Mystery Disc - CD, 1998
(Compilation)
(Coletânea)
| Theme From Run Home Slow |
| Original Duke Of Prunes |
| Opening Night Party At Studio Z - (collage) |
| The Village Inn |
| Steal Away |
| I Was A Teen-age Malt Shop |
| The Birth Of Captain Beefheart |
| Metal Man Has Won His Wings |
| Power Trio Segment From The Saints 'N Sinners |
| Bossa Nova Pervertamento |
| Excerpt From The Uncle Frankie Show |
| Charva |
| Speed-Freak Boogie |
| Original Mothers At The Broadside (Pomona) |
| Party Scene From Mondo Hollywood |
| Original Mothers Rehearsal |
| How Could I Be Such A Fool? |
| Band Introductions At The Fillmore West |
| Plastic People |
| Original Mothers At The Fillmore East |
| Harry, You're A Beast |
| Don Interrupts |
| Jim/Roy |
| Piece Two |
| Agency Man - (live, from London) |
| Agency Man - (1967 Apostolic Studios version) |
| Lecture From Festival Hall Show |
| Wedding Dress Song (*) |
| The Handsome Cabin Boy (*) |
| Skweezit Skweezit Skweezit |
| The Story Of Willie The Pimp |
| Black Beauty |
| Chucha |
| Mothers At KPFK |
| Harmonica Fun |
(*) Medley
Between 1985 and 1987, three mail-order-only boxed set
vinyl versions of much of his album catalog, restored to its factory showroom artwork and
packaging. All told, twenty of his albums, from Freak Out! to Zoot Allures, were re-issued
this way. He called this series THE OLD MASTERS. Inside each of the first two OLD MASTERS
boxes was an unavailable elsewhere bonus album of previously unreleased material, which FZ
called MYSTERY DISCS. FZ later used some of the MYSTERY DISC material on other releases
though much of it has never been released on CD, and the OLD MASTERS are extremely hard to
find.
On September 1998, Rykodisc released these rarities as MYSTERY DISC, a single CD
collection that includes everything from both vinyl MYSTERY DISCS, except two tracks -
"Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?" and "Big Leg Emma" - since they're also on
ABSOLUTELY FREE. This was the solution to fit all the rest on one CD.
Entre 1985 and 1987, 3 caixas com LPs, que somente
poderiam ser adquiridas através do correio, recuperaram a arte das capas e formatos
originais. Ao todo, 20 de seus álbuns, de 'Freak Out!' a 'Zoot Allures', foram
re-lançados desta maneira. Ele chamou a série de THE OLD MASTERS. Dentro de cada um das
2 primeiras caixas de 'OLD MASTERS' encontrava-se um LP bônus, nunca vendido em lojas ou
pelo correio, com material inédito, que FZ chamou 'MYSTERY DISCS'. FZ mais tarde usou
parte do material dos 'MYSTERY DISCS' em outros lançamentos pensando que muitas partes
daqueles trabalhos nunca tinham saído em CDs, e que os 'OLD MASTERS' eram (são)
dificílimos de se encontrar.
Em Setembro de 1998, Rykodisc lançou estas raridades como o 'MYSTERY DISC', um CD que
inclui os 2 LPs de 'MYSTERY DISCS', exceto 2 faixas - 'Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?' e
'Big Leg Emma' - já que estas estão também em ABSOLUTELY FREE. Esta foi a solução
encontrada para fazer caber tudo em um só CD.