01 May 2008
Frank Zappa: The Torture Never Stops
Halloween, New York City, 1981 Live at The Palladium with Ray White, Steve Vai, Bobby Martin, Tommy Mars, Ed Mann, Scott Thunes, Chad Wackerman
The Yellow Shark
This live recording was culled from seven September 1992 concerts given in Vienna, Berlin, and Frankfurt by the Ensemble Modern, a Frankfurt-based chamber orchestra that performs only contemporary music. Composed and conducted by Frank Zappa.
Top Billed Cast
Frank Zappa Self
Peter Rundel Self
Ensemble Modern Themselves
Andreas Böttger Self
Roland Diry Self
Stefan Dohr Self
Friedemann Dähn Self
William Forman Self
Michael Gross Self
Hermann Ktetzschmar Self
Louise LeCavalier Self
Catherine Milliken Self
Rumi Ogawa-Helferich Self
Franck Ollu Self
Jürgen Ruck Self
Rainer Römer Self
Claudia Sack Self
Viet Scholz Self
Daryl Smith Self
Wolfgang Stryi Self
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