Chicago '78
{{Infobox album
| name = Chicago '78
| type = Live
| artist = Frank Zappa
| cover = Zappa-Chicago78.jpg
| alt = Frank Zappa onstage playing an electric guitar, wearing white pants and no shirt
| released = November 4, 2016
| recorded = September 29, 1978 (late show)
| venue = Uptown Theatre, Chicago
| studio =
| genre = Rock
| length = 119:47
| label = Zappa Records
| producer = Gail Zappa
Joe Travers
| prev_title = Meat Light
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = Little Dots
| next_year = 2016
}}
Chicago '78 is a two-disc live album by guitarist, singer, and songwriter Frank Zappa, released in November 2016, consisting of the recording of the entire second concert performed on September 29, 1978 at the Uptown Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.{{cite web |first=Sean |last=Westergaard |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/chicago-78-mw0002980883 |title=Chicago '78 |website=AllMusic |access-date=April 9, 2017}}{{cite web |first=Scott |last=Bernstein |date=November 4, 2016 |url=https://www.jambase.com/article/listen-to-brand-new-frank-zappa-live-archival-release-from-chicago-1978 |title=Listen To Brand New Frank Zappa Live Archival Release from Chicago in 1978 |website=JamBase |access-date=April 9, 2017}}{{cite web |first=Eric |last=Alper |date=November 2, 2016 |url=http://www.thatericalper.com/2016/11/02/frank-zappas-extensive-vault-see-release-of-meat-light-chicago-78-and-little-dots-on-november-4/ |title=Frank Zappa's Extensive Vault Release Continues with Meat Light, Chicago '78 and Little Dots, on November 4 |website=That Eric Alper |access-date=April 9, 2017}}{{cite web |date=December 10, 2016 |url=https://rhoerer.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/chicago-78/ |title=Chicago '78 |website=The Resentment Listener |access-date=April 9, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.zappa.com/music/chicago-78 |title=Chicago '78 |website=zappa.com |access-date=April 9, 2017 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220053047/http://www.zappa.com/music/chicago-78 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |first=Larson |last=Sutton |date=March 15, 2017 |url=https://www.relix.com/articles/detail/securing_frank_zappas_vault |title=Securing Frank Zappa's Vault |website=Relix |access-date=April 9, 2017}}
Production
Critical reception
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
}}
On AllMusic, Sean Westergaard said, "This album is the entire show and fans are going to love it.... Some of the songs are merely performed well, but there are enough surprises and great solos that fans will be pleased. This isn't the place to start your Zappa collection, but releases of full FZ shows are rare and hearing another full show with Vinnie Colaiuta on drums is a treat."
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Frank Zappa
| headline = Disc One
| total_length = 52:49
| title1 = Chicago Walk-On
| length1 = 1:20
| title2 = Twenty-One
| length2 = 8:26
| title3 = Dancin' Fool
| length3 = 3:29
| title4 = Easy Meat
| length4 = 5:41
| title5 = Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?
|length5 = 4:21
| title6 = Keep It Greasy
| length6 = 3:41
| title7 = Village of the Sun
| length7 = 9:15
| title8 = The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
| length8 = 3:29
| title9 = Bamboozled By Love
| length9 = 8:32
| title10 = Sy Borg
| length10 = 4:36
}}
{{tracklist
| headline = Disc Two
| total_length = 66:58
| title1 = Little House I Used to Live In
| length1 = 9:38
| title2 = Paroxysmal Splendor (includes: FZ & Pig/I'm a Beautiful Guy/Crew Slut)
| length2 = 7:14
| title3 = Yo Mama
| length3 = 12:28
| title4 = Magic Fingers
| length4 = 2:37
| title5 = Don't Eat the Yellow Snow
|length5 = 18:36
| title6 = Strictly Genteel
| length6 = 8:25
| title7 = Black Napkins
| length7 = 8:01
}}
Personnel
Musicians
- 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
Production
- Original recordings produced by Frank Zappa
- Produced for release by Gail Zappa and 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