| Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Live album by | ||||
| Released | March 3, 2023 | |||
| Recorded | May 8, 1980 July 3, 1980 | |||
| Venue | Mudd Club, NYC, USA Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 163:50 3CD 56:45 Mudd Club 2LP 107:05 Munich 3LP | |||
| Label | Zappa Records | |||
| Producer |
| |||
| Frank Zappa chronology | ||||
| ||||
Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich is a live album by Frank Zappa, released posthumously on March 3, 2023. It is a 3CD set that contains two complete shows recorded during the tour of the spring and summer of 1980. [1]
The first of the two shows was performed at the Mudd Club nightclub in New York City, on May 8. The setlist features songs that would be frequented throughout 1980, as well as early versions of tracks that would later appear on the album You Are What You Is (1981) including "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing", the title track, and Zappa's homage to the club itself, "Mudd Club". The second show was performed at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany, much later in the tour on July 3. [2]
Mudd Club/Munich is the first official release that would showcase the 5-piece band (significantly reduced from the previous tour's 8-piece) that would only be on tour for a few months. It is also the only lineup to feature drummer David Logeman, who was briefly stepping in for Vinnie Colaiuta. [3] Much of the material on the album is previously unreleased, with the exception of "Love Of My Life" from the Mudd Club show, and "You Didn't Try To Call Me" which appear on the albums You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (1988) and You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (1991), respectively. [4]
All songs written and composed by Frank Zappa except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mudd Club Show Start" | 1:03 |
| 2. | "Chunga’s Revenge" | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Keep It Greasy" | 3:03 |
| 4. | "Outside Now" | 5:55 |
| 5. | "City Of Tiny Lites (Edited)" | 6:39 |
| 6. | "Pound For A Brown" | 3:46 |
| 7. | "You Are What You Is" | 3:46 |
| 8. | "You Didn’t Try To Call Me" | 3:46 |
| 9. | "I Ain’t Got No Heart" | 2:07 |
| 10. | "Love Of My Life" | 2:11 |
| 11. | "Easy Meat" | 7:25 |
| 12. | "Mudd Club" | 3:35 |
| 13. | "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" | 3:15 |
| 14. | "Joe’s Garage" | 2:25 |
| 15. | "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?" | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 56:45 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Munich ’80 Show Start" | 0:56 |
| 2. | "Chunga’s Revenge" | 7:14 |
| 3. | "Keep It Greasy" | 3:09 |
| 4. | "Pick Me, I’m Clean" | 6:45 |
| 5. | "City Of Tiny Lites" | 9:11 |
| 6. | "Pound For A Brown" | 13:33 |
| 7. | "Cosmik Debris" | 4:11 |
| 8. | "You Didn’t Try To Call Me" | 3:39 |
| 9. | "I Ain’t Got No Heart" | 2:02 |
| 10. | "Love Of My Life" | 1:56 |
| 11. | "You Are What You Is" | 3:22 |
| Total length: | 55:58 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Easy Meat" | 11:02 |
| 2. | "Mudd Club" | 3:08 |
| 3. | "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" | 3:08 |
| 4. | "Joe’s Garage" | 2:19 |
| 5. | "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?" | 3:16 |
| 6. | "Dancin’ Fool" | 3:32 |
| 7. | "Bobby Brown Goes Down" | 2:41 |
| 8. | "Ms. Pinky" | 3:49 |
| 9. | "Stick It Out" | 5:31 |
| 10. | "Nite Owl (T. Allen)" | 2:20 |
| 11. | "The Illinois Enema Bandit" | 10:21 |
| Total length: | 51:07 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mudd Club Show Start" | 1:03 |
| 2. | "Chunga’s Revenge" | 4:03 |
| 3. | "Keep It Greasy" | 3:03 |
| 4. | "Outside Now" | 5:55 |
| Total length: | 14:04 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "City Of Tiny Lites (Edited)" | 6:39 |
| 2. | "Pound For A Brown" | 3:46 |
| 3. | "You Are What You Is" | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 14:11 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Didn’t Try To Call Me" | 3:46 |
| 2. | "I Ain’t Got No Heart" | 2:07 |
| 3. | "Love Of My Life" | 2:11 |
| 4. | "Easy Meat" | 7:25 |
| Total length: | 15:29 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mudd Club" | 3:35 |
| 2. | "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" | 3:15 |
| 3. | "Joe’s Garage" | 2:25 |
| 4. | "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?" | 3:46 |
| Total length: | 13:01 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Munich '80 Show Start" | 0:56 |
| 2. | "Chunga’s Revenge" | 7:14 |
| 3. | "Keep It Greasy" | 3:09 |
| 4. | "Pick Me, I’m Clean" | 6:45 |
| Total length: | 18:04 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "City Of Tiny Lites" | 9:11 |
| 2. | "Pound For A Brown" | 13:33 |
| Total length: | 22:44 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Cosmik Debris" | 4:11 |
| 2. | "You Didn’t Try To Call Me" | 3:39 |
| 3. | "I Ain’t Got No Heart" | 2:02 |
| 4. | "Love Of My Life" | 1:56 |
| 5. | "You Are What You Is" | 3:22 |
| Total length: | 15:10 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Easy Meat" | 11:02 |
| 2. | "Mudd Club" | 3:08 |
| 3. | "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" | 3:08 |
| 4. | "Joe’s Garage" | 2:19 |
| 5. | "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?" | 3:16 |
| Total length: | 22:53 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dancin’ Fool" | 3:32 |
| 2. | "Bobby Brown Goes Down" | 2:41 |
| 3. | "Ms. Pinky" | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Stick It Out" | 5:31 |
| Total length: | 15:33 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nite Owl (T. Allen)" | 2:20 |
| 2. | "The Illinois Enema Bandit" | 10:21 |
| Total length: | 12:41 | |
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experimentation, musical virtuosity and satire of American culture. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works; he also produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. Zappa also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. He is considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse musicians of his generation.
