Frank Zappa Live In New York Gets CD Box Set, Expanded Vinyl Release

Frank Zappa played four sold-out concerts at The Palladium in New York City in 1976. In celebration of its release in 1978, Zappa In New York is being re-released as expanded anniversary editions to commemorate the album’s recent 40th anniversary. Overseen by the Zappa Family Trust and produced by Ahmet Zappa and Vaultmeister Joe Travers, the expanded versions will be available as a 5CD box set, 3LP on 180-gram audiophile grade vinyl and digitally. The 5-disc collection, which will be housed in a limited-edition metal tin shaped like a NYC street manhole cover and includes a replica ticket from one of the shows, consists of the main album in its original mix, newly remastered by Bob Ludwig in 2018 and available for the first time since its debut. The four additional discs are loaded with relevant Vault nuggets and more than three hours of unreleased live performances from the NYC Palladium concerts, representing every composition played during the concerts and the best alternate performances of every tune Zappa picked for the original album, all newly mixed in 2018. To achieve the highest-level sound quality, the audio team went back to the original two-inch 24-track multi-track master tapes and transferred every reel at 96kHz 24-bit wavs.

Zappa In New York includes expanded packaging which features previously unseen live photos by Gail Zappa alongside extensive liner notes by band members Ruth Underwood and Ray White (who were part of Zappa’s band for these shows) as well as an insightful essay by Joe Travers with Australian writer Jen Jewel Brown. Underwood also contributes a solo piano version of “The Black Page” that has been newly recorded for this special edition.

The 3LP set version features all-analog mastering of the original album mix, unavailable since first issued. Plus, an additional LP of select bonus content from The Vault. The digital release marks the debut of the original mix.

The collection showcases Zappa’s guitar playing and arrangements as he leads Ray White on vocals and guitar, Terry Bozzio on drums and vocals, Eddie Jobson on keyboard, Ruth Underwood on percussion and synthesizer, Patrick O’Hearn on bass and vocals, and David Samuelson timpani and vibes. Don Pardo provided “sophisticated narration” and the brass section, featuring jazz duo the Brecker Brothers with Randy Brecker on trumpet and Michael Brecker on tenor saxophone, was rounded out by the SNL players: Lou Marini on alto sax, Ronnie Cuber on baritone sax and Tom Malone on trombone.

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ZAPPA IN NEW YORK – 5CD DELUXE EDITION

DISC 1 – THE ORIGINAL 1977 VINYL MIX

1. Titties & Beer

2. I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth

3. Big Leg Emma

4. Sofa

5. Manx Needs Women

6. The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1

7. Black Page #2

8. Honey, Don’t You Want A Man Like Me?

9. The Illinois Enema Bandit

10. The Purple Lagoon

 

DISC 2: BONUS CONCERT PERFORMANCES – PART ONE

1. “The Most Important Musical Event Of 1976”

2. Peaches En Regalia

3. The Torture Never Stops

4. The Black Page #2

5. Punky’s Whips Intro

6. Punky’s Whips

7. I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth

8. Honey, Don’t You Want A Man Like Me?

9. The Illinois Enema Bandit

10. “Two For The Price Of One”

11. Penis Dimension

12. Montana

 

DISC 3: BONUS CONCERT PERFORMANCES – PART TWO

1. America Drinks

2. “Irate Phone Calls”

3. Sofa #2

4. “The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For”

5. I’m The Slime

6. Pound For A Brown

7. Terry’s Solo

8. The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1

9. Big Leg Emma

10. “Jazz Buffs and Buff-etts”

11. The Purple Lagoon

12. Find Her Finer

13. The Origin Of Manx

14. Manx Needs Women

15. Chrissy Puked Twice

16. Cruisin’ For Burgers

 

DISC 4: BONUS CONCERT PERFORMANCES – PART THREE

1. The Purple Lagoon/Any Kind Of Pain

2. “The Greatest New Undiscovered Group In America”

3. Black Napkins

4. Dinah-Moe Humm

5. Finale

 

DISC 5: BONUS VAULT CONTENT

1. The Black Page #2 (Piano Version)

2. I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth (Alternate Version)

3. Chrissy Puked Twice

4. Cruisin’ For Burgers (1977 Mix)

5. Black Napkins

6. Punky’s Whips (Unused Version)

7. The Black Page #1 (Piano Version)

 

ZAPPA IN NEW YORK – 3LP 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

LP 1 / Side 1 – Original Album Mix Remastered

1. Titties & Beer

2. I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth

3. Big Leg Emma

 

LP 1 / Side 2 – Original Album

1. Sofa

2. Manx Needs Women

3. The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1

4. Black Page #2

 

LP 2 / Side 3 – Original Album

1. Honey, Don’t You Want A Man Like Me?

2. The Illinois Enema Bandit

 

LP 2 / Side 4 – Original Album

1. The Purple Lagoon

 

LP 3 / Side 1 – Bonus Vault Content

1. Black Napkins

2. Cruisin’ For Burgers (1977 Mix)

 

LP 3 / Side 2 – Bonus Vault Content

1. The Black Page #2 (Piano Version)

2. I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth (Alternate Version)

3. Punky’s Whips (Unused Version)

4. The Black Page #1 (Piano Version)

 

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