Frank Zappa ?Zappa In New York 2LP 1978 jazz psych rock Australian NM
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Frank Zappa ?Zappa In New York 2LP 1978 jazz psych rock Australian NM
Original Australian pressing on Discreet Records
Back cover text [By Zappa]:
"About this album: In 1976 we played for a cozy group of 27,500 deranged fanatics in New York City (13,500 for three shows at the Felt Forum at Halloween, and 14,000 for four shows at the Palladium the week between Christmas and New Year's). All of these sold out concerts were promoted by Ron Delsener (who we hereby thank), and attended by some of the nicest people we have had the experience of playing for (who we also hereby thank). New York last Christmas is what made this album possible."
Zappa in New York is a double live album by Frank Zappa released on his own DiscReet Records label. It was recorded in December 1976 at a series of concerts at the Palladium in New York City.
The album was scheduled for release in mid 1977 but it was not generally available until March 1978. The album reached #57 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States.
Zappa's Discreet Records label was distributed by Warner Bros. Records. Zappa delivered 4 new albums to Warner for release on Discreet in March 1977. According to the contract Warner was required to pay Zappa $60,000 per album and release the recordings in the United States within 6 weeks. However, Warner failed to follow through on these terms.
Warner later scheduled the release of Zappa in New York on Discreet in mid-1977. A "Dateline Burbank" ad in the June 30, 1977 issue of Rolling Stone magazine described the release of the album as "imminent". A few uncensored and full length copies appeared by late 1977 but the album was quickly pulled from stores. Zappa objected to this release at the time, however, Warner's decision to belatedly issue and then pull the album has never been fully explained. The full eleven song uncensored 1977 version of the album has never been officially re-issued.
Before re-issuing the album in March 1978, Warner Bros. Records removed one of the longest songs, "Punky's Whips". The remaining songs were re-sequenced by moving "Big Leg Emma" from side two to side one. "Titties & Beer" was also edited to remove references to Punky Meadows, a member of the American glam rock band Angel. This cut more than 11 minutes from the album and reduced the playing time of side one to a mere ten minutes. The censorship and editing were done by Warner in violation of Zappa's contract.
A1 Titties & Beer 5:31
A2 I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth 3:31
A3 Big Leg Emma 2:09
B1 Sofa 3:15
B2 Manx Needs Women 1:39
B3 The Black Page Drum Solo / Black Page #1 4:06
B4 Black Page #2 5:25
C1 Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? 4:18
C2 The Illinois Enema Bandit 12:09
D1 The Purple Lagoon 16:20
CONDITION:
SLEEVE: NM
RECORDS: NM
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