Author: Frank Zappa
Title: Cucamonga (Frank's Wild Years)
Category: Rock, Funk / Soul, Blues, Pop
Style: Garage Rock, Rhythm & Blues
Year: 1998
Notes: "Cucamonga" was first Date of released Feb 24 1998 on Del-Fi Records and subtitled "Frank's Wild Years" via the tray insert (viewable at front spine of jewel case). The work contains tracks created at the Pal Recording Studio in Cucamonga with innovative recording engineer and musician Paul Buff. With artists such as Ray Collins, Dave Aerni, Bob Guy and Ronnie Williams, Zappa spent considerable time in the studio - where much of his craft, editing skills and future direction was formulated. Zappa eventually purchased the studio from Buff in August 1964 and renamed it Studio Z. Buff, who's work features strongly in the recordings, became Art Laboe's engineer at Original Sound (hence the inlay credit for some tracks to Original Sound Entertainment).

After Rhino Records acquired Del-Fi Records the work was reissued in 2004 with 3 additional tracks to the original 14, also from the Cucamonga era: "Memories Of El Monte", "Tijuana Surf" and "Grunion Run" - the latter two reflecting the typical California surf-sound that Buff had brought to the success of The Surfaris and The Chantays from an obscure studio in the dusty desert town of Cucamonga. Rating: 4.6
Format: AUD XM MPC MMF TTA AU DXD FLAC MP3
MP3 album RAR size: 1273 mb | FLAC album RAR size: 1383 mb

Tracklist

–Bob Guy	Dear Jeepers
–Baby Ray & The Ferns*	World's Greatest Sinner
–Baby Ray & The Ferns*	How's Your Bird?
–The Heartbreakers	Every Time I See You
–The Heartbreakers	Cradle Rock
–Paul Buff	Slow Bird
–Paul Buff	Blind Man's Buff
–Mr. Clean	Mr. Clean
–Mr. Clean	Jesse Lee
–The Pauls	Cathy My Angel
–The Pauls	'Til September
–The Rotations	Heavies
–The Rotations	The Cruncher
–Bob Guy	Letter From Jeepers

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DFCD 71261	Frank Zappa	Cucamonga (Frank's Wild Years) ‎(CD, Comp)	Del-Fi Records	DFCD 71261	US	1998
MT-483	Frank Zappa	Cucamonga ‎(CD, Comp)	Musical Tragedies	MT-483	Germany	1999
FZCD-06000101	Frank Zappa	Cucamonga ‎(CD, Comp, Unofficial)	Limited Edition	FZCD-06000101	Russia	2000
R2 76498	Frank Zappa	Cucamonga (Frank's Wild Years) ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Rhino Records	R2 76498	US	2004
none	Frank Zappa	Cucamonga ‎(CDr, Comp)	Imperial Tape Company, Inc.	none	US	2004

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