Frank Zappa
Painter's Mill Star Theatre
Owings Mills, MD, USA
1981 11 15 (L)
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~~ With two "newly" discovered low generation SBD parts. ~~
Taped by: unknown
Part 1 contributed and transferred by: julsay (from a band member's friend's 90 minute cassette)
Part 2 contributed by: pbuzby (from a non-Zappa trader's CD)
Speed correction advice by: flambay
Edited by: Pittylabelle
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Available tapes according FZShows:
127 min, SBD, A
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This copy: 127.24 min, SBD, A
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About this edit:
From the first part of the 1981 11 15 (L) show there was already a SBD version of unknown generation from pbuzby's collection on the Zappateers tracker. Recently someone sent pbuzby a surprise: a CD with a SBD recording of the second part of the 1981 11 15 (L) show, which was previously available only in the AUD version. Since 2020 04 29 there was also an upgrade SBD version of the first part of the show on TTD. These two "new" SBD versions are the basis of this newly compiled show torrent presented here.
Since there are no possibilities for patching, except for the really bad sounding AUD version, we decided to create a complete unpatched SBD version.
Unfortunately, there is also a downer: The track "Alien Orifice", especially the FZ solo, contains quite a few digital glitches - much more than in the rest of the second part of this SBD version. In the 3:18 to 3:25 range there were really bad digital glitches and also longer bad dropouts. I tried to correct these errors and reconstruct the missing parts.
Technical corrections:
Only the technically necessary corrections were made (please see lineage below).
As in old Zappateers tradition, no re-EQ or anything like that was added to the recording.
Audio restoration:
Dropouts in Alien Orifice FZ solo from 3:18 to 3:25 repaired.
Mono or Stereo?
This is a real stereo recording!
To preserve the sound of the original recording as well as possible:
NO fade-in or -out, NO track normalisation, NO soundfilter!
All work on the recording was done in 16/44.1.
In short: There is no music left out!
Pittylabelle, 2022 10 20
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Lineage:
SBD Part 1 (julsay, 2020 04 29):
Band member's cassette (probably a 1st gen copy) > Cassette copy made for band member's friend >
Band member's friend's cassette > Nakamichi Dragon > Sony TCD-5M (julsay's cassette copy) >
julsay's cassette copy > Nakamichi CR-7A > Sony SBM-1 > HHB CDR recorder
SBD Part 2 (pbuzby, 2022 10 07):
Non-Zappa trader's CD
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Editing (Pittylabelle, 2022 10 11/16):
-> Technical corrections: iZotope RX 9 Advanced: Phase offset fixed
-> Speed correction: Sound Forge Pro 13.0
-> De-hum: iZotope RX 9 Advanced
-> Volume adjustment: Sound Forge Pro 13.0: Volume adjustment to match channels
-> Audio restoration: iZotope RX 9 Advanced: Dropouts, clicks, crackling fixed
-> Track editing: Sound Forge Pro 13.0
-> Coding: TLH, Align on sector boundaries (Level
: WAV to FLAC conversion
-> Tagging: Mp3tag: Tagged to Zappateers standards
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Lineup:
Frank Zappa's Band, September 1981 - July 1982
FZ - lead guitar, vocals
Steve Vai - guitar, vocals
Ray White - guitar, vocals
Scott Thunes - bass, vocals
Chad Wackerman - drums
Ed Mann - percussion, vocals
Tommy Mars - keyboards, vocals
Bobby Martin - keyboards, saxophone, vocals
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Setlist:
00 Tuning [00:29] °°° fades in
01 Zoot Allures [10:05]
02 Panty Rap - Intro [02:58] (incl. band introduction)
03 You Are What You Is [03:38]
04 Mudd Club [02:51]
05 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing [03:08]
06 Dumb All Over [06:30] °°° cut at 04:06 fades out/in
07 Heavenly Bank Account [04:02]
08 Suicide Chump [05:43]
09 Jumbo Go Away [03:47]
10 Envelopes - Intermission [03:48] °°° cuts out, no music missing
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11 Preamble [01:57] °°° cuts in at low level > level OK again from 00:07 on
12 Dong Work For Yuda [03:14]
13 Drowning Witch [12:42]
14 What's New In Baltimore? [04:46] (parts on FZMTMOP)
15 Moggio [02:24] °°° cuts out, music missing
16 We're Turning Again [04:31] °°° cuts in, music missing
17 Alien Orifice [05:09] °°° dropouts in FZ solo from 3:18 to 3:25 repaired
18 Teenage Prostitute [02:26]
19 Flakes [05:06]
20 Broken Hearts Are For Assholes [04:02]
21 Goblin Girl [02:26]
22 The Black Page #2 [08:24] °°° cut at 02:36 and 06:26, music missing
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23 Encore Break [01:56] °°° cuts in, no music missing
24 Tryin' To Grow A Chin [02:23]
25 Strictly Genteel [06:08] °°° cuts out, no music missing
26 Encore Break [01:15] °°° cuts in, no music missing
27 The Illinois Enema Bandit [11:23]
Total time: 127.24 min
Tracks 00-15 from SBD Part 1 (julsay)
Tracks 16-27 from SBD Part 2 (pbuzby)
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Credits:
Thanks to julsay, for providing the SBD Part 1.
Thanks to pbuzby, for providing the SBD Part 2.
Thanks to flambay, for speed correction advice.
Thanks to Pittylabelle, for editing.
