LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• Superb performance at the Palladium, New York
• Includes the entire WNEW-FM broadcast
• Presented here together with background notes and images

Frank Zappa, Nasty Rats, live at the Palladium, New York on October 31st 1981

1981 was a typically busy year for Frank Zappa, with the establishment of his UMRK studio, as well as the release of Tinsel Town Rebellion, You Are What You Is and three Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar albums.

In September he embarked on a US tour, adding Steve Vai to his tight new band. On Halloween night, they performed at the Palladium in New York, the show being simulcast on WNEW-FM radio and MTV.

Featuring several songs he rarely played in concert, it's a must for all serious fans and is presented here with background notes and images.

TRACK LISTING

Disc One

• Black Napkins
• Montana
• Easy Meat
• Society Pages
• I'm A Beautiful Guy
• Beauty Knows No Pain
• Charlie's Enormous Mouth
• Fine Girl
• Teenage Wind
• Harder Than Your Husband
• Bamboozled by Love
• Sinister Footwear
• Stevie's Spanking

Disc Two

• Cocaine Decisions
• Nig Biz
• Doreen
• Goblin Girl >Black Page
• Tryin' To Grow A Chin
• Strictly Genteel
• Strictly Genteel Cont. - Zappa speaks
• The Torture Never Stops