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Frank Zappa – Chicago '78 (2-CD)

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Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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The 1978 touring band was one of Zappa's tightest ensembles, featuring a rotating cast of world-class players who could pivot on a dime between composed complexity and pure improvised chaos. That fall run caught Frank in a particularly sharp, confrontational mode, the kind of night where the interplay between composed passages and freeform soloing felt genuinely unpredictable. Chicago crowds always brought an energy he responded to.

This Vaulternative Records concert release finds Zappa & band at the Uptown Theater, Chicago, Ill - September 29, 1978. Of the two shows played that evening, the late show is captured here in its entirety. As you would expect, the concert delivers with a good blend of fan favorites, blistering guitar solos, audience participation, on-the-spot improvisations and stellar playing from a talented band line-up.

Tracklist

Disc 1

1. Chicago Walk-on (1:20)
2. Twenty-one (8:26)
3. Dancin' Fool (3:29)
4. Easy Meat (5:41)
5. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? (4:21)
6. Keep It Greasy (3:41)
7. Village Of The Sun (9:15)
8. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:29)
9. Bamboozled By Love (8:32)
10. Sy Borg (4:36)

Disc 2

1. Little House I Used To Live In (9:38)
2. Yo Mama (12:28)
3. Magic Fingers (2:37)
4. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (18:36)
5. Strictly Genteel (8:25)
6. Black Napkins (8:01)

UPC: 824302002520
Label: Zappa Records
Release Date: 11.4.16
Format: CD