Zappa ‘88: The Last U.S. Show

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Tracklist

1-1 “We Are Doing Voter Registration Here” 7:00
1-2 The Black Page (New Age Version)Zappa 7:12
1-3 I Ain’t Got No HeartZappa 1:59
1-4 Love Of My LifeZappa 2:14
1-5 Inca RoadsZappa 8:44
1-6 SharleenaZappa 6:22
1-7 Who Needs The Peace Corps?Zappa 2:29
1-8 I Left My Heart In San FranciscoCross, Cory 0:35
1-9 Dickie’s Such An AssholeZappa 6:01
1-10 When The Lie’s So BigZappa 3:38
1-11 Jesus Thinks You’re A JerkZappa 8:47
1-12 Sofa #1Zappa 2:45
1-13 One Man, One VoteZappa 2:38
1-14 Happy Birthday, Chad! 1:24
1-15 Packard Goose Pt. IZappa 2:56
1-16 Royal March From “L’Histoire Du Soldat”Stravinsky 1:17
1-17 Theme From The Bartok Piano Concerto #3Bartók 1:20
1-18 Packard Goose Pt. IIZappa 2:03
1-19 The Torture Never Stops Pt. IZappa 5:09
1-20 Theme From “Bonanza”Evans 0:36
2-1 Lonesome Cowboy BurtZappa 4:59
2-2 The Torture Never Stops Pt. IIZappa 7:29
2-3 City Of Tiny LitesZappa 9:21
2-4 Pound For A BrownZappa 10:56
2-5 The Beatles MedleyLennon-McCartney 9:19
2-6 Peaches En RegaliaZappa 3:36
2-7 Stairway To HeavenPage, Plant 10:00
2-8 I Am The WalrusLennon-McCartney 3:37
2-9 Whipping PostAllman 6:18
2-10 BoleroRavel 5:30
2-11 America The BeautifulBates, Ward 3:58

Musicians

Production

Ahmet ZappaProducer (Produced For Release)

Also credited. Composed By: Douglass Cross, George Cory, Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartók, Livingston & Evans, Lennon-McCartney, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Gregg Allman, Maurice Ravel, Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel Augustus Ward. Design (Package): Michael Mesker. Engineer (Original Recording): Bob Stone. Mastered By: John Polito. Mixed By: Craig Parker Adams. Transferred By: Joe Travers. Liner Notes: Joe Travers.

Release notes

ZAPPA ‘88: The Last U.S. Show 2-CD Set

All tracks recorded on March 25, 1988 at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, except track 2-7, recorded March 23, 1988 at Tonson Center, Towson, Maryland, & track 2-9, recorded March 16, 1988 at Civic Center, Providence Rhode Island.

The first posthumous archival release from the 1988 touring band focuses on the historical last show Frank Zappa ever played in the U.S. The live concert material is taken from Long Island, NY; Providence, RI & Towson, MD and newly remixed from the 48 track digital master tapes. It features the first official release of “The Beatles Medley” along with over 25 unreleased performances and liner notes by FZ’s drummer, Chad Wackerman and Vaultmeister, Joe Travers.