Road Tapes, Venue 2

The correct title of this article is Road Tapes, Venue #2. The substitution of the # is due to technical restrictions.

2013 live album by Frank Zappa

Road Tapes, Venue #2

Live album by

Frank Zappa

Released| October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31)
Recorded| August 23–24, 1973 (3 shows)
Venue| Finlandia Hall (Helsinki, Finland)
Genre| Rock
Length| 136:16
Label| Vaulternative Records
Catalog Number: VR 2013-1[1]
Frank Zappa chronology
| AAAFNRAA Baby Snakes: The Compleat Soundtrack
(2012)  | Road Tapes, Venue #2
(2013)  | A Token of His Extreme Soundtrack
(2013)

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Road Tapes, Venue #2 is a posthumous album of Frank Zappa, released in October 2013, consisting of songs from three concerts held in August 1973 at the Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland: the August 23 early & late shows and the August 24 show. With a duration of more than two hours, this collection gives the experience of a full concert.[2][3][4] It is the eighth installment on the Vaulternative Records label that is dedicated to the posthumous release of complete Zappa concerts, following the releases of FZ:OZ (2002), Buffalo (2007), Wazoo (2007), Philly '76 (2009), Hammersmith Odeon (2010), Carnegie Hall (2011) and Road Tapes, Venue #1 (2012).

## Track listing

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All tracks are written by Frank Zappa

Disc oneNo.| Title| Recorded| Length

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1.| "Introcious"| August 24, 1973| 5:18
2.| "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue"| August 24, 1973| 1:08
3.| "Kung Fu"| August 24, 1973| 1:11
4.| "Penguin in Bondage"| August 24, 1973| 4:07
5.| "Exercise #4"| August 23, 1973 (early show)| 1:58
6.| "Dog Breath"| August 23, 1973 (early show)| 1:36
7.| "The Dog Breath Variations"| August 23, 1973 (early show)| 1:30
8.| "Uncle Meat"| August 23, 1973 (early show)| 2:27
9.| "RDNZL"| August 23, 1973 (early show)| 6:17
10.| "Montana"| August 24, 1973| 7:02
11.| "Your Teeth and Your Shoulders and Sometimes Your Foot Goes Like This . . . /Pojama Prelude"| August 24, 1973| 10:14
12.| "Dupree's Paradise"| August 24, 1973| 15:55
13.| "All Skate/Dun-Dun-Dun (The Finnish Hit Single)"| August 23, 1973 (early show)| 14:10
Total length:| 72:53

Disc twoNo.| Title| Recorded| Length

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1.| "Village of the Sun"| August 24, 1973| 5:40
2.| "Echidna's Arf (Of You)"| August 24, 1973| 4:22
3.| "Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?"| August 24, 1973| 9:56
4.| "Big Swifty"| August 23, 1973 (late show)| 12:58
5.| "Farther O'Blivion"| August 23, 1973 (late show) & August 24, 1973| 22:54
6.| "Brown Shoes Don't Make It"| August 23, 1973 (early show)| 7:33
Total length:| 63:23

## Personnel

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* Frank Zappa – lead vocals, guitar
* Ruth Underwood – percussion
* Ralph Humphrey – drums, cowbells
* George Duke – keyboards, vocals
* Tom Fowler – electric bass
* Jean-Luc Ponty – violin
* Bruce Fowler – trombone
* Ian Underwood – bass clarinet, synthesizer

## References

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1. ^ "Zappa.com > FZ Official Discography > Road Tapes, Venue #2 (2013)". zappa.com. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
2. ^ "ROAD TAPES - VENUE #2". progarchives.com. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
3. ^ "Frank Zappa– Road Tapes, Venue #2". discogs.com. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
4. ^ "Frank Zappa – Road Tapes Venue # 2 (2013)". israbox.com. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

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Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention album discography

Official releases
(1966–1993)|

| 1960s|

* Freak Out!
* Absolutely Free
* We're Only in It for the Money
* Lumpy Gravy
* Cruising with Ruben & the Jets
* Mothermania
* Uncle Meat
* Hot Rats

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1970s|

* Burnt Weeny Sandwich
* Weasels Ripped My Flesh
* Chunga's Revenge
* Fillmore East – June 1971
* 200 Motels
* Just Another Band from L.A.
* Waka/Jawaka
* The Grand Wazoo
* Over-Nite Sensation
* Apostrophe (')
* Roxy & Elsewhere
* One Size Fits All
* Bongo Fury
* Zoot Allures
* Zappa in New York
* Studio Tan
* Sleep Dirt
* Sheik Yerbouti
* Orchestral Favorites
* Joe's Garage Act I
* Joe's Garage Acts II & III

1980s|

* Tinsel Town Rebellion
* Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
* Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More
* Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
* You Are What You Is
* Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
* The Man from Utopia
* Baby Snakes
* London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I
* The Perfect Stranger
* Them or Us
* Thing-Fish
* Francesco Zappa
* The Old Masters, Box I
* Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention
* Does Humor Belong in Music?
* The Old Masters, Box II
* Jazz from Hell
* London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II
* The Old Masters, Box III
* Guitar
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2
* Broadway the Hard Way
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3

1990s|

* The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life
* Make a Jazz Noise Here
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
* You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6
* Playground Psychotics
* Ahead of Their Time
* The Yellow Shark

Posthumous
official releases|

| 1990s|

* Civilization Phaze III
* The Lost Episodes
* Läther
* Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
* Have I Offended Someone?
* Mystery Disc
* Everything Is Healing Nicely

|

2000s|

* FZ:OZ
* Halloween
* Joe's Corsage
* QuAUDIOPHILIAc
* Joe's Domage
* Joe's XMASage
* Imaginary Diseases
* Trance-Fusion
* The MOFO Project/Object
* The MOFO Project/Object (Fazedooh)
* Buffalo
* The Dub Room Special!
* Wazoo
* One Shot Deal
* Joe's Menage
* The Lumpy Money Project/Object
* Philly '76

2010s|

* Greasy Love Songs
* "Congress Shall Make No Law..."
* Hammersmith Odeon
* Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison
* Carnegie Hall
* Understanding America
* Road Tapes, Venue #1
* Finer Moments
* AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack
* Road Tapes, Venue #2
* A Token of His Extreme Soundtrack
* Joe's Camouflage
* Roxy by Proxy
* Dance Me This
* 200 Motels: The Suites
* Roxy the Soundtrack
* Road Tapes, Venue #3
* The Crux of the Biscuit
* Frank Zappa for President
* ZAPPAtite: Frank Zappa's Tastiest Tracks
* Meat Light: The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary
* Chicago '78
* Little Dots
* Halloween 77
* The Roxy Performances
* Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary
* Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary
* Halloween 73
* The Hot Rats Sessions

2020s|

* The Mothers 1970
* Halloween 81
* Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
* Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
* 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition
* The Mothers 1971
* Zappa/Erie
* Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana
* Waka/Wazoo
* Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich
* Funky Nothingness
* Over-Nite Sensation 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
* Whisky a Go Go 1968
* Apostrophe (') 50th Anniversary Edition

Miscellaneous|

* Lumpy Gravy (Primordial)
* The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa
* Beat the Boots!
* Beat the Boots! II
* Beat the Boots! III

| Compilations|

* The **** of the Mothers
* Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa
* Strictly Genteel: A "Classical" Introduction to Frank Zappa
* Cucamonga
* Cheap Thrills
* Son of Cheep Thrills

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Birthday Bundle series|

* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2011

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Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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