Category Archives: Friday Boots

Back in July 1982, Frank and the boys played a series of shows down in Italy that to my mind are as good a bunch of gigs as any you will find down the years. This week we feature the fourth of … Continue reading →

Helsinki ’88 Part Two is up — go get it!

Time for another lush 1988 show (if only to please The Chad Wackerman Liberation Front.) This week and the next: Helsinki, Finland, 29 April 1988. From The Planet Of My Dreams: A very good show, but I must say that … Continue reading →

And now for everybody’s least favorite tour: summer/fall 1984! Or maybe not? Check out Vienna, Austria, 4 October 1984 and feel free to share your thoughts.

Buffalo ’80? Ha! This week we have Seattle, 25 March 1980 for you — all 26 tracks! :)

Looks like we were off the airwaves for a good hour or so — but we’re back! With a Friday Boot. So why not direct your mouse over to Denver, 3 May 1968 and click away…

Requests? REQUESTS? I suppose you’ll be telling me that we do requests next as well, Barry? Yes, well, once is too much as far as I’m concerned mumble mumble floodgates grumble hrrrrmph… ok, I’m heading back down to the dungeons… … Continue reading →

Your calls for another ’88 show have been heard: enjoy Warner Theatre, Washington DC, 10 February 1988 — 23 tracks from the best band you never heard in your life… Say “Thank you, Gilles!”

The date: June 8th 1982 The venue: Congress Centrum Hamburg, West Germany Your mission: Download!

“This week I is being mostly arbitrary.” There is no historical reason why you should own this show: Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen, March 5th 1979. No premiers, no special guests, and pretty much the usual 1979 set list. So why offer … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since we featured a Zappa show from the ’81 tour — come to think of it, we haven’t had many of those around here altogether since the Friday Boots saw the light of day some four … Continue reading →

This week’s Friday boot takes us to the Jaap Edenhall, Amsterdam. It is the 5th of February 1977, and a bunch of classic tunes are about to be performed…

For reasons that shall remain unbeknownst to you dear reader, I shall be offline for most of next Friday. Hence this Praecox Friday Boot: Detroit Michigan, 17 May 1969. Oh, and Gilles wants me to tell you: Attention, le son … Continue reading →

Gilles presents: Frankfurt, 28/11/71! He told me this version appears to be missing Cruising for Burgers inbetween Sharleena and King Kong but let’s not have that spoil the fun…

Someone somewhere must have been extra nice to Barry this week; not only did I get bread with my gruel, but he also insisted that this week’s show should be May 1st 1973. And, as Barry always gets what he … Continue reading →