Zappa in New York

Zappa in New York
Live album by Frank Zappa
Released	March 3, 1978 (US edited version)
Recorded	December 26–29, 1976, Palladium, NYC
Genre	Jazz fusion, comedy rock, hard rock, progressive rock
Length	70:04; 101:53 (CD Version)
Label	DiscReet
Producer	Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology

Zappa in New York is a double live album by Frank Zappa (and his 23rd album overall), released internationally in March 1978. It was recorded in December 1976 at a series of concerts at the Palladium in New York City.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Overview

Zappa in New York was released in the UK by Zappa's DiscReet Records label in 1977, then quickly withdrawn. A second version was re-released internationally in March 1978 with changes ordered by DiscReet's distributor, Warner Bros. Records. The 1978 edition reached #57 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States.

Music

Immediately following the 1976 concerts, Zappa spent time in the studio adding a significant number of overdubs to the live recordings. Several of these recordings were originally intended for the shelved album Läther, including "The Illinois Enema Bandit", "The Black Page #1", "Big Leg Emma", "Punky's Whips", "The Purple Lagoon" and "I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth."

The album features members of the Saturday Night Live band, including Lou Marini and Tom Malone, as well as the Brecker Brothers. In addition, Don Pardo was invited by Zappa to the Palladium concert, and he provides introductory narrations to "Punky's Whips" and "The Illinois Enema Bandit". On the CD version, Pardo also delivers a verse of "I'm the Slime" (he did the same for Zappa's 1976 Saturday Night Live appearance).

Release history

Zappa in New York was first released in early 1977 with Zappa's original track listing. A small number of LP copies reached stores in England before the album was quickly withdrawn. In 1978, some original cassette copies also appeared in the United States, though, apparently by mistake. Before re-issuing the album in March 1978, Warner Bros. Records removed one of the longest songs, "Punky's Whips". This reduced the playing time of side one to a mere ten minutes, moving "Big Leg Emma" from side 2 to the end of side 1; "Titties & Beer" was also edited to remove references to the song "Punky's Whips". The changes made to the album without Zappa's consent violated his contract, which gave him total artistic control over album content.

When Zappa's distribution agreement with Warner Bros. ended in 1982, all release rights reverted to him. Zappa re-issued Zappa in New York as a double CD album in 1991 with the addition of four bonus tracks ("Cruisin' for Burgers", "Punky's Whips", "I'm the Slime", "The Torture Never Stops"). The CD reissue was remixed to feature guitar overdubs that were recorded at the time of the album's original issue but not included on the 1978 LP. The CD reissue also contained an alternate recording of "Punky's Whips" and the full-length unedited recording of "Titties & Beer".

In 2019, the Zappa Family Trust commemorated the 40th anniversary of the release of New York with two releases - a 3LP set combining the 1978 LP release with a bonus LP of vault material, and a 5CD deluxe box set packaged in a tin shaped to look like a NYC street manhole cover and containing the 1978 LP mix, three CDs of performances from the four nights at the Palladium, and a fifth disc of vault material (including a song left off the LP due to time constraints), plus a replica of a Palladium show ticket.[2]

Track listing

Withdrawn original 1977 vinyl pressing

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Titties & Beer"	6:28
2.	"I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth"	3:50
3.	"Punky's Whips"	10:51

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sofa"	3:15
2.	"Manx Needs Women"	1:40
3.	"The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1"	4:06
4.	"Big Leg Emma"	2:17
5.	"Black Page #2"	5:25

Side 3
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?"	4:15
2.	"The Illinois Enema Bandit"	12:31

Side 4
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Purple Lagoon"	16:57

Released edited 1978 second vinyl pressing

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Titties & Beer"	5:31
2.	"I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth"	3:50
3.	"Big Leg Emma"	2:17

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sofa"	3:15
2.	"Manx Needs Women"	1:40
3.	"The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1"	4:06
4.	"Black Page #2"	5:25

Side 3
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?"	4:15
2.	"The Illinois Enema Bandit"	12:31

Side 4
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Purple Lagoon"	16:57

1991 2CD version

Disc 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Titties & Beer"	7:36
2.	"Cruisin' for Burgers"	9:12
3.	"I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth"	3:32
4.	"Punky's Whips"	10:51
5.	"Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?"	4:12
6.	"The Illinois Enema Bandit"	12:41

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I'm the Slime"	4:24
2.	"Pound for a Brown"	3:41
3.	"Manx Needs Women"	1:51
4.	"The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1"	3:50
5.	"Big Leg Emma"	2:17
6.	"Sofa"	2:56
7.	"Black Page #2"	5:36
8.	"The Torture Never Stops"	12:35
9.	"The Purple Lagoon/Approximate"	16:40

2019 40th Anniversary vinyl pressing

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Titties & Beer"	5:01
2.	"I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth"	3:31
3.	"Big Leg Emma"	2:17

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sofa"	3:16
2.	"Manx Needs Women"	1:34
3.	"The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1"	4:06
4.	"Black Page #2"	5:42

