Sheik Yerbouti

This album was originally released on Zappa records in March 1979. It was digitally remastered for CD in 1989 for URMK. Track 1: Basic track recorded live at the Odeon Hammersmith, London / Over-dubs: lots of 'em Tracks 2, 3, 9, 12, 15, 17: Basic track recorded live at the Odeon Hammersmith, London / Over-dubs: lots Track 4: Basic track recorded at sound check Odeon Hammersmith, London / Over-dubs: lots Track 5: Basic track recorded at the Palladium, NYC / Over-dubs: feedback guitar Track 7: Live instrumental recorded at the Deutschland Halle, Berlin / Over-dubs: none Track 10: Special note: The bass part is extracted froma four track master of a performance from Goteburg, Sweden 1974 which I had Patrick O'Hearn overdub on a medium tempo guitar solo track in 4/4. The noted chosen were more or less specified during the overdub session, and so it was not completely an improvised "bass solo". A year and a half later, the bass track was peeled off the Swedish master and transferred to one track of another studio 24 track master for a slow song in 11/4. The result of this experimental re-synchronization (the same technique was used on the Zoot Allures album in "Friendly Little Finger") is the piece you are listening to. All of the sensitive, interesting interplay between the bass and drums never actually happened...also note, the guitar solo section of the song "Yo' Mama" on side four was done the same way. Track 11: Basic track recorded live at Deutschland Halle, Berlin / Over-dubs: none / Note: This selection and "Rat Tomago" were recorded on a portable four track Scully. The sound quality is not as clear as other parts of the album, but what the fuck... Tracks 13, 14: Basic track recorded live at the Odeon Hammersmith, London / Over-dubs: a few Track 16: Basic track recorded live at the Palladium, NYC / Over-dubs: lots Track 18: Basic track for vocal sections and middle of guitar solo were 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. Over-dubs: lots Track 8 is titled as "We've Got To Get Into Something Real" and track 14 is titled as "City Of Tiny Lights" in the booklet. All selections published by Munchkin Music, ASCAP © ℗ 1979, 1990 Barking Pumpkin Records. All lyrics © 1979 Munchkin Music ASCAP. ℗ 1979, 1990 Rykodisc. © 1979, 1995 The Zappa Family Trust. Reproduced under license. The green-tinted CD jewel box is a registered trademark of Rykodisc. Printed in the USA. Made in U.S.A. Similar Sonopress pressing to [r=7095410], but this version has SID codes.