Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary: Notes & Comments

disc 2

1. "The Most Important Musical Event Of 1976"

Sources & Edits

December 26, 1976	December 29, 1976	2.01. "The Most Important Musical Event Of 1976"—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
01. Intro/Crowd Noise
		0:00-0:51
0:00-0:13		0:51-1:04
		1:04-1:38
	01. FZ Preamble
	0:00-1:44	1:38-3:23

2. Peaches En Regalia

Sources & Edits

December 28, 1976	2.02. Peaches En Regalia—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
1.01. Peaches En Regalia
0:00-3:04	0:00-3:04

3. The Torture Never Stops

Sources & Edits

December 27, 1976	2.03. The Torture Never Stops—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
03. The Torture Never Stops
00:00-11:27	00:00-11:27

Just like Nils Lofgren!

Nils Lofgren is also mentioned in "Muffin Man" (October 28, late show) on Halloween 77 (2017). See notes for that track.

4. Black Page #2

Sources & Edits

December 27, 1976	December 29, 1976	2.04. Black Page #2—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
04. The Black Page #2	04. Black Page #2
	(missing)	0:00-0:21
	0:00-4:41	0:21-5:00
4:09-4:18		5:00-5:08
(4:18-4:25)
4:25-4:32		5:08-5:15

5. Punky's Whips Intro

Sources & Edits

December 27, 1976	2.05. Punky's Whips Intro—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
04. The Black Page #2
4:32-4:33	0:00-0:01
05. Punky's Whips
00:00-1:24	0:01-1:25

9. The Illinois Enema Bandit

Sources & Edits

December 27, 1976	December 28, 1976	2.09. The Illinois Enema Bandit—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
08. The Illinois Enema Bandit	1.08. The Illinois Enema Bandit
00:00-00:50		00:00-00:50
	01:03-15:35	00:50-15:20
		15:20-15:23
	15:35-15:53	15:23-15:41

10. "Two For The Price Of One"

Sources & Edits

December 29, 1976	2.10. "Two For The Price Of One"—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
04. Black Page #2
5:03-5:18	0:00-0:15
05. Penis/Montana Preamble & False Start
0:00-1:28	0:15-1:43
	1:43-1:51

11. Penis Dimension

Sources & Edits

December 29, 1976	2.11. Penis Dimension—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
06. Penis Dimension
0:00-3:08	0:00-3:08

12. Montana

Sources & Edits

December 28, 1976	2.12. Montana—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
3.06. Montana
0:09-7:52	0:00-7:42
	7:42-8:04

disc 3

1. America Drinks

Sources & Edits

December 26, 1976	3.01. America Drinks—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
03. Hello There!
	0:00-0:03
0:00-0:24	0:03-0:28
(0:24-1:12)
1:12-1:20	0:28-0:36
04. America Drinks & Goes Home
0:00-3:59	0:36-4:35
(3:59-4:03)
05. Black Page #2
(0:00-4:01)
4:01-4:06	4:35-4:40
	4:40-4:51

2. "Irate Phone Calls"

Got a call from one of the big people at Warner Bros.—one of the people that you can't ever get on the telephone—this guy actually called up and said, "I've heard you had a banner at your concert the other night in New York that said, 'Warner Bros. Record Company Sucks'," and Bennett had to tell him that, "No, it was only a slide."

Bennet Glotzer, FZ's manager (1976-1985).

Sources & Edits

December 28, 1976	3.02. "Irate Phone Calls"—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
2.01. Announcement
0:00-1:37	0:00-1:37

3. Sofa #2

Sources & Edits

December 28, 1976	3.03. Sofa—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
2.02. Sofa #2
0:00-3:04	0:00-3:04

4. "The Moment You've All Been Waiting For"

Sources & Edits

December 28, 1976	December 29, 1976	3.04. "The Moment You've All Been Waiting For"—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
2.02. Sofa #2
3:04-3:59		0:00-0:55
	17. I'm The Slime
	0:00-0:03	0:55-0:58

5. I'm The Slime

Sources & Edits

December 29, 1976	3.05. I'm The Slime—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
17. I'm The Slime
00:03-5:43	00:00-5:38

6. Pound For A Brown

Liner notes

Edited by FZ, 12-28/29-76;
Solo recorded 12-27-76

Sources & Edits

December 27, 1976	December 29, 1976	3.06. Pound For A Brown—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
11. A Pound For A Brown	18. Pound For A Brown
	0:00-0:32	0:00-0:32
0:52-2:02		0:32-1:42
(2:02-2:12)
2:12-5:21		1:42-4:50

7. Terry's Solo

Sources & Edits

December 29, 1976	3.07. Terry's Solo—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
19. Drum Solo
0:00-2:48	0:00-2:47

