Halloween 77
Halloween 77 is a live album by Frank Zappa, released in October 2017, consisting of six recordings of shows performed in late October 1977 at the Palladium in New York City. Portions of the October 29th, 30th and 31st concerts were previously released on the album Sheik Yerbouti and in the film Baby Snakes, both released in 1979.
It was released as a USB containing 24-bit WAV audio and as a 3-CD box set, containing a total of 158 tracks. The USB box set was designed to resemble a Halloween mask package containing a mask of Zappa's likeness. This format was replicated for the follow-up releases Halloween 73 and Halloween 81.
Track listing
Digital Version
3CD Version
Personnel
;Players- Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals
- Adrian Belew – guitar, vocals
- Tommy Mars – keyboards, vocals
- Peter Wolf – keyboards
- Patrick O'Hearn – bass
- Terry Bozzio – drums, vocals
- Ed Mann – percussion
- Roy Estrada – gas mask, vocals on "Dinah Moe-Humm", "Jewish Princess ", "King Kong", "A Halloween Treat With Thomas Nordegg", "Audience Participation #5", and "The Demise of the Imported Rubber Goods Mask"
- Thomas Nordegg – "some magic tricks" on "A Halloween Treat With Thomas Nordegg"
- Phil Kaufman – "human trombone" on "King Kong"
- Frank Zappa – original recording producer
- Kerry McNabb – original recording engineer
- Ahmet Zappa – release producer
- Joe Travers – release producer, digital transfers
- Craig Parker Adams – 2016 re-mix, audio restoration and mastering engineer