Carnegie Hall (Frank Zappa album) explained

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.

History

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.

Track listing

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.

Credits

Produced/Performed/Conducted by Frank Zappa

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Personnel

Overlaps with other albums

Notes and References

  1. http://www.zappa.com/music/carnegie-hall zappa.com / Official discography / Carnegie Hall