2017 live album by Frank Zappa
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Halloween 77 Frank Zappa , released in October 2017, consisting of six recordings of shows performed in late October 1977 at the Palladium in New York City. Portions of the October 29th, 30th and 31st concerts were previously released on the album Sheik Yerbouti Baby Snakes
It was released as a USB containing 24-bit WAV audio and as a 3-CD box set, containing a total of 158 tracks. The USB box set was designed to resemble a Halloween mask package containing a mask of Zappa's likeness.[ 2] [ 3] Halloween 73 Halloween 81
All tracks are written by Frank Zappa
Show 1: 10-28-77 (early) Title Prior Release 1. "10-28-77 Show 1 Start/Introductions" 3:28 2. "Peaches en Regalia " 2:42 3. "The Torture Never Stops " 13:05 4. "Trying To Grow A Chin" 3:37 5. "City Of Tiny Lites" 6:04 6. "Pound For A Brown" 8:05 7. "Bobby Brown Goes Down " 4:33 8. "Conehead (Instrumental)" 9:19 9. "Flakes" 4:03 10. "Big Leg Emma" 1:47 11. "Envelopes" 2:29 12. "Terry's Solo #1" 4:42 13. "Disco Boy " 3:53 14. "Läther" 3:36 15. "Wild Love" same performance as "Bowling on Charen" from Trance-Fusion 24:05 16. "Tittie's 'N Beer" 7:16 17. "Audience Participation #1" 0:48 18. "The Black Page #2 " 3:02 19. "Jones Crusher" 2:48 20. "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" 3:52 21. "Punky's Whips" 9:43 22. "Encore Audience #1" 1:21 23. "Dinah-Moe Humm" 4:55 24. "Camarillo Brillo " 3:35 25. "Muffin Man " 4:36 Total length: 137:24
Show 2: 10-28-77 (late) [previously unreleased] Title 1. "10-28-77 Show 2 Start/Introductions" 3:13 2. "Peaches en Regalia " 2:42 3. "The Torture Never Stops " 12:33 4. "Trying To Grow A Chin" 3:37 5. "City Of Tiny Lites" 8:00 6. "Pound For A Brown" 9:19 7. "Bobby Brown Goes Down " 5:36 8. "Conehead (Instrumental)" 9:18 9. "Flakes" 4:10 10. "Big Leg Emma" 1:48 11. "Envelopes" 2:33 12. "Terry's Solo #2" 4:17 13. "Disco Boy " 3:54 14. "Läther" 3:42 15. "Wild Love" 26:01 16. "Tittie's 'N Beer" 7:50 17. "Audience Participation #2" 2:37 18. "The Black Page #2 " 3:14 19. "Jones Crusher" 2:58 20. "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" 3:54 21. "Punky's Whips" 9:51 22. "Encore Audience #2" 2:13 23. "Dinah-Moe Humm" 4:01 24. "Camarillo Brillo " 3:36 25. "Muffin Man " 6:20 Total length: 147:17
Show 3: 10-29-77 (early) [previously unreleased] Title 1. "10-29-77 Show 1 Start/Introductions" 4:06 2. "Peaches en Regalia " 2:42 3. "The Torture Never Stops " 12:59 4. "Trying To Grow A Chin" 3:34 5. "City Of Tiny Lites" 7:15 6. "Pound For A Brown" 8:26 7. "Bobby Brown Goes Down " 6:06 8. "Conehead (Instrumental)" 5:50 9. "Flakes" 3:53 10. "Big Leg Emma" 1:52 11. "Envelopes" 2:42 12. "Terry's Solo #3" 3:51 13. "Disco Boy " 3:57 14. "Läther" 3:40 15. "Wild Love" 22:51 16. "Tittie's 'N Beer" 6:01 17. "Audience Participation #3" 2:42 18. "The Black Page #2 " 3:05 19. "Jones Crusher" 2:53 20. "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" 3:50 21. "Punky's Whips" 9:18 22. "Encore Audience #3" 1:46 23. "Dinah-Moe Humm" 5:12 24. "Camarillo Brillo " 3:29 25. "Muffin Man " 5:09 Total length: 137:09
Show 4: 10-29-77 (late) [previously unreleased] Title 1. "10-28-77 Show 2 Start/Introductions" 4:21 2. "Peaches En Regalia" 2:42 3. "The Torture Never Stops" 11:30 4. "Trying To Grow A Chin" 3:36 5. "City Of Tiny Lites" 7:01 6. "Pound For A Brown" 9:05 7. "Bobby Brown Goes Down" 9:12 8. "Conehead (Instrumental)" 6:29 9. "Flakes" 3:28 10. "Big Leg Emma" 1:49 11. "Envelopes" 2:52 12. "Terry's Solo #4" 4:07 13. "Disco Boy" 3:54 14. "Läther" 3:56 15. "Wild Love" 27:33 16. "Tittie's 'N Beer" 8:12 17. "Audience Participation #4" 5:02 18. "The Black Page #2" 2:57 19. "Jones Crusher" 2:49 20. "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" 3:48 21. "Punky's Whips" 9:36 22. "Encore Audience #4" 2:23 23. "Dinah-Moe Humm" 6:19 24. "Camarillo Brillo" 3:30 25. "Muffin Man" 6:02 Total length: 152:13
