do you ever listen to “smoke on the water” by deep purple and wonder what frank zappa and his band were playing when the montreaux casino burnt down? i do… or rather, i did until i got my paws on this:

that’s right, someone bootlegged that concert and frank issued it as part of a collection in order to make some money off of the folks that were selling (tsk tsk!) bootleg recordings of his concerts. unfortunately the “beat the boots” sets are rare and out of print. but i’ve (*ahem*) found a copy, and now i know what that historic performance was like (and knowing is half the battle).

G. I. JOE’S GARAGE.