Frank Zappa - Mr. Green Genes

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Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals, percussion)
Ray Collins (vocals)
Jimmy Carl Black (drums)
Roy Estrada (electric bass)
Don Preston (electric piano)
Billy Mundi (drums)
Bunk Gardner (piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, bassoon)
Ian Underwood (electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone)
Arthur Tripp (drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes)
Motorhead Sherwood (tenor saxophone, tambourine)
Ruth Komanoff (marimba, vibes)

Eat your greens
Don`t forget your beans & celery
Don`t forget to bring
Your fake I.D.
Eat a bunch of these
MAGNIFICIENT
With sauerkraut
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Sauerkraut!
Eat a grape, a fig
A crumpete too ...
You`ll pump `em right through
Doo-wee-ooo

Eat your shoes
Don`t forget the strings
And sox
Even eat the box
Your bought `em in
You can eat the truck
That brought `em in
Garbage truck
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMouldy
Garbage truck
Eat the truck & driver
And his gloves
NUTRITIOUSNESS
DELICIOUSNESS
WORTHLESSNESS

Release History

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0000-00-00

1988-04-29: Ishallen, Helsinki, Finland

1. The Black Page #2 (2:48)
2. More Trouble Every Day (5:41)
3. Penguin In Bondage (5:15)
4. Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel (6:41)
5. What's New In Baltimore? (5:22)
6. Sinister Footwear (26:08)
7. Missing
8. Royal March From L'Histoire Du Sold
9. Packard Goose, Part II
10. Big Swifty (8:48)
11. Who Needs the Peace Corps? (2:37)
12. Let's Make The Water Turn Black (1:51)
13. Harry, You're A Beast (0:54)
14. The Orange County Lumber Truck (3:22)
15. Oh No (1:47)
16. Theme From "Lumpy Gravy" (1:12)
17. Find Her Finer (3:34)
18. Mr. Green Genes (6:23)
19. Florentine Pogen (10:14)
20. Andy (5:21)
21. Inca Roads (9:43)
22. Sofa (3:12)
23. Dancin' Fool (4:00)
24. Whipping Post (6:27)
25. I Am The Walrus (3:38)
26. The Illinois Enema Bandit (9:45)
27. Bolero (5:41)
28. Stairway To Heaven (9:24)

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0000-00-00

1988-05-06: Congress Centrum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

1. Black Page (2:09)
2. Mr. Green Genes (6:23)
3. Florentine Pogen (10:14)
4. Andy (5:21)
5. Inca Roads (9:43)
6. Eat That Question (6:43)
7. Black Napkins (4:36)
8. Sharleena (10:26)
9. Dupree's Paradise (11:26)
10. Let's Move To Cleveland (15:14)
11. Ain't Got No Heart (2:28)
12. Find Her Finer (3:34)
13. Big Swifty (8:48)
14. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (5:25)
15. The Orange County Lumber Truck (medley)
16. Stairway To Heaven (9:24)
17. The Torture Never Stops (medley) (19:45)
18. I Am The Walrus (3:38)
19. Illinois Enema Bandit (1:42)
20. Bolero (5:41)

2004

Mr. Gene's Greens '68

1. Mr. Green Genes (6:23)
2. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:40)
3. America Drinks (1:52)
4. King Kong (23:11)
5. The Handsome Cabinboy
6. Little House...
7. Status Back Baby (2:50)
8. Intro & Tune Ups
9. The Orange County Lumber Truck (3:22)
10. A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus) (5:18)

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1986

Mystery Box

1. Agency Man (6:45)
2. Fine Girl (3:24)
3. I'm The Slime (3:20)
4. Montana (4:00)
5. Mr. Green Genes (6:23)
6. Piece #1 (6:10)
7. The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (10:17)
8. The String Quartet (24:40)
9. What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening? (1:44)
10. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:40)
11. Peaches En Regalia (3:20)
12. Piano Piece (3:41)
13. Pick Me, I'm Clean (3:33)
14. Randomonium (1:23)
15. Ruthie-ruthie (2:21)
16. Stinkfoot (3:58)
17. The Duke (8:59)
18. Watering Holes (0:51)
19. Babette (4:04)
20. Chunga's Revenge (7:44)
21. Dancin' Fool (4:00)
22. Help, I'm A Rock (5:03)
23. Inca Roads (9:43)
24. My Head? (0:44)
25. Piece #2 (2:03)
26. Teen-Age Wind (3:04)
27. The Wild Man Fischer Story   (3:39)
28. What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? (4:32)
29. Bwana Dik (1:20)
30. Collage 1 (1:26)
31. Harder Than Your Husband (2:33)
32. Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (10:14)
33. Sink Trap (1:50)
34. Smell My Beard (4:27)
35. Studebaker Hoch (6:09)
36. The Meanie (1:31)
37. The Purple Lagoon (4:03)
38. Approximate (1:26)
39. Bacon Fat (4:02)
40. Bamboozled By Love (3:04)
41. Don't Fuck Around (1:32)
42. Latex Solar Beef (1:39)
43. Opus 5 (12:47)
44. Ship Ahoy (5:51)
45. The Booger Man (2:33)
46. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:34)
47. Cosmik Debris (7:43)
48. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy (2:51)
49. Drafted Again (3:46)
50. I'll Never Wash My Beard Again (5:15)
51. King Kong (23:11)
52. Munchkin Tits (5:20)
53. Son of Saint Alfonzo (4:17)
54. Well (Please Don't Go) (7:51)
55. While You Were Art (7:23)
56. Chalk Pie (Slightly Different mix of the Guitar version) (4:47)
57. Do You Like My New Car? (2:56)
58. Drum Solo (2:44)
59. Falling In Love Is A Stupid Habit (1:44)
60. Father O'blivion (20:41)
61. Florentine Pogen (10:14)
62. Francesco Opus 1 #1 (1:29)
63. In Memoriam: Hieronymous Bosch (5:08)
64. 2 on the Town (0:22)
65. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (0:57)
66. Francesco Opus 1 #3 (1:51)
67. Magic Fingers (2:36)
68. T'mershi Duween (1:54)
69. We're Turning Again (4:49)
70. Black Napkins (4:36)
71. Doreen (2:44)
72. Francesco Opus 1 #6 (2:05)
73. Nanook Rubs It (6:44)
74. Suicide Chump (9:06)
75. Them Or Us (8:02)
76. What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (3:46)
77. Clownz On Velvet (4:52)
78. Francesco Rock (2:20)
79. Interview (Part 1) (3:01)
80. Saint Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast (1:55)
81. Truck Driver Divorce (1:27)
82. Easy Meat (8:12)
83. Frogs With Dirty Little Lips (2:21)
84. Mar-Juh-Rene (2:44)
85. Pedro's Dowery (8:28)
86. The Final Solution (2:22)
87. Goblen Girl (4:16)
88. Interview (Part 2) (1:47)
89. Penguin In Bondage (5:15)
90. The Kronos Quartet: None of the Above (6:34)
91. Penis Dimension (3:31)
92. Dog Breath (3:55)
93. Time Is Money (2:42)
94. Flambay (4:50)
95. Spider Of Destiny (3:02)
96. Space Boy (2:54)

