Complete list of live solos / impros available
as stand alone tracks on FZ official releases

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

All solos / impros in alphabetical order

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

Songs in which solos / impros were originally played

(solos are in chronological order)


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This page created on December 2005 and latest revised on December 12, 2008


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