Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar
Box set cover
Live album by Frank Zappa
Released	May 11, 1981
Recorded	July 1972; February 1976; February 1977 – December 11, 1980
Genre	Hard rock instrumental rock jazz fusion progressive rock free improvisation
Length	106:52
Label	Barking Pumpkin
Producer	Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Tinsel Town Rebellion (1981) Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981) You Are What You Is (1981)

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar is a series of three albums - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar, Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar Some More, and Return of the Son of Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar - released by American musician Frank Zappa in 1981. The albums consist solely of electric guitar instrumentals and improvised solos (mostly) played live by Zappa and featuring a wide variety of backing musicians.

The music was well received by critics, and Zappa subsequently produced additional albums focusing solely on guitar-oriented instrumental music.

The albums were initially released as individual LPs in May 1981 on Barking Pumpkin Records and sold only through mail order in the United States. The recordings were subsequently reissued as a triple album box set in 1982 and distributed by CBS Records in Europe. The complete package later appeared as a two CD set.