On 25 March 1988 Frank Zappa played the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, in what turned out to be his last concert in the United States. Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show documents that night, performed by the large band with horn section he toured with that year, and came out of the archive in 2021. The album contains the first official release of 'The Beatles Medley', in which 'Norwegian Wood', 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' and 'Strawberry Fields Forever' are stitched together with rewritten lyrics about the scandal surrounding televangelist Jimmy Swaggart. It also features versions of 'Inca Roads', 'The Black Page' and 'City of Tiny Lites', plus covers of 'Stairway to Heaven' and 'Whipping Post'. Two pieces come from other dates on the same tour, in Towson and Providence. Drummer Chad Wackerman and archivist Joe Travers wrote the liner notes. This edition is a 4-LP box set.

  1. 1 "We Are Doing Voter Registration Here"
  2. 2 The Black Page (New Age Version)
  3. 3 I Ain't Got No Heart
  4. 4 Love of My Life
  5. 5 Inca Roads
  6. 6 Sharleena
  7. 7 Who Needs the Peace Corps?
  8. 8 I Left My Heart In San Francisco (Cory/Cross)
  9. 9 Dickie's Such an Asshole
  10. 10 When the Lie's So Big
  11. 11 Jesus Thinks You're a Jerk
  12. 12 Sofa #1
  13. 13 One Man, One Vote
  14. 14 Happy Birthday, Chad!
  15. 15 Packard Goose Pt. I
  16. 16 Royal March From "L'histoire Du Soldat" (Stravinsky)
  17. 17 Theme From the Bartok Piano Concerto #3 (Bartok)
  18. 18 Packard Goose Pt. Ii
  19. 19 The Torture Never Stops Pt. I
  20. 20 Theme From "Bonanza" (Levans/Livingston)
  21. 21 Lonesome Cowboy Burt
  22. 22 The Torture Never Stops Pt. Ii
  23. 23 City of Tiny Lites
  24. 24 Pound For a Brown Pt. I
  25. 25 Pound For a Brown Pt. Ii
  26. 26 The Beatles Medley (Lennon/McCartney)
  27. 27 Peaches En Regalia
  28. 28 Stairway To Heaven (Page/Plant)
  29. 29 I Am the Walrus (Lennon/McCartney)
  30. 30 Whipping Post (Allman)
  31. 31 Bolero (Ravel)
  32. 32 America the Beautiful (Bates/Ward)

ArtistFrank Zappa
Number of discs4
FormatLP
GenreRock
StylesProgressive Rock, Art Rock
EAN0602435577029