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The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life

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Zappa's Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life

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Frank Zappa - Barcelona 1988 (Full Show)

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Heavy Duty Judy

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Frank Zappa - Heavy Duty Judy (8 Bit)

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Frank Zappa - Heavy Duty Judy

The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life is a double-disc live album by Frank Zappa, released in 1991. The album was one of three to be recorded during the 1988 world tour, along with Broadway the Hard Way and Make a Jazz Noise Here. Each of these three accounts of the 1988 tour has a different emphasis: Broadway the Hard Way mainly consists of new compositions; Make a Jazz Noise Here is a sampler of classic Zappa tunes, most of them instrumental; and The Best Band... devotes itself to covers. Some of these are unlikely, while many are from Zappa's extensive back catalogue. His mid-1970s output is emphasized in the selection, but there is also some material from the Mothers of Invention's late 1960s recordings and one song from 200 Motels. It was re-issued in 1995 and 2012 along with his entire catalogue.
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