8. The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1

Sources & Edits

December 29, 1976	3.08. The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
20. The Black Page Drum Solo
0:00-1:54	0:00-1:54
21. Black Page #1
0:00-1:59	1:54-3:53

9. Big Leg Emma

Sources & Edits

December 29, 1976	3.09. Big Leg Emma—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
22. Big Leg Emma
0:00-2:20	0:00-2:19

10. "Jazz Buffs And Buff-etts"

Sources & Edits

December 29, 1976	3.10. "Jazz Buffs And Buff-etts"—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
23. Purple Lagoon Preamble
0:00-1:48	0:00-1:49
(1:48-2:08)
	1:49-1:51

11. The Purple Lagoon

See notes for "The Purple Lagoon/Approximate" on Zappa In New York (1978).

TFEC, "Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary 5 CD Box," Zappateers, March 31, 2019

Ruth is playing "The Hook" at 14:17 !

12. Find Her Finer

She's disguised as Linda McCartney

See some pictures of FZ & Gail by Linda Eastman.

You'll know that the Golden Age of Rock 'n Roll is upon you when Paul McCartney comes out on stage and does that to Linda

See notes on Paul McCartney.

Sources & Edits

December 29, 1976	3.12. Find Her Finer—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
27. Find Her Finer
	0:00-0:18
0:00-3:48	0:18-4:03
28. Find Her Finer Improv & Manx Preamble
0:00-1:19	4:03-5:22

13. The Origin Of Manx

Bozzio went to the Gilded Grape

See notes for "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" on Sheik Yerbouti (1979).

Sources & Edits

December 28, 1976	3.13. The Origin Of Manx—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
3.01. Find Her Finer
4:06-5:54	0:00-1:48

14. Manx Needs Women

Sources & Edits

December 26, 1976	December 27, 1976	3.14. Manx Needs Women—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
19. Manx Needs Women	17. Manx Needs Women
	0:00-0:11	0:00-0:11
0:07-1:33		0:11-1:37

15. Chrissy Puked Twice

I'm only interested in a couple of things—and Bennett can bear me out on this—I'm only interested in two things.

Bennet Glotzer, FZ's manager (1976-1985).

Sources & Edits

December 27, 1976	3.15. Chrissy Puked Twice—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
18. Titties 'N' Beer
0:00-6:42	0:00-6:40

16. Cruisin' For Burgers

Sources & Edits

December 26, 1976	December 27, 1976	3.16. Cruisin' For Burgers—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
21. Cruisin' For Burgers	19. Cruisin' For Burgers
	00:00-2:33	0:00-2:31
2:25-9:28		2:31-9:35
		9:35-9:56

disc 4

1. The Purple Lagoon/Any Kind Of Pain

Sources & Edits

December 26, 1976	4.01. The Purple Lagoon/Any Kind Of Pain—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
15. Big Leg Emma
2:06-2:12	0:00-0:06
16. Purple Lagoon Preamble
0:00-0:31	0:06-0:37
(0:31-0:41)
17. The Purple Lagoon
0:00-3:18	0:37-3:56
(3:18-4:00)
	3:56-4:25

2. "The Greatest New Undiscovered Group In America"

And so Bennett says, "Well, what do you think we have to do about it?" And Mo says, "Well, you know what? The next time Frank makes an album we should have a meeting."

Bennet Glotzer, FZ's manager (1976-1985).
Mo Ostin (Warner Bros.).

Sources & Edits

December 29, 1976	4.02. "The Greatest New Undiscovered Group In America"—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
34. Ovations—Encore Break
2:14-4:32	0:00-2:18

3. Black Napkins

Sources & Edits

December 28, 1976	December 29, 1976	4.03. Black Napkins—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
	35. Black Napkins Pt. 1
	00:00-16:34	00:00-16:31
		16:31-16:32
	36. Black Napkins Pt. 2
	00:00-11:20	16:32-27:49
		27:49-28:25
3.04. Cruising For Burgers
9:11-9:19		28:25-28:33

4. Dinah-Moe Humm

Sources & Edits

December 28, 1976	December 29, 1976	4.04. Dinah-Moe Humm—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
3.04. Cruising For Burgers
9:19-9:23		0:00-0:03
3.05. Dinah-Moe Humm
0:00-0:13		0:03-0:16
	32. Dinah Moe Humm
	0:12-6:11	0:16-6:16

5. Finale

Sources & Edits

December 29, 1976	4.05. Finale—ZINY 40th (CD, 2019)
32. Dinah Moe Humm
6:11-6:28	0:00-0:16
33. Band Outro
0:00-2:01	0:16-2:17
34. Ovations—Encore Break
0:00...	2:17...

disc 5

1. The Black Page #2 (Piano Version)

Liner notes

Piano: Tommy Mars
Engineers: Joe Chiccarelli & Barbara Issak
Studio: village Recorders 5-1-78
Source: 1/4'' 2-Track Stereo Analog Tape

Tommy Mars, interviewed by Robert L. Doeschuk, Keyboardist, April 1994

Frank gave me 12 or 13 pieces and said, "I want you to learn this. I'm putting you on a temporary retainer." [...]

