Chicago '78
November 4th 2016
Vaulternative Records/Zappa Records
Official Release #108
Catalog Number: ZR 20025
UptownTheater
Chicago, Illinois
29 September 1978 (Show 2)
Players:
Frank Zappa - Guitar, Vocals
Ike Willis - Guitar, Vocals
Denny Walley - Slide Guitar, Vocals
Tommy Mars - Keyboards, Vocals
Peter Wolf - Keyboards
Ed Mann - Percussion, Vocals
Arthur Barrow - Bass, Vocals
Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums, Vocals
Original recordings produced by Frank Zappa
Produced for release by Gail Zappa & Joe Travers
1978 Mix Engineer: Davy Moire
1978 Recordist: Claus Weideman
2014 Re-mix Engineer: Craig Parker Adams, Winslow CT Studio, Hollywood CA
2014 Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering
Package Design: Michael Mesker
Production Manager: Melanie Starks
Photography: Courtesy of the Vault
Text by FZ
Vaultmeister Notes:
In order to present this show in it’s entirety, there were three different sources to cull from. Main Source: ½-inch 4-Track analog tape masters; Secondary sources: ¼-inch 2-Track reel-to-reel analog tape masters & a board cassette; All tapes were heat-treated and transferred at 96K 24B .WAV at UMRK 2014.
—JOE TRAVERS, Vaultmeister