Frank Zappa | Philadelphia 1980 (4cd) | 4CD

Frank Zappa was an American composer, guitarist, bandleader, conductor, producer and filmmaker, born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 21 December 1940 and died in Los Angeles on 4 December 1993. His music combined rock with influences from contemporary classical composers such as Igor Stravinsky, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Edgard Varèse, alongside late 1950s doo-wop and rock and roll. He was also a satirist, and his lyrics were known for their humour and parody.

Philadelphia 1980 is a four disc remastered box set by Frank Zappa, issued on the Timeline label in Europe in 2021, with a release date of 27 August 2021. The credits include Frank Zappa, Ike Willis and Ray White on guitar and vocals, Tommy Mars on keyboards, Arthur Barrow on bass and David Logeman on drums. Liner notes are credited to M. Wildhack.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Chunga's Revenge
2. Easy Meat
3. Mudd Club
4. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
5. Heavenly Bank Account
6. Suicide Chump
7. Jumbo Go Away
8. Outside Now
9. City Of Tiny Lights
10. If Only She Woulda

Disc 2

1. I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
2. Teen-Age Wind
3. Harder Than Your Husband
4. Bamboozled By Love
5. Pick Me, I'm Clean
6. Cosmic Debris
7. You Didn't Try To Call Me
8. I Ain't Got No Heart
9. Joe's Garage
10. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
11. Dancin' Fool
12. Bobby Brown Goes Down
13. Black Napkins
14. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
15. The Illinois Enema Bandit

Disc 3

1. Treacherous Cretins
2. Keep It Greasey
3. Outside Now
4. City Of Tiny Lights
5. A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
6. Bamboozled By Love
7. Pick Me, I'm Clean
8. Cosmik Debris
9. Society Pages

Disc 4

1. I'm A Beautiful Guy
2. Beauty Knows No Pain
3. Charlie's Enormous Mouth
4. Any Downer's?
5. Conehead
6. Easy Meat
7. Mudd Club
8. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
9. Heavenly Bank Account
10. Love Of My Life
11. Watermelon In Easter Hay
12. Black Napkins
13. The Illinois Enema Bandit