1978 World tour

August - October 1978
1978 World tour

Frank Zappa's Band, August - October 1978

FZ, Ike Willis (until 10 14), Patrick O'Hearn (from 10 13), Denny Walley, Arthur Barrow, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ed Mann, Tommy Mars, Peter Wolf.

Song properties of this tour:

1978 08 26 - Festplatz Friedrichsau, Ulm, Germany

85 min, Aud, B

Parts of the show were pro-shot, see "Ein Leben als Extravaganza".

The Purple Lagoon, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Bamboozled By Love

1978 08 ??, Circus Krone, München, Germany

See Unreleased, radio, and weird stuff (Circus Krone - We Don't Fuck Around - At The Circus)

1978 09 03 - Ludwigsparkstadion, Saarbrücken, Germany

This recording is available on Saarbrücken 1978 - BTB1.

75 min, SBD, A-

The Purple Lagoon, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Bamboozled By Love

1978 09 04 - Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany

95 min, Aud, B-

The Purple Lagoon, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Dinah-Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Bamboozled By Love

1978 09 05 - Folkets Park, Malmö, Sweden

115 min, Aud, A/A-

The Purple Lagoon, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Conehead, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Bamboozled By Love, Sy Borg, Little House I Used To Live In, Tell Me You Love Me, Dinah-Moe Humm

1978 09 07 - Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany

115 min, Aud, A-

With L. Shankar (*).

The Purple Lagoon, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, The Deathless Horsie* (q: Mystery Tune), Bobby Brown, Conehead*, Improvisations* (incl. Mo's Vacation, Bowling On Charen riff), Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Bamboozled By Love

1978 09 08 - Circus Krone, München, Germany

See Unreleased, radio, and weird stuff (Circus Krone - We Don't Fuck Around - At The Circus)

1978 09 09 - Knebworth House Open Air Festival, Stevenage, UK

90 min, SBD, A-
90 min, Aud, B+/B

The Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Bamboozled By Love

1978 09 15 - Jai Alai Fronton, Miami, FL

Soundcheck
45 min, Aud, B

Yo' Mama, Tell Me You Love Me, Yo' Mama, Rollo, Bamboozled By Love, Watermelon In Easter Hay, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Suicide Chump, City Of Tiny Lights, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Wet T-shirt Nite, Sy Borg, Little House I Used To Live In, Sofa, Packard Goose, A Pound For A Brown, Packard Goose, Conehead, Easy Meat

Show
140 min, Aud, B+

The Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, I Have Been In You, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Bamboozled By Love, Sy Borg, Little House I Used To Live In, Emperor Of Ohio, Tell Me You Love Me, Yo' Mama, Sofa, Packard Goose

1978 09 17 - Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA

Early show
90 min, Aud, B+
110 min, Aud, B-

The shorter version cuts after the Yellow Snow Suite.

The Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead (incl. audience participation), I Have Been In You, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Strictly Genteel, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?

Late show
90 min, Aud, B+

Twenty-one, Bamboozled By Love, Sy Borg, Little House I Used To Live In, Mo's Vacation, The Black Page, Uncle Meat, Suicide Chump, Tell Me You Love Me, Yo' Mama, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing

1978 09 19 - Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus, OH

105 min, Aud, B

The Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Mo's Vacation, The Black Page, I Have Been In You, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Bamboozled By Love, Sy Borg, Little House I Used To Live In, Dinah-Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Strictly Genteel

1978 09 21 - Mid Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, NY

130 min, SBD, A-

The Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Mo's Vacation, The Black Page, I Have Been In You (q: Lohengrin, Fernando), Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Little House I Used To Live In, Tell Me You Love Me, Yo' Mama, Black Napkins

1978 09 28 - Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI

124 min, Aud, B

The Deathless Horsie, Intro, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, I Have Been In You, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Dinah-Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Strictly Genteel, Black Napkins

1978 09 29 - Uptown Theatre, Chicago, IL

Early show
100 min, Aud, B/B-
65 min, Aud, B+

The shorter version doesn't have The Deathless Horsie, and cuts in Flakes. The longer one is missing much of Pound For A Brown.

The Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, I Have Been In You, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Dinah-Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man

Late show

The full show has been released by ZFT in November 2016.

120 min

Twenty-One, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Bamboozled By Love, Sy Borg, Little House I Used To Live In, Paroxysmal Splendor (incl. Greggary Peccary/Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White, I'm Beautiful Guy, Bowling On Charen/Crew Slut), Yo' Mama, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Strictly Genteel, Black Napkins

1978 10 04 - Forum, Montreal, Canada

125 min, Aud, B+

Intro Guitar Solo, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Twenty-One, Bamboozled By Love, Sy Borg, Little House I Used To Live In, Yo' Mama, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Strictly Genteel, Black Napkins

1978 10 08 - Palace Theater, Albany, NY

Late show
85 min, Aud, B/B-

Intro Guitar Solo, Intro, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Bamboozled By Love, Sy Borg, Little House I Used To Live In, Yo' Mama, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite

1978 10 09 - Civic Center, Providence, RI

105 min, Aud, B

Persona Non Grata, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, I Have Been In You, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite

1978 10 10 - Le Colisee, Quebec, Canada

120 min, Aud, B-/C+

Usually listed as 1978 10 11 - but this is the correct date.

Persona Non Grata, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, The Deathless Horsie, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Titties 'n Beer (old lyrics, as per "Chrissy Puked Twice"), The Black Page, Black Napkins

1978 10 11 - Le Colisee, Quebec, Canada

See 1978 10 10.

1978 10 13 - Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

Patrick O'Hearn joins the band.

Early show

A full b/w video of this show, with SBD audio, is/was available for streaming.

