The Best Band on Broadway the Hard Way US Tour

~ Release by Frank Zappa (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1The Black Page (New Age version) Incl. Band Introduction
live recording of:
The Black Page
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
9:37
2Dickie's Such an Asshole
recording of:
Dickie’s Such an Asshole
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
6:15
3Stick Together
live recording of:
Stick Together
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
1:58
4My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
live recording of:
My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
3:31
5Willie the Pimp
live recording of:
Willie the Pimp
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Munchkin Music Co.
2:12
6Montana
live recording of:
Montana
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
4:01
7City of Tiny Lites
live recording of:
City of Tiny Lites
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Munchkin Music
9:49
8A Pound for a Brown on the Bus Incl. Make a Sex Noise
live recording of:
A Pound for a Brown on the Bus
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
part of:
The String Quartet
18:11
9When the Lie's So Big
live recording of:
When the Lie's So Big
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
3:33
10Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk
live recording of:
Jesus Thinks You’re a Jerk
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
7:19
11Florentine Pogen
live recording of:
Florentine Pogen
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
8:18
2CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Andy
live recording of:
Andy
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
5:32
2Inca Roads
live recording of:
Inca Roads
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
10:25
3Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
live recording of:
Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
3:07
4Let's Move to Cleveland
live recording of:
Let’s Move to Cleveland
lyricist, writer and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
7:41
5When Irish Eyes are Smiling
live cover recording of:
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
lyricist:
George Graff, Jr. (lyrics "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling") and Chauncey Olcott
composer:
Ernest R. Ball
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons (in 1912)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 25290)
0:48
6Theme from the Godfather II
live cover recording of:
Main Title / The Immigrant (The Godfather: Part II)
composer:
Nino Rota (Italian composer)
0:28
7Who Needs the Peace Corps?
live recording of:
Who Needs the Peace Corps?
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
3:08
8I Left My Heart in San Francisco1:12
9Stairway to Heaven
live cover recording of:
Stairway to Heaven
writer:
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin)
publisher:
Superhype Music, Inc. (ended), Flames of Albion Music, Inc., Superhype Publishing, Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Brothers (publisher, not an imprint), Warner Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell North America Limited (UK-registered publishing company, affiliated with PRS)
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) (ended), Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label) (ended) and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH München
10:10
10Norwegian Jim
live cover recording of:
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
written in:
Swiss Alps, Graubünden, Switzerland (from 1965-01-25 until 1965-02-07)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
written at:
Kenwood (John Lennon’s former house) in Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965-01-25 until 1965-02-07)
2:59
11Louisiana Hooker With Herpes
live cover recording of:
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
lyricist and composer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Northern Songs Ltd. (in 1967)
3:23
12Texas Motel
live recording of:
Texas Motel
parody version of:
Strawberry Fields Forever
part of:
Texas Medley
3:08
13Sofa No.1
live instrumental recording of:
Sofa
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
part of:
Sofa Suite
3:06
14The Illinois Enema Bandit
live recording of:
The Illinois Enema Bandit
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
7:12
15The Texas Medley: Norwegian Jim / Louisiana Hooker With Herpes / The Texas Motel
live recording of:
Texas Medley
8:56
16I Am the Walrus
live cover recording of:
I Am the Walrus
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
ATV (Northern Songs Catalog), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
named after work:
The Walrus and the Carpenter
3:43
17America the Beautiful
live cover recording of:
America the Beautiful
lyricist:
Katharine Lee Bates
composer:
Samuel Augustus Ward
3:11