Zappa '80: Mudd Club/Munich is a live album byFrank Zappa, released posthumously on March 3, 2023. It is a 3CD set that contains two complete shows recorded during the tour of the spring and summer of 1980.[1]
The first of the two shows was performed at theMudd Club nightclub in New York City, on May 8. The setlist features songs that would be frequented throughout 1980, as well as early versions of tracks that would later appear on the albumYou Are What You Is (1981) including "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing", the title track, and Zappa's homage to the club itself, "Mudd Club". The second show was performed at the Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany, much later in the tour on July 3.[2]
Mudd Club/Munich is the first official release that would showcase the 5-piece band (significantly reduced from the previous tour's 8-piece) that would only be on tour for a few months. It is also the only lineup to feature drummer David Logeman, who was briefly stepping in forVinnie Colaiuta.[3] Much of the material on the album is previously unreleased, with the exception of "You Didn't Try to Call Me" from the Munich show and "Love of My Life" from the Mudd Club show, which appear on the albumsYou Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (1988) andYou Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (1991), respectively.[4]
