Forty years ago Frank Zappa was in the middle of a famed residency at the Palladium in New York City. Starting on October 28 and running through October 31, 1977 Zappa held his annual Halloween run at the Palladium in New York City. Zappa and his band played a total of six historic shows at the venue and the entire run was released as the Halloween 77 box set on October 20 via Zappa Records/UMe. The team behind the set recently issued a clip in celebration of Halloween 77 featuring a “Punky’s Whips” soundtrack:

The Halloween 77 box set includes all six shows with 158 tracks (mixed in 2016 from original vault masters) loaded onto a “Zappa’s Oh Punky” fun size candy bar-shaped USB drive in 24-bit WAV audio. Halloween 77 also includes a 28-page digital booklet featuring never-before-seen photos and liner notes from Vaultmeister Joe Travers as well as personal firsthand accounts from many of Zappa’s bandmates, crew and fans who were there, including guitarist Adrian Belew, percussionist Ed Mann, keyboard tech Thomas Nordegg, tour manager Phil Kaufman and fan Janet “The Planet” Walley. Plus, the box set incorporates a retro Halloween mask and costume of the maestro himself. A 3-CD version featuring the Halloween night concert with bonus tracks from the night before is also available.

Frank Zappa’s 1977 lineup saw the famed guitarist joined by Terry Bozzio on drums, Tommy Mars and Peter Wolf on keyboards, Adrian Belew on guitar and vocals, Ed Mann on percussion and Patrick O’Hearn on bass. The band averaged 25 songs each show and threw in exciting jams and audience participation segments.

