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, 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.

Contents

• Track listing
• August 1974 band
• October 1981 band
• References

Track listing

1. "Kim?"/The Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat
2. Room Service
3. Nig Biz
4. Approximate
5. Cosmik Debris
6. Cocaine Decisions
7. "The Massimo Bassoli Instant Italian Lesson"/Montana
8. "In Case You Didn't Know"/Tengo Na Minchia Tanta
9. Florentine Pogen
10. Stevie's Spanking
11. Stink-Foot
12. Flakes
13. Inca Roads
14. Easy Meat
15. "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

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