Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show

Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show is a live album released June 18, 2021, by Frank Zappa. It contains mostly previously unreleased recordings of the last concert he would ever play in the US at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.^[1]

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The album was released as a double CD and a quadruple LP. The album also has a couple covers such as "Stairway to Heaven", "Whipping Post", and a medley of Beatles songs consisting of "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", and "Strawberry Fields Forever" with changed lyrics to reflect a recent sex-scandal with Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart as well as a standalone cover of "I Am the Walrus". There were also two new songs written and recorded for the tour, "Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk” and “When The Lie’s So Big”. The opening track "We Are Doing Voter Registration Here" shows Frank Zappa encouraging everyone to go and vote for the upcoming election and showed someone registering on stage.^[1]^[2]^[3] The tracks "When The Lie's So Big" and the cover of "America The Beautiful" from this concert were previously released in the 2016 compilation album "Frank Zappa for President". While the majority of the album features the Nassau concert, "Stairway to Heaven" was taken from a performance in Towson, Maryland in March 23, 1988 while "Whipping Post" was recorded in Providence, Rhode Island in March 16, 1988.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	""We Are Doing Voter Registration Here""	7:00
2.	"The Black Page (New Age Version)"	7:12
3.	"I Ain’t Got No Heart"	1:59
4.	"Love of My Life"	2:14
5.	"Inca Roads"	8:44
6.	"Sharleena"	6:22
7.	"Who Needs the Peace Corps?"	2:29
8.	"I Left My Heart in San Francisco"	0:35
9.	"Dickie's Such an Asshole"	6:01
10.	"When the Lie's So Big"	3:38
11.	"Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk"	8:47
12.	"Sofa #1"	2:45
13.	"One Man, One Vote"	2:38
14.	"Happy Birthday, Chad!"	1:24
15.	"Packard Goose Pt. I"	2:56
16.	"Royal March from "L'Histoire Du Soldat""	1:17
17.	"Theme from the Bartok Piano Concerto #3"	1:20
18.	"Packard Goose Pt. II"	2:03
19.	"The Torture Never Stops Pt. I"	5:09
20.	"Theme from "Bonanza""	0:36

Disc 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Lonesome Cowboy Burt"	4:59
2.	"The Torture Never Stops Pt. II"	7:29
3.	"City of Tiny Lites"	9:21
4.	"Pound for a Brown"	10:56
5.	"The Beatles Medley"	9:19
6.	"Peaches en Regalia"	3:36
7.	"Stairway to Heaven"	10:00
8.	"I Am the Walrus"	3:37
9.	"Whipping Post"	6:18
10.	"Bolero"	5:30
11.	"America the Beautiful"	3:58

Personnel

^[1]

Frank Zappa - lead guitar, Synclavier, vocals
Mike Keneally - guitar, synth, vocals
Scott Thunes - electric bass, Minimoog
Ike Willis - rhythm guitar, synth, vocals
Chad Wackerman - drums, electronic percussion
Ed Mann - Vibraphone, Marimba, electronic percussion
Robert Martin - keyboards, vocals
Walt Fowler - Trumpet, Flugelhorn, synth
Bruce Fowler - Trombone
Paul Carman - Alto, Soprano, Baritone
Albert Wing - Tenor saxophone
Kurt McGettrick - Baritone, Bass saxophone

Charts

Chart performance for *Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show*
Chart (2021)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[4]	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[5]	21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[6]	106
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[7]	13
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[8]	44
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[9]	9
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[10]	82
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	8

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Frank Zappa's Final American Show To Be Released For the First Time". Frank Zappa. 2021-04-22. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
^ "ZAPPA '88: THE LAST U.S. SHOW". Analog Planet. 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
^ Kreps, Daniel (2021-04-23). "Frank Zappa's Final U.S. Concert in 1988 Set for First-Ever Release". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Frank Zappa – Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
^ "Ultratop.be – Frank Zappa – Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
^ "Ultratop.be – Frank Zappa – Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Frank Zappa – Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
^ "Frank Zappa: Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Frank Zappa – Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
^ "Italiancharts.com – Frank Zappa – Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Frank Zappa – Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show". Hung Medien. Retrieved January 5, 2023.

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention album discography

Studio and
live albums
(1966–1993)

1960s	Freak Out! Absolutely Free We're Only in It for the Money Lumpy Gravy Cruising with Ruben & the Jets Uncle Meat Hot Rats
1970s	Burnt Weeny Sandwich Weasels Ripped My Flesh Chunga's Revenge Fillmore East – June 1971 200 Motels Just Another Band from L.A. Waka/Jawaka The Grand Wazoo Over-Nite Sensation Apostrophe (') Roxy & Elsewhere One Size Fits All Bongo Fury Zoot Allures Zappa in New York Studio Tan Sleep Dirt Sheik Yerbouti Orchestral Favorites Joe's Garage Act I Joe's Garage Acts II & III
1980s	Tinsel Town Rebellion Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar You Are What You Is Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch The Man from Utopia Baby Snakes London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger Them or Us Francesco Zappa Thing-Fish The Old Masters, Box I Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention Does Humor Belong in Music? The Old Masters, Box II Jazz from Hell London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II The Old Masters, Box III Guitar You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 Broadway the Hard Way You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3
1990s	The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life Make a Jazz Noise Here You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 Playground Psychotics Ahead of Their Time The Yellow Shark

Posthumous
albums of
unreleased
studio and live
recordings

1990s	Civilization Phaze III The Lost Episodes Läther Mystery Disc Everything Is Healing Nicely
2000s	FZ:OZ Halloween Joe's Corsage QuAUDIOPHILIAc Joe's Domage Joe's XMASage Imaginary Diseases Trance-Fusion Buffalo The Dub Room Special! Wazoo One Shot Deal Joe's Menage Philly '76
2010s	"Congress Shall Make No Law..." Hammersmith Odeon Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison Carnegie Hall Road Tapes, Venue #1 Road Tapes, Venue #2 A Token of His Extreme Soundtrack Joe's Camouflage Roxy by Proxy Dance Me This Roxy the Soundtrack Road Tapes, Venue #3 Frank Zappa for President Chicago '78 Little Dots Halloween 77 The Roxy Performances Halloween 73
2020s	The Mothers 1970 Halloween 81 Halloween 81 Highlights Zappa - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show The Mothers 1971 Zappa/Erie Zappa '75: Zagreb/Ljubljana Zappa '80 Mudd Club/Munich Funky Nothingness

Miscellaneous and
compilations

Lumpy Gravy (Primordial)
Mothermania
The **** of the Mothers
The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa
Beat the Boots
Beat the Boots II
Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
Strictly Commercial
Have I Offended Someone?
Strictly Genteel
Cucamonga
Cheap Thrills
Son of Cheep Thrills
Understanding America
Finer Moments
ZAPPAtite

Birthday Bundle series	2006 2008 2010 2011 AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack
Project/Object series and anniversary box sets	The MOFO Project/Object The Lumpy Money Project/Object Greasy Love Songs The Crux of the Biscuit Meat Light Zappa in New York 40th Anniversary Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary The Hot Rats Sessions 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition Waka/Wazoo

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