Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar

Tracklist

• 1
  Five‐Five‐Five
  2:36
• 2
  Hog Heaven
  2:48
  2.0 ★
• 3
  Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar
  5:38
  2.0 ★
• 4
  While You Were Out
  6:03
  2.0 ★
• 5
  Treacherous Cretins
  5:34
• 6
  Heavy Duty Judy
  4:38
• 7
  Soup ’n Old Clothes
  7:56
• 8
  Variations on the Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression
  3:58
• 9
  Gee, I Like Your Pants
  2:31
• 10
  Canarsie
  6:08
• 11
  Ship Ahoy
  5:22
• 12
  The Deathless Horsie
  6:21
• 13
  Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar Some More
  6:53
• 14
  Pink Napkins
  4:38
• 15
  Beat It With Your Fist
  1:58
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Return of the Son of Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar
  8:30
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Pinocchio’s Furniture
  2:05
• 18
  Why Johnny Can’t Read
  4:35
• 19
  Stucco Homes
  9:08
• 20
  Canard du jour
  9:59

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Release credits

• Alan Perkins
  engineer [14]
• Arthur Barrow
  bass guitar [1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 12-13, 15-18]
• Bob Harris
  keyboard [2, 6, 8]
• Bob Harris
  keyboard [15, 17]
• Denny Walley
  guitar [1, 3, 5, 9, 12-13, 16, 18]
• Ed Mann
  percussion [1, 3, 5, 9, 12-13, 16, 18]
• Eddie Jobson
  keyboard [14]
• Frank Zappa
  bouzouki [20], guitar [1-6, 8-10, 12-19], producer [1-6, 8-9, 12-20]
• George Douglas
  engineer [2, 8, 15]
• Ike Willis
  guitar [1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 12-13, 15-18]
• Jean‐Luc Ponty
  violin [20]
• Joe Chiccarelli
  engineer [10]
• Kerry McNabb
  engineer [20]
• Mick Glossop
  engineer [1, 3, 5, 9-10, 12-13, 16, 18]
• Patrick O’Hearn
  bass guitar [10, 14]
• Peter Wolf
  keyboard [1, 3, 5, 9, 12-13, 16, 18]
• Ray White
  guitar [2, 6, 8, 14-15, 17]
• Steve Nye
  engineer [4, 19]
• Steve Vai
  guitar [2, 6, 8, 15, 17]
• Terry Bozzio
  drums (drum set) [14]
• Tommy Fly
  engineer [6, 17]
• Tommy Mars
  keyboard [1-3, 5-6, 8-9, 12-13, 15-18]
• Vinnie Colaiuta
  drums (drum set) [1-6, 8-10, 12-13, 15-19]
• Warren Cuccurullo
  electric sitar [5, 10], guitar [1, 3-4, 9, 12-13, 16, 18-19]
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Issues

• 

  S
  Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar

  3x 12" Vinyl
  1981
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  S
  Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar

  3x 12" Vinyl
  May 1982
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  S
  Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar

  2x CD
  September 1986
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  S
  Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

  2x CD
  1986
• 

  S
  Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar

  2x CD (made in Japan on back cover and discs)
  1986
• 

  S
  Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

  2x CD
  1987
• S
  Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

  2x CD
  1990
• 

  S
  Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

  2x CD
  1990
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  S
  Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

  3x CD
  30 May 1995
• S
  Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

  3x CD
  1995
• S
  Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

  3x CD
  29 May 2002
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  S
  Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

  2x CD
  25 September 2012
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  S
  Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar

  Digital Media (24bit – 192kHz)
  7 May 2021