• Source: The Dub Room Special
    • 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, New York City on October 31, 1981, some clay animation segments by Bruce Bickford, and interviews. The 1974 footage was originally conceived as part of the TV special A Token of His Extreme. The entire production was edited in the "Dub Room" at Compact Video, a post-production facility in Burbank, California. A few of the Compact Video staff members have brief appearances.
      The videocassette was released in 1982 and was available only through Zappa's mail-order company, which was known by its phone number "818-PUMPKIN". This was produced in small quantities with a plain black and white typed label. Though it had a $49.98 price tag it quickly sold out. The videocassette was sold in both VHS and Beta formats. The Beta version contained a stereo Hi-Fi soundtrack, but not the VHS copy, as the format did not yet have the capability.
      The video was reissued on DVD on October 17, 2005 with some interview sections trimmed. In 2007 a soundtrack with the same name was released. In 2013 the original 1974 A Token Of His Extreme video was released on DVD, while the complete 1981 concert was released on DVD in 2008 as The Torture Never Stops.


      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 interview sections on the original videocassette version were cut from the DVD re-issue:

      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


      The Dub Room Special at IMDb
      The Dub Room Special at AllMovie
      Info at globalia.net

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