Frank Zappa and The Mothers – The Mothers 1971: Rainbow Theatre – Triple Vinyl Record

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Frank Zappa and The Mothers – The Mothers 1971: Rainbow Theatre – Triple Vinyl Record

The Mothers 1971: Rainbow Theatre presents the complete December 10 concert that ended Frank Zappa’s year in catastrophic fashion. Before an audience member pushed him from the London stage, Zappa and the Flo & Eddie-era Mothers delivered a long, tightly organized show that ranged across instrumental favorites, vocal satire, and extended narrative pieces.

The opening run through “Peaches en Regalia,” “Tears Began to Fall,” and “Shove It Right In” demonstrates the band’s quick changes of style. Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan bring theatrical energy, but the rhythm section and keyboards keep the comedy attached to exact musical cues.

The Divan material, “Pound for a Brown,” “Sleeping in a Jar,” and “Wonderful Wino” connect current routines with older Mothers themes. “King Kong” provides a broad instrumental canvas, giving Zappa and the ensemble space outside the tightly scripted vocal sections.

The later sides include the band’s irreverent “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “Who Are the Brain Police?,” and the sprawling “Billy the Mountain.” The program ends with the stage incident preserved in the audio, making the historical context inseparable from the music.

Spread across three records, this release restores the full concert in sequence rather than excerpting it as a curiosity. It is both a strong performance by the 1971 lineup and the primary document of the night that forced Zappa into months of recovery.

Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic

Record Details

Artist: Frank Zappa and The Mothers
Title: The Mothers 1971 – Rainbow Theatre
Format: Triple Vinyl Record
Label: Zappa Records
Release year: 2022
UPC: 602438403622

Track Listing

A1. Zanti Serenade
A2. Peaches en Regalia
A3. Tears Began to Fall
A4. Shove It Right In
B1. “Pain in the Ass”
B2. Divan: Once Upon a Time
B3. Divan: Sofa #1
B4. Pound for a Brown
C1. Sleeping in a Jar
C2. Wonderful Wino
C3. Sharleena
C4. Cruising for Burgers
D1. “That’s Your Tough Luck”
D2. King Kong
E1. I Want to Hold Your Hand
E2. Who Are the Brain Police?
E3. The Story of Billy the Mountain
F1. Billy the Mountain
F2. “I’m Going to Beat You to Death”