Dweezil Zappa is an American rock guitarist and occasional actor. He is the son of musical composer and performer Frank Zappa. Exposed to the music industry from an early age, Zappa developed a strong affinity for playing the guitar and producing music. Able to learn directly from guitarists such as Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen, Zappa released his first single at the age of 12.
Warren Bruce Cuccurullo is an American musician, songwriter, restaurant owner and former bodybuilder who first worked with Frank Zappa during the 1970s. He was also a founding member of Missing Persons in the 1980s. In 1986 Cuccurullo joined Duran Duran, becoming a long-term member of the band until 2001. In 2022, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Duran Duran.
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch is an album by American musician Frank Zappa, released in May 1982 and digitally remastered in 1991. It features five tracks composed by Zappa, and one song, "Valley Girl", co-written with his daughter, Moon Zappa, then a teen, who provided the spoken monologue mocking Valley girls, including phrases like "Gag me with a spoon!".
The Mothers of Invention was an American rock band from California. Formed in 1964, their work is marked by the use of sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows.
One Size Fits All is the fourteenth album by the Mothers of Invention, and the twentieth overall album by Frank Zappa, released in June 1975. A special four-channel quadraphonic version of the album was advertised but not released.
Roxy & Elsewhere is a double live album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers, released on September 10, 1974. Most of the songs were recorded on December 8, 9 and 10, 1973 at The Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, California.
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 is a double disc live album by Frank Zappa, spanning from December 10, 1971, to December 23, 1984. It was released in 1989.
This is a list of albums by Frank Zappa, including all those credited to the Mothers of Invention. During his lifetime, Zappa released 62 albums. Since 1994, the Zappa Family Trust has released 64 posthumous albums as of June 2023, making a total of 126 albums/album sets.
Zappa Plays Zappa is an American tribute act led by Dweezil Zappa, the elder son of late American composer and musician Frank Zappa, devoted to performing the music of Frank Zappa.
"Willie the Pimp" is a song from Frank Zappa's 1969 album Hot Rats. It features an idiosyncratic Captain Beefheart vocal and one of Zappa's classic guitar solos. It is the only track that is not instrumental on the album, though the track features a long guitar solo.
Tinsel Town Rebellion is a double live album released by Frank Zappa in May 1981. The album was conceived by Zappa after he scrapped the planned albums Warts and All and Crush All Boxes, and contains tracks that were intended for those albums.
You Are What You Is is a 1981 double album by American musician Frank Zappa. His 34th album, it consists of three musical suites which encompass pop, doo-wop, jazz, hard rock, reggae, soul, blues, new wave and country. The album's lyrics satirize a number of topics, including hippies, socialites, fashion, narcotics use, cultural appropriation, religion, televangelists and the military draft.
You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 is a live album by Frank Zappa. Despite the subtitle 'The Helsinki Concert', the album is not one complete concert, but was, in fact, assembled from two different concerts performed in Helsinki in 1974. The working title for this album was The Helsinki Tapes, a title more accurately reflecting the fact that the album was composed of performances from more than one show. It is the only album of the series You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore that includes only one Frank Zappa Band, and only one location of concert. All other albums mix different bands and different time periods in the stage career of Frank Zappa.
"Advance Romance" is a Frank Zappa song originally from his live album with Captain Beefheart, Bongo Fury. Other versions of the song can be found on You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 5, and Make a Jazz Noise Here. It is a humorous parody of typical love songs and is sung by Napoleon Murphy Brock with George Duke. The song was played from 1975 to 1976 and from 1982 to 1988 making the song one of Zappa's most performed. Almost all of Zappa's lineups after its release on Bongo Fury played this song in concert.
"I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" was a 1980 single by American musician Frank Zappa. The song peaked at #103 US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 and #68 on the Cash Box charts, but more successfully reached #3 in Sweden. The original single version has never been reissued on LP or CD.
Denny Walley is an American guitarist. He was born in Pennsylvania. He is known for working with Frank Zappa in the 1970s and '80s.
Meat Light is a 3CD compilation of Frank Zappa's Uncle Meat recordings. It is project/object #5 in a series of 40th Anniversary FZ Audio Documentaries, following MOFO (2006), Lumpy Money (2009), Greasy Love Songs (2010) and The Crux of the Biscuit (2016).
The Mothers 1970 is a 4-CD box set celebrating the 50th anniversary of the short-lived 1970 line-up of Rock-band The Mothers. It compiles 70 unreleased tracks recorded during this era of the band.
Zappa/Erie is a live album by Frank Zappa, released posthumously on June 17, 2022. The album is a six CD boxset consisting of several shows performed in the Erie, Pennsylvania area in 1974 and 1976. All the material is previously unreleased, except for roughly ten minutes of audio that appeared on Roxy & Elsewhere (1974) in an edited form.