Just Another Band from L.A.

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Just Another Band from L.A. is a live album by The Mothers, released in 1972 (see 1972 in music). It was recorded live on August 7, 1971 in Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles. A notable inclusion on this album is "Billy the Mountain", Zappa's long, narrative parody of rock operas, which were gaining popularity at that time.

Often overlooked by reviewers, this album marks an important period in the band's career due to the extensive use of The Turtles band, soon to be dissolved with Zappa's stage fall. The song "Eddie, Are You Kidding?" refers to Edward Nalbandian.

The album was reissued on CD with badly flawed mastering and no composition credits by Rykodisc in 1990 and repackaged with the same audio but with the composition credits restored in 1995. In 2012 Universal/UMe issued a properly remastered edition on CD.

Track listing

All songs written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Billy the Mountain" (Interpolates sections of "Johnny's Theme" by Paul Anka and Johnny Carson, and of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" by Stephen Stills.)	24:47

Side two

No.	Title	Length
2.	"Call Any Vegetable"	7:22
3.	"Eddie, Are You Kidding?" (John Seiter, Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Zappa)	3:10
4.	"Magdalena" (Kaylan, Zappa)	6:24
5.	"Dog Breath"	3:39

The missing tracks from this concert are as follows:

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Peaches en Regalia"
2.	"Tears Began to Fall"
3.	"Half a Dozen Provocative Squats / She Painted up Her Face / Shove It Right in"
4.	"Give Me Some Floor Covering under This Fat, Floating Sofa"
5.	"Little House I Used to Live in"
6.	"Mud Shark / What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?"
7.	"Bwana Dik / Latex Solar Beef"
8.	"Willie the Pimp"
9.	"Do You Like My New Car?"
10.	"Happy Together"
11.	"Lonesome Cowboy Burt"
12.	"200 Motels Finale"

Personnel

• Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals
• Don Preston – keyboards
• Ian Underwood – woodwinds, keyboards, vocals
• Aynsley Dunbar – drums
• Howard Kaylan – lead vocals
• Mark Volman – lead vocals
• Jim Pons – bass guitar, vocals

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1972	Billboard 200	85