Father O’Blivion

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Annotation

This is the song that appears on Apostrophe (’). Not to be confused with the 1972-1973 era instrumental “Farther O’Blivion”.

Annotation last modified on 2021-12-21 00:42 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist and composer:Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1969 – 1974-01Father O’BlivionFrank Zappa2:18
1972-12-15Farther O’Blivion (live, 1972‐12‐15: Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)liveFrank Zappa15:01
1973-05-12Father O’Blivion (Cobo Hall Detroit MI 1973‐05‐12)liveFrank Zappa2:34
1973-12-10Father O’Blivion (12‐10‐73 / Roxy rehearsal)liveFrank Zappa5:34
1974-11-20Father O’Blivion (live in Dayton, Ohio / November 20, 1974) (live, 1974‐11‐20: Hara Arena, Dayton, OH, USA)liveFrank Zappa3:14
1978-10-27Father O’Blivion (live, 1978-10-27, show 1: Palladium, New York City, NY, USA)liveFrank Zappa2:28
1978-10-31Father O’Blivion (live, 1978-10-31: Palladium, New York City, NY, USA)liveFrank Zappa2:25
Farther O'Blivion (live)liveFrank Zappa16:01
Farther O’Blivion (live, 1973‐08‐23/24: Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland)Frank Zappa22:54
Father O'BlivionliveFrank Zappa?:??
Father O'BlivionliveFrank Zappa20:41
Father O'BlivionliveFrank Zappa?:??
Father O'BlivionliveFrank Zappa2:20
Father O'Blivion (1974 Quad mix)Frank Zappa2:18
Father O'Blivion (2024 5.1 mix)Frank Zappa2:18
Father O'Blivion (2024 Atmos mix)Frank Zappa2:18
Father O'Blivion (2024 stereo mix)Frank Zappa2:18
Father O’BlivionliveFrank Zappa2:21
Father O’BlivionliveFrank Zappa / Mothers20:42
Father O’BlivionliveFrank Zappa2:22
Father O’Blivion (live)cover and liveZappa Plays Zappa4:45
Father O’BlivionliveFrank Zappa & The Mothers?:??
Father O’BlivionFrank Zappa / Mothers?:??
Father O’Blivion (live)cover and liveZappa Plays Zappa3:25
Father O’BlivionFrank Zappa2:22
Father O’BlivionFrank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention2:22
Father O’Blivion (12‐12‐73 / Bolic Studios)liveFrank Zappa2:31
Father O’Blivion (live)liveFrank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention5:22
Father Oblivion (live 1974)liveFrank Zappa3:46