Frank Zappa History: It's Halloween Time - Chapter XVII

E continuamos honrando nosso compromisso... Mais uma pérola do Zappa lançada recentemente...

In October of 1977, Frank Zappa played six shows across four nights at the Palladium in New York. The entire residency, which was chronicled in the concert film Baby Snakes released on Oct. 20 as Halloween 77, in a box set that includes a Frank Zappa costume. The 158 tracks, which were re-mixed last year from the original masterse housed in a USB flash drive shaped like a "Zappa's Oh Punky!" candy bar in 24-bit WAV format. 

“This box set was a very special experience for me to work on,” said Ahmet Zappa in a press release. “I wanted to make sure we honored these legendary shows, so it was important to me that this box set felt of the era. It was a blast working with our partners to create the late ‘70s-inspired Frank Zappa mask and costume and the candy-shaped USB stick filled with tons of Zappa goodness. It was yet again a labor of love gathering up all the archival materials, reading notes by people who were there, and most importantly making sure the audio was up to par. All of us at Zappa Records are mighty pleased with it, and hope that fans of Frank Zappa and of Halloween will be too.”

Haloween 77 - The Palladium, NYC

Oct. 28, 1977 Show

Oct. 29, 1977 Show

Oct. 30, 1977 Show

Oct. 31, 1977 Show

All Links:

Halloween 77.part01

Halloween 77.part02

Halloween 77.part03

Halloween 77.part04

Halloween 77.part05

Halloween 77.part06

Halloween 77.part07

Halloween 77.part08

Halloween 77.part09

Halloween 77.part10

Halloween 77.part11

Halloween 77.part12

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

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