| Carnegie Hall | |
| Type: | live album |
| Artist: | Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention |
| Cover: | Carnegia Hall CD Cover.jpg |
| Venue: | Carnegie Hall (New York City) |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 215:42 |
| Label: | Vaulternative Records Catalog Number: VR 2011-1[1] |
| Prev Title: | Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Road Tapes, Venue #1 |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
Carnegie Hall is a quadruple live album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, released posthumously on October 31, 2011, by the Zappa Family Trust on Vaulternative Records. It is a mono recording of the two shows given on October 11, 1971 at Carnegie Hall in New York City and the sixth installment on the Vaulternative Records label that is dedicated to the posthumous release of complete Zappa concerts, following the releases of (2002), Buffalo (2007), Wazoo (2007), Philly '76 (2009) and Hammersmith Odeon (2010).
The album was re-released on April 3, 2020, as a 3-CD set, omitting the performance of the support act, The Persuasions, which was originally included on the 2011 4-CD version.
This is the official release of the live recording of Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention's debut (and only two) performances at the titular New York City's Carnegie Hall on October 11, 1971.
All songs written and composed by Frank Zappa except where noted.
For the 2020 3CD release, CD 1 is Disc 1–8 to 2–4 (total length: 70:31), and CD 2 is Disc 2–5 to 3–11 (56:57). On this version, "Dog Breath" is 5:54, "Peaches en Regalia" is 4:04, "King Kong" is 29:43 and "200 Motels Finale" is 4:36.
Produced/Performed/Conducted by Frank Zappa
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