LITTLE FEAT

I mentioned the deluxe re-release of Little Feat's "Dixie Chicken" a little while ago.
In the meantime, both "Sailin' Shoes" (1972) and "Dixie Chicken" (1973) have been remastered and reissued with lots of bonus material.
And both albums sound great !

Feat. Lowell George and Roy Estrada. (Roy only on "Sailin' Shoes")

https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/little-feat-sailin-shoes-and-dixie-chicken-deluxe-editions/

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A snippet from Rockpalast from 1977:

LITTLE FEAT BOX SETS

I only recently discovered these Little Feat box sets.
I haven't actually seen them, but they sure look impressive.

Featuring Lowell George, Roy Estrada and some more familiar sounding names...
Album / box covers have been added to the United Mutations Archives.

• little feat: rad gumbo - the complete warner bros years 1971 - 1990
      (2014, 13cd, europe, warner music)

• little feat: the broadcast collection
      (2017, 9cd, uk, soundstage)

FRANK ZAPPA - VANCOUVER WORKOUT

• frank zappa: vancouver workout
      (2016, 2cd, uk, zip city)

So a couple of weeks ago, I finally received "Vancouver Workout", a semi-official / radio-broadcast 2CD set that included Frank Zappa's October 1, 1975 concert at the 'Gym' in Vancouver.

Frank Zappa, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Roy Estrada, Andre Lewis and Terry Bozzio.

Superb.

The ZFT is missing a fine opportunity with these radio show recordings...

MOVIE - WHERE'S THE BEER AND WHEN DO WE GET PAID?

• movie: where's the beer and when do we get paid?
      (2014, dvd, ger, edition kassenknüller strassenfeger)

Filmed in 2012 by Bröller and Brot, "Where's The Beer And When Do We Get Paid?" is a documentary about Jimmy Carl Black. It's about Jimmy's life in Germany and about how he still had to perform to make a living.
Out on DVD and including about 45 minutes of bonus material.
Also featuring Eugene Chadbourne, Don and Bunk, Roy Estrada, Moni, Arthur Brown, Andy Cahan, Denny Walley, and others.

http://www.wheresthebeer.de/heres-the-dvd/

THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION - WOLLMAN RINK, CENTRAL PARK, NY, AUGUST 3RD 1968

• the mothers of invention: wollman rink, central park, ny, august 3rd 1968
      (2014, cd, uk, keyhole)

1968 08 03 concert "schaefer music festival", 'wollman rink', central park, new york city, ny, usa

frank zappa: guitar

ray collins: vocals

roy estrada: bass

jimmy carl black: drums

art tripp: drums, percussion

ian underwood: keyboards, woodwinds

don preston: keyboard

bunk gardner: woodwinds

motorhead sherwood: sax

1. jazz rock improvisation

2. help, i'm a rock

3. baby love

4. big leg emma

5. holiday in berlin

6. trouble every day

7. orange county lumber truck

I don't know which loophole got exploited, but "Wollman Rink, Central park, NY, August 3rd 1968" is being advertised as a new release by The Mothers Of Invention and it's available from most retailers.
I guess we should consider it as some sort of (semi-)official release.

As for the music, the 1968/08/03 recording has been circulating amongst collectors for many years. It's an excellent sounding stage / audience recording featuring the early Mothers Of Invention in one of their insane shows.