The Roxy Performances

The Roxy Performances
Box set by Frank Zappa
Released	February 2, 2018
Recorded	1973
Genre	Jazz fusion
Length	477:09
Label	Zappa Records
Frank Zappa chronology
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The Roxy Performances is a box set by Frank Zappa. It was released as a 7-CD boxset on February 2, 2018. The collection contains four full shows, a rehearsal, a recording session at Bolic Sound, a sound check, and a previously unreleased version of "The Idiot Bastard Son" titled "That Arrogant Dick Nixon".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Zappa

Disc one: 12-9-73 Show 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sunday Show 1 Start"	4:59
2.	"Cosmik Debris"	11:53
3.	"We're Makin' a Movie"	3:16
4.	"Pygmy Twylyte"	9:09
5.	"The Idiot Bastard Son"	2:20
6.	"Cheepnis"	3:45
7.	"Hollywood Perverts"	1:07
8.	"Penguin in Bondage"	5:54
9.	"T'Mershi Duween"	1:57
10.	"The Dog Breath Variations"	1:45
11.	"Uncle Meat"	2:30
12.	"RDNZL"	5:14
13.	"Montana"	7:50
14.	"Dupree's Paradise"	16:12

Disc two: Track 1 12-9-73 Show 1, Tracks 2-9 12-9-73 Show 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dickie's Such an Asshole"	10:29
2.	"Sunday Show 2 Start"	4:08
3.	"Inca Roads"	8:28
4.	"Village of the Sun"	4:20
5.	"Echidna's Arf (Of You)"	4:01
6.	"Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?"	13:23
7.	"Slime (Intro)"	0:59
8.	"I'm the Slime"	3:34
9.	"Big Swifty"	9:02

Disc three: Tracks 1-3 12-9-73 Show 2, Tracks 4-8 12-10-73 Show 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Tango No.1 (Intro)"	4:15
2.	"Be-Bop Tango (Of the Old Jazzmen's Church)"	18:13
3.	"Medley: King Kong/Chunga's Revenge/Son of Mr. Green Genes"	9:47
4.	"Monday Show 1 Start"	5:32
5.	"Montana"	6:58
6.	"Dupree's Paradise"	21:26
7.	"Cosmik (Intro)"	1:06
8.	"Cosmik Debris"	8:05

Disc four: Tracks 1-11 12-10-73 Show 1, Tracks 12-17 12-10-73 Show 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bondage (Intro)"	1:46
2.	"Penguin in Bondage"	6:55
3.	"T'Mershi Duween"	1:53
4.	"The Dog Breath Variations"	1:48
5.	"Uncle Meat"	2:30
6.	"RDNZL"	5:00
7.	"Audience Participation: RDNZL"	3:08
8.	"Pygmy Twylyte"	4:05
9.	"The Idiot Bastard Son"	2:21
10.	"Cheepnis"	4:49
11.	"Dickie's Such an Asshole"	10:22
12.	"Monday Show 2 Start"	5:14
13.	"Penguin in Bondage"	6:33
14.	"T'Mershi Duween"	1:52
15.	"The Dog Breath Variations"	1:47
16.	"Uncle Meat"	2:29
17.	"RDNZL"	5:18

Disc five: 12-10-73 Show 2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Village of the Sun"	4:00
2.	"Echidna's Arf (Of You)"	3:54
3.	"Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?"	6:56
4.	"Cheepnis: Percussion"	4:08
5.	"I Love Monster Movies"	2:11
6.	"Cheepnis"	3:36
7.	"Turn the Light Off/Pamela's Intro"	4:00
8.	"Pygmy Twylyte"	7:24
9.	"The Idiot Bastard Son"	2:23
10.	"Tango No.2 (Intro)"	2:01
11.	"Be-Bop Tango (Of the Old Jazzmen's Church)"	22:31

Disc six: Track 1 12-10-73 Show 2, Tracks 2-5 12-10-73 Roxy Rehearsal, Tracks 6-15 12-12-73 Bolic Studios Recording Session

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dickie's Such an Asshole"	15:31
2.	"Big Swifty"	2:51
3.	"Village of the Sun"	3:13
4.	"Father O'Blivion"	5:34
5.	"Pygmy Twylyte"	6:17
6.	"That Arrogant Dick Nixon"	2:19
7.	"Kung-Fu"	4:51
8.	"Kung-Fu"	1:18
9.	"Tuning and Studio Chatter"	3:39
10.	"Echidna's Arf (Of You)"	1:23
11.	"Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"	9:50
12.	"Nanook Rubs It"	5:42
13.	"St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast"	2:46
14.	"Father O'Blivion"	2:32
15.	"Rollo (Be-Bop Version)"	2:37

Disc seven: 12-8-73 Sound Check/Film Shoot

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Saturday Show Start"	2:21
2.	"Pygmy Twylyte/Dummy Up"	20:25
3.	"Pygmy Twylyte, Pt. 2"	14:25
4.	"Echidna's Arf (Of You)"	3:43
5.	"Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?"	6:02
6.	"Orgy, Orgy"	3:39
7.	"Penguin in Bondage"	6:30
8.	"T'Mershi Duween"	1:54
9.	"The Dog Breath Variations"	1:46
10.	"Uncle Meat/Show End"	4:01