Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
FZ/JCB Drum Duet - performed in New York City, February 14, 1969 - YCDTOSA5: see Sixties assorted impros and jams
Gee I Like Your Pants - performed in London, February 18, 1979, late show - SUNPYG: see Inca Roads
Get A Little - performed in New York City, February 13, 1969 - WRMF: see Sixties assorted impros and jams
Goa - performed in Chicago, November 23, 1984, late show - G: see Let's Move To Cleveland
Good Lobna - performed in Memphis, December 4, 1984 - TRF: see Let's Move To Cleveland
Gorgeous Inca - performed in Graz, March 23, 1979 - TFZAABB: see Inca Roads
Gorgo - performed in Stockholm, May 1, 1988 - TRF: see Torture Never Stops, The
Hands With A Hammer - performed in Osaka, February 3, 1976 - YCDTOSA3: see Chunga's Revenge
Heidelberg aka Solo From Heidelberg, A - performed in Eppelheim, February 24, 1978 - TGWATFZ / OSD: see Yo' Mama
Hermitage - performed in Los Angeles, September 18, 1975 - Q: see Envelops The Bath Tub
Hog Heaven - performed in Tulsa, October 18, 1980, late show, and in another unidentified date & venue - SUNPYG: see Easy Meat
Hotel Atlanta Incidentals - performed in Atlanta, November 25, 1984 - G: see Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
Ian Underwood Whips It Out - performed in Copenhagen, October 1, 1967 (which show?) - UM: see King Kong
In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky - performed in Atlanta, November 25, 1984 - G: see Let's Move To Cleveland
Incan Art Vamp (aka Hordern Intro) - performed in Sydney, January 20, 1976 - FZOZ: see Inca Roads
Is That All There Is - performed in Düsseldorf, May 22, 1982 - G: see Let's Move To Cleveland
Is That Guy Kidding Or What - performed in New York City, October 30, 1977 - YCDYOSA6: see I Have Been In You
It Ain't Necessarily The Saint James Infirmary - performed in Pistoia, July 8, 1982 - G: see Pound For A Brown, A
Jazz Discharge Party Hats, The - performed in Carbondale, November 15, 1980 - TMFU: see Torture Never Stops, The
Jim & Tammy's Upper Room - performed in Bordeaux, June 1, 1982 - G: see Advance Romance
Junier Mintz Boogie - performed in Detroit, May 25, 1971 - published only as a single: see Latex Solar Beef
Leather Goods - performed in London, February 17, 1977 - L: see Jones Crusher
Light Is All That Matters - performed in Memphis, December 17, 1984, late show - TRF: see Let's Move To Cleveland
Lisa's Life Story - performed in Santa Monica, December 11, 1981, early show (with Lisa Popeil on vocals) - YCDTOSA6: see Pound For A Brown, A
Lobster Girl - performed in New York City, October 29, 1978 - YCDTOSA4: see Little House I Used To Live In
Lonely Person Devices - performed in Copenhagen, March 3, 1976, early show - YCDTOSA6: see Black Napkins and Ms Pinky
Lonesome Electric Turkey - performed in New York City, June 5 or 6, 1971 - FE: see King Kong
Lumpy Gravy - performed in Los Angeles, September 18, 1975 - Q: see Envelops The Bath Tub
Make A Sex Noise - performed in Binghamton, March 17, 1988 - YCDTOSA6: see Pound For A Brown, A
Man With The Woman Head - performed in Austin, May 20 or 21, 1975 - BF (with overdubs): see Cpt. Beefheart's Bongo Fury Poetry Corner
Meow - performed in Los Angeles, July 23 (?), 1968 - YCDTOSA5: see Sixties assorted impros and jams
Montreal - performed in Montreal, October 27, 1972 - ID: see Wazoo Assorted Jams
Move It Or Park It - performed in Frankfurt, June 11, 1982, early show - G: see Black Page, The
Nancy & Mary Music, The - performed in Minneapolis, July 5, 1970 - CR: see King Kong (?)
