An Evening with Wild Man Fischer

Studio album by Wild Man Fischer

Released

1968

Recorded

various dates

Genre

outsider music

Length

82:36

Wild Man Fischer chronology

An Evening with Wild Man Fischer
(1968)

Wildmania
(1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	(mixed) ^[2]

An Evening with Wild Man Fischer is a 1968 double LP album by Wild Man Fischer. It was produced by Frank Zappa and released on his Bizarre record label. The copyright is owned by the estate of Frank Zappa, whose widow Gail had refused to release it on compact disc.^[3] After Gail's death, the album was finally issued on a double CD in 2016 on the Gonzo Multimedia label.^[4]

Track listing (including explanatory notes)

Side One: The Basic Fischer
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Merry-Go-Round"	1:53
2.	"New Kind of Songs For Sale" (live on the strip)	7:13
3.	"I'm Not Shy Anymore!" (Larry relives the past in the studio)	1:01
4.	"Are You From Clovis?"	1:53
5.	"The Madness & Ecstasy" (Kim Fowley & Rodney Bingenheimer provide an introduction to, and make prophecies about the future of Wild Man Fischer)	7:47

Side Two: Larry's Songs, Unaccompanied
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Which Way Did the Freaks Go?"	1:47
2.	"I'm Working For the Federal Bureau of Narcotics"	1:21
3.	"The Leaves Are Falling"	0:54
4.	"85 Times"	0:56
5.	"Cops & Robbers"	1:40
6.	"Monkeys Versus Donkeys"	2:00
7.	"Start Life Over Again"	1:58
8.	"The Mope"	1:48
9.	"Life Brand New"	1:36
10.	"Who Did It Johnny?"	1:46
11.	"Think of Me When Your Clothes Are Off"	0:57
12.	"Taggy Lee"	0:40
13.	"Rhonda"	0:54
14.	"I Looked Around You"	1:31
15.	"Jennifer Jones"	4:51

Side Three: Some Historical Notes
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Taster" (fancy version)	3:07
2.	"The Story of The Taster"	2:05
3.	"The Rocket Rock"	0:31
4.	"The Rocket Rock Explanation & Dialog"	1:33
5.	"Dream Girl"	2:25
6.	"Dream Girl Explanation"	0:52
7.	"Serrano (Sorrento?) Beach"	1:35
8.	"Success Will Not Make Me Happy"	1:45
9.	"Wild Man On The Strip Again"	7:13

Side Four: In Conclusion
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Why I Am Normal"	2:25
2.	"The Wild Man Fischer Story"	5:34
3.	"Balling Isn't Everything"	1:17
4.	"Ugly Beautiful Girl"	1:14
5.	"Larry & His Guitar"	2:46
6.	"Circle" (Larry's first psychedelic hit)	2:54
7.	"Larry Under Pressure"	1:44

Personnel

Larry Fischer - vocals, electric guitar (on "Larry & His Guitar")
Frank Zappa - Guitar on "The Taster" (Fancy version), all instruments on "Circle", production
The Mothers of Invention - piano, bass & drums (on "The Taster (fancy version)")
Art Tripp - percussion (Side One)
Kim Fowley - recitation ("The Madness & Ecstasy")
Rodney Bingenheimer - recitation ("The Madness & Ecstasy")
The GTOs - recitation ("The Madness & Ecstasy")

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Winner, Langdon (9 August 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. (39): 35–36.
↑ The Independent, "Wild Man Fischer: Outsider musician who was discovered by Frank Zappa but could never transcend his psychiatric disorders"
↑ http://www.gonzomultimedia.com/product_details/15895

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