| Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show | ||||
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| Released | June 18, 2021 | |||
| Recorded | March 25th, 1988 | |||
| Venue | Nassau Coliseum (Uniondale, New York) | |||
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| Length | 150:07 | |||
| Label | Zappa Records | |||
| Producer | Ahmet Zappa | |||
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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. [1]
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. [1] [2] [3] The tracks "When The Lie's So Big" and the cover of "America The Beautiful" from this concert were previously released in the 2016 compilation album "Frank Zappa for President". While the majority of the album features the Nassau concert, "Stairway to Heaven" was taken from a performance in Towson, Maryland in March 23, 1988 while "Whipping Post" was recorded in Providence, Rhode Island in March 16, 1988.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | ""We Are Doing Voter Registration Here"" | 7:00 |
| 2. | "The Black Page (New Age Version)" | 7:12 |
| 3. | "I Ain’t Got No Heart" | 1:59 |
| 4. | "Love of My Life" | 2:14 |
| 5. | "Inca Roads" | 8:44 |
| 6. | "Sharleena" | 6:22 |
| 7. | "Who Needs the Peace Corps?" | 2:29 |
| 8. | "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" | 0:35 |
| 9. | "Dickie's Such an Asshole" | 6:01 |
| 10. | "When the Lie's So Big" | 3:38 |
| 11. | "Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk" | 8:47 |
| 12. | "Sofa #1" | 2:45 |
| 13. | "One Man, One Vote" | 2:38 |
| 14. | "Happy Birthday, Chad!" | 1:24 |
| 15. | "Packard Goose Pt. I" | 2:56 |
| 16. | "Royal March from "L'Histoire Du Soldat"" | 1:17 |
| 17. | "Theme from the Bartok Piano Concerto #3" | 1:20 |
| 18. | "Packard Goose Pt. II" | 2:03 |
| 19. | "The Torture Never Stops Pt. I" | 5:09 |
| 20. | "Theme from "Bonanza"" | 0:36 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lonesome Cowboy Burt" | 4:59 |
| 2. | "The Torture Never Stops Pt. II" | 7:29 |
| 3. | "City of Tiny Lites" | 9:21 |
| 4. | "Pound for a Brown" | 10:56 |
| 5. | "The Beatles Medley" | 9:19 |
| 6. | "Peaches en Regalia" | 3:36 |
| 7. | "Stairway to Heaven" | 10:00 |
| 8. | "I Am the Walrus" | 3:37 |
| 9. | "Whipping Post" | 6:18 |
| 10. | "Bolero" | 5:30 |
| 11. | "America the Beautiful" | 3:58 |
| Chart (2021) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [4] | 19 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] | 21 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6] | 106 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] | 13 |
| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [8] | 44 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] | 9 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI) [10] | 82 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] | 8 |
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