Frank Zappa's legendary 1973 concerts at the Roxy are being collected for this seven-disc box set.
The Roxy Performances gathers all four shows Zappa played on Dec. 9 and
10, 1973, as well as rehearsals for the Dec. 10 concerts, a sound check
and film shoot done on Dec. 8 and a Dec. 12 recording session.
Zappa and the Mothers played the recently opened Sunset Strip club in
December 1973 in support of Over-Nite Sensation. Many fans consider it
one of his best runs during one of his best periods. Some of the songs
that were recorded ended up on 1974's Roxy & Elsewhere LP, and later
on Roxy by Proxy and Roxy the Movie, but The Roxy Performances marks
the first time many of these shows have been collected in their
entirety.
Two nights before Zappa and his band played the Roxy, he invited some
friends and other guests to a private show that was recorded and filmed.
Two nights after the Roxy concerts, they headed to Ike Turner’s Bolic
Sound in nearby Inglewood, Calif., for a recording session that was also
filmed.
