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Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar is a 3-CD boxed set (originally distributed by mail order as 3 separate LPs, and eventually as a 3-LP boxed set). The title says it all: all playin', no singin', no talkin', no 'yellow snow'. Originally released in 1981, Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar contains performances recorded between 1977 and 1990. As John Swenson puts it in the liner notes, "These instrumental passages (they're not simply solos; all have beautiful performances from the backing group as well) are used as bridges at Zappa's concerts between more familiar songs and are thus directly related to records like "Tinseltown Rebellion". Anyone who's appreciated the beauty of Zappa's playing and his prolific melodic construction will delight in this material. Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar is really just the tip of the iceberg."
Tracks — all instrumental
| 1 | Five-Five-FIVE | 2:36 |
| 2 | Hog Heaven | 2:50 |
| 3 | Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar | 5:38 |
| 4 | While You Were Out | 6:00 |
| 5 | Treacherous Cretins | 5:35 |
| 6 | Heavy Duty Judy | 4:42 |
| 7 | Soup 'N Old Clothes | 7:53 |
| 8 | Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression | 3:58 |
| 9 | Gee, I Like Your Pants | 2:35 |
| 10 | Canarsie | 6:06 |
| 11 | Ship Ahoy | 5:20 |
| 12 | The Deathless Horsie | 6:20 |
| 13 | Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More | 6:54 |
| 14 | Pink Napkins | 4:39 |
| 15 | Beat It With Your Fist | 1:58 |
| 16 | Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar | 8:31 |
| 17 | Pinocchio's Furniture | 2:05 |
| 18 | Why Johnny Can't Read | 4:16 |
| 19 | Stucco Homes | 9:08 |
| 20 | Canard Du Jour | 9:57 |
