“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
Have fun!