Frank Zappa: live at the Palace of Sports of Barcelona in 1988
“A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open.” (F. Zappa)
On May 17, 1988, Frank Zappa and his band performed an awesome concert at the Palace of Sports of Barcelona: an extremley interesting concert, Zappa's last tour, great songs never seen before, such as "Planet Of The Baritone Women" and also the classic "Sharleena".
On Youtube i've found this version, probabily a VHS recording a of a Spanish TV show broadcas: two hours of uninterrupted live footage of a priceless artist and a great band.
The Band
Frank Zappa - synthesizer, guitar, keyboards, voice
Ike Willis - synthesizer, guitar, rhythm guitar, voice
Scott Thunes - synthesizer, bass, voice, minimoog
Bobby Martin - keyboards, sax, voice
Chad Wackerman - drums, vocals, percussion
Ed Mann - percussion, marimba, vibraphone, percussion
Mike Keneally - synthesizer, guitar, rhythm guitar, voice
Bruce Fowler - trombone
Walt Fowler - synthesizer, trumpet, flugelhorn
Kurt McGettrick - sax, baritone sax, clarinet
Albert Wing - tenor sax
Paul Carman - alto sax, baritone sax, soprano sax
The footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD5y5SbQaos
Tracklist
- 00:00:12 Black Page Spanish Intro
- 00:01:50 The Black Page ( New Age Version )
- 00:08:37 Packard Goose I
- 00:11:35 Royal March from L`Historie du Soldat (Igor Stravinsky)
- 00:12:30 Theme from The Bartok Piano Concierto (Bela Bartok)
- 00:14:00 Packard Goose II
- 00:16:05 Sharleena
- 00:22:40 Bamboozled By Love
- 00:28:00 Black Napkins
- 00:34:18 When The Lie's So Big
- 00:37:55 Planet Of The Baritone Women
- 00:40:37 Any Kind Of Pain
- 00:45:53 Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
- 00:53:23 Sofa
- 00:56:02 Find Her Finer
- 00:58:41 Big Swifty
- 01:10:29 I Ain't Got No Heart
- 01:12:25 Love Of My Life
- 01:14:41 The Torture Never Stops Medley (inc. Theme from "Bonanza" and Lonesome Cowboy Burt)
- 01:32:40 Bolero (Maurice Ravel)
- 01:38:05 Watermelon In Easter Hay
- 01:42:47 Whipping Post
- 01:48:17 I Am The Walrus
- 01:51:48 The Illinois Enema Bandit
- 02:01:20 Strictly Genteel