Just Another Band from L.A.

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Just Another Band from L.A.
Live album by The Mothers
Released	March 26, 1972
Recorded	August 7, 1971
Genre	Comedy rock, hard rock
Length	45:18
Label	Bizarre/Reprise
Producer	Frank Zappa
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Frank Zappa chronology
200 Motels (1971) Just Another Band from L.A. (1972) Waka/Jawaka (1972)

Just Another Band from L.A. is a live album by The Mothers, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). It was recorded live in Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA. Another live album released during the Flo and Eddie days, Just Another Band from L.A. features an edited version of the mini-opera "Billy the Mountain." A full version was later released on Playground Psychotics in the early 1990s. Often overlooked by reviewers, this album marks an important period in the band's career due to the extensive use of the Turtles band, soon to be dissolved with Zappa's stage fall. The song "Eddie, Are You Kidding?" refers to Edward Nalbandian.

It was reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Rykodisc in 1990 and in 1995.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side one 1.2 Side two 2 Personnel 3 References

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

1. "Billy the Mountain" (Zappa) – 24:47

[edit] Side two

1. "Call Any Vegetable" (Zappa) – 7:22
2. "Eddie, Are You Kidding?" (Kaylan, Seiler, Volman, Zappa) – 3:10
3. "Magdalena" (Kaylan, Zappa) – 6:24
4. "Dog Breath" (Zappa) – 3:39

[edit] Personnel

• Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals
• Mark Volman – lead vocals
• Howard Kaylan – lead vocals
• Ian Underwood – woodwinds, keyboards, vocals
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums
• Don Preston – keyboards
• Jim Pons – bass guitar, vocals

[edit] References

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