A week later, I came back down from Santa Barbara; I had learned every piece that he gave me as a solo piano arrangement, even "The Black Page" and "Punky's Whips." He thought I would just learn the chords and some of the melodic licks, but I did everything as if I would do it solo. So he was utterly flabbergasted.

2. I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth (Alternate Version)

See notes for "I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth" on Zappa In New York (1978).

Liner notes

Recorded 12-29-76
Mixed by FZ with Michael Braunstein & Rick Smith
Studio: Record Plant L.A. 1-5-77
Source: 1/4'' 2-Track Stereo Analog Tape

3. Chrissy Puked Twice

See notes for "Titties & Beer" on Zappa In New York (1978).

Liner notes

Recorded 12-29-76
Mixed by FZ with Michael Braunstein & Rick Smith
Studio: Record Plant L.A. 1-5-1977
Source: 1/4'' 2-Track Stereo Analog Tape

4. Cruisin' For Burgers (1977 Mix)

See notes for "Cruisin' For Burgers" on Zappa In New York (1978).

Liner notes

Recorded 12-29-76
Mixed by FZ with Davey Moire & Rick Smith
Studio: Record Plant L.A. 1977
Source: 1/4'' 2-Track Stereo Analog Tape

5. Black Napkins

See notes for "Black Napkins" on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1991).

Liner notes

Recorded 12-26-76
Mixed by FZ & Bob Stone
Studio: Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, 1990
Source: 1/4'' 2-Track Stereo Analog Tape

jaypfunk, "Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary 5 CD Box," Zappateers, March 30, 2019

Starting at 3:59 Patrick and Terry are playing a repetitive Miles Davis vamp that I just can't remember right now but it's definitely a Miles vamp from the electric period.

Jason Chesney, November 14, 2020

The repetitive Miles Davis electric band vamp (as pointed out by jaypfunk) that Patrick and Terry are hinting at is from a tune called "Honky Tonk".

6. Punky's Whips (Unused Version)

See notes for "Punky's Whips" on Zappa In New York (1978).

Liner notes

Mixed by FZ with Davey Moire & Rick Smith
Studio: Record Plant L.A. 3-27-77
Source: 1/4'' 2-Track Stereo Analog Tape

7. The Black Page #1 (Piano Version)

Liner notes

Piano and Arrangement: Ruth Komanoff Underwood
Studio: Ruth's Living Room, November 2017
Produced by Malachai Komanoff Bandy
Engineer: Ryan Sanchez
Source: 96K 24B .WAV

Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

disc 1

1. Titties & Beer

2. I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth

3. Big Leg Emma

4. Sofa

5. Manx Needs Women

6. The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1

7. Black Page #2

8. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?

9. The Illinois Enema Bandit

10. The Purple Lagoon

disc 2

1. "The Most Important Musical Event Of 1976"

Sources & Edits

2. Peaches En Regalia

Sources & Edits

3. The Torture Never Stops

Sources & Edits

4. Black Page #2

Sources & Edits

5. Punky's Whips Intro

Sources & Edits

6. Punky's Whips

7. I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth

8. Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?

9. The Illinois Enema Bandit

Sources & Edits

10. "Two For The Price Of One"

Sources & Edits

11. Penis Dimension

Sources & Edits

12. Montana

Sources & Edits

disc 3

1. America Drinks

Sources & Edits

2. "Irate Phone Calls"

Sources & Edits

3. Sofa #2

Sources & Edits

4. "The Moment You've All Been Waiting For"

Sources & Edits

5. I'm The Slime

Sources & Edits

6. Pound For A Brown

Liner notes

Sources & Edits

7. Terry's Solo

Sources & Edits

8. The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1

Sources & Edits

9. Big Leg Emma

Sources & Edits

10. "Jazz Buffs And Buff-etts"

Sources & Edits

11. The Purple Lagoon

TFEC, "Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary 5 CD Box," Zappateers, March 31, 2019

12. Find Her Finer

Sources & Edits

13. The Origin Of Manx

Sources & Edits

14. Manx Needs Women

Sources & Edits

15. Chrissy Puked Twice

Sources & Edits

16. Cruisin' For Burgers

Sources & Edits

disc 4

1. The Purple Lagoon/Any Kind Of Pain

Sources & Edits

2. "The Greatest New Undiscovered Group In America"

Sources & Edits

3. Black Napkins

Sources & Edits

4. Dinah-Moe Humm

Sources & Edits

5. Finale

Sources & Edits

disc 5