- Halloween (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Halloween
Type =Live album
Artist =Frank Zappa
Released =February 4 ,2003
Recorded = The Palladium,New York City October 27 –October 31 ,1978
Genre = Rock
Length = 70:22
Label = Vaulternative
Producer =Dweezil Zappa
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:xr5ibkd9sakb link]
Last album = ""
(2002)
This album = "Halloween"
(2003)
Next album = "Joe's Corsage "
(2004)"Halloween" is a
live album byFrank Zappa , released inDVD-Audio CD format byVaulternative Records in 2003. It features recordings compiled from various shows at The Palladium,New York City in late October 1978—including aHalloween show on October 31—along with some video content from the same period. The set includes a performance of "Ancient Armaments", which appears on the album for the first time in digital form, having previously been included as theB-side to "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" in 1980. The album cover art resembles the cover art of 1969'sHot Rats .Track listing
All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.
Audio content
# "NYC Audience" – 1:17
# "Ancient Armaments" – 8:23
# "Dancin' Fool" – 4:35
# "Easy Meat" – 6:03
# "Magic Fingers" – 2:33
# "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" – 2:24
# "Conehead" – 4:02
# "Zeets" (Vinnie Colaiuta ) – 2:58
# "Stink-Foot" – 8:51
# "Dinah-Moe Humm" – 5:27
# "Camarillo Brillo" – 3:14
# "Muffin Man" – 3:32
# "Black Napkins (The Deathless Horsie)" – 16:56Track 5, "Magic Fingers", is edited together from versions from the Halloween show on October 31, 1978 and from the two shows which took place on October 27. The other tracks were taken from the following shows:
* October 27, first show — tracks 10–12
* October 27, second show — track 4
* October 28, first show — track 7
* October 31 — tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 and 13Additional content
* "Suicide Chump" – 9:31
** Video in Black and White, recorded at Capitol Theatre,Passaic, New Jersey October 13 ,1978
* "Dancin' Fool" – 3:48
** Color video taken from Zappa's appearance onSaturday Night Live , in New York CityOctober 21 ,1978
* Radio interview – 9:41
** Audio only; conducted at WPIX withMark Simone ,October 30 ,1978 Personnel
* Frank Zappa –
lead guitar ,vocals
* Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
* Arthur Barrow –bass guitar
*Patrick O'Hearn – bass guitar
* Tommy Mars – keyboards
* Denny Walley – guitar, vocals
*Peter Wolf – keyboards
* Ed Mann – percussion
*L. Shankar –violin External links
* [http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/Halloween.html Lyrics and details]
* [http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/turtlestew/goblin.htm "The Halloween '78 Files"]
* [http://www.zappa.com/fz/albums/halloween/ "Halloween" at zappa.com]
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