ZAPPA GIGS

OCT 25, 1968Royal Festival HallFriday · London, United Kingdom

The Sixties

Frank Zappa played Royal Festival Hall in London, United Kingdom, on Friday, 25 October 1968. With him on stage (the Mothers Of Invention, Aug–Nov 1968): Bunk Gardner, Motorhead Sherwood, Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black and Art Tripp. The documented setlist runs to 10 songs over 2 shows, opening with “Progress?” and closing with “The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley”. A soundboard recording circulates, best grade B+/B-.

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Setlist

Early show

  1. 01Progress?includes: Bogus Pomp, Holiday In Berlin, Agency Man, What's The Name Of Your Group?tape: parts on AOTT and on MD
  2. 02King Kongincludes: Original Mothers At Fillmore East, MDtape: parts on AOTT
  3. 03Gas Maskincludes: Tchaikovsky's 6thtape: WRMF
  4. 04Hungry Freaks, Daddylisted as Hungry Freaks Daddy
  5. 05Mr. Green Geneslisted as Mr Green Genes
  6. 06improvisationstape: parts on Transylvania Boogie, AOTT
  7. 07The String Quartetlisted as String Quartettape: parts on AOTT

Late show

  1. 01The Uncle Meat Variationslisted as Uncle Meat Variations
  2. 02Oh, In The Skylisted as In The Sky
  3. 03The Orange County Lumber Truck Medley→ quotes: King Kongtape: AOTT

Line-up · The Mothers Of Invention, Aug–Nov 1968

Recording

SBDB+/B-

Early show: 85 min, Aud, B+/B- || Early show: 45 min, Aud, B || Late show: 25 min, SBD, A-

Official release

Cover of Ahead of Their Time

Released as:

Ahead of Their Time