Just Another Band from L.A.

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
Frank Zappa chronology
Fillmore East – June 1971 (1971) Just Another Band from L.A. (1972) Roxy & Elsewhere (1974)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Robert Christgau	(C)
Piero Scaruffi	(6/10)

Just Another Band from L.A. is a live album by The Mothers, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). It was recorded live on August 7, 1971 in Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles. A notable inclusion on this album is Billy the Mountain, Zappa's long, narrative parody of rock operas, which were gaining popularity at that time. 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.

The album was reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Rykodisc in 1990 and in 1995. All CD editions remove the composition credits.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Billy the Mountain" (Zappa) – 24:47
   • Interpolates sections of "Johnny's Theme" by Paul Anka and Johnny Carson, and of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" by Stephen Stills.

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

The missing tracks from this concert are as follows:

• "Peaches En Regalia"
• "Tears Began To Fall"
• "Half A Dozen Provocative Squats/She Pained Up Her Face/Shove It Right In"
• "Give Me Some Floor Covering Under This Fat, Floating Sofa"
• "Little House I Used To Live In"
• "Mud Shark/What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?"
• "Bwana Dik/Latex Solar Beef"
• "Willie The Pimp"
• "Do You Like My New Car?"
• "Happy Together"
• "Lonesome Cowboy Burt"
• "200 Motels Finale"

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

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Pop Albums	85