Frank Zappa "Freeman Report" Part 2 of 5 October 26, 1981

This is a long interview with Frank Zappa from October 26, 1981.
This interview only aired once as far as I know and ironically, Zappa was playing his last concerts at "The Palladium" in New York City.
Covered in this interview is Frank's negative experiences with the stage hands unions.
One of the reasons Frank never played the Palladium after November 1, 1981 was due to excessive stage hand union costs associated with doing concerts at that venue.

The first thing I noted while editing this video is how relaxed Frank is and how good Sandi Freeman was at asking Frank open ended questions and then allowing Frank to answer. For such a long interview it has few commercial breaks.

This is a 5 part interview.

I am sorry for the poor video quality. But even "back in the day" when I was heavily into trading video NOBODY had a better quality copy of this interview.

NOBODY.

For a long time I thought this interview was lost in my tape vault, fortunately, I found it.

Enjoy this little piece of FZ interview history.

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[redhavok666]

i dont believe frank was ahead of his time, i think everybody else just needs to catch up to him

[MrShadowJazz]

Great Work - This man was most definitely from far in the future.

Rest In Peace Frank.

[Easleytee]

On the contrary...FZ was eminently OF his time.

[gofindyourmusic]

Right honesty is the best polacey , but imposable to depend on if you dealing with humans . Unions or not , crooks are every where . Any where there is money , there is dishonesty (ALWAYS) Governments , Churches , Unions , Politics , and any small or big Biz , clubs , charities ...you want to name . SAD BUT TRUE .

[catwatters4]

Fn Aaaaa!! Frank!! It's NOT about being "negative" it's about being RIGHT!! It's not just made up, it's real Wish I watched this back when it came out! Would have saved me a lot of grief

[ROCKETMISSILE1234]

@jwallguitar: You Jackwagon!!! There is no help for idiots like you!

[jwallguitar]

@pretorious700 yes, I'm so brainwashed.....someone from another country.....please help me....

[u2bunjust]

Ron Paul 2012 for libertarians like Frank Zappa.

[stebunn]

Thank you for posting this valuable recording.

[imsuckingwind]

this woman liked Frank theres no doubt in my mind, either that or she the nicest interviewer ive ever heard.

[lulimjustsayin]

I wish you would have left the commercials. I wanna see some 1981 commercials.

[THXcooper]

wow, i never knew how interesting this guy was. just never got into zappa's music, so i never knew how sharp this guy really was. im amazed.