Halloween 77

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Halloween 77
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Live album by
Frank Zappa
ReleasedOctober 31, 2017
RecordedOctober 28-31, 1977
VenuePalladium (New York City)
Genre Progressive rock
Length208:57(3CD)
945:29 (Digital)
Label Zappa Records
Producer Joe Travers
Frank Zappa chronology
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Halloween 77 is a live album by 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 and in the film Baby Snakes , both released in 1979.

Contents

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] This format was replicated for the follow-up releases Halloween 73 (2019) and Halloween 81 (2020).

Track List

Digital Version

All tracks are written by Frank Zappa

Show 1: 10-28-77 (early)
No.TitlePrior ReleaseLength
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 (guitar solo only)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]
No.TitleLength
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]
No.TitleLength
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]
No.TitleLength
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
No.TitlePrior ReleaseLength
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 and Have I Offended Someone?, with overdubs4:41
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
No.TitlePrior ReleaseLength
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. 63:35
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 overdubs2:58
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

3CD Version

Disc 1 (10-31-77 Show)
No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleLength
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
No.TitleLength
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

Personnel

Musicians

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References

  1. ↑ "Halloween 77 - Frank Zappa | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ↑ "Halloween 77 Box Set Celebrates the Historic Concert Run's 40th Anniversary - October 20". Zappa.com. 2017-09-26. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
  3. ↑ "Trick or treat? Frank Zappa's 'Halloween 77' box set will scare the neighbours – SuperDeluxeEdition". 5 October 2017. Retrieved 2021-11-04.
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