30 May 1995

The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life

1. Heavy Duty Judy (4:41)
2. Purple Haze (2:27)
3. Ring Of Fire (2:01)
4. Sunshine Of Your Love (2:31)
5. Cosmic Debris (3:04)
6. Let's Move To Cleveland (15:14)
7. Find Her Finer (3:34)
8. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (0:46)
9. "Godfather Part II" Theme (0:30)
10. Who Needs the Peace Corps? (2:37)
11. A Few Moments With Brother A. West (4:01)
12. I Left My Heart In San Francisco (0:37)
13. The Torture Never Stops, Part One (5:20)
14. Zomby Woof (5:39)
15. Theme From "Bonanza" (0:29)
16. Zoot Allures (9:56)
17. Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Swaggart Version) (4:54)
18. Mr. Green Genes (6:23)
19. Florentine Pogen (10:14)
20. The Torture Never Stops (Part Two) (10:48)
21. Andy (5:21)
22. More Trouble Every Day (Swaggart version) (5:29)
23. Inca Roads (9:43)
24. Penguin In Bondage (Swaggart Version) (5:05)
25. Sofa #1 (2:53)
26. The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (10:17)
27. Stairway To Heaven (9:24)

0000-00-00

The Untouchables

1. When The Lie's So Big (3:38)
2. Planet of the Baritone Woman (2:58)
3. Any Kind Of Pain (6:01)
4. Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (9:18)
5. The Untouchables (2:25)
6. Promiscuous (2:03)
7. Why Don't You Like Me? (2:35)
8. Who Needs the Peace Corps? (2:37)
9. Filthy Habits (6:18)
10. Cruisin' For Burgers (9:13)
11. Mr. Green Genes (6:23)
12. Zomby Woof (5:39)
13. Jezabel Boy (2:32)
14. Florentine Pogen (10:14)

1969

Uncle Meat

1. God Bless America (Live At The Whisky A Go Go)
2. Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)
3. King Kong (23:11)
4. King Kong 2
5. King Kong 3
6. King Kong 4
7. King Kong 6
8. King Kong Itself
9. King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track
10. Louie Louie (At The Royal Albert Hall In London)
11. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, part 1
12. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, part 2
13. Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme (1:56)
14. The Voice Of Cheese
15. Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution
16. Zolar Czakl
17. Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague (2:47)
18. The Legend Of The Golden Arches (3:28)
19. Louie Louie (1:56)
20. The Dog Breath Variations (1:38)
21. Sleeping In A Jar (2:24)
22. Our Bizarre Relationship
23. The Uncle Meat Variations
24. Electric Aunt Jemima
25. Prelude To King Kong
26. God Bless America
27. A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus) (5:18)
28. Ian Underwood Whips It Out
29. Mr. Green Genes (6:23)
30. We Can Shoot You
31. If We'd All Been Living In California...
32. The Air (3:27)
33. Project X
34. Cruising For Burgers (2:51)
35. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part I
36. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (3:14)
37. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part Ii
38. King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio)
39. King Kong (It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Dom Dewild)
40. King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It)
41. King Kong (The Gardner Varieties)
42. King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks)
43. King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival...)

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0000-00-00

Uncle Meat (Ltd Lp Ed)

1. A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus) (5:18)
2. Cruising For Burgers (2:51)
3. Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague (2:47)
4. Electric Aunt Jemima
5. Mr. Green Genes (6:23)
6. Our Bizarre Relationship
7. Prelude To King Kong
8. Sleeping In A Jar (2:24)
9. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (3:14)
10. The Air (3:27)
11. The Legend Of The Golden Arches (3:28)
12. The Uncle Meat Variations
13. The Voice Of Cheese
14. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part Ii
15. We Can Shoot You