Frank Zappa
The Palladium
New York City, NY
1978 10 31 - "The Big One"
~~ Source #2: from JS Master tape (DR-1 transfer) ~~
Upgrade (231.58 min) to previous Source #2 seed on the old tracker (231.14 min), now including complete Pound For A Brown (5.21 min), which includes a patch from Source #3 version, details see under.
Main body of this seed: taped and contributed by JS and transferred by doctorzap (Nakamichi DR-1 transfer), includes patches from Source #1 copy: Hecht-Drew51 1st gen, and from Source #3 copy: fzmoi69-doctorzap 1st gen, plus final Deathless Horsie portion from Mystery source (of unknown/undocumented origin)
Considerable upgrade (A/A- sound!!) over previously seeded Shoebox version of the same JS Master tape (Sony transfer: A-/B+)
Current FZshows entry:
1978 10 31 - Palladium, New York, NY
230 min, Aud, B+
The Big One. With L. Shankar (*) and Warren Cucurullo (**).
Ancient Armaments [H, part on TFZAABB], Dancin' Fool [H], Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Thirteen* [guitar solo on YCDTOSA6], Ms. X story**, fantasy from a girl from the audience, Dinah-Moe Humm, Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder / Little Rubber Girl [YCDTOSA4], The Idiot Bastard Son, Bobby Brown, Conehead*, Suicide Chump, Little House I Used To Live In* [incl. Zeets, H], Watermelon In Easter Hay*, Stinkfoot [H], Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance* [YCDTOSA6], Peaches En Regalia, Strictly Genteel, Sofa, Packard Goose*, Magic Fingers [parts on H], Yellow Snow Suite [incl. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, H], Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Black Napkins [H], The Deathless Horsie* [H]
This version: 231.58 min, AUD MC, A/A- (patches: A-/B+ to B/B-)
Recording gear Info: Sony TC 152-SD deck / Sony ECM-23F
Lineage : Master Tapes Maxell UDXLII > Nakamichi DR-1 > Realtek HDAudio pentium i7 > Soundforge 10 Pro Highest quality setting Izotope 64 bit src downsampling / MBIT+dither> TLH flac > wav > Soundforge 10: speed correction, phase offset adjustments, minor volume level adjustments, tracking, patching in fils > flac TLH lvl8 w/SBA (1,42 GB)
taped by: JS
transferred by: doctorzap
edited by: flambay
Fills:
1) from snopes-Drew51 1st gen (Source #1: ~225 min, AUD 1st, A-/B+) to nearly all tape flip cuts in JS MC
Source: First generation audience recording
Lineage: Maxell XLII Epitaxial Cassettes(1st gen) > Nakamichi CR-7A cassette deck > Tascam US-122L > Sound Forge 9.0 (record/edits/resample) > FLAC Level 8 > Soundforge 0 Pro: speed correction, extracting patches, merging with main source
Taped By: Unknown? (Probably Hank)
Aquired from: The Steve Hecht collection
Transferred By: Drew51
Edited By: Drew51, flambay
2) final Deathless Horsie portion (Track 35) of unknown 'mystery' source origin (unknown gen AUD, EQed, B/B-) included from current FZ Shows seed (Source #1 version) 1978 10 31 New York NY 230.28 AUD (BengoFury-KCDiscipline-fl-ZP)
"Lineage": Aud (unknown equipment) > ? > FLAC (one big mystery!) > Soundforge 10: extracting patch & merging with main source
taped by: unknown
transferred by: unknown
edited by: Zappa Penguin, flambay
3) additional fill in 10 Pound For A Brown (Ed Mann solo now complete) has been contributed by doctorzap from fzmoi69's Alternate Master copy (Source #3).
