Sheik Yerbouti - Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa – Sheik Yerbouti

Label:  CBS – 88339, CBS – CBS 88339

Format:  2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue

Country:  UK

Released:  1979

Genre:  Rock

Style:  Art Rock, Avantgarde, Parody, Prog Rock

A1. I Have Been In You   3:33

Lead Vocals – Frank Zappa

A2. Flakes   6:41

Lead Vocals – Adrian Belew, Frank Zappa

A3. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes   3:46

Lead Vocals – Frank Zappa, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio

A4. I'm So Cute   4:20

Lead Vocals – Terry Bozzio

B1. Jones Crusher   2:49

Lead Vocals – Adrian Belew

B2. What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World   0:33

Vocals – Davey Moire, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio

B3. Rat Tomago   5:15

B4. We Gotta Get Into Something Real   0:32

Vocals – Davey Moire, Patrick O'Hearn, Terry Bozzio

B5. Bobby Brown   2:43

Lead Vocals – Frank Zappa

B6. Rubber Shirt   2:58

Composed By, Bass Guitar [Solo, Medium Tempo] – Patrick O'Hearn

Composed By, Drums – Terry Bozzio

B7. The Sheik Yerbouti Tango   2:44

C1. Baby Snakes   1:50

Lead Vocals – Frank Zappa

C2. Tryin' To Grow A Chin   3:32

Lead Vocals – Terry Bozzio

C3. City Of Tiny Lites   5:30

Lead Vocals – Adrian Belew

C4. Dancin' Fool   3:43

Lead Vocals – Frank Zappa

C5. Jewish Princess   3:16

Lead Vocals – Frank Zappa

D1. Wild Love   4:10

Clarinet [Clarinets] – David Ocker

Vocals – Frank Zappa, Napoleon M. Brock, Randy Thornton, Terry Bozzio, Tommy Mars

D2. Yo' Mama   12:38

Lead Vocals – Frank Zappa

Recorded At – Hammersmith Odeon

Recorded At – Deutschlandhalle

Recorded At – The Palladium, NYC

Mastered At – Masterdisk

Lacquer Cut At – Masterdisk

Printed By – Shorewood Packaging

Art Direction – John Williams

Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Andre Lewis, Davey Moire, Napoleon M. Brock, Randy Thornton

Bass Guitar – Patrick O'Hearn

Composed By – Frank Zappa

Drums – Terry Bozzio

Engineer [Basic Tracks] – Claus Wiedemann, Davey Moire, Kerry McNab, Peter Henderson

Engineer [Overdub] – Joe Chicarelli

Keyboards – Peter Wolf, Tommy Mars

Lead Guitar, Producer, Mixed By, Composed By – Frank Zappa

Management – Glotzer Management

Mastered By [Master Disc] – Bob Ludwig

Percussion, Vocals – Ed Mann

Photography By [Inner Spread] – Gail Zappa

Photography By, Cover – Lynn Goldsmith

Remix [Assistant Engineer] – Barbara Issak

Remix [Engineer] – Frank Zappa, Joe Chicarelli

Rhythm Guitar – Adrian Belew

.Discs are numbered sequentially: 1 & 2 (S CBS 83551) and 3 & 4 (S CBS 83559)

.Contained in semi-matt printed red liner wallets with lyrics & credits

Gatefold sleeve

.Back cover, bottom right, has CBS Ganton St., London address and Shorepak England imprint

:On the inner sleeves the following information appears

.A1, A2, A3: Recorded live at the Odeon Hammersmith, London

.A4: Recorded at sound check Odeon Hammersmith, London

.B3: Live instrumental recorded at the Deutschland Halle, Berlin

.B7: Basic track recorded live at the Deutschland Halle, Berlin

.C1, C2, C3, C4, D1: Basic track recorded live at the Odeon Hammersmith, London

.C5: Basic track recorded live at the Palladium, NYC

D2: Basic track for vocal section and middle of guitar solo recorded live at the Odeon Hammersmith, London; guitar solo is from a four track recording made in some little town outside of Nurnberg that I can't remember the name of

B6 has extensive mixing and "experimental re-synchronization" work by Zappa (Also guitar work on D2)

B4: Titled "We Gotta Get Into Something Real" on label and "We've Got To Get Into Something Real" on inner sleeve and sleeve

Made in England

Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout): S-CBS-88339-A-2

Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout): 83551-A-2

Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout): S-CBS-88339-B-2

Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout): 83551-B 2

Matrix / Runout (C-Side Runout): S-CBS-88339-C-1

Matrix / Runout (C-Side Runout): 83559-A-1

-Matrix / Runout (D-Side Runout): S-CBS-88339-D1

Matrix / Runout (D-Side Runout): 83559-B-1

Matrix / Runout (A-, B-, C-, & D-Sides Runout): MASTERDISK

Matrix / Runout (A-, B-, C-, & D-Sides Runout): RL

Label Code (Labels and Sleeve): LC0149

Other (Cat # LP1): S 83551

Other (Cat # LP2): S 83559