Sheik Yerbouti

Sheik Yerbouti
LP & CD by Frank Zappa
Released	March 3, 1979
Recorded	October 28 to Halloween Day, 1977 in The Palladium in New York City & January 24 to 28 & February 24 to 28, 1978 in Hammersmith Odeon, London
Genre	Rock and Roll
Length	70 min 22 sec
Record label	Rykodisc Records
Producers	Frank Zappa
Professional reviews
RollingStone review	NR	link
Artistdirect review	4 stars out of 5	link
Frank Zappa Chronology
Sleep Dirt (1979)	Sheik Yerbouti (1979)	Orchestral Favorites (1979)

Sheik Yerbouti is a double vinyl live album by Frank Zappa featuring material recorded in 1977 and 1978, released on March 3, 1979 (see 1979 in music) and re-issued on May 9, 1995 (see 1995 in music). The title is play on words; Zappa appears on the cover in the headgear of an Arab sheik, and the character's title and name (an Arabic-looking nonsense word) is properly pronounced the same as the title of the 1976 disco hit "Shake Your Booty".

Track listing

All songs by Frank Zappa except "Rubber Shirt" by Bozzio/OHearn/Zappa

1. "I Have Been In You" - 3:33
2. "Flakes" - 6:41
3. "Broken Hearts Are For Assholes" - 3:42
4. "I'm So Cute" - 3:09
5. "Jones Crusher" - 2:49
6. "What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World" - 0:33
7. "Rat Tomango" - 5:15
8. "Wait A Minute" - 0:33
9. "Bobby Brown Goes Down" - 2:49
10. "Rubber Shirt" - 2:45
11. "The Sheik Yerbouti Tango" - 3:56
12. "Baby Snakes" - 1:50
13. "Tryin' To Grow A Chin" - 3:31
14. "City Of Tiny Lites" - 5:32
15. "Dancin' Fool" - 3:43
16. "Jewish Princess" - 3:16
17. "Wild Love" - 4:09
18. "Yo' Mama" - 12:36

Personnel

• Adrian Belew - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals
• Ed Mann - Percussion, Vocals
• Bob Stone - Digital Remastering
• Terry Bozzio - Drums, Vocals
• Napoleon Murphy Brock - Saxophone, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
• Joe Chiccarelli - Remixing, Overdub Engineer
• Frank Zappa - Guitar, Arranger, Composer, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer, Remixing
• Lynn Goldsmith - Photography, Cover Photo
• Peter Henderson - Engineer
• Andre Lewis - Keyboards, Vocals (bckgr)
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering Engineer
• Tommy Mars - Keyboards, Vocals
• Kerry McNabb - Engineer
• Davey Moire - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr), Engineer
• Patrick O'Hearn - Bass, Vocals
• David Ocker - Clarinet
• Randy Thornton [1] - Vocals (bckgr)
• John Williams - Art Direction
• Gail Zappa - Photography
• Amy Bernstein - Artwork, Layout Design
• Peter Wolf - Keyboards
• Barbara Isaak - Assistant
• Randy Thornton - Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)