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Cheaper Than Cheap

a Live Video release
by Frank Zappa

Release Year: 2025

Date Label Catalog # Comments
27 Jun 2025 2xCD + Blu-ray, 2CD, 3LP, Super Deluxe Edition (3LP, 2CD, Blu-ray)

Release Information

Cheaper Than Cheep, a 1974 unreleased made-for-TV concert movie recorded at the Mothers’ private rehearsal hall.   This release featurie the remastered concert video with Dolby Atmos, 5.1 and stereo mixes on a Blu-ray, the stereo soundtrack on 2 CDs, and an extensive booklet with rare, unseen images and liner notes from Ruth Underwood and Joe Travers.

Completely decked out with his touring light show and stage setup in The Mothers’ private rehearsal hall, Frank Zappa attempted to commit to videotape material for his own TV production, ultimately with the intention to shop to major networks. Unfortunately, there were technical issues that ultimately contributed to the footage being shelved and stored in the Vault.

50 years later, with the advancements in post-production editorial tools, Cheaper Than Cheep is available. This never-before-heard-or-seen 2-hour concert program reveals the most intimate performance ever captured from the 1974 Mothers line-up, direct from the lovingly resurrected and restored original vault audio and videotape masters. 

Added To Proggnosis Database on: 5/23/2025 12:00:00 AM
Entry Last Updated on: 8/4/2025 7:01:00 AM by: rienst

Track List

CD 1

  1. “Cheaper Than Cheep”
  2. Cosmik Debris
  3. Band Introductions
  4. RDNZL
  5. Village Of The Sun
  6. Montana
  7. Duke Goes Out
  8. Inca Roads
  9. “Get Down Simmons”
  10. Penguin In Bondage
  11. T’Mershi Duween 
  12. The Dog Breath Variations
  13. Uncle Meat

CD 2

  1. How Could I Be Such A Fool
  2. I’m Not Satisfied
  3. Wowie Zowie
  4. I Don’t Even Care
  5. Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
  6. Dupree’s Paradise Introduction
  7. Dupree’s Paradise
  8. Oh No
  9. Son Of Orange County
  10. More Trouble Every Day
  11. Apostrophe’
  12. Camarillo Brillo

Blu-ray

  1. Intro / Cheepnis - Percussion / “Cheaper Than Cheep”
  2. Cosmik Debris
  3. Band Introductions
  4. RDNZL
  5. Village Of The Sun
  6. Montana
  7. Duke Goes Out
  8. A Visit To The Art Studio
  9. Inca Roads
  10. “Get Down Simmons”
  11. Penguin In Bondage
  12. T’Mershi Duween
  13. The Dog Breath Variations
  14. Uncle Meat
  15. How Could I Be Such A Fool
  16. I’m Not Satisfied
  17. Wowie Zowie
  18. I Don’t Even Care 
  19. Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
  20. Dupree’s Paradise Introduction
  21. Dupree’s Paradise
  22. Oh No
  23. Son Of Orange County
  24. More Trouble Every Day
  25. Apostrophe’
  26. Camarillo Brillo
Bonus
  1. Time Is Money (excerpt)
  2. Echidna’s Arf (Of You) – Incomplete
  3. Art Studio Outtakes
  4. The Amazing MrBickford (excerpt)

Performer Credits

Frank Zappa
Guitar, Vocals

George Duke
Keyboards, Vocals

Jeff Simmons
Guitar, Vocals

Napoleon Murphy Brock
Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Vocals

Ruth Underwood
Percussion

Tom Fowler
Bass

Chester Thompson
Drums

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