Compact discs

Box set presenting the newly mixed and mastered versions of two concerts recorded live in performance at The Palladium in New York City on October 27 and 31, 1978 by Frank Zappa and other performers; includes five standard audio CD compact discs containing the two concert performances accompanied by a book containing notes, concert photo stills and a brief essay, with bound-in pages to hold the 5 compact discs

"This is Official Release #132"--Box set container

Accompanying material may vary

Box set produced for release by Ahmet Zappa and Joe Travers ; original recordings produced by Frank Zappa

Players: Frank Zappa, master of ceremonies, vocals, guitar ; Denny Walley, slide and rhythm guitar, vocals ; Peter Wolf, keyboards ; Tommy Mars, keyboards, vocals ; Patrick O'Hearn, fretless bass, vocals ; Arthur Barrow, bass, acoustic guitar, vocals ; Ed Mann, percussion, vocals ; Vinnie Colaiuta, drums, percussion, seal calls ; special guests: L. Shankar, violin ; Warren Cuccurullo

Disc 1, Halloween 1978 (75:19). 10-31-78 show start (1:28) -- Ancient armaments (5:12) -- "Happy Halloween everybody!" (3:45) -- Dancin' fool (4:34) -- Easy meat (4:56) -- Honey, don't you want a man like me? (5:28) -- Keep it greasy (3:05) -- The meek shall inherit nothing (3:31) -- City of tiny lites (10:09) -- Pound for a brown (5:17) -- Thirteen (17:38) -- The story of Ms. X (8:12) -- Nancy (2:02) Disc 2 (75:29). Dinah-Moe Humm (5:17) -- Go cry on somebody else's shoulder (2:10) -- Little rubber girl (3:17) -- The idiot bastard son (2:31) -- Bobby Brown goes down (2:41) -- Conehead (8:41) -- Suicide chump (11:11) -- Little house I used to live in (17:29) -- Watermelon in Easter hay (13:25) -- Stink-foot (8:40) Disc 3 (78:23). Take your clothes off when you dance (5:02) -- Peaches en regalia (3:00) -- Strictly genteel (5:45) -- Sofa #2 (2:49) -- Packard goose (19:22) -- Magic fingers (2:43) -- Don't eat the yellow snow (2:25) -- Nanook rubs it (5:26) -- St. Alfonzo's pancake breakfast (1:51) -- Father O'Blivion (2:25) -- Rollo (2:33) -- Camarillo brillo (3:28) -- Muffin man (4:51) -- Black napkins ; The deathless horsie (16:41) Disc 4, Bonus show 27 October, 1978 (show 1) (60:51). 10-27-78 show 1 opening (4:30) -- Dancin' fool (3:26) -- Easy meat (4:28) -- Honey, don't you want a man like me? (4:26) -- Keep it greasy (3:03) -- The meek shall inherit nothing (3:31) -- City of tiny lites (9:41) -- A pound for a brown (15:46) -- Bobby Brown goes down (2:56) -- Conehead (3:27) -- Dance contest (5:36) Disc 5, Bonus show continued... (49:31). The black page #2 (2:47) -- Dance contest aftermath (1:29) -- Little house I used to live in (9:05) -- Magic fingers (2:34) -- Don't eat the yellow snow (2:24) -- Nanook rubs it (5:15) -- St. Alfonzo's pancake breakfast (1:50) -- Father O'Blivion (2:28) -- Rollo (3:37) -- "Let me explain this to you..." (1:11) -- Dinah-Moe Humm (5:31) -- Camarillo brillo (3:13) -- Muffin man (4:11) -- Peaches en regalia (3:56)