Frank Zappa’s ‘Sheik Yerbouti’ Remastered and Reissued for 2-LP, 180-Gram Vinyl

Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
Frank Zappa – Sheik Yerbouti
Frank Zappa’s iconic 1979 double album, Sheik Yerbouti, will be available newly remastered from the original analog masters. The vinyl format reissue will be released on December 11 by Zappa Records/UMe. The 2-LP, 180-gram vinyl features replicated original artwork.

Sheik Yerbouti was Frank Zappa’s first release on his own Zappa Records label. Its 18 tracks include the European smash hit “Bobby Brown,” the disco-inspired “Dancin’ Fool,” and the Peter Frampton-inspired “I Have Been In You.” Zappa produced the album from several 1977 and 1978 concerts recorded in the United States, the U.K., Germany, and Sweden with some studio elements.

Sheik Yerbouti was one of the most popular albums of Frank Zappa’s vast recorded catalog.

Frank Zappa: Sheik Yerbouti [2-LP vinyl]

Side One
1. I Have Been In You
2. Flakes
3. Broken Hearts Are for Assholes
4. I’m So Cute

Side Two
5. Jones Crusher
6. What Ever Happened to All the Fun in the World
7. Rat Tomago
8. We’ve Got to Get into Something Real
9. Bobby Brown
10. Rubber Shirt
11. The Sheik Yerbouti Tango

Side Three
12. Baby Snakes
13. Tryin’ to Grow a Chin
14. City of Tiny Lites
15. Dancin’ Fool
16. Jewish Princess

Side Four
17. Wild Love
18. Yo’ Mama

Buy Sheik Yerbouti (vinyl) and Sheik Yerbouti (CD) in North America

Buy Sheik Yerbouti in Europe (vinyl)

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