The Dub Room Special

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The Dub Room Special
Cover of original video release
Directed by	Frank Zappa
Produced by	Frank Zappa
Music by	Frank Zappa
Editing by	Frank Zappa
Distributed by	Honker Home Video (video release) Eagle Vision (DVD release)
Release date(s)	1982 (original video release) October 2005 (DVD release)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
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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 was trimmed slightly by Zappa to fit the space limitations of early laserdiscs. The 1974 footage was originally conceived as a TV special. In 2007 a soundtrack with the same name was relased.

Contents 1 Track Listing 2 Musicians 2.1 August 1974 band 2.2 October 1981 band 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Track Listing

• 1. "Kim?"/The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat
• 2. Room Service
• 3. Nig Biz
• 4. Approximate
• 5. Cosmik Debris
• 6. Cocaine Decisions
• 7. "The Massimo Bassoli Instant Italian Lesson"/Montana
• 8. "In Case You Didn't Know"/Tengo Na Minchia Tanta
• 9. Florentine Pogen
• 10. Stevie's Spanking
• 11. Stink-Foot
• 12. Flakes
• 13. Inca Roads
• 14. Easy Meat
• 15. "Huh-Huh-Huh"

The following sections were deleted from the original video release:

• Zappa talking about Compact Video (originally preceded Room Service)
• Intermission after Florentine Pogen, with title cards and Zappa talking about bad continuity

[edit] Musicians

[edit] 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

[edit] October 1981 band

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

[edit] Trivia

At the time of the video's release, the songs "Room Service", "Nig Biz", "Approximate", "Cocaine Decisions", "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta", and "Stevie's Spanking" had not appeared on an official Frank Zappa LP.

[edit] External links

• The Dub Room Special at the Internet Movie Database
• Info at globalia.net

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