In June of 1974, Frank Zappa and his rapturous band, the Mothers of Invention, invited a small audience to the their rehearsal hall on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, Calif. Together, they performed for over two hours while a small film crew captured the evening, and a mobile recording truck picked up on the audio. Unfortunately, the audio and video weren’t synchronized.
As a result, the June concert that Zappa planned to pitch to TV networks was never released — that is, until May 9, when the special dubbed “Cheaper Than Cheep” is set to arrive via
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