Halloween 1977 Box Set Tracklist

10/28/77 Show #1

1. 10-28-77 Show 1 Start/Introductions 3:28

2. Peaches En Regalia 2:42

3. The Torture Never Stops 13:05

4. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin 3:37

5. City Of Tiny Lites 6:04

6. Pound For A Brown 8:05

7. Bobby Brown Goes Down 4:33

8. Conehead (Instrumental) 9:19

9. Flakes 4:03

10. Big Leg Emma 1:47

11. Envelopes 2:29

12. Terry’s Solo #1 4:42

13. Disco Boy 3:53

14. Lather 3:36

15. Wild Love 24:05

16. Titties N Beer 7:16

17. Audience Participation #1 :48

18. The Black Page #2 3:02

19. Jones Crusher 2:48

20. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 3:52

21. Punky’s Whips 9:43

22. Encore Audience #1 1:21

23. Dinah-Moe Humm 4:55

24. Camarillo Brillo 3:35

25. Muffin Man 4:36

10/28/77 Show #2

1. 10-28-77 Show 2 Start/Introductions 3:13

2. Peaches En Regalia 2:42

3. The Torture Never Stops 12:33

4. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin 3:37

5. City Of Tiny Lites 8:00

6. Pound For A Brown 9:19

7. Bobby Brown Goes Down 5:36

8. Conehead (Instrumental) 9:18

9. Flakes 4:10

10. Big Leg Emma 1:48

11. Envelopes 2:33

12. Terry’s Solo #2 4:17

13. Disco Boy 3:54

14. Lather 3:42

15. Wild Love 26:01

16. Titties N Beer 7:50

17. Audience Participation #2 2:37

18. The Black Page #2 3:14

19. Jones Crusher 2:58

20. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 3:54

21. Punky’s Whips 9:51

22. Encore Audience #2 2:13

23. Dinah-Moe Humm 4:01

24. Camarillo Brillo 3:36

25. Muffin Man 6:20

10/29/77 Show #1

1. 10-29-77 Show 1 Start/Introductions 4:06

2. Peaches En Regalia 2:42

3. The Torture Never Stops 12:59

4. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin 3:34

5. City Of Tiny Lites 7:15

6. Pound For A Brown 8:26

7. Bobby Brown Goes Down 6:06

8. Conehead (Instrumental) 5:50

9. Flakes 3:53

10. Big Leg Emma 1:52

11. Envelopes 2:42

12. Terry’s Solo #3 3:51

13. Disco Boy 3:57

14. Lather 3:40

15. Wild Love 22:51

16. Titties N Beer 6:01

17. Audience Participation #3 2:42

18. The Black Page #2 3:05

19. Jones Crusher 2:53

20. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 3:50

21. Punky’s Whips 9:18

22. Encore Audience #3 1:46

23. Dinah-Moe Humm 5:12

24. Camarillo Brillo 3:29

25. Muffin Man 5:09

10/29/77 Show #2

1. 10-29-77 Show 2 Start/Introductions 4:21

2. Peaches En Regalia 2:42

3. The Torture Never Stops 11:30

4. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin 3:36

5. City Of Tiny Lites 7:01

6. Pound For A Brown 9:05

7. Bobby Brown Goes Down 9:12

8. Conehead (Instrumental) 6:29

9. Flakes 3:28

10. Big Leg Emma 1:49

11. Envelopes 2:52

12. Terry’s Solo #4 4:07

13. Disco Boy 3:54

14. Lather 3:56

15. Wild Love 27:33

16. Titties N Beer 8:12

17. Audience Participation #4 5:02

18. The Black Page #2 2:57

19. Jones Crusher 2:49

20. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 3:48

21. Punky’s Whips 9:36

22. Encore Audience #4 2:23

23. Dinah-Moe Humm 6:19

24. Camarillo Brillo 3:30

25. Muffin Man 6:02

10/30/77

1. 10-30-77 Show Start 1:40

2. Stink-Foot 7:45

3. The Poodle Lecture 5:10

4. Dirty Love 2:32

5. Peaches En Regalia 2:40

6. The Torture Never Stops 12:53

7. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin 3:32

8. City Of Tiny Lites 7:36

9. Pound For A Brown 10:03

10. I Have Been In You 8:35

11. Dancin’ Fool (World Premiere) 4:50

12. Jewish Princess (Prototype) 4:41

13. King Kong 8:45

14. Terry’s Solo #5 5:07

15. Disco Boy 4:01

16. Envelopes 2:19

17. A Halloween Treat with Thomas Nordegg 6:17

18. Lather 3:47

19. Wild Love 25:19

20. Titties N Beer 7:01

21. Audience Participation #5 8:28

22. The Black Page #2 2:59

23. Jones Crusher 2:53

24. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 3:52

25. Punky’s Whips 12:36

26. Encore Rap 1:11

27. Dinah-Moe Humm 6:06

28. Camarillo Brillo 3:27

29. Muffin Man 5:18

30. San Ber’dino 6:20

10/31/77

1. Halloween 1977 Show Start/Introductions 3:11

2. Peaches En Regalia 2:42

3. The Torture Never Stops 13:54

4. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin 3:35

5. City Of Tiny Lites 8:17

6. Pound For A Brown 13:40

7. The Demise Of The Imported Rubber Goods Mask 8:33

8. Bobby Brown Goes Down 3:49

9. Conehead (Instrumental) 8:21

10. Flakes 3:04

11. Big Leg Emma 1:58

12. Envelopes 2:25

13. Terry’s Halloween Solo 4:38

14. Disco Boy 3:55

15. Lather 3:58

16. Wild Love 30:11

17. Titties ‘N’ Beer 7:24

18. Halloween Audience Participation 7:04

19. The Black Page #2 2:55

20. Jones Crusher 2:58

21. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 3:52

22. Punky’s Whips 11:23

23. Halloween Encore Audience I 2:07

24. Dinah-Moe Humm 6:41

25. Camarillo Brillo 3:24

26. Muffin Man 5:21

27. San Ber’dino 5:01

28. Black Napkins 9:19

Halloween ’77 – 3CD Set Tracklist

Disc 1

1. Halloween 1977 Show Start/Introductions

2. Peaches En Regalia

3. The Torture Never Stops

4. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin

5. City Of Tiny Lites

6. Pound For A Brown

7. The Demise Of The Imported Rubber Goods Mask

8. Bobby Brown Goes Down

9. Conehead (Instrumental)

10. Flakes

11. Big Leg Emma

Disc 2

1. Envelopes

2. Terry’s Halloween Solo

3. Disco Boy

4. Lather

5. Wild Love

6. Titties ‘N’ Beer

7. Halloween Audience Participation

8. The Black Page #2

9. Jones Crusher

10. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes

Disc 3