The Dub Room Special

The Dub Room Special
Cover of original video release
Directed by	Frank Zappa
Produced by	Frank Zappa
Music by	Frank Zappa
Edited by	Frank Zappa
Distributed by	Honker Home Video (video release) Eagle Vision (DVD release)
Release dates	1982 (original video release) October 2005 (DVD release)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Dub Room Special is a film produced by Frank Zappa for direct-to-video release in October, 1982. The video combines footage from a performance at the KCET studios in Los Angeles on August 27, 1974, a concert performed at The Palladium, NYC on October 31, 1981, some clay animation by Bruce Bickford, and several interviews. The video was only available through mail-order, and thus, was unseen by many of Zappa's fans until it was made widely available on DVD on October 17, 2005. The DVD version was trimmed slightly by Zappa to fit the space limitations of early laserdiscs. The 1974 footage was originally conceived as a TV special. In 2007 a soundtrack with the same name was released.

Track listing

"Kim?"/The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat
Room Service
Nig Biz
Approximate
Cosmik Debris
Cocaine Decisions
"The Massimo Bassoli Instant Italian Lesson"/Montana
"In Case You Didn't Know"/Tengo Na Minchia Tanta
Florentine Pogen
Stevie's Spanking
Stink-Foot
Flakes
Inca Roads
Easy Meat
"Huh-Huh-Huh"

The following sections were deleted from the original video release:

Zappa talking about Compact Video (originally preceded Room Service)
Intermission after Florentine Pogen, with title cards and Zappa talking about bad continuity

Musicians

August 1974 band

Frank Zappa - Guitar, vocals and percussion
George Duke - Keyboards and vocals
Ruth Underwood - Percussion
Chester Thompson - Drums
Tom Fowler - Bass
Napoleon Murphy Brock - Flute, saxophone and vocals

October 1981 band

Frank Zappa - Lead guitar and vocals
Ray White - Guitar and vocals
Steve Vai - Guitar and vocals
Tommy Mars - Keyboards and vocals
Bobby Martin - Keyboards, saxophone and vocals
Ed Mann - Percussion and vocals
Scott Thunes - Bass and vocals
Chad Wackerman - Drums

External links

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