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Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show

Frank Zappa

2021 · Rock

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Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show by Frank Zappa

Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show is a Rock album by Frank Zappa, originally released in 2021. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked, owned by 5 collectors.

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Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show is a live album released June 18, 2021, by Frank Zappa. It contains mostly previously unreleased recordings of the last concert he would ever play in the US at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The album was released as a double CD and a quadruple LP. The album also has a couple covers such as "Stairway to Heaven", "Whipping Post", and a medley of Beatles songs consisting of "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", and "Strawberry Fields Forever" with changed lyrics to reflect a recent sex-scandal with Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart as well as a standalone cover of "I Am the Walrus". There were also two new songs written and recorded for the tour, "Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk” and “When The Lie’s So Big”. The opening track "We Are Doing Voter Registration Here" shows Frank Zappa encouraging everyone to go and vote for the upcoming election and showed someone registering on stage. Personnel Frank Zappa - lead guitar, Synclavier, vocals Mike Keneally - guitar, synth, vocals Scott Thunes - electric ba, Minimoog Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, synth, vocals Chad Wackerman - drum, electronic percussion Ed Mann - Vibraphone, Marimba, electronic percussion Robert Martin - keyboard, vocals Walt Fowler - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, synth Bruce Fowler - Trombone Paul Carman - Alto, Soprano, Baritone Albert Wing - Tenor saxophone .

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Tracklist

  1. 1‘‘We Are Doing Voter Registration Here’’ (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)6:59
  2. 2The Black Page (New Age Version - Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)7:12
  3. 3I Ain’t Got No Heart (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)1:59
  4. 4Love Of My Life (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)2:13
  5. 5Inca Roads (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)8:44
  6. 6Sharleena (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)6:22
  7. 7Who Needs The Peace Corps? (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)2:28
  8. 8I Left My Heart In San Francisco (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)0:34
  9. 9Dickie’s Such An A*****e (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)6:00
  10. 10When The Lie's So Big (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)3:38
  11. 11Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)8:46
  12. 12Sofa #1 (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)2:44
  13. 13One Man, One Vote (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)2:37
  14. 14Happy Birthday, Chad! (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)1:24
  15. 15Packard Goose Pt. I (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)2:55
  16. 16Royal March From "L'Histoire Du Soldat" (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)1:16
  17. 17Theme From The Bartok Piano Concerto #3 (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)1:19
  18. 18Packard Goose Pt. II (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)2:03
  19. 19The Torture Never Stops Pt. I (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)5:08
  20. 20Theme From "Bonanza" (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)0:36
  21. 2.1Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)4:58
  22. 2.2The Torture Never Stops Pt. II (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)7:29
  23. 2.3City Of Tiny Lites (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)9:20
  24. 2.4Pound For A Brown (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)10:55
  25. 2.5The Beatles Medley (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)9:18
  26. 2.6Peaches En Regalia (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)3:35
  27. 2.7Stairway To Heaven (Live At Towson Center, Towson, MD 3/23/88)9:59
  28. 2.8I Am The Walrus (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)3:36
  29. 2.9Whipping Post (Live At The Civic Center, Providence, RI 3/16/88)6:17
  30. 2.10Bolero (Live At Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)5:29
  31. 2.11America The Beautiful (Live At Nassau Colliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/25/88)3:57

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Prog Rock
  • dense
  • chaotic
  • cerebral

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Albert WingTENOR SAXOPHONE
  • Bobby MartinKEYBOARDS, VOCALS
  • Bruce FowlerTROMBONE
  • Chad WackermanDRUMS, PERCUSSION
  • Ed MannVIBRAPHONE , MARIMBA, PERCUSSION
  • Frank ZappaGUITAR , SYNTHESIZER , VOCALS LEAD GUITAR, SYNTH , COMPUTER , VOCALS LEAD GUITAR, SYNTH , VOCALS
  • Ike WillisGUITAR, SYNTH, VOCALS GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER , VOCALS
  • Kurt McGettrickBARITONE SAXOPHONE , BASS SAXOPHONE , CONTRABASS CLARINET BARITONE SAXOPHONE, BASS SAXOPHONE, CONTRABASS CLARINET
  • Mike KeneallyGUITAR, SYNTH, VOCALS GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER , VOCALS
  • Paul CarmanALTO SAXOPHONE , SOPRANO SAXOPHONE , BARITONE SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE
  • Scott ThunesELECTRIC BASS, SYNTHESIZER
  • Walt FowlerTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN , SYNTH TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN, SYNTH TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN, SYNTHESIZER

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