Bongo Fury - 5CD+BD (Super Deluxe Box Set)

5 x CD, Blu-ray, Album, 50th Anniversary Edition, Limited Edition, Super Deluxe Edition, Reissue, Box Set, Incl. Booklet
Release 20/3/26

BONGO FURY turns 50! 

The classic collaboration between Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart during May 1975 resulted in a flurry of new compositions, a tour, and eventually an album. Bongo Fury is made up of mostly live recordings from the Armadillo Headquarters in Austin, TX, along with a few studio recordings from The Record Plant in Los Angeles. The album is a memorable addition to the Zappa Catalog and the last to feature the band name “Mothers” before it was retired in 1976. This new 50th Anniversary Edition presents 5 CDs of material (roughly 80% unreleased) including studio outtakes and live tracks plus the two Armadillo concerts complete and remixed from the original 16-Track Masters. Also includes unseen photos and liner notes from band member, Denny Walley, plus Vaultmeister Joe Travers. Blu-Ray features new Dolby Atmos, 5.1 mixes, and high-resolution stereo audio with bonus surround experiences from Zappa’s Vault. 

Tracks:
CD 1: Bongo Fury - The Album + Bonus Fury
Debra Kadabra
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
200 Years Old
Cucamonga
Advance Romance
Man With The Woman Head
Muffin Man
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy (Long Version)
Man With The Woman Head (Isolated Vocal)
Muffin Man / A Little Green Rosetta (Alternate Take)
200 Years Old (Long Version)
Born To Suck (Vocal Session Snoop)
Born To Suck

CD 2: Armadillo World Headquarters – Live in Austin, TX, 5/20/1975
5-20-75 Show Start
“Put A Shirt On Man”
Apostrophe’
Stink-Foot
I’m Not Satisfied
Debra Kadabra
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
The Velvet Sunrise
Pound For A Brown – Part I
Pound For A Brown – Part II
Sleeping In A Jar

CD 3: Armadillo World Headquarters – Live in Austin, TX, 5/20/1975 cont’d
“Enjoy The Steambath”
The Torture Never Stops (Original Version)
Camarillo Brillo
Muffin Man
Advance Romance
Montana
Duke’s Things
Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
Echidna’s Arf (Of You) / Terry’s Solo
The Ampeg Mini-Moog Controller Guitar Experiment
Willie The Pimp

CD 4: Armadillo World Headquarters – Live in Austin, TX, 5/21/1975
“Good Evening, Ladies And Gentlemen”
Apostrophe’
Stink-Foot
I’m Not Satisfied
Debra Kadabra
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
The Velvet Sunrise
Pound For A Brown – Part I
“We’ve Had A Bomb Threat”
Pound For A Brown – Part II

CD 5: Armadillo World Headquarters – Live in Austin, TX, 5/21/1975 cont’d
Advance Romance
Florentine Pogen
Montana
Camarillo Brillo
Muffin Man
Willie The Pimp
Claremont Rehearsal
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
Portuguese Lunar Landing

BLU-RAY:
(ATMOS, 5.1 surround + HRA 192k/24b & 96k/24b)
Debra Kadabra
Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
200 Years Old
Cucamonga
Advance Romance
Man With The Woman Head
Muffin Man
The Torture Never Stops (Original Version)
Debra Kadabra (1993 UMRK 6-Channel Mix)
Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (1993 UMRK 6-Channel Mix)