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Frank Zappa - Cucamonga CD

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CUCAMONGA is a collection of Frank Zappa recordings from the pre-Mothers Of Invention days of the early '60s.

Equally enamored of Hubert Sumlin and Edgard Varese, Frank Zappa's musical experimentation in the early '60s was a springboard for his more ambitious latter work. Collaborating with fellow technical iconoclast Paul Buff, Zappa produced and played much of this material at Buff's Pal Recording Studio. At the time, Zappa signed to Bob Keane's Del-Fi Records for a series of singles released under different pseudonyms and with different musicians.

Zappa's writing ranged from straightforward doo-wop (The Heartbreakers' "Everytime I See You" and "Cradle Rock") to novelty songs (the Bobby "Boris" Pickett-flavored shenanigans of Bob Guy's "Dear Jeepers" and "Letter From Jeepers"). Despite the straightforward nature of many of these compositions, Zappa still injected left-field nuances; mixing crashing waves into the Rotations' surf instrumental "Heavies" and inserting a croaking frog and a disembodied whiny voice into the greasy R&B of Baby Ray & the Ferns' "How's Your Bird" (named for an expression used by talk show host/comedian Steve Allen, on whose show a young Zappa appeared playing a bicycle).

Includes liner notes by Bryan Thomas.

Personnel includes: Frank Zappa (various instruments); Ray Collins, Bob Guy (vocals); The Heartbreakers, Paul Buff, Baby Ray & The Ferns, The Pauls, The Rotations, Mr. Clean.

Producers: Frank Zappa, Paul Buff.

Reissue producer: Gary Tanenbaum.

Personnel: Frank Zappa (vocals, guitar); Cleveland Duncan, Ray Collins, Bob Guy (vocals); Paul Buff (guitar); Mike Dineri (saxophone).

Illustrator: Dennis Loren.Mojo (Publisher) (p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[G]ritty R&B, doo wop, drag race anthems and novelty songs..."

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Category Rock/Pop Albums, Experimental Rock CDs, Rock
Label Del-Fi Records, Inc.
Orig Year 1998
All Time Product Rank 94,702
CD Universe Part number 6759734
Discs 1
Release Date Sep 14, 2004
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Personnel Frank Zappa - various instruments
Cleveland Duncan
Mike Dineri - saxophone
Ray Collins

Also: Baby Ray & The Ferns, Bob Guy, Paul Buff, The Pauls, The Rotations, Heartbreakers, Mr. Clean
Frank Zappa - Cucamonga Songs


Frank Zappa - Cucamonga Album Track Listing



Click to hear an MP3 sound sampleTrkSong
1Dear Jeepers See All 3
2Memories of El Monte
3How's Your Bird? See All 3 Frank Zappa HOWS YOUR BIRD Lyrics
4World's Greatest Sinner See All 2 Frank Zappa WORLDS GREATEST SINNER Lyrics
5Every Time I See You
6Cradle Rock See All 3 Frank Zappa CRADLE ROCK Lyrics
7Slow Bird See All 2
8Blind Man's Buff
9Tijuana Surf
10Grunion Run
11Mr. Clean See All 2
12Jessie Lee
13Cathy My Angel See All 2
14'Til September See All 2
15Heavies
16Cruncher
17Letter from Jeepers See All 2
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Average Rating: (2.5 out of 5 stars) 2.5 stars

1 star Zap out of here....
This is bull, nothing relates to what you believe/think Zappa stands for. Forget it, unless your are a hopeless freak of Zappa like me.
Submitted by pierre.schwartz (Denmark) Verified Buyer
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4 stars well I like it..
i have about 40 FZ cd's this one is one of my favs if you are like me and like zappa's early 60's work (and maybe a lil greasy doo wop on the side) you'll like this cd
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