Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
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| Released November or1 December 1968 | |
| See also: The Old Masters, Box I | |
Players
- Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
- Jimmy Carl Black (drums)
- Ray Collins (lead vocals)
- Roy Estrada (electric bass, vocals)
- Bunk Gardner (tenor & alto sax)
- Don Preston (keyboards)
- Motorhead Sherwood (baritone sax, tambourine)
- Arthur Dyer Tripp III (drums)
- Ian Underwood (keyboards, tenor & alto sax)
- Jay Anderson (string bass)
- Arthur Barrow (bass)
- Chad Wackerman (drums)
Tracks
LP with Deseri
Side One
Side Two
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Release Notes
Released November or December1 1968.
Recorded: Apostolic Studios, NYC, December, 1967-February, 1968.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Engineered by Dick Kunc.
Cover by Cal Schenkel.
Liner Notes
Background Information
The songs on Cruising With Ruben & The Jets are...more than recreations, they're careful conglomerates of archetypal cliches.
Frank Zappa interviewed by Barry Miles for International Times (issue 63), 1969
Conceptual Continuity
Versions
| ZFT # | Version # | # discs | Format | Catalog # | Release (YYYY-MM-DD) | EAN.UCC-13 (barcode) | Artwork | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1.1 Original Stereo | ? | LP | MGM Verve V6 5055-X | 1968-11 or1 1968-12-02 | None | US edition. | |
| 1 | 8T | Ampex / Verve VCB 85055 | 1968 | None | US edition. | |||
| 1.2 Original Mono | ? | LP | ||||||
| 1.3 Original Stereo without Deseri | 1 | LP | MGM Verve 710 020 | German edition. Deseri listed on the sleeve. | ||||
| 1 | LP | MGM Metro 2356 068 | French edition. Deseri listed on the sleeve. | |||||
| Unknown | 1 | LP | Barking Pumpkin BPR 7777-5 | 1985-04-19 | Included in The Old Masters, Box I set. | |||
| Unknown | 1 | CS | Barking Pumpkin D4 74209 | 1985? | US edition. | |||
| Unknown | 1 | CS | Zappa TZAPPA 4 | ? | 5016583600440? | UK edition. | ||
| 2 Important remix | 1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10063 | 1987-10 | 0014431006326 | US edition. | ||
| 1 | CD | Zappa CDZAP 4 | 1987? | 5016583600426? | UK edition. | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5024 | 1994-10-26 | 4988112405271 | Japanese edition. | |||
| 1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10505 | 1995-05-16 | 0014431050527 | US edition. Matrix # DISCTRONICS RCD 10505 01 IFPI L501 IFPI 8724 | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5118 | 1995-10-25 | 4988112407787 | Japanese edition. | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5253 | 1996-06-01 | 4988112408531 | Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10505 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1207 | 2001-09-21 | 4988112412637 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. |
Notes
- Depending on the source, released November 1968 (zappa.com - The Official Frank Zappa Website, Zappa Patio and Michael Gray) or December 2 1968 (IINK).
