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EAGLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT and the Zappa Family Trust are pleased to announce the first official release of A TOKEN OF HIS EXTREME, an original program created by FRANK ZAPPA for TV. Recorded on August 27, 1974 at KCET in Hollywood, A TOKEN OF HIS EXTREME features Frank Zappa with five incredibly talented band members for this extravaganza of live music. The line-up exists of Frank Zappa guitar, percussion, vocals; George Duke keyboards, finger cymbals, tambourine, vocals; Napoleon Murphy Brock sax, vocals; Ruth Underwood percussion; Tom Fowler bass; Chester Thompson drums. The Program, as edited and thoroughly tweezed & produced by FZ for Honker Home Video includes these delights: The Dog Breath Variations/ Uncle Meat, Montana, Earl Of Duke (George Duke), Florentine Pogen, Stink-Foot, Pygmy Twylyte, Room Service, Inca Roads, Oh No, Son Of Orange County, More Trouble Every Day, A Token Of My Extreme. Stereo Mixes Produced by Frank Zappa with Kerry McNabb at Paramount Studios, 1974. Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering, 2009

Huge pic of front cover here...
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A great DVD and a welcome release (ha!), but the front cover sucks (thanks for posting the link anyway, Jaypfunk).

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Who gives a fuck what the front cover looks like? IT'S A DVD. You're not going to stare at the cover, you supposed to watch the disc. Retart.

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I thought you, dearest heart.
You posted the link.
It's not important, anyway...
Glad to know I'm a "retart", though - does that really mean I'm the reincarnation of Mary Magdelene after all?

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That is very good news for another "retart". I always hated the Palladium '81 interruptions on the Dub Room Special from day one when it was released on video tape. To combine the KCET footage with the '81 footage was similar stupid as the d'n'b overdubs on CWR&TJ. Especially having to watch and hear Chad's drumming in between the other stuff is extremely annoying. So having this available officially in its original form (and with remastered audio) should be very satisfying.

Th.

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In a little white box?

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Even if it makes me a "retart," I can't help but express some dissatisfaction with the cover, but it is what's inside that counts... And what's inside is gonna blow me away!!

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Oh No! I don't believe it...
You say that you think you know the meaning of love...

yeah that pesky Chad Wackerman... he's terrible!!

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Now were cooking with gas...

FINALLY!

I guess this will keep us busy until the ostensible release of The Roxy Performances DVD and other related extravagant bonuses later this year...

Thanks for letting us know.

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Better cover.

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that bootleg cover is fucking horrible!

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Make your checks payable to QUENTIN ROBERT DeNAMELAND, Greatest Living Philostopher Known to Mankind.

Admit it...that photo at centre-top, of Cross-Eyed Frankie, is pretty cool!

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Hooray, something new to get excited about!

Excuse me for having such a silly idea, and voicing said silly idea, but wouldn't it be interesting, just interesting, if, since many have been complaining about posthumous art (examples: Finer Moments, Understanding America and this new video release here), the ZFT included with a new project one of those... what're they called..? FAN-ART CONTESTS?
I apologize for the brief instance of logic.

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Oh No! I don't believe it...
You say that you think you know the meaning of love...

Why not watching the content of the disc using a DVD-player or similar device? Staring at the disc itsself might be as boring as staring at the front cover.

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god, what a cheap bubble machine!!!

That's how I have always felt about the '81 interruptions. I actually can't watch them it's that bad (at least it is to me). There's something really gay about those 80's line ups too. Muscle men in shorts, screaming and wailing

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"drums are too noisy, 'n you've got no corners to hide in"

Cool, looking forward to this. Will pre-order as soon as it's up(not from Musictoday) Have had the bootleg VHS for 15 yrs or so. IMO this performance and band is better than the Roxy band/show.

Great band. A no-brainer.

As for Roxy, assuming it's ever released, I don't know how it's going to stand up to all the hype from the fan base (and ZFT) all these years. I don't think anything could. I'd like very much to be wrong though....

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I hope they keep the Montana solo intact.

Yes, it's absolutely true that one should never judge the proverbial book (or in this case, DVD) by its cover, but I'm looking at this, thinking about what the cover artist attempted to achieve and then realising: it's not working for me. It's not even comparable to what, say Cal Schenkel himself has been capable of.

Good thing it's being released though. Hopefully the entire Stockholm '73 gig could also be converted to a releasable DVD, with other '73 Ponty era tidbits for possible bonus inclusion (the Australian TV footage, and this, if any tune in full form exists).

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Awesome news! It will make a nice prequal to the Roxy DVD, assuming no further delays. I hope "We Don't Mess Around" gets the official treatment as well.

Gail, did you pick up on that?

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Oh No! I don't believe it...
You say that you think you know the meaning of love...

Great News!!!!

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Holy Fuck!! I've been trolling through here all morning and then BAM! I come upon this exiting news!!!

YEAH! BABY! YEAH!

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