℗ 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"
[Runouts:]
The first part is stamped, the rest (from Kdisk onwards) is hand-etched.