You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2

Infobox Album |
Name = You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2
Type = Live album
Artist = Frank Zappa


Released = October 25, 1988
Recorded = Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland September 22–September 23, 1974
Genre = Comedy rock, progressive rock, art rock, jazz fusion
Length = 116:42
Label = Rykodisc
Producer = Frank Zappa
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:e7fe4jj70way link]
Last album = "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
(1988)
This album = "You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2"
(1988)
Next album = "Broadway the Hard Way"
(1988)

"You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2" is a live album by Frank Zappa. Despite the subtitle "The Helsinki Concert," the album is not one complete concert, but was, in fact, assembled from two (and possibly three) different concerts performed in Helsinki in 1974. The working title for this album was "The Helsinki Tapes", a title more accurately reflecting the fact that the album was composed of performances from more than one show.

The track listing is similar to that of "Roxy & Elsewhere", as are the core band personnel. The performance includes a double-speed version of "Village of the Sun", sandwiched between a later version of "RDNZL," the first being recorded in 1972, and "Echidna's Arf (Of You)", and "Montana (Whipping Floss)" — a spontaneously rewritten version of "Montana", following an audience member's request for The Allman Brothers Band's "Whipping Post". The guitar solo in the "One Size Fits All" version of "Inca Roads" is an edited extract of the solo presented here.

Zappa has considered these performances as some of the best in his career. This particular line-up was one of his favorites.

Track listing

Disc one

# "Tush Tush Tush (A Token of My Extreme)" – 2:48
# "Stinkfoot" – 4:18
# "Inca Roads" – 10:54
# "RDNZL" – 8:43
# "Village of the Sun" – 4:33
# "Echidna's Arf (Of You)" – 3:30
# "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?" – 4:56
# "Pygmy Twylyte" – 8:22
# "Room Service" – 6:22
# "The Idiot Bastard Son" – 2:39
# "Cheepnis" – 4:29

Disc two

# "Approximate" – 8:11
# "Dupree's Paradise" – 23:59
# "Satumaa (Finnish Tango)" (Mononen) – 3:51
# "T'Mershi Duween" – 1:31
# "The Dog Breath Variations" – 1:38
# "Uncle Meat" – 2:28
# "Building a Girl" – 1:00
# "Montana (Whipping Floss)" – 10:15
# "Big Swifty" – 2:17

Personnel

*Frank Zappa – lead guitar, vocals
*Napoleon Murphy Brock – saxophone, vocals
*George Duke – keyboards, vocals
*Ruth Underwood – percussion
*Tom Fowler – bass guitar
*Chester Thompson – drums

References

External links

* [http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/You_Can't_Do_That_On_Stage_Anymore_Vol_2.html Lyrics and information]
* [http://www.lukpac.org/~handmade/patio/vinylvscds/stage.html Release details]