Halloween is a live album by Frank Zappa, released in DVD-Audio CD format by Vaulternative Records in 2003. It features recordings compiled from various shows at The Palladium, New York City in late October 1978—including a Halloween show on October 31—along with some video content from the same period. The set includes a performance of "Ancient Armaments", which appears on the album for the first time in digital form, having previously been included as the B-side to "I Don't Wanna Get Drafted" in 1980. The album cover art resembles the cover art of 1969's Hot Rats.

Track listing

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

Audio content

1. "NYC Audience" – 1:17
2. "Ancient Armaments" – 8:23
3. "Dancin' Fool" – 4:35
4. "Easy Meat" – 6:03
5. "Magic Fingers" – 2:33
6. "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" – 2:24
7. "Conehead" – 4:02
8. "Zeets" (Vinnie Colaiuta) – 2:58
9. "Stink-Foot" – 8:51
10. "Dinah-Moe Humm" – 5:27
11. "Camarillo Brillo" – 3:14
12. "Muffin Man" – 3:32
13. "Black Napkins (The Deathless Horsie)" – 16:56

Track 5, "Magic Fingers", is edited together from versions from the Halloween show on October 31, 1978 and from the two shows which took place on October 27. The other tracks were taken from the following shows:

• October 27, first show — tracks 10–12
• October 27, second show — track 4
• October 28, first show — track 7
• October 31 — tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9 and 13

Additional content

• "Suicide Chump" – 9:31
  • Video in Black and White, recorded at Capitol Theatre, Passaic, New Jersey October 13, 1978
• "Dancin' Fool" – 3:48
  • Color video taken from Zappa's appearance on Saturday Night Live, in New York City October 21, 1978
• Radio interview – 9:41
  • Audio only; conducted at WPIX with Mark Simone, October 30, 1978

Personnel

• Frank Zappa – lead guitar, vocals
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
• Arthur Barrow – bass guitar
• Patrick O'Hearn – bass guitar
• Tommy Mars – keyboards
• Denny Walley – guitar, vocals
• Peter Wolf – keyboards
• Ed Mann – percussion
• L. Shankar – violin

External links

• Lyrics and details
• "The Halloween '78 Files"
• Halloween at zappa.com