Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
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| Live album by Frank Zappa | ||
| Released | May 11, 1981 (US) | |
| Recorded | February 17, 1977 – December 11, 1980 | |
| Genre | Instrumental rock | |
| Length | 106:52 | |
| Label | Rykodisc | |
| Producer(s) | Frank Zappa | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Frank Zappa chronology | ||
| Tinsel Town Rebellion (1981) |
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981) |
You Are What You Is (1981) |
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is a triple vinyl album featuring live material recorded by Frank Zappa between February 1976 and December 1980 (with the final track, "Canard du Jour", a duet with Frank Zappa on electric bouzouki and Jean-Luc Ponty on baritone violin, dating from a 1973 studio session).
It was released in 1981 and reissued by Rykodisc on CD in 1986 as a two disc set and again in 1995 as a three disc box. The track order for the two disc 1986 issue is nearly the same as the 1995 three disc issue; the exception being "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar" and "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More" are swapped to accommodate CD format time limitations.
The album is entirely instrumental and features mainly guitar solos, hence the title, though it is interspersed with brief verbal comments between tracks, many of which also appear on, and were originally intended for, the Läther album. Each disc is titled after a variation on the album's name, which is shared with the title track found on each respective disc.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Frank Zappa except "Canard Du Jour" which was improvised by Zappa/Ponty.
[edit] Disc 1 (Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar)
- "five-five-FIVE" – 2:35
- "Hog Heaven" – 2:46
- "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar" – 5:35
- "While You Were Out" – 6:09
- "Treacherous Cretins" – 5:29
- "Heavy Duty Judy" – 4:39
- "Soup 'n Old Clothes" – 3:02
[edit] Disc 2 (Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More)
- "Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression" – 3:56
- "Gee, I Like Your Pants" – 2:32
- "Canarsie" – 6:06
- "Ship Ahoy" – 5:26
- "The Deathless Horsie" – 6:18
- "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More" – 6:52
- "Pink Napkins" – 4:41
[edit] Disc 3 (Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar)
- "Beat It With Your Fist" – 1:39
- "Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar" – 8:45
- "Pinocchio's Furniture" – 2:04
- "Why Johnny Can't Read" – 4:04
- "Stucco Homes" – 8:56
- "Canard Du Jour" – 10:12
[edit] Personnel
- Tommy Mars – Keyboards, Vocals
- Kerry McNabb – Engineer
- Steve Nye – Engineer
- Patrick O'Hearn – Wind, Bass
- Denny Walley – Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar
- Ray White – Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar
- Jo Hansch – Mastering
- John Swenson – Liner Notes
- Bob Harris – Keyboards
- Peter Wolf – Keyboards
- John Livzey – Photography
- John Vince – Graphic Design
- Ed Mann – Percussion
- Ike Willis – Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar
- Bob Stone – Remixing
- Arthur Barrow – Bass
- Terry Bozzio – Drums
- Joe Chiccarelli – Engineer, Mixing, Recording
- Vinnie Colaiuta – Drums, Percussion
- Warren Cuccurullo – Guitar (Rhythm), Electric Sitar, Guitar
- George Douglas – Engineer
- Roy Estrada – Vocals, Bass
- Frank Zappa – Arranger, Composer, Conductor, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Main Performer, Bouzouki, Guitar
- Tom Flye – Engineer
- Mick Glossop – Engineer
- Bob Harris – Keyboards
- Andre Lewis – Keyboards
- Eddie Jobson – Keyboards, Vocals, Violin
- Steve Vai – Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar
- Jean-Luc Ponty – Keyboards, Baritone Violin, Violin
