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Frank Zappa - The berkeley Symfony orchestra - Son of Serious Music
"A Zappa Affair" orchestral concert, Zellerbach Auditorium, UC Berkeley, 16-Jun-1984 
Length: ~48 min
Sound quality: FM radio (claims "digitally remastered")
Label: ICA Masterworks Jun 161984

Musicians: unknown

1. Bob in Dacron (11:53)
2. Sad Jane (9:06)
3. Spontaneous Minimalist Composition (1:59)
4. Mo & Herb's Vacation (25:56)

Source: A
Lineage:Vinyl LP > Linn LP12>Naim Pre-Amp NAC 82 >output  8~MAudio USB> SF8 vol adj only > flac front end
Taped by: N/A
Transferred by: MrUMRK
Transfer eng assist:SP
Edited: MrUMRK
File Size: xxxMB (FLAC)

Recorded live from the Ritz NY 11-17-81

Zappa was not very happy with this performance. From an interview in Society Pages USA #2, 1990:

Well, look, Kent is very fine and dedicated conductor, and the Berkeley [Symphony] Orchestra really put a lot of effort into it, but based on what I heard on the tapes, I mean, some parts, for example, of "Mo & Herb's Vacation" and "Bob in Dacron", they're playing them better than the LSO, faster, more accurately, but all in all, there's just not enough time or enough money to get everything nailed down to a really perfect ...