An Evening with Frank Zappa During Which... The Torture Never Stops is a live DVD by Frank Zappa, posthumously released in 2008.
It is made up of footage from one of Zappa's annual Halloween concerts at The Palladium in New York City on October 31, 1981. Two shows were played that night, and the DVD contains footage from both shows edited together.
Track listing Black Napkins Montana Easy Meat Beauty Knows No Pain Charlie’s Enormous Mouth Fine Girl Teen-age Wind Harder Than Your Husband Bamboozled By Love We’re Turning Again Alien Orifice Flakes Broken Hearts Are for Assholes You Are What You Is Mudd Club The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing Dumb All Over Heavenly Bank Account Suicide Chump Jumbo Go Away Stevie’s Spanking The Torture Never Stops Strictly Genteel The Illinois Enema Bandit Yes, & But Also Discography DVDography Liner notes Credits Extras: Teen-age Prostitute [early show performance] City of Tiny Lites [early show performance] You Are What You Is [1981 music video] Photo gallery
Personnel Music performed by Frank Zappa – guitar, vocal Ray White – guitar, vocal Tommy Mars – keyboards, vocal Scott Thunes – bass, vocal Chad Wackerman – drums Ed Mann – percussion, vocal Bobby Martin – keyboards, sax, vocal Steve Vai – guitar, vocal Production Frank Zappa – editorial supervisor, composer, arranger Bill Boggs, Richard Baker – producer Clark Santee – director Jim Tetlow – lighting director Karen McLaughlin – associate producer Dee Santee – music associate Mark Schubin – technical supervisor Malachy Wienges – engineering consultant Marty Maloney – production manager Keith Kevan – stage manager Ed Levine – engineer-in-charge Paul Stiegelbauer – technical director Mark Pinske – music audio mixer Mike Shoskes – production audio mixer Mel Becker – audio assistant Paul Ranieri – video Juan Barrera, Peter Blank, John Feher, Rob Leacock, Mike Lieberman, Jake Ostroff – camera Rennie Dicuia – videotape operator Chip Foody – gaffer Rick Anderson, Andy Burnaford – utility Gerald Fialka (credited as Barry Fialk) – electronic graphics Sabina Barch, Susan Franks – production assistants Unitel Production Services, Inc. – production facilities Terry Greene – videotape editor Ron Menzies – assistant videotape editor For Intercontinental Absurdities Bennett Glotzer – associate producer Alan Santos – production manager Coy Featherstone – lighting director Mark Pinske, George Douglas, Bob Stone – sound Chuck Eldridge – on Jack Daniels David Robb – towel boy and kosher guitars Larry Griffith – industrial tenderness Thomas Nordegg – gadgets John Smothers – Iron Sausage Wartoke Concern – public relations DVD credits Frank Zappa – editor, performer, music composer & conductor Gail Zappa – DVD ordainment & A/D/D art direction Joe Travers – vaultage vaultmeisterment Keith Lawler – art design & renderment Scott Thunes – liner notes Melanie Starks – production management ZFT Vault Archives – all assets New York DVD – DVD development Brian Brodeur – encoding/authoring Galo Morales – menu design
External links Zappa.com