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Frank Zappa
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar

Album US 1981 on CBS label
Jazz and Rock (Jazz-Rock, Hard Rock, Avant-garde, Prog Rock)

Catalog Numbers listed on the back of the three printed inner sleeve:86368-1/2, 86368-3/4, 86368-5/6. ℗ 1981 Barking Pumpkin Records © 1981 Barking Pumpkin Records / CBS 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"

Musicians

	Frank Zappa voc, g, 1940-1993 US lead guitar, producer, composed by, arranged by, conductor, album by, bouzouki
	Arthur Barrow g, b, voc, *1952 US bass
	Patrick O'Hearn syn, b, *1954 US bass
	Roy Estrada b, voc, eb, *1943 US bass
	Terry Bozzio dr, perc, *1950 US drums
	Vinnie Colaiuta dr, *1956 US drums
	Andre Lewis org, 1948-2012 US keyboards
	Bob Harris voc, key, keyboards
	Eddie Jobson key, vn, *1955 GB keyboards
	Peter Wolf key, *1952 US keyboards
	Tommy Mars key, *1951 US keyboards
	Jo Hansch , AU lacquer cut by
	Ed Mann perc, *1954 US percussion
	Denny Walley s-g, voc, g, *1940 rhythm guitar
	Ike Willis voc, g, *1955 US rhythm guitar
	Ray White g, US rhythm guitar
	Steve Vai g, *1960 US rhythm guitar
	Warren Cuccurullo g, voc, *1956 US rhythm guitar
	Jean-Luc Ponty vn, *1942 FR violin, baritone violin

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