Frank Zappa - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

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Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
1-1	Five-Five-Five	2:35
1-2	Hog Heaven	2:49
1-3	Shut Up 'n Play Your Guitar	5:38
1-4	While You Were Out	6:00
1-5	Treacherous Cretins	5:35
1-6	Heavy Duty Judy	4:42
1-7	Soup 'n Old Clothes	7:53
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More
2-1	Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression	3:58
2-2	Gee, I Like Your Pants	2:35
2-3	Canarsie Engineer – Joe Chicarelli*	6:05
2-4	Ship Ahoy Bass – Roy EstradaKeyboards – Andre Lewis	5:20
2-5	The Deathless Horsie	6:20
2-6	Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More	6:53
2-7	Pink Napkins Engineer – Alan P.*Keyboards – Eddie Jobson	4:38
Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
3-1	Beat It With Your Fist	1:38
3-2	Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar	8:30
3-3	Pinocchio's Furniture	2:05
3-4	Why Johnny Can't Read	4:15
3-5	Stucco Homes	9:08
3-6	Canard Du Jour Bouzouki – F.Z.*Engineer – Kerry McNabbViolin [Baritone], Written-By – Jean-Luc Ponty	9:56

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Videoarts Music Inc.
• Licensed From – Rykodisc
• Published By – Zappa Family Trust

Credits

• Arranged By, Composed By, Conductor, Producer – Frank Zappa
• Bass – Arthur Barrow (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 2-2, 2-5, 2-6, 3-1 to 3-5), Patrick O'Hearn (tracks: 2-3, 2-7)
• Drums – Terry Bozzio (tracks: 2-4, 2-7), Vinnie Colaiuta (tracks: 1-1 to 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 3-1 to 3-6)
• Engineer – George Douglas (tracks: 1-2, 1-7, 2-1, 3-1), Mick Glossop (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 3-2, 3-4), Steve Nye (tracks: 1-4, 3-5), Tommy Fly (tracks: 1-6, 3-3)
• Engineer [Remix] – Bob Stone
• Guitar – Denny Walley (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-5, 2-6, 3-2, 3-4), F.Z.*, Ike Willis (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 2-2, 2-5, 2-6, 3-1 to 3-5), Ray White (tracks: 2-7, 3-1, 3-3,), Steve Vai (tracks: 1-2, 1-6 to 2-1, 3-1, 3-3), Warren Cucurullo* (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 2-2, 2-6, 3-2, 3-4, 3-5)
• Keyboards – Bob Harris (tracks: 1-2, 1-6, 2-1, 3-1, 3-3), Peter Wolf (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-5, 2-6, 3-2, 3-5), Tommy Mars (tracks: 1-1 to 1-3, 1-5 to 2-2, 2-5, 2-6, 3-1 to 3-5)
• Liner Notes – John Swenson, 大山甲日*
• Percussion – Ed Mann (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-5, 2-2, 2-5, 2-6, 3-2, 3-4)
• Photography By – John Livzey
• Sitar [Electric] – Warren Cucurullo* (tracks: 1-5, 2-3)

Notes

Comes in three separate CD sized papersleeve album replicas bundled in one Obi-strip. Includes insert of notes in English and Japanese.

FZ-approved master, 1993.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988112 417939
• Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CBS 66368	Frank Zappa	Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar ‎(3xLP, Album, Ltd + Box)	CBS	CBS 66368	Europe	1981
WTX 38289	Frank Zappa	Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar ‎(3xCass, Album + Box)	Barking Pumpkin Records	WTX 38289	US	1981
RCD 10028/29	Frank Zappa	Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar ‎(2xCD, Album, RE)	Rykodisc	RCD 10028/29	US	1986
RCD 10533/34/35, D203404	Frank Zappa	Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar ‎(3xCD, Album, RM)	Rykodisc, Rykodisc	RCD 10533/34/35, D203404	US	1995
CSPS 1785	Frank Zappa	Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar ‎(LP, Album)	Barking Pumpkin Records	CSPS 1785	Canada	1981