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You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
By Zappa
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ArtistZappa
TypeAlbum
Released16 May 1988
Recorded16 February 1969 - 26 August 1984
RYM Rating 3.81 / 5.00.5 from 851 ratings
Ranked#6,071 overall, #549 for live
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eclectic, male vocalist, playful, abstract, quirky, progressive, humorous
Language English

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timregler May 10 2012 5.00 stars
What you have here, is the first installment of what was essentially a boxed set presented in 6 parts, and released over the course of three seperate dates. I got them all, which also snagged me a way cool looking instrument case looking box to store the complete set. Some of the disks are better than others, but all are great. This one is great in particular because it covers the full range of Zappa from the early Mothers of Invention, through the Flo and Eddie days, into the "modern era" which arguably was Zappa's best collection of musicians. The playing is magnificent, the song selection is excellent as well. This is where I would start if I were to introduce someone to Zappa's music. If you're a fan, get the whole set, you can't really go wrong. But if you're new to the game, this would be an excellent place to start. By the way, this isn't just a guitar extravaganza. Zappa is great of course, but damn, could he find him some drummers and percussionists! Check it out.
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 pp789 Jun 04 2022 4.00 stars
In the late 80's Zappa decided to release bunch of his concert recordings as is on 6 2 CD compilations named You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore.
While listening to this first volume, I asked myself why exactly I don't have all of them. I think I always assumed they should come in a box-set and was waiting to buy that instead of just random numbers. But apparently this was never actually a box set.
So yeah I only have copy of Vol. 1.
But this one basically shows you what to expect from the entire collection. Bunch of live recordings from various eras of Zappa's career.
With 28 tracks all together it's hard to go track-by-track, si I'll just jump to my favourite: Don't Eat Yellow Snow.
To me this is the song that defined what I wanted from a live show, not just Zappa's. It's a 20+minute track of bunch of weirdness, from "enforced recreation", to reciting bunch of poems. It exactly encapsulates what you'd expect from the title of entire compilation.
The only problem is there's entire second CD to it, so instead of ending on a high note, there's bunch more.
I mean not that I complain, and honestly the second CD is as good as the first, and even more Sofa #2 also works well as a closer, as it kind of winds you down...
So if you want to hear a cross-section of live performances through-out Zappa's career, this and entire set of other 5 CDs is exactly what you want. Highly recommended
8/10
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Tacosaladpimp Jan 18 2022 3.00 stars
6.4
This volume is the second in a trilogy of "Jazz From Hell" titles, following Gene Norman's 2013 "American Jazz from Hell".

The volume was completed in 2016.

The "Frank Zappa Backlot Archives Volume One" liner notes state about the album:

These are not "official" Mothers of Invention shows in any legal sense, so they have never been released before in any version, but a long article written about the band's infamous, secretive 1970 Halloween Halloween Horror Tour featured many of these titles as having come from that tour.

With the consent of all the surviving musicians, this show was compiled from the master tapes, and with the assistance of Zappa's former manager Gary Geld and promoter Jon Levine, who helped recover and restore the tapes, this strange shuffle of a show was delivered to the highest-caliber recording studio on the west coast at the time, Sound Recorders, for mastering. As they both knew, it would be a risky endeavor since the material was almost never played on stage outside of the top-secret tour, and no one knew how well the shows would translate to a public light. As it would happen, it was received just like most musics.
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reeagbo Nov 28 2018 3.50 stars
This first double CD of the series is kind of confusing for me. I remember listening to it years ago with great delight. Now I purchase an original copy and the content is not the same that I remember, and it's not that good. I must have been listening to a compilation or something.

The musicality of Sofa or The Torture is great, but I'm no so much into the comedy part, and even less into Frank's solos. I may be a little reactionary here, but I can't imagine why in the world people like is never ending solos. He's not a good performer and he does not have great ideas either. Hey, I'm not judging his musical capabilities, only his ability as player.

So the final opinion is mixed. It's a kind of roller coaster, but I spend more time down than up. Where is that other double CD that I used to listen to?
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 hellaguru May 27 2016 3.50 stars
Frank fittingly kicks off his mammoth 6 volume, 12 disc YCDTASA series with a set that is gloriously all over the map. As usual, I favor the stuff from the original Mothers but the extra unpredictable nature of this one is pretty fun, even when it veers into the dreaded Flo & Eddie era.
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godsdice88 Mar 05 2009 4.50 stars
"Freak me out Frank, Freak me out"
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 NUTTERNORMINGTON Jun 09 2008 4.00 stars
Wonderfully annotated so you can tell yer Estrada from yer Dunbar from yer Belew. 'The Torture Never Stops', indeed!
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 jovike Mar 28 2008 3.00 stars
Great versions of 'Dumb all Over' and 'Heavenly Bank Account'.
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Ratings: 851
Cataloged: 819
Track rating sets:Track ratings: 35
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11 May 2024
davicordeiroklack  1.50 stars Boring, kinda bad
11 May 2024
Two2Dee  4.00 stars Better than 'The Final Cut', presumably
2 May 2024
lazlostargazy  3.50 stars Good release with replay value
28 Apr 2024
IsaacWally  4.00 stars Zeer goed
26 Apr 2024
Ghorkinn  3.50 stars
18 Apr 2024
Luywer  3.50 stars
12 Apr 2024
tough_guy10101  2.50 stars Great :D
6 Apr 2024
Incognitoad  â–¼3.50 stars 7
  • 2.50 stars 1.1 The Florida Airport Tape
  • 3.00 stars 1.2 Once Upon a Time
  • 4.00 stars 1.3 Sofa #1
  • 3.50 stars 1.4 The Mammy Anthem
  • 3.00 stars 1.5 You Didn't Try to Call Me
  • 2.50 stars 1.6 Diseases of the Band
  • 4.00 stars 1.7 Tryin' to Grow a Chin
  • 4.00 stars 1.8 Suite
  • 2.50 stars 1.9 The Groupie Routine
  • 3.00 stars 1.10 Ruthie-Ruthie
  • 4.00 stars 1.11 Babbette
  • 4.00 stars 1.12 I'm the Slime
  • 5.00 stars 1.13 Big Swifty
  • 5.00 stars 1.14 Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
  • 3.50 stars 2.1 Plastic People
  • 4.00 stars 2.2 The Torture Never Stops
  • 3.50 stars 2.3 Fine Girl
  • 3.50 stars 2.4 Zomby Woof
  • 3.50 stars 2.5 Sweet Leilani
  • 3.50 stars 2.6 Oh No
  • 4.00 stars 2.7 Be in My Video
  • 4.00 stars 2.8 The Deathless Horsie
  • 2.50 stars 2.9 The Dangerous Kitchen
  • 3.50 stars 2.10 Dumb All Over
  • 3.50 stars 2.11 Heavenly Bank Account
  • 3.00 stars 2.12 Suicide Chump
  • 3.50 stars 2.13 Tell Me You Love Me
  • 4.00 stars 2.14 Sofa #2
20 Mar 2024
AMD_Donkey  4.00 stars Great
14 Mar 2024
Tapehead  3.50 stars good
6 Mar 2024
BULLETPR00F  2.50 stars C
6 Mar 2024
SweatyItalianGuy  2.50 stars 4.5-5
3 Mar 2024
user_number_x  3.50 stars
27 Feb 2024
BeatlesFan1101  4.00 stars
16 Feb 2024
Zeroxysm  4.00 stars
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Contributors to this release: The_Boogerma, fixbutte, JoPQNia, destroyhead, lordevilvenom, danburnette, [deleted], Jany, [deleted], Vendetta2525, jovike, General_1, cincerus, Alenko
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