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Frank Zappa: Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

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Label: Barking Pumpkin Records
Released: 1981.05.11
Time:
 35:31 / 34:49 / 36:12
Category: Surf Music, Doo-Wop, Garage Rock
Producer(s): Frank Zappa
Rating:
Media type: 3xCD
Web address: www.zappa.com
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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Disc 1: Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

[1] five-five-FIVE (F.Zappa) - 2:35
[2] Hog Heaven (F.Zappa) - 2:46
[3] Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (F.Zappa) - 5:35
[4] While You Were Out (F.Zappa) - 6:09
[5] Treacherous Cretins (F.Zappa) - 5:29
[6] Heavy Duty Judy (F.Zappa) - 4:39
[7] Soup 'n Old Clothes (F.Zappa) - 7:53


Disc 2: Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More

[1] Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression (F.Zappa) - 3:56
[2] Gee, I Like Your Pants (F.Zappa) - 2:32
[3] Canarsie (F.Zappa) - 6:06
[4] Ship Ahoy (F.Zappa) - 5:26
[5] The Deathless Horsie (F.Zappa) - 6:18
[6] Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More (F.Zappa) - 6:52
[7] Pink Napkins (F.Zappa) - 4:41


Disc 3: Return Of The Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

[1] Beat It With Your Fist (F.Zappa) - 1:39
[2] Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (F.Zappa) - 8:45
[3] Pinocchio's Furniture (F.Zappa) - 2:04
[4] Why Johnny Can't Read (F.Zappa) - 4:04
[5] Stucco Homes (F.Zappa) - 8:56
[6] Canard Du Jour (F.Zappa/J-L.Ponty) - 10:12

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Frank Zappa - Lead Guitar, Bouzouki on [3:6], Arrangements, Conductor, Producer

Tommy Mars - Keyboards
Patrick O'Hearn - Bass, Dialogue
Denny Walley - Rhythm Guitar
Ray White - Rhythm Guitar
Bob Harris - Keyboards
Peter Wolf - Keyboards
Ed Mann - Percussion
Ike Willis - Rhythm Guitar
Arthur Barrow - Bass
Terry Bozzio - Drums, Dialogue
Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums
Warren Cuccurullo - Rhythm Guitar, Electric Sitar
Roy Estrada - Vocals
Bob Harris - Keyboards
Andre Lewis - Keyboards
Eddie Jobson - Keyboards
Steve Vai - Rhythm Guitar
Jean-Luc Ponty - Baritone Violin on [3:6]

Joe Chiccarelli - Engineer, Mixing, Recording
Kerry McNabb - Engineer
Steve Nye - Engineer
George Douglas - Engineer
Tom Flye - Engineer
Mick Glossop - Engineer
Jo Hansch - Mastering
Bob Stone - Remixing
John Vince - Graphic Design
John Livzey - Photography
John Swenson - Liner Notes

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While most of the discussions of Frank Zappa have to do with his satirical and off-color lyrics, the fact remains that he was one of the finest and most underappreciated guitarists around. This collection places the spotlight squarely on Zappa's mastery of the guitar. Recorded for the most part in 1979 and 1980 (with a few tracks dating as far back as 1977), Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is simply a collection of guitar solos. Even though most of the tracks were just edited out of their original song context, they fare well as stand-alone pieces, as Zappa was an ever-inventive player. Take, for example, the three versions of "Shut Up." These tracks were simply the guitar solos from "Inca Roads," but thanks to Zappa's ability for "instant composition," each version has its own complete story to tell, without ever being redundant. Other highlights are the reggae-tinged "Treacherous Cretins" and the beautiful "Pink Napkins." In addition to the electric guitar mangling contained on Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, there are a couple of rare tracks that feature Zappa on acoustic guitar in a trio with Warren Cuccurullo on acoustic rhythm guitar and Vinnie Colaiuta on drums. In fact, special mention goes to Colaiuta for his polyrhythmic daring all over this album. All bandmembers play great throughout, but Colaiuta's playing is mind blowing. The album closes with another oddity: a gorgeous duet between Zappa on electric bouzouki and Jean-Luc Ponty on baritone violin. This is an album that should be heard by anyone who's into guitar playing. Highly recommended.

Sean Westergaard - All Music Guide



Guitar solos and nothing but. Meticulously culled and assembled by Zappa from live recordings made between 1979 and 1980, this three part set features some of the most dynamic and musical guitar work recorded anywhere by anyone. From the rhythmically dazzling "five-five-FIVE" to the unique lyricism of the three title tracks, Zappa proves beyond doubt that he belongs among the most elite of rock's guitar virtuosos. The remarkable interplay between Zappa and Vinnie Colaiuta--some consider this to be the drummer's best work--provides this album with some of its most memorable moments.

Andrew Boscardin - Amazon.com



Sound: This album is a beautiful collection of some of Frank Zappa's finest guitar work. Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is all instrumental, though it is interspersed with brief verbal comments between tracks. It contains some of Frank Zappa's lively guitar solos that are used as bridges between more familiar songs at live shows. These were all recorded live between 1977 and 1980. These guitar solos are both technically impressive and compositionally intelligent. From the moment I first listened to this album I was immediately taken away by the imagination, creativity, and driving energy packed into this CD. There are so many different sounds on here from a bristling heavy metal sound on the track "Hog Heaven" to milder, and more gentle songs such as "Pink Napkins". // 10

Lyrics: Like it was brought out before, there are no lyrics on this album. The only words spoken are brief verbal comments between tracks. // 9

Overall Impression: This album is outstanding. This is truly one of Frank Zappa's finest achievements. This is my all time favorite Zappa album, and there is not one thing that disappoints me about it. A few of my favorite tracks on here include Five-Five-Five, Hog Heaven, Ship Ahoy, and Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression. I would recommend this album to any guitarist looking for a CD filled with remarkable guitar work. If you are a Frank Zappa fan and you don't have this album, why not? You will not be disappointed with the collection of songs on here. If this album were stolen I would replace as soon as I possibly can, because it is an important part of my CD collection. //10

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Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, a project consisting of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More and Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, is a series of albums by Frank Zappa. Released separately in May 1981 on Barking Pumpkin Records, it was subsequently reissued as a triple album box set in 1982. As the title implies, the album consists solely of instrumentals and improvised solos, largely performed on electric guitar. The album series was conceived after Zappa shelved a proposed live album, Warts and All, and two tracks intended for that album appear on this series. The individual Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar albums and box set have been well received by critics, and Zappa subsequently produced two more albums focusing solely on guitar-oriented music: Guitar (1988) and Trance-Fusion (posthumously released in 2006).

After the release of Joe's Garage, Frank Zappa set up his home studio, the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, and planned to release a triple LP live album called Warts and All. As Warts and All reached completion, Zappa found the project to be "unwieldy" due to its length. Zappa later conceived the Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar series, which contained two tracks originally prepared for Warts and All.

The album was well received by critics. Reviewing the album's double CD incarnation for AllMusic, Sean Westergaard wrote, "Frank Zappa [...] was one of the finest and most underappreciated guitarists around. [...] This is an album that should be heard by anyone who's into guitar playing." Another writer for the website, Lindsay Planer, similarly appraised the individual releases Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More and Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, writing of Some More, "it is certainly a wonderful place for interested parties to commence their discovery of the (dare say) many moods Zappa imbued in carefully constructed yet thoroughly improvised compositions such as the seven found here." In regard to Return of the Son, Planer wrote that Zappa "saved some of his best offerings [...] Zappa pours his expansive ideas onto the soundscape with a certainty and purpose that is simply unmatched in terms of passion and inspiration."

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