clxxxviii. ZAPPA, Frank: A Pound For a Brown On The Bus (1969/1978)

clxxxviii. ZAPPA, Frank (1940-1993)

A Pound For a Brown On The Bus (1969)
Bunk Gardner, clarinet, soprano saxophone, bassoon
Ian Underwood, clarinet, alto saxophone, organ
Roy Estrada, bass
Jimmy Carl Black, drums
(1:29)

Pound For a Brown -- Solos 1978
FZ, guitar
Denny Walley, slide guitar
Tommy Mars, keyboards, vocals, 2nd solo
Peter Wolf, mini-moog solo
Ed Mann, percussion
Patrick O'Hearn, bass
Arthur Barrow, bass
Vinnie Colaiuta, drums
(6:29)

from Uncle Meat.

from You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 4.

The original Pound is a clever little tune in 7/8. Zappa sped up the woodwinds to achieve the Munchkin effect.

The solos, from the first Palladium show on October 28, 1978 (not October 31, 1979, as Zappa mistakenly labeled the track in the accompanying booklet), show how the band went off from a written composition to solos. [The actual Pound composition is not heard.]