Show 5: 10-30-77 Title Prior Release 1. "10-30-77 Show Start/Introductions" 1:40 2. "Stink-Foot" 7:45 3. "The Poodle Lecture" same performance as You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 5:10 4. "Dirty Love" 2:32 5. "Peaches En Regalia" 2:40 6. "The Torture Never Stops" 12:53 7. "Tryin’ To Grow A Chin" 3:32 8. "City Of Tiny Lites" 7:36 9. "Pound For A Brown" 10:03 10. "I Have Been In You" same performance as You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 , including "Is That Guy Kidding or What?" (spoken intro) 8:35 11. "Dancin' Fool (World Premiere)" 4:50 12. "Jewish Princess (Prototype)" same performance as Sheik Yerbouti Have I Offended Someone? , 4:41 13. "King Kong" 8:45 14. "Terry's Solo #5" 5:07 15. "Disco Boy" 4:01 16. "Envelopes" 2:19 17. "A Halloween Treat with Thomas Nordegg" 6:17 18. "Läther" 3:47 19. "Wild Love" 25:19 20. "Titties 'N Beer" 7:01 21. "Audience Participation #5" 8:28 22. "The Black Page #2" 2:59 23. "Jones Crusher" 2:53 24. "Broken Hearts Are For Assoles" 3:52 25. "Punky's Whips" 12:36 26. "Encore Rap" 1:11 27. "Dinah-Moe Humm" 6:06 28. "Camarillo Brillo" 3:27 29. "Muffin Man" 5:18 30. "San Ber'dino" 6:20 Total length: 187:43
Show 6: 10-31-77 Title Prior Release 1. "10-31-77 Show Start/Introductions" 3:11 2. "Peaches En Regalia" 2:42 3. "The Torture Never Stops" 13:54 4. "Trying To Grow A Chin" same performance as You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 3:35 5. "City Of Tiny Lites" 8:17 6. "Pound For A Brown" 13:40 7. "The Demise Of the Imported Rubber Goods Mask" 8:33 8. "Bobby Brown Goes Down" 3:49 9. "Conehead (Instrumental)" 8:21 10. "Flakes" 3:04 11. "Big Leg Emma" 1:58 12. "Envelopes" 2:25 13. "Terry's Halloween Solo" 4:38 14. "Disco Boy" 3:55 15. "Läther" 3:58 16. "Wild Love" 30:11 17. "Tittie's 'N Beer" 7:24 18. "Halloween Audience Participation" 7:04 19. "The Black Page #2" 2:55 20. "Jones Crusher" same performance as Sheik Yerbouti, with overdubs 2:58 21. "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" 3:52 22. "Punky's Whips" 11:23 23. "Halloween Encore Audience" 2:07 24. "Dinah-Moe Humm" 6:41 25. "Camarillo Brillo" 3:24 26. "Muffin Man" 5:21 27. "San Ber'dino" 5:01 28. "Black Napkins" 9:19 Total length: 183:43
Disc 1 (10-31-77 Show) Title 1. "10-31-77 Show Start/Introductions" 3:11 2. "Peaches En Regalia" 2:42 3. "The Torture Never Stops" 13:54 4. "Trying To Grow A Chin" 3:35 5. "City Of Tiny Lites" 8:17 6. "Pound For A Brown" 13:40 7. "The Demise Of the Imported Rubber Goods Mask" 8:33 8. "Bobby Brown Goes Down" 3:49 9. "Conehead (Instrumental)" 8:21 10. "Flakes" 3:04 11. "Big Leg Emma" 1:58 Total length: 71:04
Disc 2 - 10-31-77 Show Title 1. "Envelopes" 2:25 2. "Terry's Halloween Solo" 4:38 3. "Disco Boy" 3:55 4. "Läther" 3:58 5. "Wild Love" 30:11 6. "Tittie's 'N Beer" 7:24 7. "Halloween Audience Participation" 7:04 8. "The Black Page #2" 2:55 9. "Jones Crusher" 2:58 10. "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" 3:52 Total length: 69:20
Disc 3 - 10-31-77 Show Title 1. "Punky's Whips" 11:23 2. "Halloween Encore Audience" 2:07 3. "Dinah-Moe Humm" 6:41 4. "Camarillo Brillo" 3:24 5. "Muffin Man" 5:21 6. "San Ber'dino" 5:01 7. "Black Napkins" 9:19
10-30-77 Show Bonus Tracks Title 8. "King Kong" 8:17 9. "A Halloween Treat With Thomas Nordegg" 6:15 10. "Audience Participation #5" 7:46 11. "The Black Page #2" 2:59 Total length: 68:33
Players Special Guests Roy Estrada – gas mask, vocals on "Dinah Moe-Humm" (10-29-77 early show), "Jewish Princess (Prototype)", "King Kong", "A Halloween Treat With Thomas Nordegg", "Audience Participation #5", and "The Demise of the Imported Rubber Goods Mask"Thomas Nordegg – "some magic tricks" on "A Halloween Treat With Thomas Nordegg" Phil Kaufman – "human trombone" on "King Kong"Technical Frank Zappa – original recording producer Kerry McNabb – original recording engineer Ahmet Zappa – release producer Joe Travers – release producer, digital transfers Craig Parker Adams – 2016 re-mix, audio restoration and mastering engineer
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