Buffalo (album)

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Buffalo
Live album by Frank Zappa
Released	April 1, 2007
Recorded	The Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York October 25, 1980
Genre	Rock
Label	Vaulternative
Producer	Frank Zappa Gail Zappa Joe Travers
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Frank Zappa chronology
The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle (2006) Buffalo (2007) The Dub Room Special (2007)

Buffalo is a live album by Frank Zappa, released in 2007 as a two-CD set. It is the second installment on the Vaulternative Records label that is dedicated to the posthumous release of complete live shows of Zappa's (the first release being FZ:OZ).^[1] This concert was recorded 25 October, 1980, in Buffalo, New York with a band that has previously been heard on Tinsel Town Rebellion (1981) and Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981).

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc 1 1.2 Disc 2 2 Musicians 3 Album credits 4 Notes

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1

1. "Chunga’s Revenge" – 8:34
2. "You Are What You Is" – 4:12
3. "Mudd Club" – 3:02
4. "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing" – 3:21
5. "Cosmik Debris" – 3:50
6. "Keep It Greasy" – 2:58
7. "Tinsel Town Rebellion" – 4:19
8. "Buffalo Drowning Witch" – 2:44
9. "Honey, Don’t You Want a Man Like Me?" – 4:36
10. "Pick Me, I’m Clean" – 10:15
11. "Dead Girls Of London" – 3:02
12. "Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?" – 1:36
13. "City of Tiny Lites" – 9:58

[edit] Disc 2

1. "Easy Meat" – 9:26
2. "Ain’t Got No Heart" – 2:00
3. "The Torture Never Stops" – 23:36
4. "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes" – 3:39
5. "I’m So Cute" – 1:38
6. "Andy" – 8:14
7. "Joe’s Garage" – 2:12
8. "Dancing Fool" – 3:36
9. "The “Real World” Thematic Extrapolations" – 8:53
10. "Stick It Out" – 5:36
11. "I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted" – 2:48
12. "Bobby Brown" – 2:42
13. "Ms Pinky" – 3:48

[edit] Musicians

• Frank Zappa: Lead Guitar & Vocals
• Steve Vai: Stunt Guitar & Background Vocals
• Ray White: Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
• Ike Willis: Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
• Tommy Mars: Keyboards & Vocals
• Bob Harris: Keyboards, Trumpet & High Vocals
• Arthur Barrow: Bass & Vocals
• Vinnie Colaiuta: Drums, Vocals

[edit] Album credits

• Frank Zappa: Music, Performance, Band & Recordings
• Gail Zappa & Joe Travers: CD Production
• Frank Filipetti: Mix
• John Polito: Mastering
• George Douglas: Original Recording Engineer
• Gail Zappa: Art Direction/Concept & Text
• Keith Lawler: Design, Layout & Art Execution
• Kaushal Parekh: Cover Photo

[edit] Notes

v • d • e Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention Main albums Freak Out! • Absolutely Free • We're Only in It for the Money • Lumpy Gravy • Cruising with Ruben & the Jets • Uncle Meat • Hot Rats • Burnt Weeny Sandwich • Weasels Ripped My Flesh • Chunga's Revenge • Fillmore East - June 1971 • 200 Motels • Just Another Band from L.A. • Waka/Jawaka • The Grand Wazoo • Over-Nite Sensation • Apostrophe (') • Roxy & Elsewhere • One Size Fits All • Bongo Fury • Zoot Allures • Zappa in New York • Studio Tan • Sleep Dirt • Sheik Yerbouti • Orchestral Favorites • Joe's Garage • Tinseltown Rebellion • Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar • You Are What You Is • Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch • The Man from Utopia • Baby Snakes • London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 1 • Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger • Them or Us • Thing-Fish • Francesco Zappa • Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention • Does Humor Belong in Music? • Jazz from Hell • London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. 2 • Guitar • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 • Broadway the Hard Way • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 • The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 • Make a Jazz Noise Here • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 • You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 • Playground Psychotics • Ahead of Their Time • The Yellow Shark Posthumous albums Civilization Phaze III • The Lost Episodes • Läther • Mystery Disc • Everything Is Healing Nicely • FZ:OZ • Halloween • Joe's Corsage • Joe's Domage • Joe's XMASage • Imaginary Diseases • Trance-Fusion • Buffalo • The Dub Room Special • Wazoo Compilations Mothermania • The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa • Strictly Commercial • Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute • Have I Offended Someone? • Strictly Genteel • QuAUDIOPHILIAc • The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle Box sets The Old Masters Box One • The Old Masters Box Two • The Old Masters Box Three • Beat the Boots • Beat the Boots II • The MOFO Project/Object Films and videos 200 Motels • Baby Snakes • The Dub Room Special • Video from Hell • Does Humor Belong in Music? • The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels • The Amazing Mr. Bickford • Uncle Meat Related articles Cultural references to Frank Zappa • Frank Zappa discography • The Real Frank Zappa Book • The Rage and the Fury • Dance Me This • Zappa Plays Zappa