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- Artist: Frank Zappa
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- Release Date: 1992
- Total Time: 140:45
- Type: Live
- Genre: Rock
Review
For the fifth volume in the You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore series, Frank Zappa prepared two unrelated discs. Disc one features the original Mothers of Invention in unreleased live and studio recordings mainly from 1969 (but also one from 1965 and a couple from 1967-1968). Disc two documents the 1982 European tour. There is something wicked -- almost obscene -- in this pairing, and it surely was intentional. Throughout the 1980s, fans of the early Mothers had attacked Zappa's integrity in the case of the re-recorded CD reissues of We're Only in It for the Money and Cruising With Ruben & the Jets, and often despised the scatological antics and straightforward rock stylings of his latter bands. This was a calculated move, a way to say: "So you want unreleased material from the early Mothers? OK, but you'll have to pay for the 1982 band -- and hopefully listen to it, too." The material on the MOI disc occasionally features meager sound quality (as expected), but it contains many gems for the aficionado ("Run Home Slow," the hilarious "Right There," and "No Waiting for the Peanuts to Dissolve" stand out). This is a place for fans to salivate over bits and pieces, not for newcomers to get the full picture about Zappa's pre-1970 career. On the other hand, the performances on disc two are of more general appeal. Although the 1982 band had not really been documented yet (left only a few tracks on Vol. 1 and Vol. 4 of this series), it was not the case for its repertoire. Of historical significance are "Dead Girls of London" and "Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?" The other tracks show good performances but don't stand out as particularly original or essential. ~ François Couture, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| The Downtown Talent Scout | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (4:01) |
| Charles Ives | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (4:37) |
| Here Lies Love | Frank Zappa | (2:44) | |
| Piano/Drum Duet | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (1:57) |
| Mozart Ballet | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Frank Zappa | (4:05) |
| Chocolate Halvah | Lowell George, |
Frank Zappa | (3:25) |
| JCB & Kansas on the Bus #1 | Jimmy Carl Black | Frank Zappa | (1:03) |
| Run Home Slow: Main Title Theme | Frank Zappa | (1:16) | |
| The Little March | Frank Zappa | (1:20) | |
| Right There | Frank Zappa | (5:10) | |
| Where Is Johnny Velvet? | Frank Zappa | (:48) | |
| Return of the Hunch-Back Duke | Frank Zappa | (1:44) | |
| Trouble Every Day [*] | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (4:06) |
| Proto-Minimalism | Frank Zappa | (1:41) | |
| JCB & Kansas on the Bus #2 | Jimmy Carl Black | Frank Zappa | (1:06) |
| My Head | Frank Zappa | (1:22) | |
| Meow | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (1:23) |
| Baked-Bean Boogie | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (3:26) |
| Where's Our Equipment? | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (2:29) |
| FZ/JCB Drum Duet | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (4:26) |
| No Waiting for the Peanuts to Dissolve | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (4:45) |
| A Game of Cards | Frank Zappa, |
Frank Zappa | (:44) |
| Underground Freak-Out Music | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (3:51) |
| German Lunch | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (6:43) |
| My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (2:11) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Easy Meat | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (7:38) |
| The Dead Girls of London | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (2:29) |
| Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously? | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (1:44) |
| What's New in Baltimore? | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (5:03) |
| Moggio | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (2:29) |
| Dancin' Fool | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (3:12) |
| RDNZL | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (7:58) |
| Advance Romance | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (7:01) |
| City of Tiny Lites | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (10:38) |
| A Pound for a Brown on the Bus | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (8:38) |
| Doreen | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (1:58) |
| Black Page, No. 2 | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | (9:56) |
| Geneva Farewell | Frank Zappa | (1:38) |
