Chunga's Revenge

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Chunga's Revenge
Released October 1970
See also:
IINK, Patio, KUR
The Old Masters, Box II

Players

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Transylvania Boogie (5:01)
  2. Road Ladies (4:11)
  3. Twenty Small Cigars (2:17)
  4. The Nancy & Mary Music
    part 1 (2:42)
    part 2 (4:11)
    part 3 (2:37)

Side Two

  1. Tell Me You Love Me (2:43)
  2. Would You Go All The Way? (2:30)
  3. Chunga's Revenge (6:16)
  4. The Clap (1:24)
  5. Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink (2:45)
  6. Sharleena (4:07)
CD
  1. Transylvania Boogie (5:02)
  2. Road Ladies (4:10)
  3. Twenty Small Cigars (2:17)
  4. The Nancy & Mary Music (9:28)
  5. Tell Me You Love Me (2:34)
  6. Would You Go All The Way? (2:30)
  7. Chunga's Revenge (6:15)
  8. The Clap (1:23)
  9. Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink (2:44)
  10. Sharleena (4:05)

Release Notes

Produced by Frank Zappa
Special help on production: Dick Barber
Engineers: Dick Kunc, Stan Agol, Roy Barker
Cover design & illustration: Cal Schenkel
Front cover photo: Phil Franks
Back cover photo: John Williams
CD layout: Amy R. Bernstein
Design Consultant: Cal Schenkel
CD repackage: Ferenc Dobronyi

Liner Notes

  • "A gypsy mutant industrial vacuum cleaner dances about a mysterious night time camp fire. Festoons. Dozens of imported castanets, clutched by the horrible suction of its heavy duty hose, waving with marginal erotic abondon in the midnight autumn air." - Written in small print on the album cover concerning the insert art, and supposedly Transylvania Boogie the opening track.
  • "All the vocals in this album are (the word are is drawn above and replaces a crossed out - were) a preview of the story of 200 MOTELS. Coming. Soon. Near. You."

Background Information

For the front cover, Calvin Schenkel designed a spoof on cheesy horror-movie ads, featuring cartoony wording and a photo that turned out not to be Frank screaming, as at first glance, but yawning (“Chunga’s Revenge” therefore being revealed as a funny Zappa term for weariness).

Conceptual Continuity

Alternate Cover

Chunga's Revenge 'golden green' sleeve

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD)
Barcode
(EAN-13)
Artwork Comment
11 1.1
Original
Stereo
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
MS 2030
1970-10-23 None   US edition.
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
RSLP 2030
1970-11[1] None   UK edition, olive/mustard sleeve, with same color back tracklist panel.
1st issue Matrix# (stamped)
Side 1: RSLP 2030 A1
Side 2: RSLP 2030 B1
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
MS 2030
1970? None   Australian edition. Matrix #
Side 1: A MX163715 MS2030-1
Side 2: A MX163716 MS2030-2
1 LP Warner-Pioneer Bizarre/Reprise
P-8045R
  None   Japanese edition.
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
K44020
1971-07[1] None   UK 2nd edition (red sleeve).
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
HRES 291-40
1972 None   Spanish edition titled La Venganza de Chunga.
Unknown 1 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 8888-5
1986-11-25     Included in The Old Masters, Box II set.
1.2
Poor
Quality
Remaster
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10164
1990-05 0144311016425?
0014431016424?
  US edition, AAD.
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 23
1990-05 5016583602321   UK edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5029
1994-10-26 4988112405714   Japanese edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10511
1995-05-02 0014431051128   US edition. Matrix # IFPI L503 IFPI 8724 DISCTRONICS RCD 10511 02
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5120
1995-10-25 4988112407800   Japanese edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5255
1996-05-30 4988112408555   Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10511 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1212
2001-09-21 4988112412682   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1333
2008-06-18 4988112417755   Japanese edition,
mini-album papersleeve.

Notes

  1. Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1721.