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SHEIK YERBOUTI

Studio Album, released in 1979

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. I Have Been in You [Live *] (3:33)
2. Flakes [Live *] (6:41)
3. Broken Hearts Are for Assholes [Live *] (3:42)
4. I'm So Cute [Live - soundcheck *] (3:09)
5. Jones Crusher [Live $] (2:49)
6. What Ever Happened to All the Fun in the World (0:33)
7. Rat Tomago [Live %] (5:15)
8. Wait a Minute (0:33)
9. Bobby Brown Goes Down [Live *] (2:49)
10. Rubber Shirt (2:45)
11. The Sheik Yerbouti Tango [Live %] (3:56)
12. Baby Snakes [Live *] (1:50)
13. Tryin' to Grow a Chin [Live *] (3:31)
14. City of Tiny Lites [Live *] (5:32)
15. Dancin' Fool [Live *] (3:43)
16. Jewish Princess [Live $] (3:16)
17. Wild Love [Live *] (4:09)
18. Yo' Mama [Live *] (12:36)

* Recorded at the Odeon Hammersmith, London , January 1978
$ Recorded at the Palladium, NYC , October 1977
% Recorded Live at the Deutschland Halle, Berlin , February 1978

Total Time 70:22

Line-up / Musicians

- Frank Zappa / lead guitar, lead vocals (1-3,9,12,15-18), arranger & producer

With:
- Adrian Belew / rhythm guitar, lead vocals (2,5,14)
- Tommy Mars / keyboards, backing vocals (17)
- Peter Wolf / keyboards
- Patrick O'Hearn / bass, lead (3,10) & backing (6,8) vocals
- Terry Bozzio / drums, lead (3,4,10,13) & backing (6,8,17) vocals
- Ed Mann / percussion, backing vocals
- David Ocker / clarinet (17)
- Napoleon Murphy Brock / backing vocals (17)
- Randy Thornton / backing vocals (17)
- Davey Moire / backing vocals (6,8), engineer
- Andre Lewis / backing vocals

Releases information

Recordings from 1977-78 mostly Live (while heavily overdubbed) with some studio material

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