Zappa, Frank - Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show

NEW VINYL LP ON UNIVERSAL 2021

4 X 180 GRAM VINYL.

With unfettered access to the Zappa Trust and all archival footage, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time. Alex Winter's (Bill & Ted's movie franchises, The Lost Boys) assembly features appearances by Frank's widow Gail Zappa and several of Frank's musical collaborators including Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood, Steve Vai, Pamela Des Barres, Bunk Gardner, David Harrington, Scott Thunes, Ruth Underwood, Ray White and others.

5LP editions for the Zappa completist. Showcasing 68 total songs, there are 12 previously unreleased recordings from the Zappa archive along with his Saturday Night Live performance from 1978; 25 additional Zappa songs from his extensive catalog spanning four decades; songs from Zappa's labels Straight / Bizarre Records like "No Longer Umpire" by Alice Cooper and "The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes" by The GTO's; 2 classical compositions by Edgard Varese and Igor Stravinsky; and 26 Original Score cues newly composed by John Frizzell for the documentary.

Tracklist

1. LP

"We Are Doing Voter Registration Here"
The Black Page (New Age Version)
I Ain't Got No Heart
Love of My Life
Inca Roads
Sharleena
Who Needs the Peace Corps?
I Left My Heart in San Francisco (Cory / Cross)

2. LP

Dickie's Such an Asshole
When the Lie's So Big
Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk
Sofa #1
One Man, One Vote
Happy Birthday, Chad!
Packard Goose Pt. I
Royal March from "L'histoire Du Soldat" (Stravinsky)
Theme from the Bartok Piano Concerto #3 (Bartok)
Packard Goose Pt. II
The Torture Never Stops Pt. I
Theme from "Bonanza" (Levans / Livingston)
Lonesome Cowboy Burt

3. LP

The Torture Never Stops Pt. II
City of Tiny Lites
Pound for a Brown Pt. I
Pound for a Brown Pt. II
The Beatles Medley (Lennon / Mccartney)
Peaches en Regalia

4. LP

Stairway to Heaven (Page / Plant)
I Am the Walrus (Lennon / Mccartney)
Whipping Post (Allman)
Bolero (Ravel)
America the Beautiful (Bates / Ward)