Frank Zappa - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981)

Frank Zappa - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981)

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Frank Zappa - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

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Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

Side 1

1. "five-five-FIVE" "Conehead" - Hammersmith Odeon, February 19, 1979   2:35

2. "Hog Heaven" "Easy Meat" - Brady Theater, October 18, 1980   2:46

3. "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar"   "Inca Roads" - Hammersmith Odeon, February 17, 1979   5:35

4. "While You Were Out"   UMRK, Autumn 1979   6:09

Side two

5. "Treacherous Cretins"   Hammersmith Odeon, February 17, 1979   5:29

6. "Heavy Duty Judy"   Berkeley Community Theatre, December 5, 1980   4:39

7. "Soup 'n Old Clothes"   "The Legend Of The Illinois Enema Bandit" - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, December 11, 1980   7:53

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More

Side one

1. "Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression"   "City of Tiny Lites" - Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, December 11, 1980   3:56

2. "Gee, I Like Your Pants"   "Inca Roads" - Hammersmith Odeon, February 18, 1979   2:32

3. "Canarsie"   Hammersmith Odeon, February 19, 1979   6:06

4. "Ship Ahoy"   "Zoot Allures" - Kosei Nenkin Kaikan, February 3, 1976   5:26

Side two

5. "The Deathless Horsie"   Hammersmith Odeon, February 19, 1979   6:18

6. "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More"   "Inca Roads" - Hammersmith Odeon, February 18, 1979   6:52

7. "Pink Napkins"   "Black Napkins" - Hammersmith Odeon, February 17, 1977   4:41

Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

Side one

1. "Beat It with Your Fist"   "The Torture Never Stops" - The Palladium, October 30, 1980   1:59

2. "Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar"   "Inca Roads" - Hammersmith Odeon, February 19, 1979   8:45

3. "Pinocchio's Furniture"   "Chunga's Revenge" - Berkeley Community Theatre, December 5, 1980   2:04

4. "Why Johnny Can't Read"   "Pound for a Brown" - Hammersmith Odeon, February 17, 1979   4:04

Side two

5. "Stucco Homes"   UMRK, Autumn 1979   8:56

6. "Canard du Jour"   Paramount Recording Studios, July 1972   10:12

Frank Zappa Band Members / Musicians

Frank Zappa: Lead Guitar, Bouzouki

Denny Walley, Ray White, Ike Willis, Steve Vai: Rhythm Guitar

Warren Cuccurullo: Rhythm Guitar, Electric Sitar

Jean-Luc Ponty – Baritone Violin

Tommy Mars, Bob Harris, Peter Wolf, Andre Lewis, Eddie Jobson: Keyboards

Patrick O'Hearn – Bass, Dialogue

Arthur Barrow, Roy Estrada – Bass

Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums

Terry Bozzio – Drums, Dialogue

Ed Mann – Percussion

Frank Zappa – Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Producer

Kerry McNabb – Engineer

Steve Nye – Engineer

Jo Hansch – Mastering

John Swenson – Liner Notes

John Livzey – Photography

John Vince – Graphic Design

Bob Stone – Remixing

Joe Chiccarelli – Engineer, Mixing (Berkley Theatre)

George Douglas – Live Recording Engineer, UMRK Mobile

Tom Flye – Engineer

Mick Glossop – Engineer

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, a project consisting of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More and Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, is a series of albums by Frank Zappa. Released as separate albums in May 1981 on Barking Pumpkin Records, it was subsequently reissued as a triple album box set in 1982.

As the title implies, the album consists solely of instrumentals and improvised solos, largely performed on electric guitar. The album series was conceived after Zappa shelved a proposed live album, Warts and All, and three tracks intended for that album appear on this series.

The individual Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar albums and box set have been well received by critics, and Zappa subsequently produced two more albums focusing solely on guitar-oriented music: Guitar (1988) and Trance-Fusion (posthumously released in 2006).