Subject: frank zappa, 09-01-84 
Author: Power-Poster@power-post.org (Bo)
Date: 05/06/02 22:34:32

Frank Zappa 
09/01/84 
Saratoga Performing Arts Centre 
Saratoga, NY 
 
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Set 1 
1) Heavy Duty Judy
2) Introductions 
3) Carolina Hardcore Ecstasy 
4) Advance Romance 
5) I'm the Slime 
6) Be In My Video 
7) What's New In Baltimore 
8) Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up 
9) Ride My Face To Chicago 
10) Teenage Wind 
11) Truck Driver Divorce 
12) Cocaine Decisions 
13) Nig Biz 
14) Sharleena 
 

set2 
1) Keep It Greasy 
2) Honey Don't You Want a Man Like Me? 
3) Carol You Fool 
4) Chana In De Bushwop 
5) Let's Move to Cleveland 
6) He's So Gay 
7) Bobby Brown 
8) Crew Slut 
9) Comments on Women 
10) Camarillo Brillo 
11) Muffin Man 
12) Illinois Enema Bandit 
 
Comment: Parts are on the bootleg "Kreega Bondola". 

Band roster is Frank Zappa, Ike Willis, Ray White, Scott Thunes, 
Chad Wackerman, Alan Zavod, Bobby Martin


September 1st, 1984
And so the 1st leg of the 1984 US tour winds to a close, in Saratoga, with one 
of the best soundboard recordings of any year. Easily A+/A sound. It's also one 
of the more widespread bootlegs I've come across, called Kreega Bondola and 
available, as far as I've seen, in every second-hand record store in the country. 

Frank is finally starting to mix up the setlists a bit, even going so far as to 
split up the Honey, Don't You Want a Gay Greasy Bobby? medley. And the band 
seems in a good, if workmanlike mood. 

It's a shame, then, that this concert did so little for me. I racked my brain 
trying to come up with highlights or really awful stuff to talk about, and 
didn't find anything. It's well-played, Frank's solos are energetic - it's 
just bland. I'm the Slime had a very good solo. What's New in Baltimore? 
was missing the instrumental opening. Bobby comes in late on the intro to 
Keep It Greasey. Frank gives an intro to Camarillo Brillo that is incredibly 
sexist. The secret word only comes into play in the last song, far too late 
to really have an impact. 

I'm grasping at straws here. It's not a BAD show. The band is good, 
the setlist is varied, the playing is high-energy. But...I dunno, I 
wanted more. Oh well, Europe is next, and the shows would definitely 
start to get better. 

--SG 

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