Frank Zappa Beat The Boots Volume 2 Box Set of 7 LPs

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Beat the Boots Box II (Rhino Foo-eee RI-70372, July or June 16 1992) is a collection of bootleg recordings by Frank Zappa which were originally distributed illegally but were released officially by Rhino Entertainment in 1992. The recordings are on LP . The set contains material from between 1968 and 1978, including Swiss Cheese / Fire! which documents a famous 1971 concert at a casino in Montreux where the venue burned down, inspiring the lyrics of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water".

 Box includes humongus scrapbook collecting rare Zappa memorabilia and original album art, plus a bodacvious black beret with a Beat The Boots pin!

Track listing

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

[edit] Disconnected Synapses

Disconnected Synapses was recorded at Palais Gaumont, Paris December 15, 1970.

1. "Penis Dimension" – 11:15
2. "The Air" – 3:54
3. "The Dog Breath/Mother People" – 4:22
4. "You Didn't Try to Call Me" – 3:34
5. "King Kong" – 31:38
6. "Who Are the Brain Police?" – 6:30

[edit] Tengo Na Minchia Tanta

Tengo Na Minchia Tanta was recorded at the Fillmore East, New York City November 13, 1970.

1. "Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You?" – 0:49
2. "A Pound for a Brown (On the Bus)" – 7:26
3. "Sleeping in a Jar (with extensions)" – 4:34
4. "Sharleena" – 4:31
5. "The Sanzini Brothers" – 0:32
6. "What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening?" – 4:35
7. "What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?" – 5:00
8. "Bwana Dik" – 1:45
9. "Latex Solar Beef" – 1:00
10. "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" – 2:46
11. "Little House I Used to Live In" – 4:04
12. "Holiday in Berlin" – 4:36
13. "Inca Roads/Easy Meat" – 7:16
14. "Cruising for Burgers" – 2:45

[edit] Electric Aunt Jemima

Electric Aunt Jemima incorporates material from various dates: tracks 1, 2, 5 and 7 are from a show at The Dog, Denver, Colorado on May 3, 1968; tracks 3 and 6 are from Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, October 20, 1968 and track 4 was recorded at Grugahalle, Essen, Germany on September 28, 1968.

1. "Little House I Used to Live In/Dog Breath Variations/Blue Danube Waltz/Hungry Freaks Daddy" – 14:30
2. "whät" – 3:53
3. "Dog Breath" – 2:10
4. "King Kong" – 16:30
5. "Trouble Every Day" – 5:59
6. "A Pound for a Brown (On the Bus)" – 8:36
7. "English Tea Dancing Interludes/Plastic People/King Kong/America Drinks/Wipe Out" – 12:00

[edit] At the Circus

All tracks on At the Circus were recorded at Circus Krone, Munich on September 8, 1978, except tracks 6 and 7, recorded for VPRO TV, Uddel, Netherlands June 18, 1970.

1. "A Pound for a Brown (On the Bus)" – 2:15
2. "Baby Snakes" – 2:05
3. "Dancin' Fool" – 3:15
4. "Easy Meat" – 4:39
5. "Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?" – 4:32
6. "Mother People" – 2:40
7. "Wonderful Wino" – 5:41
8. "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?" – 2:21
9. "Seal Call Fusion Music" – 3:12
10. "Bobby Brown" – 2:53
11. "I'm On Duty" – 1:52
12. "Conehead" – 5:31

[edit] Swiss Cheese / Fire!

Swiss Cheese and Fire! were initially produced as two separate bootlegs. Both were recorded at the same show at Casino, Montreux, Switzerland on December 4, 1971. Swiss Cheese comprises tracks 1 to 5 and Fire! tracks 6 to 11.

1. "Intro" – 14:21
2. "Peaches En Regalia" – 3:27
3. "Tears Began to Fall/She Painted Up Her Face/Half-a-Dozen Provocative Squats" – 5:59
4. "Call Any Vegetable" – 9:55
5. "Anyway the Wind Blows" – 3:44
6. "Magdalena/Dog Breath" – 9:49
7. "Sofa" – 18:06
8. "A Pound for a Brown (On the Bus)" – 7:07
9. "Wonderful Wino/Sharleena/Cruisin' for Burgers" – 12:37
10. "King Kong" – 1:24
11. "Fire!" – 1:55

[edit] Our Man in Nirvana

Our Man in Nirvana, Fullerton, California November 8, 1968.

1. "Feet Light Up" – 1:16
2. "Bacon Fat" (Andre Williams) – 4:58
3. "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus" – 8:26
4. "Sleeping in a Jar" – 17:16
5. "The Wild Man Fischer Story" (Larry Fischer) – 3:28
6. "I'm the Meany" (Fischer) – 2:02
7. "Valarie" (Clarence Lewis, Bobby Robinson) – 2:17
8. "King Kong" – 30:59

[edit] Conceptual Continuity

Conceptual Continuity was recorded at Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan November 19, 1976.

1. "Stinkfoot" – 17:58
   • "[The Poodle Lecture]"
   • "Dirty Love"
   • "Wind Up Workin' In a Gas Station"
2. "The Torture Never Stops" – 21:09
   • "City of Tiny Lights"

The LPs are all MINT, both covers and vinyl. They were played once when I purchased this in 1986. The tray that slides in the box has one seam split on the bottom right corner. The box itself is MINT, as are the beret, artwork and Zappa pin.

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