Frank Zappa – Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar

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Label:	CBS – S3BP 220505
Format:	3 x Vinyl , LP, Album Box Set
Country:	Australia
Released:	1981
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Prog Rock

Tracklist

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

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Barking Pumpkin Records
Copyright © – Barking Pumpkin Records
Published By – Munchkin Music
Lacquer Cut At – K Disc Mastering
Pressed By – CBS Records, Artarmon – MX200546
Pressed By – CBS Records, Artarmon – MX200547
Pressed By – CBS Records, Artarmon – MX200548
Pressed By – CBS Records, Artarmon – MX200549
Pressed By – CBS Records, Artarmon – MX200550
Pressed By – CBS Records, Artarmon – MX200551

Credits

Design [Box Graphics] – John Vince
Lacquer Cut By – JH*
Management – Glotzer Management
Mastered By [Kdisc] – Jo Hansch
Photography [Cover] – John Livzey
Producer, Composed By, Arranged By, Conductor – Frank Zappa
Remix, Engineer – Bob Stone

Notes

Instrumentals, recorded between 1977 and 1980. Originally distributed by mail-order* as 3 separate LPs.

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)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 A-side run-out stamped): MX200546 SBP237710-1
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 A-side run-out hand-etched): Kdisk ƒ Side 1.
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 B-side run-out stamped): MX200547 SBP237710-2
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 B-side run-out hand-etched): Kdisk ƒ Side 2.
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 A-side label): S3BP 220505 / SBP237710
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1 B-side label): S3BP 220505 / SBP237710
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 A-side run-out stamped): MX200548 SBP237711-3
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 A-side run-out hand-etched): Kdisk ƒ Side 3.
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 B-side run-out stamped): MX200549 SBP237711-4
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 B-side run-out hand-etched): Kdisk ƒ Side 4.
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 A-side label): S3BP 220505 / SBP237711
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2 B-side label): S3BP 220505 / SBP237711
Matrix / Runout (Disc 3 A-side run-out stamped): MX200550 SBP237712-5
Matrix / Runout (Disc 3 A-side run-out hand-etched): Kdisk ƒ Side 5.
Matrix / Runout (Disc 3 B-side run-out stamped [F has been over-stamped]): MX200551 SBP237712-6
Matrix / Runout (Disc 3 B-side run-out hand-etched): Kdisk ƒ Side 6.
Matrix / Runout (Disc 3 A-side label): S3BP 220505 / SBP237712
Matrix / Runout (Disc 3 B-side label): S3BP 220505 / SBP237712

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (3×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo, Box Set, )	CBS	CBS 66368, 66368	Europe	1981
Recently Edited	Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More (LP, Album)	Barking Pumpkin Records	BPR-1112	US	1981
Recently Edited	Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (LP, Album)	Barking Pumpkin Records	BPR-1111	US	1981
Recently Edited	Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (LP, Album)	Barking Pumpkin Records	BPR-1113, BPR 1113	US	1981
New Submission	Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (3×Cassette, Album, Box Set, )	Barking Pumpkin Records	WTX 38289	US	1981