FRANK ZAPPA – Allentown 1988 (2CD)

Audience 8.7 – You are a little deeper in the audience for this show, but it’s a fun ride because the audience at this show is so into it, they know what they are seeing and hearing and the band responds to it by giving one hell of a performance. A touch thin in the bandwidth but it is clearly captured enough to where you will get drawn into it completely. Guitar sounds cool, the atmosphere lends itself well to Frank’s sound here. Not to be a spoiler, but the guitar work during Stevie’s Spanking…man!

Frank Zappa
19-Mar 1988
Memorial Hall, Muhlenburg College
Allentown, PA

Line-up:
fz-guitar/v
ike willis-guitar/v
mike keneally-guitar/synth/v
bobby martin-keyboard/v
ed mann-percussion
walt fowler-trumpet
bruce fowler-trombone
paul carman-alto sax
albert wing-tenor sax
kurt mcgettrick-baritone sax
scott thunes-bass
chad wackerman-drums

Setlist:

Disc 1
00 Crowd Noise~Tuning
01 The Black Page
02 We’re Turning Again
03 Alien Orifice
04 Find Her Finer
05 Sinister Footwear #2
06 Stevie’s Spanking
07 Any Kind Of Pain
08 OCLT Medley Part 1
09 OCLT Medley Part 2
10 Theme From Lumpy Gravy
11 Synclavier Piece (begin intermission)
12 Irish Eyes Intro
13 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling vs.Theme From The Godfather
14 Packard Goose Medley
15 Zomby Woof

Disc 2
16 King Kong
17 Mr.Green Genes
18 Florentine Pogen
19 Andy
20 Inca Roads
21 Stairway To Heaven
22 encore break
23 Texas Motel Medley
24 Theme From The Untouchables
24 Strictly Genteel

Total Time 143.14 min