This was the “new” Mothers, with Flo & Eddie. The band and the audience were really locked in to each other. “Mud Shark” came at the end of the set, and Zappa (almost) succeeded in having the entire Fillmore audience dance out of the theater in a bizarre conga line, with one hand between your legs holding the hand of the person behind you, and your other hand holding onto the hand between the legs of the person in front of you – the “Mud Shark” baby!

We snaked through the aisles, but it’s a good thing that not many of us actually danced out of the theater, because at the end of our tumultuous applause, we got a special encore treat. When the stage lights came back on, who should stroll onto the stage from the left side wings, but John Lennon, guitar in hand, strumming away on some old Chuck Berry chestnut (I can’t remember which one)! The audience just went crazy. You have to remember that the Beatles had just broken up a year or so before this and seeing a Beatle in person was a real mind blower. Lennon was really wailing on guitar, and the Mothers discreetly came back to their instruments and accompanied him through the last part of his song.

Then Yoko came out and did one of her screachy numbers. Not my cup of tea, but it was really interesting, and a lot of fun, as Zappa led the Mothers along with hand signals to accompany her. Flo & Eddie earned their money on that one! A memorable show indeed.

I believe these to be best LIVE concert albums of any era!