Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti (1979)

Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti (1979)

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Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti

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Side one

1. "I Have Been in You"   January 25, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK   3:33

2. "Flakes"   January 25, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK   6:41

3. "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes"   January 27, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK   3:42

4. "I'm So Cute"   January 25–27 or February 28, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK. Ending cropped on CD reissues, reducing the run time to 3:09; restored on 2012 reissue.   4:27

Side two

5. "Jones Crusher"   October 31, 1977 – The Palladium, NYC   2:49

6. "What Ever Happened to All the Fun in the World"   incl. a quotation from "I Have Seen The Pleated Gazelle", recorded at Pinewood Studios, London, January–February 1971   0:33

7. "Rat Tomago" (Composition co-credited to Frank and Ahmet Zappa on the 2012 CD – a note states that "'Rat Tomago' is Ahmet Zappa's title")   Guitar solo from "The Torture Never Stops" played live on February 15, 1978 – Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany   5:17

8. "We've Got to Get into Something Real"   (Listed under the title "Wait a Minute" on the CD version)   0:31

9. "Bobby Brown" (Listed under the title "Bobby Brown Goes Down" on the CD version)   January 27, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK   2:49

10. "Rubber Shirt" (Bozzio/O'Hearn/Zappa)   Bass part: recorded for a studio overdub on a guitar solo from September 25, 1974 – Gothenburg, Sweden   2:45

11. "The Sheik Yerbouti Tango"   Guitar solo from "The Little House I Used to Live in" played live on February 15, 1978 – Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany   3:56

Side three

12. "Baby Snakes"   January 25, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK   1:50

13. "Tryin' to Grow a Chin"   January 27, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK   3:31

14. "City of Tiny Lites"   January 27, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK   5:32

15. "Dancin' Fool" February 28, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK   3:43

16. "Jewish Princess"   October 30, 1977 – The Palladium, NYC   3:16

Side four

17. "Wild Love"   February 28, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK   4:09

18. "Yo' Mama"   Vocal sections February 28, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK; Guitar solo: February 25, 1978 – Hemmerleinhalle, Neunkirchen am Brand, Germany; Part of the backing track for the solo: January 27, 1978 – Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK   12:36

 

Frank Zappa Band Members / Musicians

Frank Zappa – lead guitar, lead (1-3, 9, 12, 15–18) and backing vocals, arranger, composer, producer, remixing

Davey Moire – lead (6, 8) and backing vocals, engineer

Napoleon Murphy Brock – lead (17) and backing vocals

Andre Lewis – backing vocals

Randy Thornton – lead (17) and backing vocals

Adrian Belew – rhythm guitar, lead (5, 14) and backing vocals, Bob Dylan impersonation (2)

Tommy Mars – keyboards, backing and lead (17) vocals

Peter Wolf – keyboards, butter, Flora margarine

Patrick O'Hearn – bass, lead (3, 6, 8) and backing vocals

Terry Bozzio – drums, lead (3, 4, 6, 8, 13, 17) and backing vocals

Ed Mann – percussion, backing vocals

David Ocker – clarinet

Bob Stone – digital remastering

Joe Chiccarelli – remixing, overdub engineer

Lynn Goldsmith – photography, cover photo

Peter Henderson – engineer

Jon Walls – engineer

Bob Ludwig – mastering engineer

Kerry McNabb – engineer

John Williams – art direction

Gail Zappa – photography

Amy Bernstein – artwork, layout design

Barbara Isaak – assistant

Sheik Yerbouti is a double album by Frank Zappa, first released in March 1979 as the first release on Zappa Records (distributed by Phonogram Inc.). It was later released on one CD. It is mostly made up of live material recorded in 1977 and 1978, with later overdubs in the studio.