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Cruising With Ruben & The Jets Original 1968 Vinyl Stereo Mix:
- Cheap Thrills (2:23)
- Love Of My Life (3:10)
- How Could I Be Such A Fool (3:35)
- Deseri (2:07)
- I’m Not Satisfied (4:03)
- Jelly Roll Gum Drop (2:20)
- Anything (3:04)
- Later That Night (3:06)
- You Didn’t Try To Call Me (3:57)
- Fountain Of Love (3:01)
- “No. No. No.” (2:29)
- Anyway The Wind Blows (2:58)
- Stuff Up The Cracks (4:35)
Bonus tracks
- Jelly Roll Gum Drop (2:18) – alternate mono mix
- “No. No. No.” (3:06) – long version
- Stuff Up The Cracks (6:05) – alternate mix
- “Serious Fan Mail” (5:11) – segment from FZ’s 2/21/69 lecture
- Valerie [sic] (3:03) – mono mix, out-take from the We’re Only In It For The Money sessions
- Jelly Roll Gum Drop (2:24) – single version
- “Secret Greasing” (3:36) – FZ on KPPC, Pasadena, 11/27/68
- Love Of My Life (2:06) – Cucamonga recording circa 1962-1964
See also Zappa Wiki Jawaka’s entry.
Released January 2009
Disc One
Lumpy Gravy (Primordial) – FZ’s Original Orchestral Edit for Capitol Records
- I Sink Trap (2:45)
- II Gum Joy (3:44)
- III Up & Down (1:52)
- IV Local Butcher (2:36)
- V Gypsy Airs (1:41)
- VI Hunchy Punchy (2:06)
- VII Foamy Soaky (2:34)
- VIII Let’s Eat Out (1:49)
- IX Teen-Age Grand Finale (3:30)
We’re Only In It For The Money – 1968 Original Mono Mix
- Are You Hung Up? (1:26)
- Who Needs The Peace Corps? (2:32)
- Concentration Moon (2:22)
- Mom & Dad (2:16)
- Telephone Conversation (0:49)
- Bow Tie Daddy (0:33)
- Harry, You’re A Beast (1:21)
- What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (1:02)
- Absolutely Free (3:26)
- Flower Punk (3:03)
- Hot Poop (0:26)
- Nasal Retentive Calliope Music (2:03)
- Let’s Make The Water Turn Black (1:58)
- The Idiot Bastard Son (3:22)
- Lonely Little Girl (1:10)
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (1:34)
- What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) (:58)
- Mother People (2:31)
- The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (6:23)
Disc Two
Lumpy Gravy – 1984 UMRK Remix
- Lumpy Gravy – Part One (15:57)
- Lumpy Gravy – Part Two (17:15)
We’re Only In It For The Money – 1984 UMRK Remix (Version 2)
- Are You Hung Up? (1:30)
- Who Needs The Peace Corps? (2:35)
- Concentration Moon (2:17)
- Mom & Dad (2:16)
- Telephone Conversation (0:49)
- Bow Tie Daddy (0:33)
- Harry, You’re A Beast (1:22)
- What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (1:03)
- Absolutely Free (3:28)
- Flower Punk (3:04)
- Hot Poop (0:29)
- Nasal Retentive Calliope Music (2:03)
- Let’s Make The Water Turn Black (1:45)
- The Idiot Bastard Son (3:17)
- Lonely Little Girl (1:12)
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (1:35)
- What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) (0:57)
- Mother People (2:31)
- The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (6:26)
Disc Three
- How Did That Get In Here? (25:01)
Recorded on Sunday, 13 February 1967 at Capitol (Original multi-track masters are currently not in evidence.) This is an FZ construction. Small excerpts from this material appear in FZ’s Masterwork, Lumpy Gravy. Source: 1/4″ stereo mixdown.
- Lumpy Gravy “Shuffle” (0:30)
Recorded 21 February 1969 at The New School, NYC, during FZ Lecture/Q&A.
- Dense Slight 1:42
Lumpy Gravy Building Block by FZ.
- Unit 3A, Take 3 (2:24)
- Unit 2, Take 9 (1:10)
- Section 8, Take 22 (2:39)
Tracks 4-6 recorded for Lumpy Gravy 14 March 1967 at Capitol. Mixed from the original 4-Tracks by Joe Travers, UMRK, 2008.
- “My Favorite Album” (0:59)
Interview excerpt, 22 October 1971, KBEY- FM, Kansas City.
