Frank Zappa in New York

Frank Zappa - Live New York 1984 (2023)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 29, 2023
Frank Zappa - Live New York 1984 (2023)

Frank Zappa - Live New York 1984 (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 3:04:26 | 425 Mb / 1,12 Gb
Genre: Rock Jazz / Label: TIMELINE

Composer, guitarist, singer, and bandleader Frank Zappa was a singular musical figure during a performing and recording career that lasted from the 1960s to the '90s. His disparate influences included doo wop music and avant-garde classical music; although he led groups that could be called rock & roll bands for much of his career, he used them to create a hybrid style that bordered on jazz and complicated, modern serious music, sometimes inducing orchestras to play along. As if his music were not challenging enough, he overlay it with highly satirical and sometimes abstractly humorous lyrics and song titles that marked him as coming out of a provocative literary tradition that included Beat poets like Allen Ginsberg and edgy comedians like Lenny Bruce.
Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York (1977) + Studio Tan (1978) {2012 UMe Remaster}

Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York (1977) + Studio Tan (1978) {2012 UMe Remaster}
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© 2012 UMe / ZFT | ZR 3856 / ZR 3857
Rock / Experimental Rock / Jazz Rock

Zappa in New York was recorded in December 1976 at the Palladium and originally intended for release in 1977. It was held up due to arguments between Frank Zappa and his then-record label, Warner Bros. When the two-LP set finally appeared in March 1978, Warner had deleted "Punky's Whips," a song about drummer Terry Bozzio's attraction to Punky Meadows of Angel. When Zappa reacquired the album and released it as a double CD in 1991, he restored "Punky's Whips" and added four bonus tracks.
Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York (2019) {5CD Box Set, 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition ZR20029 rec 1976}

Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York (2019) {5CD Box Set, 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition ZR20029 rec 1976}
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© 1976, 2019 Zappa Records / UMe | ZR20029
Rock / Experimental Rock / Avant-Garde / Art Rock / Jazz Rock

Of all the Zappa live albums out there (and there’s a lot, so we have to be careful what we say), the double album rendering of his December 1976 New York shows has always occupied a prominent position in the fan club’s “best of” ratings. There are misgivings, of course. The omission of the showstopping “Punky’s Whips”; the mass of edits and rearrangements that went into the final running order; the fact that close to two years elapsed between concert and LP…. But, if you stopped worrying about what could have been, and focus simply on what you got, it was a fabulous album.
Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York (1976) {2CD Rykodisc RCD 10524/25 rel 1995}

Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York (1976) {2CD Rykodisc RCD 10524/25 rel 1995}
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© 1976, 1995 Rykodisc / The Zappa Family Trust | RCD 10524/25 (LP March 3rd 1978)
Rock / Experimental Rock / Jazz Rock

Official Release #23. Zappa in New York was recorded in December 1976 at the Palladium and originally intended for release in 1977. It was held up due to arguments between Frank Zappa and his then-record label, Warner Bros. When the two-LP set finally appeared in March 1978, Warner had deleted "Punky's Whips," a song about drummer Terry Bozzio's attraction to Punky Meadows of Angel. When Zappa reacquired the album and released it as a double CD in 1991, he restored "Punky's Whips" and added four bonus tracks.
Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (1978/2019)

Frank Zappa - Zappa In New York (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (1978/2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1,8 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 692 Mb | 05:02:01
Jazz Rock | Label: Zappa Family Trust, Universal Music

This March, Universal Music will issue a five-CD, 40th anniversary deluxe edition of Frank Zappa‘s 1978 live album Zappa in New York.
Frank Zappa - Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2020) {Zappa Records / UMe}

Frank Zappa - Zappa Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2020) {Zappa Records / UMe}
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© 2020 Zappa Records / UMe
Rock / Experimental Rock / Avant-Garde / Art Rock / Jazz Rock

Zappa original motion picture soundtrack available digitally today via zappa records/UMe as acclaimed “zappa” documentary is now available everywhere in the u.s. 68-track album features 12 unreleased tracks from the vault including performances from The Whisky A Go-Go in ’68, the Fillmore West in ’70 and “Saturday Night Live” in ’78. Includes more than two dozen tracks from across zappa’s prolific four-decade career, rarities, interview clips plus 26 original score cues 
by composer John Frizzell.