Side 3
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?"	4:16
2.	"The Illinois Enema Bandit"	12:41

Side 4
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Purple Lagoon"	16:57

Side 5
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Napkins"	10:56
2.	"Cruisin’ For Burgers (1977 Mix)"	9:08

Side 6
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Black Page #2 (Piano Version)"	3:14
2.	"I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth (Alternate Version)"	3:55
3.	"Punky's Whips (Unused Version)"	10:55
4.	"The Black Page #1 (Piano Version)"	2:13

2019 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition 5CD box set

Disc 1 - The Original 1977 Vinyl Mix
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Titties & Beer"	5:01
2.	"I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth"	3:31
3.	"Big Leg Emma"	2:17
4.	"Sofa"	3:16
5.	"Manx Needs Women"	1:34
6.	"The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1"	4:06
7.	"Black Page #2"	5:32
8.	"Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?"	4:16
9.	"The Illinois Enema Bandit"	12:41
10.	"The Purple Lagoon"	17:12

Disc 2 - Bonus Concert Performances
No.	Title	Length
1.	""The Most Important Musical Event of 1976""	3:23
2.	"Peaches en Regalia"	3:04
3.	"The Torture Never Stops"	11:27
4.	"The Black Page #2"	5:15
5.	"Punky’s Whips Intro"	1:25
6.	"Punky’s Whips"	11:35
7.	"I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth"	4:03
8.	"Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?"	4:12
9.	"The Illinois Enema Bandit"	15:41
10.	""Two for the Price of One""	1:51
11.	"Penis Dimension"	3:08
12.	"Montana"	8:04

Disc 3 - Bonus Concert Performances
No.	Title	Length
1.	"America Drinks"	4:52
2.	""Irate Phone Calls""	1:37
3.	"Sofa #2"	3:04
4.	""The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For""	0:58
5.	"I'm the Slime"	5:38
6.	"Pound for a Brown"	4:50
7.	"Terry's Solo"	2:47
8.	"The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1"	3:53
9.	"Big Leg Emma"	2:19
10.	""Jazz Buffs and Buff-etts""	1:51
11.	"The Purple Lagoon"	17:00
12.	"Find Her Finer"	5:22
13.	"The Origin of Manx"	1:48
14.	"Manx Needs Women"	1:37
15.	"Chrissy Puked Twice"	6:40
16.	"Cruisin’ For Burgers"	9:56

Disc 4 - Bonus Concert Performances
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Purple Lagoon/Any Kind of Pain"	4:25
2.	""The Greatest New Undiscovered Group in America""	2:18
3.	"Black Napkins"	28:33
4.	"Dinah-Moe Humm"	6:18
5.	"Finale"	4:40

Disc 5 - Bonus Vault Content
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Black Page #2 (Piano Version)"	3:16
2.	"I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth (Alternate Version)"	3:55
3.	"Chrissy Puked Twice"	8:16
4.	"Cruisin’ for Burgers (1977 Mix)"	9:02
5.	"Black Napkins"	10:53
6.	"Punky’s Whips (Unused Version)"	10:58
7.	"The Black Page #1 (Piano Version)"	2:13

Personnel

Musicians

Frank Zappa – conductor, lead guitar, vocals, producer; guitar overdubs
Ray White – rhythm guitar, vocals
Eddie Jobson – keyboards, violin, vocals
Patrick O'Hearn – bass guitar, vocals
Terry Bozzio – drums, vocals
Ruth Underwood – percussion, synthesizer, and various humanly impossible overdubs
Lou Marini – alto sax, flute
Mike Brecker – tenor sax, flute
Ronnie Cuber – baritone sax, clarinet
Randy Brecker – trumpet
Tom Malone – trombone, trumpet, piccolo
Don Pardo – sophisticated narration
David Samuels – timpani, vibes
John Bergamo – percussion overdubs
Ed Mann – percussion overdubs
Lou Anne Neill – osmotic harp overdub

Production staff

Frank Zappa – production
Bob Liftin – NYC live remote engineer
Davey Moire – NYC live concert mix, studio engineer (overdubs)
Rick Smith – studio engineer (overdubs)
John Williams – package design
Dweezil Zappa – cover photo
Gail Zappa – other photos

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard 200	57[3]

References

Ruhlmann, William. "Frank Zappa: Zappa in New York". AllMusic. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
"Frank Zappa's Beloved Live Double Album 'Zappa In New York' Celebrated With Suite Of 40th Anniversary Releases". Zappa.com. January 24, 2019.
"Charts and Awards for Zappa in New York". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-08-22.

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[amreview-1] Ruhlmann, William. "Frank Zappa: Zappa in New York". AllMusic. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[2] "Frank Zappa's Beloved Live Double Album 'Zappa In New York' Celebrated With Suite Of 40th Anniversary Releases". Zappa.com. January 24, 2019.

[3] "Charts and Awards for Zappa in New York". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-08-22.