Frank ZappaBroadway The Hard Way

Label:

Zappa Records – ZAPPA 14

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1 Elvis Has Just Left The Building 2:24
A2 Planet Of The Baritone Women 2:48
A3 Any Kind Of Pain 5:42
Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk (9:15)
A4a Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
A4b Twilight Zone Theme
Composed By [Contained Within Track A4]Marius Constant
B1 Dickie's Such An Asshole 5:46
B2 When The Lie's So Big 3:38
B3 Rhymin' Man 3:50
B4 Promiscuous 2:02
The Untouchables (2:26)
B5a The Untouchables
B5b The Untouchables Theme
Composed By [Contained Within Track B5]Nelson Riddle

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded AtUMRK Mobile
  • Engineered AtUMRK
  • Mastered AtBernie Grundman Mastering
  • Mastered AtThe Town House
  • Manufactured ByToday Croydon Ltd.
  • Marketed ByToday Croydon Ltd.
  • Licensed FromBarking Pumpkin Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Barking Pumpkin Records
  • Copyright ©Barking Pumpkin Records

Credits

  • Alto SaxophonePaul Carman
  • Artwork, GraphicsAwest*
  • Baritone SaxophoneKurt McGettrick
  • Bass GuitarScott Thunes
  • DrumsChad Wackerman
  • Engineer [U M R K, Hollywood]Harry Andronis
  • Guitar, Synthesizer, VocalsMike Keneally
  • Guitar, VocalsIke Willis
  • Keyboards, VocalsBobby Martin (2)
  • Lead Guitar, VocalsF.Z.*
  • Mastered ByBernie Grundman
  • PercussionEd Mann
  • Photography By [Cover]Lynn Goldsmith
  • Photography By [Inside Spread]Greg Gorman
  • Plated ByMax*
  • Producer, Composed By, Arranged By, ConductorFrank Zappa
  • Tenor SaxophoneAlbert Wing
  • TromboneBruce Fowler (3)
  • TrumpetWalt Fowler
  • Vocals [Guest]Eric Buxton

Notes

Gatefold high-gloss sleeve.

Direct Metal Mastered vinyl, contained in a high-gloss full-color liner:
Liner promoting the videos "Uncle Meat, The Mothers Of Invention Movie" & "The True Story Of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels", with 'Broadway' lyrics on reverse.

All selections recorded live (No overdubs) with the UMRK Mobile Studio during the 1988 World Tour.

Made in England. Manufactured & Marketed by Today Croydon Ltd., under license from Barking Pumpkin Records.
Zappa Records, 102 Belsize Lane, London, NW3 5BB.
©℗1988 Barking Pumpkin Records

Runouts are all hand-etched.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 5016583601416
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): ZAPPA-14-A. * DMM TOWN HOUSE DMM. MAX
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): ZAPPA-14-B. * DMM TOWN HOUSE DMM. MAX

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Broadway The Hard Way (LP, Album, Gatefold) Barking Pumpkin Records D1-74218 US 1988
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Broadway The Hard Way (Cassette, Album) Zappa Records T ZAPPA14, T ZAPPA 14 Europe 1988
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Broadway The Hard Way (Cassette, Album) Zappa Records 103434 1988
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Broadway The Hard Way (Cassette, Album) We Dream D4-74218 US 1988
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Broadway The Hard Way (LP, Album, Gatefold) Barking Pumpkin Records D1-74218 US 1988

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Reviews

  • dijk37's avatar
    dijk37
    Edited 12 months ago
    Zappa sounds more dated then Elvis!. He never red a book about him. This album shows how Zappa thinks he was a genius, but he was not!

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