Philly '76 is a live album by Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa

Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...

, recorded on October 29, 1976 at the Spectrum

Wachovia Spectrum

The Spectrum, formerly known as the CoreStates Spectrum , First Union Spectrum , and Wachovia Spectrum was an indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

 in Philadelphia, PA, and released by the Zappa Family Trust on Vaulternative Records on December 21, 2009 to commemorate Frank Zappa's 69th birthday. It is the fourth recording of a complete concert released posthumously on the Vaulternative Records label.

History

The live band featured on the recording included "Lady Bianca" Odin on vocals, who only toured with Zappa's band for a few weeks in the fall of 1976. One cut from this concert ("Wind Up Workin' in A Gas Station") was released on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 in 1992. Prior to the release of Philly '76, no other recordings featuring Bianca Odin had been officially released.

Also appearing for the first time on the album are a cover of "Stranded in the Jungle" (originally recorded in 1956 by the Jay Hawks, later covered by The Cadets

The Cadets (doo wop)

The Cadets are an American doo wop group. The group began as a gospel group, the Santa Monica Soul Seekers, in the late 1940s. The members were Lloyd McCraw, Willie Davis, Austin "Ted" Taylor, Aaron Collins, Glendon Kingsby, and Will "Dub" Jones. In 1955, the group auditioned for Modern Records,...

, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen

Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen is an American country rock band founded in 1967. Core members included founder George Frayne, John Tichy, Billy C. Farlow, Bill Kirchen, Andy Stein, Paul "Buffalo" Bruce Barlow, Lance Dickerson, and Bobby Black....

 and the New York Dolls

New York Dolls

The New York Dolls is an American rock band, formed in New York in 1971. The band's protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later...

, and included in the non-Zappa Family Trust release "Frank Zappa's Jukebox") and a verse of lyrics in "Titties 'N Beer" not included in previously released versions of the song, which illuminates Zappa's original title for the song, "Chrissy Puked Twice."

Disc one

1. "The Purple Lagoon" – 3:35
2. "Stinkfoot" – 5:52
3. "The Poodle Lecture" – 3:48
4. "Dirty Love" – 3:36
5. "Wind Up Workin’ in A Gas Station" – 2:32
6. "Tryin’ to Grow A Chin" – 4:01
7. "The Torture Never Stops" – 13:31
8. "City of Tiny Lights" – 7:47
9. "You Didn’t Try to Call Me" – 6:32
10. "Manx Needs Women" – 1:44
11. "Chrissy Puked Twice" – 6:48

Disc two

1. "Black Napkins" – 18:57
2. "Advance Romance" – 13:56
3. "Honey Don’t You Want A Man Like Me?" – 4:09
4. "Rudy Wants to Buy Yez A Drink" – 2:20
5. "Would You Go All The Way?" – 2:04
6. "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy" – 2:05
7. "What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?" – 4:55
8. "Dinah-Moe Humm" – 8:09
9. "Stranded in the Jungle" – 3:10
10. "Find Her Finer" – 3:17
11. "Camarillo Brillo" – 4:03
12. "Muffin Man" – 6:53

Musicians

• Frank Zappa
  Frank Zappa
  Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
  
   - lead guitar, vocals
• Lady Bianca (Bianca Odin) - vocals, keyboards
• Ray White
  Ray White
  Ray White is a soul vocalist and rock and blues guitarist, best known as a member of Frank Zappa's touring ensembles. He was drafted into Zappa's band in the fall of 1976, being featured on rhythm guitar and vocals, forming a memorable vocal harmony partnership with Ike Willis on later tours in...
  
   - rhythm guitar, vocals
• Eddie Jobson
  Eddie Jobson
  Edwin "Eddie" Jobson is an English keyboardist and violinist noted for his use of synthesizers. He has been a member of several progressive rock bands, including Curved Air, Roxy Music, U.K., and Jethro Tull. He was also part of Frank Zappa's band in 1976-77...
  
   - keyboards, violin
• Patrick O'Hearn
  Patrick O'Hearn
  Patrick O'Hearn is an American multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and recording artist. While his musical repertoire spans a diverse range of music, he is an acclaimed New Age artist in his solo career...
  
   - bass, vocals
• Terry Bozzio
  Terry Bozzio
  Terry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...
  
  - drums, vocals