Frank Zappa - A Token Of My Extreme

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Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
Warren Cucurullo (rhythm guitar, vocals)
Denny Walley (slide guitar, vocals)
Ike Willis (lead vocals)
Peter Wolf (keyboards)
Arthur Barrow (bass, vocals)
Ed Mann (percussion)
Vinnie Colaiuta (drums)

Arriving at L. Ron Hoover`s modernistic office / cathedral / warehouse / condominium complex, Joe is greeted by a pre-recorded message and a dramatically illuminated image on a wall-sized TV screen...

L. Ron Hoover:
Welcome to the First Church of Appliantology! The WHITE ZONE is for loading and unloading only!

Don`t you be Tarot-fied
It`s just a token
of my extreme
Don`t you be Tarot-fied
It`s just a token
of my extreme

Don`t you never try to
look behind my eyes
You don`t wanna know
what they have seen
Don`t you never try to
look behind my eyes
You don`t wanna know
what they have seen

Joe: (thinking to himself)
Some people think
That if they go too far
They`ll never get back
To where the rest of
them are
I might be crazy
But there`s one thing
I know
You might be surprised
At what you find
when ya go!

And thus, having ration- alized his expedition to L. Ron`s modernistic office / cathedral / warehouse / condominium complex, JOE seeks The Answer to his problem...

Joe:
Oh oh oh
Mystical Advisor
What is my problem,
tell me
Can you see?

L. Ron Hoover:
Well, you have nothing
to fear, my son!
You are a Latent
Appliance Fetishist,
It appears to me!

Joe:
That all seems very,
very strange
I never craved
a toaster
Or a color T.V.

L. Ron Hoover:
A Latent Appliance
Fetishist
Is a person who
refuses to admit
to his or herself
That sexual
gratification can
only be achieved
Through the use of
MACHINES...
Get the picture?

Joe:
Are you telling me
I should come out
of the closet now
Mr. Ron?

L. Ron Hoover:
No, my son!
You must go into
THE CLOSET

Joe:
What?

L. Ron Hoover:
And you will have

Joe:
Heh?

L. Ron Hoover:
Hey!
A lot of fun!
That`s where
they all live
So if you want an
Appliance to love you
You`ll have to
go in there
`N` get you one

Joe:
Well...that seems
simple enough...

L. Ron Hoover:
Yes, but if you want a
really GOOD one,
You`ll have to learn a
foreign language...

Joe:
German, for instance?

L. Ron Hoover:
That`s right...
A lot of really cute
ones come from
over there!
(Fifty bucks, please)
And a cheerful group of
Appliantologists dance
into the room wearing
aluminum foil lab smocks,
lock arms in a circle
around JOE, making sure
he pays in full, all the
while singing with L. RON
as he delivers his final
instructions...

L. Ron Hoover:
If you been
Mod-O-fied,
It`s an illusion,
an yer in between
Don`t you be
Tarot-fied,
It`s just a lot of nothin`,
So what can it mean?

If you been
Mod-O-fied,
It`s an illusion,
an yer in between
Don`t you be
Tarot-fied,
It`s just a lot of nothin`,
So what can it mean?

If you been
Mod-O-fied,
It`s an illusion,
an yer in between...

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Release History

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1975-04-27: No Bacon for Breakfast, Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA

1. Prologue Improvisation
2. A Token Of My Extreme (4:29)
3. Stink Foot (3:59)
4. I'm Not Satisfied (4:08)
5. Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy, Part 1
6. Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy, Part 2
7. Summer-Night Blues
8. A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus) (5:18)
9. Frog Improvisation
10. Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (3:04)
11. Improvisation
12. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? (4:56)
13. Advance Romance (10:09)

1998

Ditties And Beer

1. Camarillo Brillo (3:25)
2. City Of Tiny Lites (5:34)
3. Willy the Pimp (9:17)
4. Anyway The Wind Blows (3:45)
5. Stinkfoot (3:58)
6. The Orange County Lumber Truck (3:22)
7. For Duane (3:29)
8. Stevie's Spanking (5:22)
9. Ms. Pinky (3:40)
10. Bamboozled By Love (3:04)
11. A Token Of My Extreme (4:29)
12. Who Needs the Peace Corps? (2:37)
13. Can't Afford No Shoes (2:39)
14. Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top (2:52)
15. Teenage Prostitute (2:40)

1979

Joe's Garage

1. Joe's Garage (6:10)
2. Catholic Girls (3:52)

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Joes Garage Acts 1 2 3

1. A Token Of My Extreme (4:29)
2. Catholic Girls (3:52)
3. Crew Slut (7:05)
4. Dong Work For Yuda (2:56)
5. He Used To Cut The Grass (8:35)
6. Joe's Garage (6:10)
7. Keep It Greasy (3:35)
8. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (5:25)
9. On The Bus (4:32)
10. Outside Now (6:58)
11. Packard Goose (7:26)
12. Stick It Out (3:20)
13. Sy Borg (8:56)
14. The Central Scrutinizer (2:50)
15. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (2:47)

