Bongo Fury

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Bongo Fury is a mostly live album released by Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart in 1975. The live portions were recorded in May 1975 at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas. Studio tracks were recorded in January 1974. This was the first time Zappa and Beefheart had worked together since the late 1969 studio sessions that resulted in the album Hot Rats.

The album is a notable entry in his discography. It was the last to feature a majority of Zappa's early 70s band, which had been used extensively on prior albums such as Apostrophe (') and Roxy & Elsewhere. As such, Napoleon Murphy Brock's vocals are featured both on the sprawling "Advance Romance" as well as on the three-part harmonies of "Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy". Captain Beefheart, in likely his only tour with Zappa's band, delivers vocals on several tracks, including his two short prose readings. Bongo Fury also marks the first appearance of Terry Bozzio, who would become Zappa's most consistently featured drummer up through 1981's Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar.

Track listing

All tracks performed by Frank Zappa & the Mothers, and Captain Beefheart. All tracks composed by Zappa, except tracks 3 & 8 composed by Van Vliet.

"Debra Kadabra" – 3:54
"Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy" – 5:59
"Sam With the Showing Scalp Flat Top" – 2:51
"Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead" – 3:03
"200 Years Old" – 4:32
"Cucamonga" – 2:24
"Advance Romance" – 11:17
"Man With the Woman Head" – 1:28
"Muffin Man" – 5:34

Personnel

Terry Bozzio – drums
Michael Braunstein – engineer
Napoleon Murphy Brock – saxophone, vocals
Captain Beefheart – harmonica, harp, vocals, performer
George Duke – keyboards, vocals
Bruce Fowler – trombone, dancer
Tom Fowler – bass, dancer
Frank Hubach – engineer
Kelly Kotera – engineer
Kerry McNabb – engineer
Davey Moire – engineer
Cal Schenkel – design
Bob Stone – engineer
Mike "Clay" Stone – engineer
Chester Thompson – drums
Denny Walley – vocals, slide guitar
John Williams – photography, cover photo
Frank Zappa – guitar, keyboards, vocals, producer, performer

Frank Zappa
Main Albums
Freak Out! \| Absolutely Free \| We're Only in It for the Money \| Lumpy Gravy \| Cruising with Ruben & the Jets \| Uncle Meat \| Hot Rats \| Burnt Weeny Sandwich \| Weasels Ripped My Flesh \| Chunga's Revenge \| Fillmore East - June 1971 \| Just Another Band from L.A. \| Waka/Jawaka \| The Grand Wazoo \| Over-Nite Sensation \| Apostrophe (') \| Roxy & Elsewhere \| One Size Fits All \| Bongo Fury \| Zoot Allures \| Zappa in New York \| Studio Tan \| Sleep Dirt \| Sheik Yerbouti \| Orchestral Favorites \| Joe's Garage \| Tinsel Town Rebellion \| Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar \| You Are What You Is \| Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch \| The Man from Utopia \| London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 \| [[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger]] \| Them or Us \| Thing-Fish \| Francesco Zappa \| Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention \| Does Humor Belong in Music? \| Jazz from Hell \| London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 \| Guitar \| Broadway the Hard Way \| The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life \| Make a Jazz Noise Here \| Playground Psychotics \| Ahead of Their Time \| The Yellow Shark
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore
Vol. 1 \| Vol. 2 \| Vol. 3 \| Vol. 4 \| Vol. 5 \| Vol. 6
Posthumous Albums
Civilization, Phaze III \| The Lost Episodes \| Läther \| Mystery Disc \| Everything Is Healing Nicely \| \| Halloween \| Joe's Corsage \| Joe's Domage \| Joe's XMASage \| Imaginary Diseases
Compilations
Mothermania \| The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa \| Strictly Commercial \| [[Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute]] \| Have I Offended Someone?
Films and Videos
200 Motels \| Baby Snakes \| The Dub Room Special \| Video from Hell \| Does Humor Belong in Music? \| The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels \| The Amazing Mr. Bickford \| Uncle Meat
Unreleased
Trance-Fusion \| The Rage And The Fury \| Dance Me This

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