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Tracklist

  1. Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar
  2. A1 Five-Five-FIVE 2:31
  3. A2 Hog Heaven 2:44
  4. A3 Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar 5:30
  5. A4 While You Were Out 5:33
  6. B1 Treacherous Cretins 5:26
  7. B2 Heavy Duty Judy 4:35
  8. B3 Soup ‘N Old Clothes 7:40
  9. Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar Some More
  10. C1 Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression 3:52
  11. C2 Gee, I Like Your Pants 2:30
  12. C3 Canarsie 5:55
  13. C4 Ship Ahoy 5:11
  14. D1 The Deathless Horsie 6:10
  15. D2 Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar Some More 6:42
  16. D3 Pink Napkins 4:32
  17. Return Of The Son Of Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar
  18. E1 Beat It With Your Fist 1:55
  19. E2 Return Of The Son Of Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar 8:17
  20. E3 Pinocchio’s Furniture 2:02
  21. E4 Why Johnny Can’t Read 4:30
  22. F1 Stucco Homes 9:09
  23. F2 Canard Du Jour 9:55

Musicians

Also credited

Also credited. Graphics (Box Graphics): John Vince. Lacquer Cut By: Jo Hansch. Mastered By (Disc Mastering): Jo Hansch. Management: Glotzer Management. Mixed By (Re-mix Engineer): Bob Stone. Photography By (Cover): John Livzey. Engineer: Mick Glossop, George Douglas, Steve Nye, Tommy Fly, Alan Perkins, Kerry McNabb.

Release notes

℗ 1981 Barking Pumpkin Records
© 1981 Barking Pumpkin Records / CBS

CBS and [Walking Eye logo] are reg. trademarks of CBS Inc.

Printed in Holland.

On spine of box, printed: CBS 66368 FRANK ZAPPA: SHUT UP ‘N PLAY YER GUITAR (3 RECORD SET)

Instrumentals, recorded between 1977 and 1980. Originally distributed by mail-order* as 3 separate LPs.
(*The ‘BPR’ codes in BAOI relate to this, hence the hand-worked additions in run-outs for the set)
1.LP: Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar.
2.LP: Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar Some More.
3.LP: Return Of The Son Of Shut Up ‘N Play Yer Guitar.

FZ’s guitars used in these recordings & venues:

Hand-made copy SG
A1: 17th Feb 1979, Odeon, Hammersmith , London.
A3: 18th Feb 1979, Odeon, Hammersmith, London.
B1: 17th Feb 1979, Odeon, Hammersmith, London.
C2: 18th Feb 1979, Odeon, Hammersmith, London.
C3: 19th Feb 1979, Odeon, Hammersmith, London; [Overdubbed at Village Recorders]
D1: 19th Feb 1979, Odeon, Hammersmith, London.
D2: 17th Feb 1979, Odeon, Hammersmith, London.
E2: 19th Feb 1979, Odeon, Hammersmith, London.
E4: 17th Feb 1979, Odeon, Hammersmith, London.

Les Paul with Di Marzio pick-ups
A2: 18th Oct 1980, Brady Theater, Tulsa, USA.
B2: 05th Dec 1980, Berkeley Community Theater, USA.
B3: 11th Dec 1980, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, USA.
C1: 17th Oct 1980, Dallas Civic Arena, Dallas, Texas, USA.
D1: 30th Oct 1980, The Palladium, NYC, New York, USA.
D3: 05th Dec 1980, Berkeley Community Theater, USA.

Acoustic Black Widow with EMG pick-ups (direct into UMRK location console)
A4 & F1.

Stratocaster with Di Marzio pick-ups
C4: (FZ suggests this was in Tokyo or Osaka, date unknown)
D3: 17th Feb 1977, Odeon, Hammersmith, London.

(F2 was performed at Paramount Studios, USA - date unknown)

A1 “Warren Cuccurullo” as Warren “Curcurullo”

[Runouts:]
The first part is stamped, the rest (from Kdisk onwards) is hand-etched.

Catalog no. ‘CBS 66368’ appears on labels and spine of the box.
Catalog no. ‘66368’ appears on the rear of the box.