Frank Zappa - 1972 - Trudgin’ Across The Tundra - Washington, DC.

The Petit Wazoo Orchestra : Frank recorded every show of the Petit Wazoo, but never released any material from this band in his lifetime. He did consider it though, editing out his favorite parts of shows for possible releases. Luckily the Zappa Trust has given us two collections of this FZ-edited material entitled Imaginary Diseases and Little Dots. Many of the tracks are available in unofficial form as audience recordings, but a handful are from shows not circulating. The tracks Oddients and Montreal are improv from the October 27th Montreal show, Imaginary Diseases (the song) is from Waterbury, Connecticut, Little Dots (again, the song) is from Charlotte North Carolina, and Farther Oblivion and parts of Rollo (on Little Dots) are from unidentified shows. Columbia, SC on Little Dots is obviously from Columbia, South Carolina and is notable for featuring Maury Baker on emergency replacement drums, as Jim Gordon (and Gary Barone) was arrested for a drug offence shortly before the show. Every performance on the two official releases are fantastic and the best sound quality of this band that exists. An easy recommendation. Recorded on 11/11/72 DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, DC (Early Show) The Band: Frank Zappa – Lead Guitar, Vocals Tony “De La Jets” Duran – Slide Guitar Dave “What Can I Say?” Parlato – Bass Jim “Skippy” Gordon – Drums Earle “The Golden Geek” Dumler – Oboes, Saxes and Sarrusophone Tommy “The Tuba” Malone – Tuba, Tenor Sax, Flugelhorn, Piccolo Trumpet, Trombone, Piccolo Bruce “You Would Be Amazed What He Can Do With His Lips” Fowler – Trombone Glenn “Hava Nagila” Ferris – Trombone Malcolm “Slowly Fading” McNabb – Trumpet