Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special! (1982)
June 1, 1982Release Date
Frank Zappa: The Dub Room Special! (1982)
June 1, 1982Release Date
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Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Frank Zappa
Self
George Duke
Self
Ruth Underwood
Self
Chester Thompson
Self
Tom Fowler
Self
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Self
Ed Mann
Self
Tommy Mars
Self
Steve Vai
Self
Scott Thunes
Self
Ray White
Self
Bobby Martin
Self
Chad Wackerman
Self
Clark Santee
Director
Massimo Bassoli
Self
Bruce Ochmanek
Self
Richard Baker
Producer
John Smothers
Self
Gerald Soucie
Makeup Artist
Bill Boggs
Producer
Bruce Bickford
Animation
Dick Darley
Director
Karen McLaughlin
Associate Producer
Bennett Glotzer
Associate Producer
Terry W. Greene
Editor
Jim Newton
Art Direction
Dick Barber
Associate Producer
Richard Baker
Producer
Steven Magedoff
Associate Producer
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The Dub Room Special is a film produced by Frank Zappa for direct-to-video release in October, 1982. The video combines footage from a performance at the KCET studios in Los Angeles on August 27, 1974, a concert performed at The Palladium, New York City on October 31, 1981, some clay animation segments by Bruce Bickford, and interviews. The 1974 footage was originally conceived as part of the TV special A Token of His Extreme. The entire production was edited in the "Dub Room" at Compact Video, a post-production facility in Burbank, California. A few of the Compact Video staff members have brief appearances.
The videocassette was released in 1982 and was available only through Zappa's mail-order company, which was known by its phone number "818-PUMPKIN". This was produced in small quantities with a plain black and white typed label. Though it had a $49.98 price tag it quickly sold out. The videocassette was sold in both VHS and Beta formats. The Beta version contained a stereo Hi-Fi soundtrack, but not the VHS copy, as the format did not yet have the capability.
The video was reissued on DVD on October 17, 2005 with some interview sections trimmed. In 2007 a soundtrack with the same name was released. In 2013 the original 1974 "A Token Of His Extreme" video was released on DVD.