110 min, Aud, B+
110min, SBD A

The Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Strictly Genteel, Dinah-Moe Humm

Late show

A full b/w video of this show, with SBD audio, is/was available for streaming. The Aud doesn't have Strictly Genteel. Combined sources runs for 105 min.

90 min, Aud, A-/B+
100min, SBD A

Persona Non Grata, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Bamboozled By Love, Sy Borg, Suicide Chump [video in H], Little House I Used To Live In, Yo' Mama, Magic Fingers, Black Napkins (q: Manx Needs Women, The Deathless Horsie), Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Strictly Genteel

1978 10 14 - Cole Fieldhouse, University Of Maryland, College Park (a.k.a. Baltimore), MD

Ike Willis last gig of 1978.

110 min, Aud, B

Intro Guitar Solo, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, Village Of The Sun, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Flakes, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Dinah-Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man

1978 10 15 - State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

Early show
115 min, Aud, A-/B+
15 min, SBD, A/A-

The SBD has the last three songs only.

Intro Guitar Solo, Dancin' Fool, 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, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Little House I Used To Live In, Yo' Mama, Dinah-Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man

Late Show
85 min, Aud, B+
25 min, Aud, A-
80 min, SBD, A+/A

Combined Aud sources runs for 110min, the SBD cuts in Pound For A Brown.

Persona Non Grata (q: Mo's Vacation, Girl From Ipanema, Carmen, Apostrophe), Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Bamboozled By Love, Suicide Chump, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown (q: I Got Rhythm, Straight No Chaser), Bobby Brown, Yellow Snow Suite, Strictly Genteel, Black Napkins

Post-concert backstage jam

With Warren Cucurullo.

20 min, A-

jam

1978 10 21 - Saturday Night Live, NBC TV

See Unreleased, radio, and weird stuff.

1978 10 23 - Spectrum Theater, Philadelphia, PA

120 min, Aud, B/B-

Persona Non grata, Dancin' Fool, 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 (q: T'Mershi Duween), Bobby Brown, Conehead, Little House I Used To Live In, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Dinah-Moe Humm, Strictly Genteel, Black Napkins, Peaches En Regalia

1978 10 24 - The Palace Theater, Albany, NY

Rescheduled - see 1978 10 8.

1978 10 25 - North Shore Coliseum, Danvers, MA

115 min, Aud, B/B-

Two SBD segments were broadcast by FZ, see Unreleased, radio, and weird stuff: 1978 10 26 - WBCN Interview.

Persona Non Grata, Dancin' Fool, 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, Bobby Brown, Conehead , Little House I Used To Live In, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Dinah-Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Peaches En Regalia

1978 10 27 - Palladium, New York, NY

With L. Shankar (*).

Early show
95 min, Aud, A-

The longer known audience recordings cut at the beginning of Dinah-Moe Humm. The final part of the show is documented on the Halloween DVD. Total show length was 115 minutes.

Intro Guitar Solo, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Wanna Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, A Pound For A Brown*, Bobby Brown, Conehead, Dance Contest [TTR], The Black Page , Little House I Used To Live In, Magic Fingers [parts on H], Yellow Snow Suite, Dinah-Moe Humm [H], Camarillo Brillo [H], Muffin Man [H]

Late show
125 min, Aud, A-

Persona Non Grata [incl. Theme From The 3rd Movement of Sinister Footwear, YAWYI], Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat [H], 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* [violin solo on YCDTOSA6], Suicide Chump, Improvisations In Q*, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Improvisations (incl. Hail Caesar Theme), Magic Fingers [parts on H], Yellow Snow Suite, Yo' Mama, Strictly Genteel

55 min, SBD, A-

A few of the songs included in the circulating SBD tape are edited or incomplete. A shortened Persona Non Grata and some more of Magic Fingers are available on various Unreleased.

Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, Honey Don't You Want A Man Like Me?, Keep It Greasey, The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, Thirteen, Suicide Chump, Improvisations In Q*, Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?, Improvisations (incl. Hail Caesar Theme), Magic Fingers

1978 10 28 - Palladium, New York, NY

With L. Shankar (*).

Early Show
120 min, Aud, B+
100 min, Aud, A-

The shorter version is missing parts of Pound For A Brown/Thirteen and the whole Yellow Snow Suite. Combined sources run for nearly 125 minutes

Persona Non Grata, Dancin' Fool, 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* [incl. Pound For A Brown Solos, YCDTOSA4], Bobby Brown, Conehead* [H], Little House I Used To Live In, Magic Fingers, Yellow Snow Suite, Dinah-Moe Humm, Camarillo Brillo, Muffin Man, Peaches En Regalia

Late show
120 min, Aud, A-

The Deathless Horsie, Dancin' Fool, 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* (q: Inca Roads), Bamboozled By Love, Sy Borg, Mo's Vacation, Bobby Brown, Suicide Chump, Packard Goose*, Yellow Snow Suite

1978 10 29 - Palladium, New York, NY

145 min, Aud, A-/B+

A SBD recording of Suicide Chump from this show was broadcast by FZ on Hilversum 3, Netherlands Radio (1979 03 27).

Watermelon In Easter Hay, Dancin' Fool, Easy Meat, The Idiot Bastard Son, Suicide Chump, Uncle Meat, I Have Been In You [YCDTOSA6], Flakes, The Black Page, Bamboozled By Love, Sy Borg, Little House I Used To Live In (incl. Lobster Girl [YCDTOSA6], Mo's Vacation, Twenty One), The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing, City Of Tiny Lights, Yo' Mama (q: America The Beautiful), Sofa, Packard Goose

1978 10 31 - Palladium, New York, NY

230 min, Aud, A/A-

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* [q: Thirteen, 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]