Frank Zappa - Yo' Mama, Live In Berlin, 1978

AUDIO: Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, 15th February, 1978.
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[@glafnazur1394]

This is one of my all time favourite Zappa tracks. Frank, you were simply the best.

[@HighwayStarRevisited]

Frank Zappa is just on another level. This is a guitar masterpiece!

[@oekibuki]

My dear Frank; pleased to inform you that you are not dead, looking forward to hear you again soon.

[@piperbard]

things like this make the whole shitty human existence tolerable and worth the stress.

[@JackTorrence237]

Had to throw in my two bit's! This is a Fuckin Masterpiece! I am really willing to say the greatest guitar solo ever Played / Recorded / Heard in this or probably any other universe! Thank God that I am alive at this time to be able to experience this! Thank you Frank and all the others involved for all the unbelievable music I have been lucky enough to have experienced!

[@bobbeatty8716]

Never played it quite the same twice but of course that was his intent. Every one a gem though.

[@piperbard]

I love when he goes off-tone, around 7:10 ... and then lands on the theme riff. pure real rock n roll. he took off from what many other musicians already did, like Chuck Berry, Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and really escalated to a more classical deep level. been a fan of Zappa for many years now. It never tires me.

[@mikepanza5802]

my favorite this and big swifty are the best guitar solos ever played by any artist that ever walk this planet thanks for sharing awesome

[@pfaffman100]

I miss Him so much. What would Frank do now in this day and age? What music he would make.

[@tagaudi]

Ben Watson called this piece "an objective event", a cosmic event equivalent to the explosion of a white star. Ed Mann said he worked 4 months in the studio of the pieces connecting the 3 different solos. I'd say that architecturally, this composition is on a par with Segrada Familia. Thanx for the post.

[@thomas279]

I've been there - it was sooo FANTASTIC !!!!!! thanx for sharing

[@dweezilzappaworld]

Have you noticed that at 7:30 Frank creates the "You Are What You Is" riff and starts jamming over it?

[@tomtiddler1]

Frank was really in the groove during this tour, it gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it..It was great to catch you at Zappanale earlier this year Dweezil, and Manchester, I was there with Grace, Richard Drakes, Dave Noodler and a few others :) Take it easy! Shaun

[@billhobbs7077]

you can't hear that onstage anymore but Dweeze has been a magnificent curator of the UMRK legacy and quite the shredder his own self

[@quogir1]

the greatest thing that happened on planet earth

[@FRANK1985SAMP]

I simply adore Yo Mama I've always thougth that the studioversion was simply one of the best Frank's guitar solo. But after that . .This is an extremely nice gig. Thanks for post it. VERY VERY AMAZING. Nice job nice composition nice performance. Well done! thanks a lot again

[@theo9952]

I am not from Managua but not too seldom I miss my mama.. Maybe I should have stayed with her longer than I used to... Still I love this song... and Frank's unedited guitar solo is much more exciting than the one in the SHEIK YERBOUTI album.

[@kopy567]

F.Z. was a great guitar player, but don`t forget the other band members ,-)

[@PoppiJuly11]

..... So crazy about this .... Keep watching it again and again ... I t must has hypnotized me ......

[@toddfleming1815]

Zappa the best

[@lostinthiswhirlpool]

Berlin, 15/02/1978 : one of the best Zappas' concerts (he ued a lot of material from this concert in several albums)... And one of the few versions of Yo mama... Thanks!

[@JODIDO84]

Different version from the one in "Sheik Yerbouti" but still fucking brilliant...Why this genius died so young, aged only 53...?Such a miss !!!

[@JustRelx]

the candle burned very very bright.

[@kerbygator]

I once watched Zappa and his band play in a college auditorium 37 years ago and I was maybe twenty feet away from him and his body guard. With a little mesc to add to the fun.

[@tjw3999]

great sound

[@kubstef]

frank forever

[@jackstraw]

great version,great sound,great pictures.... Thanks!