No Waiting For The Peanuts To Dissolve - performed in Miami, February 7 or 8, 1969 - YCDTOSA5: see Trouble Every Day
Now You See It - Now You Don't - performed in Carbondale, November 15, 1980 - TTR: see King Kong and Unique Opening Solos
Oddients - performed in Montreal, October 27, 1972 - ID: see Wazoo Assorted Jams
Occam's Razor - performed in Eppelheim, March 21, 1979 - OSD: see Inca Roads
On The Bus aka Toad-O-Line - performed in Eppelheim, March 21, 1979 - JG: see Inca Roads
Once Again Without The Net - performed in Portland, December 20, 1984 - G: see Let's Move To Cleveland
Original Mothers at Fillmore East - performed in New York, April 19, 1968 - MD: see Sixties assorted impros and jams
Orrin Hatch On Skis - performed in Sunrise, November 30, 1984, early show - G: see Ride My face To Chicago
Outside Now (Original Solo) - performed in Munich, March 31, 1979, late show - G - JG: see City Of Tiny Lights
Pink Napkins - performed in London, February 17, 1977 - SUNPYG: see Black Napkins
Pinocchio's Furniture - performed in Berkeley, December 5, 1980, early show - SUNPYG: see Chunga's Revenge
Proto-Minimalism - performed in New York City, February 14, 1969 - YCDTOSA5: see Sixties assorted impros and jams
Rat Tomago - performed in Berlin, February 15, 1978 - SY: see Torture Never Stops, The
Real World Thematic Extrapolations, The - performed in Buffalo, October 25, 1980 - B: see Dancin' Fool
Republicans - performed in Upper Darby, November 10, 1984, late show - G: see Let's Move To Cleveland
Return Of The Son of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar - performed in London, February 19, 1979 (?) - SUNPYG: see Inca Roads
Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top - performed in Austin, May 20 or 21, 1975 - BF (with overdubs): see Cpt. Beefheart's Bongo Fury Poetry Corner
Scratch & Sniff - performed in Brighton, April 16, 1988 - TRF: see City Of Tiny Lights
Sexual Harassment In The Workplace - performed in San Diego, December 12, 1981, late show - G see Unique Opening Solos
Sheik Yerbouti Tango, The - performed in Berlin, February 15, 1978 - SY: see Little House I Used To Live In
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar - performed in London, February 17, 1979 - SUNPYG: see Inca Roads
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More - performed in London, February 18, 1979, early show - SUNPYG: see Inca Roads
Solo From Atlanta, A aka For Duane - performed in Atlanta, November 25, 1984 - TGWATFZ: see Whipping Post
Solo From Cologne, A aka But Who Was Fulcanelli - performed in Köln, May 21, 1982 - TGWATFZ: see Drowning Witch
Solo From Heidelberg, A aka Heidelberg - performed in Eppelheim, February 24, 1978 - TGWATFZ / OSD: see Yo' Mama
Soul Polka (m) - performed in Allentown, March 19, 1988 - TRF: see Oh No
Soup 'N Old Clothes - performed in Santa Monica, December 11, 1980, late show - SUNPYG: see Illinois Enema Bandit, The
Space Boogers - performed in Passaic, November 8, 1974 - OSD: see Big Swifty
St Etienne - performed in St. Etienne, May 28, 1982 - JFH: see Drowning Witch
Sunrise Redeemer - performed in Sunrise, November 30, 1984, late show - G: see Let's Move To Cleveland
Swans What Swans - performed in San Diego, December 12, 1981, late show - G: see Pound For A Brown, A
Systems Of Edges - Wiesbaden, March 27, 1979, early show - G: see Inca Roads
That Ol' G Minor Thing Again - performed in Zurich, June 24, 1982 - G: see City Of Tiny Lights
That's Not Really A Shuffle - performed in Copenhagen, May 11, 1982 - G: see King Kong
That's Not Really Reggae - performed in London, September 24 or 25 (?), 1984 - G: see Whipping Post
Them Or Us - performed in Bolzano, July 3, 1982 - TOU: see Black Page, The
Theme From The 3rd Movement of Sinister Footwear (aka Persona Non Grata) - performed in NYC, October 27, 1978, late show - YAWYI (with overdubs): see Unique Opening Solos
Things That Look Like Meat - performed in Salt Lake City, December 7, 1981 (which show?) - G / TGWATFZ: see City Of Tiny Lights
Toad-O-Line aka On The Bus - performed in Eppelheim, March 21, 1979 - JG: see Inca Roads
Too Ugly For Show Business - performed in Berkeley, December 10, 1981, late show - G: see King Kong
Tracy Is A Snob - performed in Salt Lake City, December 3, 1980 - YCDTOSA6: see Torture Never Stops, The
Trance-Fusion - performed in Stuttgart, May 24, 1988 - TRF: see Marque-Son's Chicken
Trudgin' Across The Tundra - performed in Washingtom, November 11, 1972, early show - OSD: see Wazoo Assorted Jams
Underground Freak-Out Music aka Black Beauty - performed in Miami, February 7-8, 1969 (?) - YCDTOSA5: see King Kong (?)
Variations On Sinister #3 - performed in Madison, August 11, 1984 - G: see Easy Meat
Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression - performed in Santa Monica, December 11, 1980, late show - SUNPYG: see City Of Tiny Lights
Venusian Time Bandits - performed in Basel, October 1, 1974, early show - Q: see Trouble Every Day
Weasels Ripped My Flesh - performed in Birmingham, May 30, 1969 - WRMF: see Sixties assorted impros and jams
Were We Ever Really Safe In San Antonio - performed in San Antonio, December 10, 1984 - G: see Drowning Witch
When No One Was No One - performed in Cologne, May 21, 1982 - G: see Zoot Allures
Where Is Our Equipment - performed in Copenhagen, October 1, 1967 (which show?) - YCDTOSA5: see Sixties assorted impros and jams
Which One Is It - performed in Munich, Germany, June 26, 1982 - G: see Black Page, The
White Person - performed in Neunkirchen am Brand, February 25, 1978 - YCDTOSA6: see King Kong
Why Johnny Can't Read - performed in London, February 17, 1979 - SUNPYG: see Pound For A Brown, A
Winos Do Not March - performed in Sunrise, November 30, 1984, early show - G: see Sharleena
Zeets - performed in New York City, October 31, 1978 - H: see Little House I Used To Live In
All solos / impros in alphabetical order
(solos are in chronological order)
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This page created on December 2005 and latest revised on December 12, 2008