Previously seeded on the old tracker as separate "Service pack" SP1 seed 1978 10 31 Palladium NYC 5.21 AUD MC (JS-fzmoi69-doctorzap-fl) SP1, now included in this complete Source #2 seed.
contributed by fzmoi69
transferred by doctorzap (DR-1)
Source #3 Fill lineage:
fzmoi69 Master tape > 1st gen backup copy > Nakamichi DR-1 > Realtek HDAudio pentium i7 > Soundforge 10 Pro Highest quality setting Izotope 64 bit src downsampling / MBIT+dither> TLH flac > wav > Soundforge 10: extracting patch, adjust volume level, merging with JSMaster source material > TLH: SB aligned with rest of Source #2 seed > flac TLH lvl8
taped by: fzmoi69
transferred by: doctorzap
patch edited by: flambay
Band:
Frank Zappa - guitar, vocals
Patrick O'Hearn - bass, vocals
Arthur Barrow - bass, vocals
Denny Walley - slide guitar, vocals
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums, seal calls
Ed Mann - percussion
Tommy Mars - keyboards, vocals
Peter Wolf - keyboards
Guests:
L. Shankar* - electric violin
Warren Cucurullo ** - monologue (Track 12)
Nancy - monologue (Track 13)
Setlist:
01 Audience - Tuning (incl. L?ther Excerpts, Revenge Of The Knick Knack People, from PA) [1:54]
02 Ancient Armaments [part on H, part on TFZAABB] [5:10]
03 Intro ("The Big One") [H] [3:46]
04 Dancin' Fool [H] [4:36]
05 Easy Meat [4:56]
06 Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me? [5:28]
07 Keep It Greasey [3:05]
08 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing [3:31]
09 City Of Tiny Lights [10:10]
10 Pound For A Brown [5:21] ??? tf/Source #3 patch {4:19-5:04}
11 Thirteen* [parts of guitar solo on YCDTOSA6] [17:33]
12 Ms. X** [8:16]
13 Nancy's Life Story [4:52]
14 Dinah-Moe Humm [5:17]
15 Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder [2:11]
16 Little Rubber Girl [YCDTOSA4] [3:16]
17 The Idiot Bastard Son [2:31]
18 Bobby Brown [2:48] ??? tf/Source #1 patch {2:40-end}
19 Conehead* [8:43] ??? tf/Source #1 patch {0:00-0:28}
20 Suicide Chump [11:11]
21 Little House I Used To Live In* [incl. Thirteen Vamp] [13:18]
22 Zeets [H] [4:13]
23 Watermelon In Easter Hay* [13:25] ??? tf/Source #1 patch {9:57-10:38}
24 Stink-Foot [H] [8:35]
25 Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance* [YCDTOSA6] [5:02]
26 Peaches En Regalia [3:00]
27 Strictly Genteel [5:45]
28 Sofa [2:50]
29 Packard Goose* [19:27] ??? tf/Source #1 patch {18:55-end}
30 Magic Fingers [parts on H] [2:39] ??? tf/Source #1 patch {0:00-0:05}
31 Yellow Snow Suite [incl. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow, H] [14:40] ??? cut/Source #1 patch {12:58-13:38}
32 Camarillo Brillo [3:29]
33 Muffin Man [4:52] ??? cut/Source #1 patch {4:48-4:51}
34 Black Napkins [H] [6:13] ??? main source {0:00-6:08} > Source #1 patch {6:08-end}
35 The Deathless Horsie* [H] [9:53] ??? Source #1 {0:00-0:17} > 'Mystery' source {0:17-end}
Total time (patched version) 231.58 min
Credits:
Many thanks to JS for taping this concert and for lending out your master tapes again.
Many thanks to doctorzap for this new transfer.
Many thanks to fzmoi69 and to doctorzap for contributing the source #3 patch (Pound For A Brown).
Thanks to the taper of the Source #1 version, and to snopes and to Drew51 for contributing material from their 1st gen copy (fills), thanks also to the taper and to all original contributors of the 'Mystery' source version including the final portion of this concert, missing in the other two AUD sources.
Enjoy & Happy Halloween!!
Seeded by flambay
Halloween 2012/2020
Seeded to Zappateers.com = 21 July 2021