Road Tapes, Venue 2
| Road Tapes, Venue #2 | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | October 31, 2013 | |||
| Recorded | August 23–24, 1973 (3 shows) | |||
| Venue | Finlandia Hall (Helsinki, Finland) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 136:16 | |||
| Label | Vaulternative Records Catalog Number: VR 2013-1[1] | |||
| Frank Zappa chronology | ||||
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Road Tapes, Venue #2 is a posthumous album of Frank Zappa, released in October 2013, consisting of songs from three concerts held in August 1973 at the Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland: the August 23 early & late shows and the August 24 show. With a duration of more than two hours, this collection gives the experience of a full concert.[2][3][4] It is the eighth installment on the Vaulternative Records label that is dedicated to the posthumous release of complete Zappa concerts, following the releases of FZ:OZ (2002), Buffalo (2007), Wazoo (2007), Philly '76 (2009), Hammersmith Odeon (2010), Carnegie Hall (2011) and Road Tapes, Venue #1 (2012).
Track listing
All tracks are written by Frank Zappa
| No. | Title | Recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Introcious" | August 24, 1973 | 5:18 |
| 2. | "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue" | August 24, 1973 | 1:08 |
| 3. | "Kung Fu" | August 24, 1973 | 1:11 |
| 4. | "Penguin in Bondage" | August 24, 1973 | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Exercise #4" | August 23, 1973 (early show) | 1:58 |
| 6. | "Dog Breath" | August 23, 1973 (early show) | 1:36 |
| 7. | "The Dog Breath Variations" | August 23, 1973 (early show) | 1:30 |
| 8. | "Uncle Meat" | August 23, 1973 (early show) | 2:27 |
| 9. | "RDNZL" | August 23, 1973 (early show) | 6:17 |
| 10. | "Montana" | August 24, 1973 | 7:02 |
| 11. | "Your Teeth and Your Shoulders and Sometimes Your Foot Goes Like This . . . /Pojama Prelude" | August 24, 1973 | 10:14 |
| 12. | "Dupree's Paradise" | August 24, 1973 | 15:55 |
| 13. | "All Skate/Dun-Dun-Dun (The Finnish Hit Single)" | August 23, 1973 (early show) | 14:10 |
| Total length: | 72:53 | ||
| No. | Title | Recorded | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Village of the Sun" | August 24, 1973 | 5:40 |
| 2. | "Echidna's Arf (Of You)" | August 24, 1973 | 4:22 |
| 3. | "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" | August 24, 1973 | 9:56 |
| 4. | "Big Swifty" | August 23, 1973 (late show) | 12:58 |
| 5. | "Farther O'Blivion" | August 23, 1973 (late show) & August 24, 1973 | 22:54 |
| 6. | "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" | August 23, 1973 (early show) | 7:33 |
| Total length: | 63:23 | ||
Personnel
- Frank Zappa – lead vocals, guitar
- Ruth Underwood – percussion
- Ralph Humphrey – drums, cowbells
- George Duke – keyboards, vocals
- Tom Fowler – electric bass
- Jean-Luc Ponty – violin
- Bruce Fowler – trombone
- Ian Underwood – bass clarinet, synthesizer
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