| Bongo Fury | ||||
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| Live album with studio elements by | ||||
| Released | October 2, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | May 20 & 21, 1975 (mostly live) & January 1975 (studio) | |||
| Venue | Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, Texas, U.S. | |||
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| Length | 42:15 | |||
| Label | DiscReet | |||
| Producer | Frank Zappa | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B[3] |
| Rolling Stone | (unfavorable)[4] |
Bongo Fury is a collaborative album by American artists Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and Zappa's band the Mothers, released in October 1975. The live portions were recorded on May 20 and 21, 1975, at the Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin, Texas. Tracks 5, 6 and 9 (intro only) are studio tracks recorded in January 1975 during the sessions which produced One Size Fits All (1975) and much of Studio Tan (1978).
- ^ Lowe, Kelly Fisher (2007). The Words and Music of Frank Zappa. U of Nebraska Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-80326-005-4.
- ^ a b AllMusic review
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Z". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Fletcher, Gordon (Jan 1, 1976). "Bongo Fury". Rollngstone.com. Retrieved October 2, 2024.