The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life

~ Release by Frank Zappa (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Tracklist

| |
CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Heavy Duty Judy
live recording of:
Heavy Duty Judy
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
6:04
2Ring of Fire
live cover recording of:
Ring of Fire
writer:
June Carter Cash (American Country singer and songwriter) and Merle Kilgore
publisher:
Painted Desert Music Corporation
2:01
3Cosmik Debris
live recording of:
Cosmik Debris
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
4:32
4Find Her Finer
live recording of:
Find Her Finer
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Munchkin Music
2:42
5Who Needs the Peace Corps?
live recording of:
Who Needs the Peace Corps?
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
2:40
6I Left My Heart in San Francisco0:37
7Zomby Woof
producer and editor:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
compiler:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
arranger:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
live recording of:
Zomby Woof
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
5:42
8Bolero
live cover recording of:
Boléro (arr. Ravel for 2 pianos)
composer:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer) (in 1928)
arranger:
Maurice Ravel (classical composer)
version of:
Boléro
5:19
9Zoot Allures
live recording of:
Zoot Allures
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
FZ4Tunes
7:07
10Mr. Green Genes
live recording of:
Mr. Green Genes
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
3:41
11Florentine Pogen
live recording of:
Florentine Pogen
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
7:12
12Andy
live recording of:
Andy
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
5:52
13Inca Roads
recording of:
Inca Roads
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
8:19
14Sofa #1
live instrumental recording of:
Sofa
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
part of:
Sofa Suite
2:49
CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Purple Haze
live cover recording of:
Purple Haze
lyricist and composer:
Jimi Hendrix
publisher:
Bella Godiva Music, Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. (company, not a label), Interworld Music Ltd. and Sea-Lark Enterprises, Inc.
quotes music from:
The Ballad of Jimi Hendrix
2:27
2Sunshine of Your Love
live cover recording of:
Sunshine of Your Love
writer:
Pete Brown (UK poet & producer, with Cream and Jack Bruce), Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton
publisher:
Casserole Music Corp., Dratleaf Music Ltd., E.C. Music (UK work publisher for Eric Clapton), Nemperor Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
2:31
3Let's Move to Cleveland
live recording of:
Let’s Move to Cleveland
lyricist, writer and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
5:52
4When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
live cover recording of:
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
lyricist:
George Graff, Jr. and Chauncey Olcott
composer:
Ernest R. Ball
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons (in 1912)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25290)
0:46
5"Godfather Part II" Theme
live cover recording of:
Main Title / The Immigrant (The Godfather: Part II)
composer:
Nino Rota (composer)
0:30
6A Few Moments With Brother A. West
live recording of:
A Few Moments With Brother A. West
writer:
Brother A. West and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
4:01
7The Torture Never Stops, Part One
live partial recording of:
The Torture Never Stops
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Munchkin Music
5:20
8Theme From "Bonanza"
live cover recording of:
Bonanza
orchestrator:
David Rose (songwriter, pianist and orchestra leader)
lyricist:
Ray Evans (American songwriter)
composer:
Jay Livingston
publisher:
Livingston & Evans Inc. (ASCAP) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
Bonanza (American Western TV series 1959–1973)
0:29
9Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Swaggart version)
live recording of:
Lonesome Cowboy Burt
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Munchkin Music Co.
4:54
10The Torture Never Stops, Part Two
live partial recording of:
The Torture Never Stops
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Munchkin Music
10:48
11More Trouble Every Day (Swaggart version)
live recording of:
Trouble Every Day
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
5:29
12Penguin in Bondage (Swaggart version)
live recording of:
Penguin in Bondage
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
5:05
13The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue
live recording of:
The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
dedicated to:
Eric Dolphy
9:19
14Stairway to Heaven9:20