25 September 2012

Joe's Garage Acts 1, 2 & 3

1. Dong Work For Yuda (2:56)
2. The Central Scrutinizer (2:50)
3. Joe's Garage (6:10)
4. Keep It Greasey (3:10)
5. Catholic Girls (3:52)
6. Outside Now (6:58)
7. Crew Slut (7:05)
8. He Used To Cut The Grass (8:35)
9. Fembot In A Wet T-shirt (4:44)
10. Packard Goose (7:26)
11. On The Bus (4:32)
12. Watermelon In Easter Hay (4:58)
13. A Little Green Rosetta (8:16)
14. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (2:47)
15. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (5:25)
16. Scrutinizer Postlude (1:35)
17. A Token Of My Extreme (4:29)
18. Stick It Out (3:20)
19. Sy Borg (8:56)

18 December 2012

Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III

1. The Central Scrutinizer (2:50)
2. Joe's Garage (6:10)
3. Catholic Girls (3:52)
4. Crew Slut (7:05)
5. Wet T-shirt Nite (5:26)
6. Toad O Line (4:18)
7. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (2:47)
8. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (5:25)
9. A Token Of My Extreme (4:29)
10. Stick It Out (3:20)
11. Sy Borg (8:56)
12. Dong Work For Yuda (2:56)
13. Keep It Greasey (3:10)
14. Outside Now (6:58)
15. He Used To Cut The Grass (8:35)
16. Packard Goose (7:26)
17. Watermelon In Easter Hay (4:58)
18. A Little Green Rosetta (8:16)

02 May 1995

Joe’s Garage: Acts I, II & III

1. Dong Work For Yuda (2:56)
2. The Central Scrutinizer (2:50)
3. Joe's Garage (6:10)
4. Keep It Greasey (3:10)
5. Catholic Girls (3:52)
6. Outside Now (6:58)
7. Crew Slut (7:05)
8. He Used To Cut The Grass (8:35)
9. Fembot in a Wet T‐Shirt (4:45)
10. Packard Goose (7:26)
11. On The Bus (4:32)
12. Watermelon In Easter Hay (4:58)
13. A Little Green Rosetta (8:16)
14. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (2:47)
15. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (5:25)
16. Scrutinizer Postlude (1:35)
17. A Token Of My Extreme (4:29)
18. Stick It Out (3:20)
19. Sy Borg (8:56)

19 November 1979

Joe’s Garage: Acts II & III

1. A Token Of My Extreme (4:29)
2. He Used To Cut The Grass (8:35)
3. Packard Goose (7:26)
4. Stick It Out (3:20)
5. Sy Borg (8:56)
6. Watermelon In Easter Hay (4:58)
7. A Little Green Rosetta (8:16)
8. Dong Work For Yuda (2:56)
9. Keep It Greasey (3:10)
10. Outside Now (6:58)

1979

Joe's Garage Acts II & III

1. A Token Of My Extreme (4:29)
2. Stick It Out (3:20)
3. Sy Borg (8:56)
4. Dong Work For Yuda (2:56)
5. Keep It Greasy (3:35)
6. Outside Now (6:58)
7. He Used To Cut The Grass (8:35)
8. Packard Goose (7:26)
9. Watermelon In Easter Hay (4:58)
10. A Little Green Rosetta (8:16)

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The History and Collected Improvisations of Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention

1. A Token Of My Extreme (4:29)
2. Be-Bop Tango Preamble / Pygmy Twylyte (10:56)
3. Exercise Four (4:47)
4. Intro (0:52)
5. Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme) (2:48)
6. Apostrophe (5:51)
7. Dog Breath (3:55)
8. Dupree's Paradise Story / Be-Bop Tango (8:06)
9. Gloria (7:51)
10. The Hook (2:48)
11. Dog Breath / Uncle Meat (4:23)
12. Dog Breath Variations (2:14)
13. Dupree's Paradise (11:26)
14. Sleeping In A Jar (2:24)
15. Stinkfoot (3:58)
16. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow / Nanook Rubs It / St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast / Mar-juh-rene (13:15)
17. I'm Not Satisfied (4:08)
18. I'm The Slime (3:20)
19. Inca Roads (9:43)
20. Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (3:04)
21. Uncle Meat (2:51)
22. Carolina Hard-core Ecstasy (6:13)
23. Debra Cadabra (4:33)
24. Montana (4:00)
25. Penguin In Bondage (5:15)
26. Pygmy Twylyte / [Room Service] (18:50)
27. Fifty - Fifty (8:05)
28. Florentine Pogen (10:14)
29. Pygmy Twylyte (8:22)
30. T'mershi Duween (1:54)
31. You Can Swallow My Pride (4:50)
32. Any Downers? / Packard Goose (8:32)
33. Idiot Bastard Son (2:31)
34. [Mudshark intro] (1:42)
35. Camarillo Brillo (3:25)
36. Cheepnis (6:33)
37. Mudshark (13:30)
38. Why Doesn't Someone Get Him a Pepsi? (10:08)
39. Farther Oblivion (10:45)
40. Muffin Man (5:52)
41. Cheepnis (clear version) (5:36)