Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar is a 3-CD boxed set (originally distributed by mail order as 3 separate LPs, and eventually as a 3-LP boxed set). The title says it all: all playin', no singin', no talkin', no 'yellow snow'. Originally released in 1981, Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar contains performances recorded between 1977 and 1990. As John Swenson puts it in the liner notes, "These instrumental passages (they're not simply solos; all have beautiful performances from the backing group as well) are used as bridges at Zappa's concerts between more familiar songs and are thus directly related to records like "Tinseltown Rebellion". Anyone who's appreciated the beauty of Zappa's playing and his prolific melodic construction will delight in this material. Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar is really just the tip of the iceberg."
| 1 | Five-Five-FIVE Instrumental Guitar | 2:36 |
| 2 | Hog Heaven Instrumental Guitar | 2:50 |
| 3 | Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Instrumental Guitar | 5:38 |
| 4 | While You Were Out Instrumental Guitar | 6:00 |
| 5 | Treacherous Cretins Instrumental Guitar | 5:35 |
| 6 | Heavy Duty Judy Instrumental Guitar | 4:42 |
| 7 | Soup 'N Old Clothes Instrumental Guitar | 7:53 |
| 8 | Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression Instrumental Guitar | 3:58 |
| 9 | Gee, I Like Your Pants Instrumental Guitar | 2:35 |
| 10 | Canarsie Instrumental Guitar | 6:06 |
| 11 | Ship Ahoy Instrumental Guitar | 5:20 |
| 12 | The Deathless Horsie Instrumental Guitar | 6:20 |
| 13 | Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More Instrumental Guitar | 6:54 |
| 14 | Pink Napkins Instrumental Guitar | 4:39 |
| 15 | Beat It With Your Fist Instrumental Guitar | 1:58 |
| 16 | Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Instrumental Guitar | 8:31 |
| 17 | Pinocchio's Furniture Instrumental Guitar | 2:05 |
| 18 | Why Johnny Can't Read Instrumental Guitar | 4:16 |
| 19 | Stucco Homes Instrumental Guitar | 9:08 |
| 20 | Canard Du Jour Instrumental Guitar | 9:57 |
