The Dub Room Special

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The Dub Room Special is a film produced by Frank Zappa for direct-to-video release in October, 1982. The video combines footage from a performance on August 27, 1974, a concert performed at The Palladium, NYC on October 31, 1981, some clay animation by Bruce Bickford, and several interviews. The video was only available through mail-order, and thus, was unseen by many of Zappa's fans until it was made widely available on DVD on October 17, 2005. The DVD version is substantially shorter than the original, trimmed by Zappa to fit the space limitations of early laserdiscs. The film was originally conceived as a TV special.

[edit] Musicians

August 1974 band:

Frank Zappa - Guitar, vocals and percussion
George Duke - Keyboards and vocals
Ruth Underwood - Percussion
Chester Thompson - Drums
Tom Fowler - Bass
Napoleon Murphy Brock - Flute, saxophone and vocals

October 1981 band:

Frank Zappa - Lead Guitar and vocals
Ray White - Guitar and vocals
Steve Vai - Guitar
Tommy Mars - Keyboards and vocals
Bobby Martin - Keyboards, saxophone and vocals
Ed Mann - Percussion
Scott Thunes - Bass and vocals
Chad Wackerman - Drums

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