Frank Zappa - Berlin 1978 (2018)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at July 6, 2025
Frank Zappa - Berlin 1978 (2018)

Frank Zappa - Berlin 1978 (2CD, 2018)
FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) | 2:15:15 | 933 Mb
Genre: Pop, Rock / Label: Leftfield Media

CLASSIC 1978 BROADCAST FROM GERMANY S THEN DIVIDED CITY After falling out with his long-time manager Herb Cohen, Frank Zappa spent much of the late 1970s in a legal battle with Cohen and later with Warner Brothers too. With the majority of his own recorded material thus tied up, Zappa concentrated on touring with a small, rock-oriented band. March 1978 witnessed the release of Zappa In New York, recorded live with a 13-strong band at the Palladium in late December 1976. Demonstrating in equal measure Zappa s extraordinary ability as a composer and fearless approach to controversial topics, the record reached a respectable No. 57 on the Billboard chart. Two standout numbers from In New York, Titties & Beer and The Black Page , would be a fixture of Zappa sets by the time his 1978 European tour rolled around, as the concert featured on this two CD set can attest.

Frank Zappa - 1981 - Toxic Shock (Trilogy)  Music

Posted by jorodolfo at Dec. 2, 2007
Frank Zappa - 1981 - Toxic Shock (Trilogy)

Frank Zappa - 1981 - Toxic Shock (Trilogy)
MP3 | 160 Kbp/s | disc 1 - 35:03 Min - 40.1 Mb
Disc 2 - 32:03 Min - 36.7 Mb | disc 3 - 34:24 Min - 39.4 Mb
Genre: Progressive Rock | Bootleg

Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops (2010)  Music

Posted by Jansky at Jan. 17, 2011
Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops (2010)

Frank Zappa - The Torture Never Stops (2010)
DVD-9 | NTSC | VOB | 4:3 (720x480) | 117 min | All Regions | 6.8 GB | Scans
English | Color | Dolby Digital 2.0 | RAR 3 % | FSonic.com, KeepF.com
Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock

Frank Zappa's New York Halloween 1981 concerts were filmed Live at The Palladium. This 'thing' entitled "The Torture Never Stops was created in its entirety by FZ from the original concert production and intended by the Artist as one of 3 Television Specials. This is the longest version of the three - the others, "You Are What You Is" and "Dumb All Over", having actually aired. Halloween was Frank Zappa's favorite holiday, and New York was the site of Frank Zappa Halloween concerts for years! The billion and a half airings by MTV of the concerts (non-edited) followed on closely from the release of the double album You Are What You Is in September of that year on Frank Zappa s own recently founded and thoroughly independent label, Barking Pumpkin…
Frank Zappa - Philly '76 (2009) {2CD Set, Vaulternative Records VR20091 rec 1976}

Frank Zappa - Philly '76 (2009) {2CD Set, Vaulternative Records VR20091 rec 1976}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 898 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 322 Mb
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© 1976, 2009 Vaulternative Records / ZFT | VR 20091
Rock / Experimental Rock / Art Rock

Official Release #86. Another in the ongoing series of releases drawn from Frank Zappa's extensive archives of live recordings, Philly '76 contains a concert held at the Spectrum in Philadelphia on October 29, 1976. This period in Zappa's career is otherwise documented by the album Zoot Allures, which actually was released on that day, and by Zappa in New York, drawn from shows recorded two months later. But the lineup of Zappa's band is not exactly the same as that on either of those albums. The core unit is identical, with Ray White on rhythm guitar, former Roxy Music member Eddie Jobson on keyboards and violin, Patrick O'Hearn on bass, and Terry Bozzio on drums.