- Unit 9 (0:41)
In Lumpy Gravy, this piece is VSO-controlled by FZ. Recorded at Capitol Records.
- N. Double A, AA (0:55)
Lumpy Gravy Building Block by FZ.
- Theme From Lumpy Gravy (1:56)
Note: In Lumpy Gravy this piece is VSO-controlled by FZ. Recorded & mixed by FZ at Studio Z, Cucamonga.
- “What The Fuck’s Wrong With Her?” (1:07)
West Village Apt. NYC, working on Lumpy Gravy, late 1967.
- Intelligent Design (1:11)
Alternate FZ building block of the Gary-Kellgren-whispering/JCB-dialog. Note: Includes the famously censored line infamously deleted by MGM from the Masterwork. Recorded at Mayfair.
- Lonely Little Girl (Original Composition
Take 24) (3:35)
From the original 8-Track Masters recorded at Mayfair. Mixed by Joe Travers at UMRK 2008.
- “That Problem With Absolutely Free” (0:30)
Interview, Mixed Media, Detroit, 13 November 1967.
- Absolutely Free (Instrumental) (3:59)
- Harry, You’re A Beast (Instrumental) (1:16)
- What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise/Instrumental) (2:01)
- Creationism (1:11)
Recorded during the “Money” sessions, Mayfair, 6 September 1967.
- Idiot Bastard Snoop (0:47)
Mayfair Studios 1967, Vocal Overdub session snippet as-is.
- The Idiot Bastard Son (Instrumental) (2:48)
- “What’s Happening Of The Universe” (1:37)
Interview with David Silver, Boston, 1969.
- “The World Will Be A Far Happier Place” (0:21)
Recorded at Mayfair.
- Lonely Little Girl (Instrumental) (1:26)
- Mom & Dad (Instrumental) (2:16)
- Who Needs The Peace Corps? (Instrumental) (2:51)
- “Really Little Voice” (2:28)
Recorded during the Money sessions, Mayfair Studios 1967.
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (Instrumental) (1:24)
- Lonely Little Girl
The Single (2:45)
- “In Conclusion” (0:25)
Recorded at Mayfair.
Released: December 1969
Tracklist
- WPLJ
- Igor’s Boogie, Phase One
- Ouverture to a Holiday In Berlin
- Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich
- Igor’s Boogie, Phase Two
- Holiday In Berlin, Full-Blown
- Aybe Sea
- The Little House I Used To Live In
- Valarie
Line-up
(sleeve notes are not very clear) Frank Zappa, Ian Underwood (piano), Sugar Cane Harris (violin solo), Don Preston (piano)
Released: October 15 1969
Tracklist
- Peaches En Regalia
- Willie the Pimp
- Son Of Mr. Green Genes
- Little Umbrellas
- The Gumbo Variations
- It Must Be A Camel
Line-up
Captain Beefheart (vocals), Sugar Cane Harris (violin), Jean-Luc Ponty (violin), John Guerin (drums), Paul Humphrey (drums), Ron Selico (drums), Max Bennett (bass), Shuggy Otis (bass), Ian Underwood (keyboards, clarinets, saxes) and of course FZ (guitar, ocave base, percussion)
Released: March 1969
Tracklist
- Main Title Theme
- The Voice Of Cheese
- 9 Types Of Industrial Pollution
- Zolar Czakl
- Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague
- The Legend Of The Golden Arches
- Louie Louie (live at Royal Albert Hall)
- The Dog Breath Variations
- Sleeping In A Jar
- Our Bizarre Relationship
- The Uncle Meat Variations
- Electric Aunt Jemima
- Prelude To King Kong
- God Bless America
- A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
- Ian Underwood Whips It Out
- Mr. Green Genes
- We Can Shoot You
- If We’d All Been Living In California…
- The Air
- Project X
- Cruising For Burgers
- Uncle Meat Film Excerpts I & II
- Tengo Na Minchia Tanta
- King Kong Itself
- King Kong II
- King Kong III
- King Kong IV
- King Kong V
- King Kong VI
Line-up
Frank Zappa (guitar, low grade vocals, percussion), Ray Collins (swell vocals), Jimmy Carl Black (drums, droll humor, poverty), Roy Estrada (electric bass, chesseburgers, Pachuco falsetto), Don (Dom De Wild) Preston (electric piano, tarot cards, brown rice), Billy (The Oozer) (Mundi drums), Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner (piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon), Ian Underwood (electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, special assistance, copyist, industrial relations & teen appeal), Artie (With the Green Mustache) (Tripp drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes, cheerful outlook & specific enquiries), Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood (pop star, frenetic tenor sax stylings, tambourine, choreography, obstinance & equipment setter-upper when he’s not hustling local groupies)
Released: November 1968
Tracklist
- Cheap Thrills
- Love Of My Life
- How Could I Be Such A Fool
- Deseri
- I’m Not Satisfied
- Jerry Roll Gum Drop
- Anything
- Later That Night
- You Didn’t Try To Call Me
- Fountain Of Love
- “No. No. No.”