[@dickjansen2984]

This is him at his best, awfully , viva Zappa

[@dankitti]

One of my favorite versions of Yo Mama! Zappa = awesomeness. :-[-

[@paolap.198]

adoro frank ...e amo la sua musica...Great!!!!

[@Io1564]

A labour of love! Very nice!

[@steviebkhall]

Lord Zappa. I wish I had Quad ! Peace.

[@ewchoob]

Never heard this version before, sweet :-)

[@Arckitekt]

The definitive version is on Sheik with the zillion overdubs

[@tonewall1]

the Stravinsky of modern sound.

[@FRANK1985SAMP]

Sorry, I made a mistake calling Yo Mama as a studio version, I know something about this song , of course the solo live and so on but no so much as you told me, thanks a lot for the notes I really appreciate it

[@ministrychicago1]

Great Tune. Love it. :)

[@triplettam]

Great!!!!!

[@llarga47]

the best bungee Zappa solo......

[@p83otfan4superwins6]

Tommy Mars shouldn't be looked over

[@skatetodeath666]

What a interesting song this is

[@ekolke]

Great!

[@jaygold4124]

great! thanks, arrfffff

[@frankzappa2821]

best of

[@CantolaoTV]

Genius !

[@JCG1111]

fokin increible

[@skaroro]

dat mustache !

[@betozappa]

Esplêndido solo guitar

[@alisontrudgill1625]

Amazing track......Sheik Yerbouti.......oh Yes!!!😂 prefer the album version though x

[@rogerschnack]

I personally prefer this than the Yerbouti's version.

[@mateuszmattias]

Who's playing the bass on this? The bass lines are so clearly audible, love it.

[@tomtiddler1]

+mateuszmattias Sorry it's been a while, it is Patrick O'Hearn on bass..

[@quogir1]

very close

[@kopy567]

Wow, great sound. But where can I get this tune on CD ?? Please help me, please.

[@patrickmetay4615]

from the CD "Sheik Yerbouti"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Mime59100]

It's on Sheik Yerbouti

[@tomtiddler1]

This wasn't the actual track on Sheik Yerbouti, on the album the solo was from Hemmerleinhalle, Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany, February 25th, 1978, also the vocal and parts of the backing tracks were from Hammersmith, January 27th, 1978. Frank and his trademark use of xenochrony at their very best.. This particular solo from Berlin is a personal favourite of mine :)

[@andythomas706]

tomtiddler1 Mine too! The Rotterdam version is pretty hot too! In fact this whole tour was pretty amazing. I caught it at Hammersmith in London. It was the night he came on and said he wanted to get some things on tape that he and the band had been working on. This would take about 45mins, after which "there will be a short break of 15 minutes then we'll come back on and do the complete show we were gonna do in the first place. So if you wanna go to the bar. Now would be a good time!' No one moved. The next 45mins seemed like 15 and was some pretty spellbinding stuff. I was stunned.

[@ricklaban2877]

+tomtiddler1 Any solo Frank played between 78 and 81 during "Yo Mama" rank as his strongest of all, IMO, but the greatest single guitar solo I ever heard played was a double solo between Frank and his Italian Virtuoso, Steve Vai at a performance of Yo Mama at the Palladium in NYC in 1979 or 80. I was sitting in the 4th row and this lengthy solo closed the show. It was the usual format of the slow drumless intro to the solo, then the build with drums, but after a phenomenal climax to his individual soloing, Steve Vai joined in and together they wailed and harmonized for another 4 minutes or so. I have never heard a recording of it, but I would know it if I heard it. If anyone has a recording of that night, PLEEEEESE post. The show ended with that song. Mesmerized and euphoric, I sat in my seat as the place emptied. I asked people around me if they thought that was the greatest guitar solo they ever heard and everyone agreed, it was a very special moment. I remember thinking, "If I live to be 400 years old, I will never hear a guitar solo as good as that ever again." and 35 years later, I have never heard anything even close.

[@micmacmoc]

Corking