YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON STAGE ANYMORE, VOL. 2

This album is a strong contender to steal the title of "Best Frank Zappa Live Album" away from "Roxy & Elsewhere". Recorded by the same lineup, and containing many of the same songs, this album shows just how great that group was, even without all the overdubs.

The band blazes through Echidna's Arf (Of You), and does wild things to Pygmy Twilight, and blends a bunch of Allman Brothers references into Montana (Whipping Floss). It's also great to hear Cheepnis the way it really sounded in concert (the Roxy version is amassed with overdubs).

And there's plenty of great music that, in 1988 when this was released, had not been available on any legitimate Zappa releases. The highlight is a long version of Dupree's Paradise, where, except for a short spoken bit, the song far outshines the orchestral recording.

This is the only complete concert Frank included in the "You Can't Do This On Stage Anymore" series, and I can see why. If you want to know why many of us Zappa fans feel this was his greatest line up, get this album.