Bongo Fury ~ Frank Zappa and the Mothers with Captain Beefheart

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Bongo Fury is a collaborative album by American artists Frank Zappa and the Mothers, with Captain Beefheart, released in October 1975. The live portions were recorded on May 20 and 21, 1975, at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas. Tracks 5, 6 and 9 (intro only) are studio tracks recorded in January 1975 during the sessions which produced One Size Fits All (1975) and much of Studio Tan (1978).
The album is a notable entry in Zappa's discography, because it was the last to feature a majority of his early 1970s band, which appeared on Over-Nite Sensation (1973), Apostrophe (') (1974), Roxy & Elsewhere (1974), and One Size Fits All (1975).
Napoleon Murphy Brock's vocals are featured both on the sprawling "Advance Romance" as well as on the three-part harmonies of "Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy". Captain Beefheart, in his only tour with Zappa's band, delivers vocals and harmonica on several tracks, including his two short prose readings. Bongo Fury also marks the first appearance of Terry Bozzio, who would become Zappa's featured drummer between 1975 and 1978.
Tracks:
1. Debra Kadabra 00:00
2. Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy 03:54
3. Sam with the Showing Scalp Flat Top 09:54
4. Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead 12:45
5. 200 Years Old 15:49
6. Cucamonga 20:21
7. Advance Romance 22:46
8. Man with the Woman Head 34:03
9. Muffin Man 35:32

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