Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
Frank Zappa
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Release Date: 24/09/2012
Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is a triple vinyl album featuring live material recorded by Frank Zappa between February 1977 and December 1980. The final track, "Canard du Jour", is a duet with Frank Zappa on electric bouzouki and Jean-Luc Ponty on baritone violin dating from a 1972 studio session.The album 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. There is a widely held belief that the order of the tracks "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar" and "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More" were swapped on the two disc set, however this is not true. The source of the confusion may be the back cover of the 2-CD set, which lists the two tracks as swapped. The inside booklet, however, lists the tracks in correct order, and the actual track timings and contents confirm that "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar" (5:38) is on disc 1 and "Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More" (6:53) is on disc 2.
Disc 1
1: Five-five-FIVE
2: Hog Heaven
3: Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
4: While You Were Out
5: Treacherous Cretins
6: Heavy Duty Judy
7: Soup 'N Old Clothes
Disc 2
1: Variations On the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression
2: Gee, I Like Your Pants
3: Canarsie
4: Ship Ahoy
5: The Deathless Horsie
6: Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More
7: Pink Napkins
Disc 3
1: Beat It With Your Fist
2: Return of the Son of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
3: Pinnochio's Furniture
4: Why Johnny Can't Read
5: Stucco Homes
6: Canard Du Jour