- Anyway The Wind Blows
- Stuff Up The Cracks
Line-up
Frank Zappa (low grumbles, oo-wah and lead guitar), Ray Collins (lead vocals), Roy Estrada (high weazlings, dwaedy-doop & electric bass), Jimmy Carl Black and/or Arthur Dyer Tripp III (lewd pulsating rhythm), Ian Underwood or Don Preston (redundant piano triplets), Motorhead Sherwood (baritone sax & tambourine), Bunk Gardner & Ian Underwood (tenor & alto sax) + Jay Anderson (1984 mix new string bass tracks), Arthur Barrow (1984 mix new bass tracks), Chad Wackerman (1984 mix new drum tracks)
Released: September 1968
Tracklist
- Are You Hung Up?
- Who Needs The Peace Corps?
- Concentration Moon
- Mom & Dad
- Telephone Conversation
- Bow Tie Daddy
- Harry You’re A Beast
- What’s the Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
- Absolutely Free
- Flower Punk
- Hot Poop
- Nasal Retentive Calliope Music
- Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
- The Idiot Bastard Son
- Lonely Little Girl
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
- What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (reprise)
- Mother People
- The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny
Line-up
Frank Zappa, Billy Mundi, Bunk Gardner, Roy Estrada, Don Preston, Jimmy Carl Black, Ian Underwood, Jim Sherwood, Suzy Creamcheese
Released: December 1967
Tracklist
- The Way I See It, Barry
- Duodenum
- Oh No
- Bit Of Nostalgia
- It’s From Kansas
- Bored Out 90 Over
- Almost Chinese
- Switching Girls
- Oh No Again
- At The Gas Station
- Another Pickup
- I Don’t Know If I Can Go Through This Again
- Very Distraughtening
- White Ugliness
- Amen
- Just One More Time
- A Vicious Circle
- King Kong
- Drums Are Too Noisy
- Kangaroos
- Envelops The Bath Tub
- Take Your Clothes Off
Line-up
Paul Smith, Mike Lang, Lincoln Mayorga, Pete Jolly (keyboards of all sorts), Emil Richards, Gene Estes, Alan Estes, Victor Feldman (percussional insanity), Ted Nash, Jules Jacob, John Rotella, Bunk Gardner, Don Christlieb, Gene Cipriano (woodwinds), Arthur Maebe, Vincent De Rosa, Richard Parisi, Jimmy Zito, Kenneth Shroyer (french horns, trumpet, trombones), Jim Haynes, Tommy Tedesco, Tony Rizzi, Al Viola, Dennis Budimer (guitars) Bob West, John Balkin, Jimmy Bond, Lyle Ritts, Chuck Berghofer (bass) and an incredibly big truckload of violinists.
Released: April 1967
Tracklist
- Plastic People
- The Duke Of Prunes
- Amnesia Vivace
- The Duke Regains His Chops
- Call Any Vegetable
- Invocation & Ritual Dance Of the Young Pumpkin
- Soft-Sell Conclusion
- Big Leg Emma
- Why Don’tcha Do Me Right
- America Drinks
- Status Back Baby
- Uncle Bernie’s Farm
- Son Of Suzie Creamcheeze
- Brown Shoes Don’t Make It
- America Drinks & Goes Home
Line-up
Frank Zappa, Ray Collins, Jim Black, Roy Estrada, Billy Mundi, Don Preston, Bunk Gardner, Jim Sherwood
Released: July 1966
Tracklist
- Hungry Freaks Daddy
- I Ain’t Got No Heart
- Who Are The Brain Police?
- Go Cry on Somebody Else’s Shoulder
- Motherly Love
- How Could I Be Such A Fool
- Wowie Zowie
- You Didn’t Try To Call Me
- Any Way The Wind Blows
- I’m Not Satisfied
- You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here
- Trouble Every Day
- Help, I’m A Rock
- It Can’t Happen Here
- The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet
Line-up
Ray Collins, Jimmy Carl Black, Roy Estrada, Elliot Ingber and many more (please do not hold it against them…)